BALLADEER’S BLOG’S QUICK LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL PROS AND CONS: EISENHOWER TO OBAMA

Eisenhower34. DWIGHT EISENHOWER – Motto: “FOOORE!” (Remember, the traditional cry as you’re teeing off in golf? Oh, never mind!) *** Nickname: Uncle Milty *** Pro: Knew enough to distrust Richard Nixon long before it became the national pasttime.  Con: Was the first president to pronounce nuclear as “nucular”.

35. JOHN F KENNEDY – Motto: “Thank God for television!” *** Nickname: FDR *** Pro: The man was shrewd enough to distrust both liberals and conservatives equally.  Con: Continue reading →

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VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY: THACH SANH

Thach SanhTHACH SANH – A son of the supreme deity Ngoc Hoang. His father forced him to incarnate as a human and in this demi-god form he fought monsters, rescued the son of the chief sea god Long Vuong, vanquished his evil foster-brother and married a beautiful princess.
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He then went on to lead her father’s people in a war of conquest, uniting the legendary and traditional “original 18″ villages (though some sources say 15 villages) that were the basis of the nation that eventually grew into ancient Vietnam.
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The number 18 has special significance in Vietnamese mythology, like the number 8 in Shinto myth, 16 in Yoruba myth, 4 in Navajo myth, 5 in Discordianism and 12 in many western belief systems. There were also said to have been 18 rulers in the possibly non-existent Hung Vuong Dynasty. For another example, Ngoc Hoang and the heavenly deities were said to live in the 18th Heaven above the 18th Heaven (AKA the 36th heaven, a name used in some English translations)  
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Thach Sanh is said to have Continue reading →

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S QUICK LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL PROS AND CONS: HARRISON TO TRUMAN

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

BENJAMIN HARRISON – Motto: “What this country needs right now is a man whose grandfather was president  barely a month before dying.” *** Nickname: Baby McKee’s Grandfather *** Pro: Was the  president who first had the White House wired for electricity.  Con: His administration was slightly overshadowed by the press’ obsession with his terminally “cutesy” grandson, Baby McKee.

GROVER CLEVELAND, TERM 2 – Motto: “He’s back … deadlier and more powerful than ever before!” ***  Nickname: Continue reading →

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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: SAINT CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Saint Clair College SkippersSAINT CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SKIPPERS

Location: Port Huron, MI

Division: NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association)

Comment: You can insert your own Gilligan’s Island comment if you like, but I find the nickname Skippers to be Continue reading →

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S QUICK LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL PROS AND CONS: BUCHANAN TO CLEVELAND

James Buchanan15. JAMES BUCHANAN – Motto: ” A president every bit as lousy as Barack Obama and George W Bush!” *** Nickname: The Man Who Lost Half The Country *** Pro: Gave his name to the fictional high school on Welcome Back, Kotter.  Con: More states seceded from the Union under him than under any other president. 

16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN – Motto: “The guy who put the ’man’ in Great Emancipator!” *** Nickname: Continue reading →

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THE BEAUTIFUL KATHY “WILDKAT” CONNORS LOVES BALLADEER’S BLOG!

Legendary female bodybuilder "WildKat" Connors loves Balladeer's Blog!

Legendary female bodybuilder “WildKat” Connors loves Balladeer’s Blog!

WildKat Connors has a well-earned reputation for physical and intellectual perfection. Her Continue reading →

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REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: UNDER OBAMA THE U.S. FALLS TO 46th IN THE WORLD FOR PRESS FREEDOM

"Sit down and shut up! My administration will tell you peons everything you need to know!"

“Sit down and shut up! My administration will tell you peons everything you need to know!”

Welcome back to Balladeer’s Blog, the only site on the web that truly criticizes Liberals and Conservatives equally. Reporters Without Borders has been publishing a yearly World Press Freedom Index since 2002. The press here in the United States has been leaned on so heavily by the Obama administration (an administration that Little Barry claimed would be noted for its “transparency”) that in just ONE YEAR the nation’s ranking on that index fell THIRTEEN PLACES. After getting safely reelected (like George W Bush and Richard Nixon did, too … see a pattern?) Obama’s administration apparently felt so secure they stepped up their war on press freedom; a war that even Huffington Post described as ” a dictator’s dream”.

Since Little Barry’s mindless, unquestioning and fascistic followers love to pretend that the only people who criticize their hollow little man are conservatives I will point out again for the sake of new readers that I am not a conservative. I outspokenly supported gay marriage YEARS before Obama gutlessly decided the issue was safe enough for his former opposition to it to “evolve” into support. I’m pro-choice, I oppose censorship, etc. The most repulsive lie that Barack “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor” Obama has sold is the notion that speaking out about his abuse of his office is just a conservative thing.

So with a Continue reading →

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S QUICK LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL PROS AND CONS: HARRISON TO PIERCE

William Henry Harrison9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON – Motto: ” Never overstay your welcome.” *** Nickname: Bushitler *** Pro: Tried to establish a tradition of presidents dying barely a month into their term.  Con: Delivered a two hour long inaugural address during an actual blizzard.

10. JOHN TYLER – Motto: “Because Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too made for one kick- ass campaign slogan!” *** Nickname: Continue reading →

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS

Cal State San Marcos CougarsNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) DIVISION ONE – 1. CAL STATE-SAN MARCOS COUGARS   ###   2. FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY LIONS   ###   3. UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE BEARS   ###   4. TALLADEGA COLLEGE TORNADOES   ###   5. WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS   ###   6.SOUTHWESTERN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD UNIVERSITY LIONS (2013 runners-up)

Cardinal Stritch Wolves logoNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) DIVISION TWO – 1. CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY WOLVES (2013 champions)   ###   2. DORDT COLLEGE DEFENDERS   ###   3. INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST GRENADIERS (2013 runners-up)   ###   4. SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY COUGARS   ###   5. COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES   ###   6. Continue reading →

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S QUICK LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL PROS AND CONS: MONROE TO VAN BUREN

James Monroe5. JAMES MONROE – Motto: “I’m sick of hearing about how John Quincy Adams was the real author of The Monroe Doctrine” *** Nickname: The Furnituregate Mastermind *** Pro: Bought Florida from Spain, ensuring America would have a long, phallic peninsula dangling off our mainland.  Con: Got elected president despite being a slave-owner from Virginia … hey, wait a minute!  

6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS – Motto: “No slaves, no tact, no problem!” *** Nickname: Mr Television *** Pro: Was Continue reading →

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