2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt- Obvious one here. FDR was not a “good president who did bad things”. He really didn’t do anything that bad. The two term thing? It wasn’t established until after his fourth term. He was elected by landslides just about everytime. He is what the American people wanted. Why hinder that? He was necessary to undo Hoover’s mistakes just as Obama is necessary to undo Bush’s mistakes. I don’t see why everyone makes such a big deal about the socialist spice to FDR’s administration. At least he cared about the middle class unlike the washington fat cats.
3. Bill Clinton- Bill didn’t do anything “that great” but he didn’t screw over our country as his two predecessors did (Bush and Reagan). He kept a steady government and did a commendable job. I’m sick of people who criticize him as a president for Monicagate. Big deal. The only thing that was wrong, politically, with that was the perjury that followed. Plus, he was one cool cat. Haha.

4. John F. Kennedy- Say what you will about Marilyn Monroe and what not, but key American cities would be craters today if not for Kennedy. Kennedy swiftly, narrowly, and gracefully avoided a tragedy by dissuading Kruschev (Sorry for the spelling) from letting the Cuban Missile Crisis happen. His work for Civil Rights was amazing too. He was cut down too soon.

WORST PRESIDENTS-

1. George W. Bush- The millenium equivalent to Hoover. Except Hoover wasn’t bad enough to make the list. FOUR THOUSAND American troops have been used as tools of the government. I feel bad for our Army. Their devotion is incredible and I could never thank them enough. BUT, GWB has taken advantage of them to the worst degree. There is no reason for this war. Iraq has no WMDs. The key terrorists have fled. They are self sustaining, according to the Prime Minister. Why hang around? 100,000 Iraqi innocents have been killed. This is Georgie’s fault. Less than fifty days until we’re introduced to liberty again. Obama.

2. Ronald Reagan- Reaganomics, plain and simple.

3. JQ Adams- A useless president indeed. Not much to say about him. He just didn’t do anything positive except help to create a political party that would produce some of the worst presidents of the nineteenth centruy.

4. Harding- I looked up scandal in the dictionary and right under OJ Simpson’s face, sat Harding’s chubby little grimace!

If you all haven’t noticed, I’m a democrat.

Never have so few worked so hard, to wreck the economy for so many.

Another point I hear about this argument is that Bush’s approval, if the middle east goes well after he leaves office, will give him a (more) positive rating. I think that’s a little unfair when you see what a president (with such bad marks) like Jimmy Carter has done since his time in office. His run was pretty lousy by most (eh, all) accounts, but its unfair to judge the man’s run in the white house by his contemporary humanitarian efforts. Also, who’s to say after the 21st of Jan that any of these outcomes or positive events will have anything to do with a man who is no longer in charge.

I’d agree with Jordan on most of those recommendations. Super Mario Galaxy is simply the most beautiful and entertaining game I have ever played. It’s challenging mentally, and varied so you don’t get bored with it. You will walk away from that game rubbing your eyes after an hour of play because it twists reality and gravity every which way.

Congrats on your major award.

Do you like the ironic half-cliche/half Flannery O’Connor homage: the cat’s out of the bag?

Your bad language and use of internet acronyms makes me

You’re telling Daren to learn some history. Well, I know Daren, I know history, and I know you’re a fucking moron.

Are you suggesting that Roosevelt erred by stopping the runs on banks?

You want to go back to the gold standard? Really? Currently, our nation’s inflation path is determined mostly by the Fed. Not perfect, but pretty good. Especially considering that under the gold standard, our inflation track would be determined by gold mining companies in countries like Russia, India, and South Africa. You really want our inflation determined by Russia?

It’s also clear that the gold standard causes higher short-term price volatility. Currently, our markets haven’t been this volatile since the Depression. The gold standard would make it far worse.

Also, there isn’t enough gold in the world to back our currency. The cat’s out of the bag. So, I guess we could substitute some other commodity for gold. Maybe ethanol? Bovine fecal matter? You’ve probably been collecting that for decades now.