Droppin' Bombs Like Truman

Watch the Lame Ducks video for their hit song "Droppin Bombs Like Truman.



To complete my blogs on presidents this week I would like to share with you the ones that I find most interesting.

Honorable Mention Gerald Ford.

Gerald Ford really didn't do a lot for this country. But how was he supposed to, the man was never even elected to an office. He is also the ONLY president who was born in Nebraska (though he would claim Michigan) and the ONLY president whose first and last name end in the letter D. Ford was not re-elected mainly to do with him pardoning Richard Nixon. I salute that choice and it has earned him honorable mention.

5th Dopest: Abraham Lincoln.

This man did some cool things involving emancipation. But come on, the coolest thing about him was his unusually skeaky and high voice. It took years for people to actually want to hear him speak. I once read a funny story about how a little girl wrote him a letter saying if he grew a beard he would receive more votes. Three weeks later he had his famous facial hair, and was on his way to becoming president.

4th Dopest: Richard Nixon.

Tricky Dick was a bad ass. He grew up in the same town as Nomar Garciaparra and was a college football player, much like Gerald Ford who was an all star athelete. Nixon may have cheated to win the White House in 1972 again George McGovern, but the truth is McGovern would not have beaten Nixon either way. This was the biggest landslide election since George Washington, and Nixon sneaking around Watergate would not have made a difference. Oh, and he ended the Cold War.

3rd Dopest: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR was put 3rd on my list only because his wife Elanor Roosevelt was his cousin. Aside from that the man was an amazing president for over 12 years. He helped the United States through one of it's most difficult times all while keeping the fact he had polio and was confined to a wheelchair a secret from the masses. FDR died in office during his 12th year, and left Truman with the uneasy task of dropping the atomic bombs.

2nd Dopest: Theodore Roosevelt.

Teddy Bear was a "Rough Rider," a boxer, and one of the most hard core human beings to ever grace this earth. He was a tough as nails New Yorker who once got shot before a speech, and then finished the speech. He made his way in to office when McKinley was shot, and the world was concerned. However, Teddy and the big stick he carried did tremendous things for this country and earned a spot on Mount Rushmore, as well as getting his moniker stamped on the Teddy Bear.

1st Dopest: George Washington.

George Washington is on the dollar bill, he smoked pot, and he was an amazing soldier. Comparing Washington to any other president would be like comparing Steve Young to Joe Montana, Johnny Carson to Jimmy Fallon, or Jesus Christ to God. Washington understood democracy so well he refused to accept re-election more than once, and worked free of charge when in the White House.

Feel free to post your favorite presidents on here. I like feedback.

The rap video from above was written and produced by Cory Helie. The sweet raps that were being slain, were done by Trace Lewis and Cory Helie

Carry A Magic Stick

Watch the video, and then learn something under it.

Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abe Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt in archival footage of a footrace in 1496 b.c.



Here's Fitty!



Two things I enjoy in my life very much are rap music and learning about the presidents of the United States. I would like to share with you some side by side comparisons of some of hip hop’s Warren G. Hardest rappers, and this country’s most gubernatorious presidents.

We could begin by getting the more obvious ones out of the way quickly. Barack Obama is like Eminem because of the color issues, Richard Nixon (who once said rap music could have been his calling if it was introduced sooner) is like gansgta rapper DMX for having growly voices, Snoop Doog and Abe Lincoln are both lanky individuals with unique voices and Tupac is much like John F. Kennedy, not for getting gunned down so early in their lives, but because of the many notable women that they slept with.

However the greatest resemblance between a president and rapper is the striking similarities between rapper 50 cent and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. Both born in New York, these two gentlemen took up boxing. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson spent time sparring when not selling crack on the strip in Queens, New York, while President Roosevelt took up boxing to keep his physical condition in good shape while battling with childhood asthma and other ailments.

Both Roosevelt and 50 Cent have respective posses who have received a bit of fame for being associated with them. Theodore’s Rough Riders charged up Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War. Jackson’s G-Unit is a group of mix tape recording masters who sold drugs and start feuds with other rappers. Both mentored individuals who burned bridges with them. 50's G-Unit buddy The Game wouldn't agree to feuding with 50 Cents enemies, and Howard Taft and Roosevelt had a falling out which led Roosevelt to begin the Bull Moose Party. Both Roosevelt and Jackson also have similar nicknames. Theodore Roosevelt has often times been referred to as “Teddy,” and 50 Cent has the moniker of “Fitty.”

The most painful, unique and badass similarity between two of the greatest New Yorkers is the gunfire they have both been a part of. In 2004, Mike Tyson’s body guard, Darryl Baum allegedly shot Fitty nine times in different places all over his body at close range in front of his grandmother’s home. One of the bullets hit Jackson in the cheek, causing him to have a slur in his voice, which ended up helping him gain even more popularity.

Roosevelt had a similar situation happen to him while campaigning in Milwaukee in 1912; a saloon keeper shot the Teddy Bear in his chest after it passed through his speech and eye glass holder. Rather than getting medical attention for his wound, President Roosevelt went on to give the speech he had prepared, with both a bullet hole running through his speech, lodged in his chest. He opened his speech by saying “Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.” Roosevelt lived the rest of his life with that bullet lodged in his chest. And 50 Cent, although it has given him a unique voice with his slight slur, also has fragments of one of the bullets in his tongue, a bond that the two of them both share.

I wouldn't go as far as saying that 50 Cent would be a great politician, or that Theo could sling crack. But they are both incredibly strong individuals whose characteristics gained them fame and respect. Teddy Roosevelt coined a term that is synonymous with his ideals, “speak softly and carry a big stick,” refers to treating conflict with peace, while simultaneously threatening with force. 50 believes in the use of a stick too. And I believe, that if Teddy and Fitty ever would have met, the phrase would have simply said, “Speak softly and carry a magic stick.”

Be prepared for a BIG DOPE POST to follow this one tomorrow. Bombs will be dropped like Truman.

I tried

to remember to fill this thing out after drinking and work. But it slipped my mind. It is funny how that works. You put all this time and effort in to a blog. Decide to work on it even more after drinking a bit, and then I forget to finish it off at 1 a.m.

How did that happen?

Oh, that's right. Hennessy makes you forget things.

-Cornado

So I guess this is what I'm gonna do . . .

when I start drinking. I like to get drunk at one of my jobs and dang it, why shouldn't we just check out how I am doing by around 1:30 a.m. See you later, if I can remember . . .

-Corgazmo.

Martin Luther Coon Jr,

It was Martin Luther King Jr. day and it started out just as any day would begin. I woke up, brushed my teeth, showered and got ready for work. I was listening to one of my favorite morning radio shows Mike and Mike in the morning on ESPN Radio when I heard it. Mike Greenberg, let his tongue slip a little when he said Martin Luther Coon.
Greenberg immediately corrected himself and said Martin Luther King Jr. Many people are calling him out for being racist, while many others are backing him, and his tongue-tied excuse. It is hard to believe that a man who has always shown reverence when it comes to African Americans.
Greenberg has issued a statement claiming that his fast talking is the cause for the slip. Quite frankly, it makes absolute sense to me, especially since something similar has happened to me. It is not so uncommon for a radio host to slur words together and the outcome not work out so well. For example, I was once on air, speaking very quickly, when I slipped, saying “Call now if you want free movies for most of 2010, folks.” However, instead of saying folks, I spoke too quickly and said fucks. Luckily for me, no one in Nebraska seems to care about a vulgarity. Unfortunately for Greenberg, he happened to slip the word coon in when referencing a great man, on a day we should honor Dr. King. Hopefully, this will get resolved soon.

Click here for Huffington Post story.

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