Teddy Rooseveldt's honesty

[Jim]

I've been reading (for the third time) "African Game Trails" by Teddy Rooseveldt. I admire his honesty in repeatedly admitting his bad shooting. Not too many men would admit that, nevermind document it.

[429421Cowboy]

I always have enjoyed reading him, i never have gotten to read that particular book though. I believe he said something like "I don't shoot well, but i do shoot often" or similar. He never seemed to claim to be "the man" when he went places instead choosing to learn what he could about new things everywhere he hunted. They stopped making many like him!

[Wayne Smith]

Didn't he also have some major vision problems?

[WILCO]

Gonna put this title on my list of reading Jim.

[Trey45]

He suffered a detached retina during a boxing match, I think that might be the vision problem you spoke of Wayne.

[Jim]

He suffered a detached retina during a boxing match, I think that might be the vision problem you spoke of Wayne.

Interesting trivia there. I wasn't aware of that. That was probably a lot of the reason for his bad shooting.

[smoked turkey]

He was quite a man. I just read an exerp from another of his books dealing with exploring on the Amazon River. His son Kermit was a good companion to his dad. In this particular expedition I take it that Teddy got Malaria and thought he was going to die and in fact came close. He told his son to go on without him, but Kermit stuck by his dad even though it looked bad. Teddy was a man's man. We sorely need someone like him now instead of people who have hardly set foot on dirt their entire life. On top of that they haven't ever held a real job outside of government work to help them in their decision making.

[Houndog]

We sorely need someone like him now instead of people who have hardly set foot on dirt their entire life. On top of that they haven't ever held a real job outside of government work to help them in their decision making.

That pretty well sums up my thoughts as well! I've often said we could go round up 537 homeless winos, sober them up, put em in a suit, send them to the swamp on the Patomic and we'd wind up with a better governing body than what we have today! At least they would have a better idea how us "normal" folks live.

[Thumbcocker]

I am convinced that he prevented the US from becoming a quasi fascist state by taking on the trusts. He also had the courage to invite Fredrick Douglas to dinner at the white house. He did play hardball in the geopolitical arena. The book "The Imperial Cruise" is an eye opener.

[KCSO]

He almost died on the Amazon trip and at one point told them to leave him behind and save themselves. I have the book and it is really something. Poor Kermit spent his whole life trying to live up to his dad and never made it, If I remembr right he ended up committing suicide?

[76 WARLOCK]

Not all he did was good, he was the beginning of the Progressive movement we are stuck with today.

[Catshooter]

He also pushed hard in Interventionision, which is the USA being the worlds policemen.


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[WILCO]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/african-game-trails-theodore-roosevelt/1100288541?cm_mmc=google+product+search-_-q000000630-_-african+game+trails-_-9780815411321&ean=9780815411321&r=1

[rexherring]

He had a ranch about 45 miles from here. He also said he wouldn't have become President if were not for his stay in North Dakota Badlands. His idea for the "Roughriders" came from here and his cowboy friends in Medora, ND.

[M-Tecs]

The Progressive movement and Interventionision had their place at the time. The fact that others in the past 100 years have pushed the issues to the extremes is not Teddy’s fault. Most government programs start as good programs than grow into inefficient wasteful monsters.

[Plate plinker]

Hence the problem.....