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He didn't wear a coat. That

Orlando — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:00:15 +0000

He didn't wear a coat. That suggests very bad judgment, at least.

Why does William Henry

DC Bound — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:39:59 +0000

In reply to George Bush Not the Worst President Ever

Why does William Henry Harrison always get put on these lists. In sports would you say a new QB was the worst in a team's history just b/c he suffered a debilitating injury in his first play or an auto racer was the worst in NASCAR b/c his car was in a pile up in the first lap. Stuff happens...it doesn't make you the worst.

What would qualify Harrison as a "worst president" is pulling a Blagojevich and appointing Napoleon at Supreme Court Chief Justice, etc.

I have to include this

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:00:00 +0000

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I have to include this cartoon that Artappraiser linked to up at TPM in response to my challenge to name, without googling, the Prime Minister who sent British troops into the Crimean War:

P_lm_st_n [Palmerston] (an active lad). - "Well! This is the greatest mess I ever saw at anybody's door."

Little Jack R_ss_ll [Lord John Russell]: "Ah! I lived there once - but I was obliged to leave it - it was such a very irregular family."

Lord Palmerston became Prime Minister in February 1855, replacing the Earl of Aberdeen. He found domestic and foreign affairs much in the condition represented in this cartoon. The Crimean War was a particularly disastrous event for Britain.

Punch magazine, 1855.

You must have had trouble

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:56:08 +0000

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You must have had trouble with the read-between-the-lines unit in school.

They might try harder to make

Orlando — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:18:02 +0000

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They might try harder to make it interesting. High school students everywhere would thank them.

We all (should) know the job

hipmonkey — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:08:07 +0000

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We all (should) know the job of historians is to rewrite history.

How is 36th out of 42nd

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:07:15 +0000

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How is 36th out of 42nd "respectable"?