Agreed. And Grant was the only president to vigorously pursue Reconstruction and the first to treat blacks as both human and American. If nothing else, he was a decent man - federal Indian policy, secured the national currency, crushed the KKK. But you have to take into account what was happening in Congress and how much of a roadblock they created for his presidency.
Both the AJs are really awful. I also dislike James K. Polk a great deal, but most people don't know who that is, which is curious because he's actually fairly significant. The main thing people need to know about Polk is that he's responsible for the Mexican-American war and therefore the acquisition of large amounts of territory in the Southwest from Mexico.
He basically destroyed the first incarnation of the KKK.
except he didn't though.
Not much has really changed, has it? Other than the parties completely switching of course.except he didn't though.
"Due to limited federal resources, Grant decided to make an example of several counties in the piedmont region of South Carolina, where some of the worst violence and lawlessness was taking place. After the Klan in that area failed to heed Grant’s warning, he utilized the Third Force Act. President Grant suspended habeas corpus (the right of a detained person to request help from a court to determine if their imprisonment is lawful) and declared martial law in nine mostly upstate South Carolina counties. Detachments of the 7th U.S. Cavalry were stationed in the area and worked to gather information and intelligence on local Klan activities. The military and US. Marshals then rounded up suspected Klan members for trial. The military then worked with the Department of Justice and Grant’s Attorney General, Amos Akerman, to prosecute KKK members suspected of engaging in terroristic violence. The Department of Justice had recently been established under the Attorney General's authority after President Grant asked Congress to pass a law establishing the office, which was done on June 22, 1870. The Justice Department aimed to protect the rights of newly-freed African Americans and serve as the federal government's enforcement mechanism for the various laws described above.
These efforts had mixed success. During the period of martial law, many Klan members went into hiding or fled. Federal resources were thin and Grant’s political adversaries—both North and South—railed against the alleged overreach of federal power as a violation of federalism. Issues of state and federal jurisdiction were often argued more vigorously than the seriousness of the crime itself. Akerman resigned as Attorney General in the end of 1871, ending the federal government’s most vigorous period of enforcement. Many convicted KKK members were given light sentences. Later, the increasing takeover by the Democrats of state and local governments made the Klan less relevant because White supremacists gained control of the laws in the South."
yeah the game is the same but the propaganda gets revised every 4-5 years or so. Its crazy to think how much money everyone would save if we stopped playing game of thrones with civilization. No one really wins, everyone loses, and the richest billionare only gets to leave with a coffin or an urn, or I suppose in some cases the pitch black stygian void of the abyss. Class warfare is gonna be the death of us all. I sometimes wish there actually were a woke mind virus. It's cheaper to be a good person.
It's almost unfathomable how easy Regan had it. Nearly every crisis was handled either by his predecessor (Iran hostages) or by outside forces, such as the Cold War's beginning of the end. He said that endless growth and affluence = freedom. He completely squandered any chance to point the US in a new direction, knowing that we had to stop old unsustainable growth path, stabilize the population, then devise, and export, sustainable energy, agricultural, waste disposal and oceanic protection systems. Jimmy Carter understood this but had no ability to put that into words or actions. And nothing more needs to be said about his economic beliefs.
Yes he did, personally, with a cigar in his mouth and an uzi in each hand. Bandoliers of bullets draped across his bare oiled chestexcept he didn't though.
"Due to limited federal resources, Grant decided to make an example of several counties in the piedmont region of South Carolina, where some of the worst violence and lawlessness was taking place. After the Klan in that area failed to heed Grant’s warning, he utilized the Third Force Act. President Grant suspended habeas corpus (the right of a detained person to request help from a court to determine if their imprisonment is lawful) and declared martial law in nine mostly upstate South Carolina counties. Detachments of the 7th U.S. Cavalry were stationed in the area and worked to gather information and intelligence on local Klan activities. The military and US. Marshals then rounded up suspected Klan members for trial. The military then worked with the Department of Justice and Grant’s Attorney General, Amos Akerman, to prosecute KKK members suspected of engaging in terroristic violence. The Department of Justice had recently been established under the Attorney General's authority after President Grant asked Congress to pass a law establishing the office, which was done on June 22, 1870. The Justice Department aimed to protect the rights of newly-freed African Americans and serve as the federal government's enforcement mechanism for the various laws described above.
These efforts had mixed success. During the period of martial law, many Klan members went into hiding or fled. Federal resources were thin and Grant’s political adversaries—both North and South—railed against the alleged overreach of federal power as a violation of federalism. Issues of state and federal jurisdiction were often argued more vigorously than the seriousness of the crime itself. Akerman resigned as Attorney General in the end of 1871, ending the federal government’s most vigorous period of enforcement. Many convicted KKK members were given light sentences. Later, the increasing takeover by the Democrats of state and local governments made the Klan less relevant because White supremacists gained control of the laws in the South."
This 100% would have been Teddy Roosevelt in almost any situation. Talking to his cabinet, taking down banks and industrial monopolies, fucking up some corrupt cops...
I like to imagine that Teddy Roosevelt woke up in the morning around 445 and started playing reveille. The kind of dude who would step outside for a fair bout of fisticuffs with anyone feeling froggy enough to ask. Then share a beer afterwards. He's the original Chuck Norris.
