mrmatas2277 Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 Originally posted by guyman1966 Your on the right track... but if my memory is correct, Yes he walked through Cuba, but the US forces did not notice the smaller San Juan hill, they were concentrating on a larger hill. So, he improvised a charge up San Juan Hill. Who knows, maybe your Cuban history book is correct and the Mambis were already there, maybe my US book left that part out....?? What ever, he was there and fought for the liberation of Cuba. And, during his presidency he pulled the US Governor out and gave control of the country back to Cubans. He should be a Cuban hero! we (Cubans) do appreciate what America has done for Cuba in the past and the present...Cuba and America, prior to Castro, had very good relations...one of the best for a Latin American country...but that has changed since....btw, my old man saw a special on the Teddy R. event and told me to watch it..since i was researching this crap ON THE NET, not in a CUBAN HISTORY BOOK (smart ass:finger: ) ...i will have to check on the histroy channel online to see if they mention anything on it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 18 Author Report Share Posted December 18 Originally posted by mrmatas2277 we (Cubans) do appreciate what America has done for Cuba in the past and the present...Cuba and America, prior to Castro, had very good relations...one of the best for a Latin American country...but that has changed since....btw, my old man saw a special on the Teddy R. event and told me to watch it..since i was researching this crap ON THE NET, not in a CUBAN HISTORY BOOK (smart ass:finger: ) ...i will have to check on the histroy channel online to see if they mention anything on it.... Let me know when its on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatas2277 Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 Originally posted by guyman1966 Let me know when its on... u mean U will ACTUALLY change the channel from Fox Sports Net for the History Channel??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 18 Author Report Share Posted December 18 Originally posted by mrmatas2277 u mean U will ACTUALLY change the channel from Fox Sports Net for the History Channel??? Yep! And, I'd even watch the Matas/Meli/& Midgets show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatas2277 Posted December 18 Report Share Posted December 18 found this on the History Channel website:Rough Riders Rough Riders, popular name for the 1st Regiment of U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, organized largely by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898). Its members were mostly ranchers and cowboys from the West, with a sprinkling of adventurous blue bloods from the Eastern universities. Roosevelt resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to enter active fighting. The command of the regiment went, however, to a man of more military experience, Leonard Wood. Roosevelt was made lieutenant colonel. Transportation difficulties caused the regiment's horses to be abandoned in Florida, and it fought chiefly on foot in Cuba. It took part in the battles about Santiago; its exploits, especially at San Juan Hill, were highly publicized. See T. Roosevelt, The Rough Riders (1899, repr. 1961); C. Herner, The Arizona Rough Riders (1970). The Expanded Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright© 2000. Columbia University Press. Used with permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions of the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printout thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable copyright and related laws. psu get a free autographed movie "Mops and Midgets" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 18 Author Report Share Posted December 18 Originally posted by mrmatas2277 psu get a free autographed movie "Mops and Midgets" Will I have it in time for X-Mas? HEY MELI, You can't back out of this deal... its in print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhouse Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 Originally posted by guyman1966 I don't see how you can compaire Teddy to Bill! It's not even close. Do you have any reasons to back this up? Teddy has also won a Nobel Prize for Peace! So has Carter, but that sure as hell didn't make him a great president. Both were great men, but I'll agree that Teddy was also a great president, more based on his foreign policy, push for safety standards, and laying the groundwork for commerce regulation.BTW, it's hard to discredit a president for what they supposedly fucked up on. If you applied that rationale evenly, then William Henry Harrison would have to be the greatest president of all time because he didn't have the time to fuck anything up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 19 Author Report Share Posted December 19 Originally posted by brickhouse [bIf you applied that rationale evenly, then William Henry Harrison would have to be the greatest president of all time because he didn't have the time to fuck anything up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehype Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 ClintonTruman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incredulous Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 How can you put clinton as fav? He has did some Bad shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 21 Author Report Share Posted December 21 HOw about some reasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehype Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 Originally posted by guyman1966 HOw about some reasons employment rate was goodbudget was balancedcrime was downhe didn't attempt to finish something that one of the presidents couldn't finish themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 22 Author Report Share Posted December 22 Originally posted by thehype employment rate was goodbudget was balancedcrime was downhe didn't attempt to finish something that one of the presidents couldn't finish themselves OK. Let's take all that at face value and not give the Republican Hill any credit. But, even with that, what about the fact that he sold us out to the Chinese, Monica Gate, Travel Gate, ect... Is he really worthy of Best or Favorite President? JFK, FDR, Teddy, Abe, GW... Does Clinton deserve to have his face added to Mt. Rushmore? I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatas2277 Posted December 23 Report Share Posted December 23 Originally posted by thehype employment rate was goodbudget was balancedcrime was downhe didn't attempt to finish something that one of the presidents couldn't finish themselves employment rate was good - great economy, cuz of the Republican lead congressbudget was balanced- SEE ABOVE COMMENTcrime was down- ...crime has been going down since the 80's and dont argue with me on the point...i a was criminal justice major...its in the #'sas for u last comment...ur right Clinton didnt attempt to finish something that "another" president didnt...cuz Clinto didnt do crap but bang interns:rolleyes: ...please Clinton (aka Bubba) rode the coat tails of a good economy and thats it...face it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 27 Author Report Share Posted December 27 This is from today's Miami Herald... This guy just can't stay away from bad shit...Posted on Thu, Dec. 26, 2002 Computer executive extradited from Philippines to face campaign finance chargesBY LARRY LEBOWITZllebowitz@herald.comA notorious Miami computer company executive who became an influential Filipino legislator after fleeing the United States was extradited Thursday to face 4-year-old charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to former President Clinton and the Democratic Party.''I'll take my chances. I'm hoping for the best,'' Mark Jimenez told reporters in Manila before two U.S. marshals escorted him aboard a Continental Airways flight. ``I'm going to the USA to solve my problems. . . I have no remorse.''Jimenez, 55, is expected to land Friday in Miami. It is unclear at this point if he will make a first appearance before a federal magistrate on Friday afternoon, during a special weekend session, or when courts reopen on Monday.Jimenez fled the U.S. in 1998, shortly before a U.S. Justice Department campaign-finance task force accused the Filipino native -- born Mario Batacan Crespo -- of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to avoid U.S. election laws that prohibit hard-money contributions from foreign nationals.The indictment accused Jimenez of funneling hundreds of thousands of illegal dollars into the re-election campaign coffers of President Clinton and Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Torricelli of New Jersey through 23 employee straw donors.An additional Miami federal indictment charged him with tax evasion, mail fraud, conspiracy and making false statements.At least seven employees of Future Tech, the computer parts export firm established by Jimenez, ''gave'' $1,000 each to Clinton at a Miami fundraiser hosted by Jimenez later received $1,000 bonus checks in return.The company pleaded guilty to having falsely claimed the donation reimbursements as deductible payroll expenses on its corporate income tax return and falsely reporting a $100,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee as a charitable-contribution deduction. The company agreed to pay a $1 million fine, plus back taxes and penalties.Jimenez also left behind millions of dollars in unpaid debts. In 1999, lawyers accused Jimenez of diverting more than $17 million from his business, driving the company into bankruptcy.Jimenez's fortune helped him gain access to the Clinton White House; he golfed with the president, socialized with the First Lady and even attended one of the infamous White House coffee klatches.During the meeting, he lobbied the administration on behalf of Paraguay, where his firm had major business interests. A month after the coffee, Clinton allowed the country to continue receiving U.S. aid despite restrictions on other Latin American governments that failed to control cocaine smuggling. Shortly after fleeing the U.S., Jimenez befriended Filipino President Joseph Estrada. He quickly became a trusted adviser and helped the president broker several large business deals before the relationship soured in late 1998.The next year, the U.S. requested Jimenez's extradition.Estrada was ousted in 2001 over alleged corruption and misrule. The same year, Jimenez won election to the Philippines' House of Representatives.Jimenez did not leave Manila quietly. Days before his departure, he filed a lawsuit accusing the Filipino justice minister and two others of extorting $2 million from him so he wouldn't have to testify against Estrada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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