Archive for the ‘Presidential Weirdness’ Category

Will Lead the Free World for Cash

January 16th, 2012 | No Comments

Most of the early American Presidents were wealthy men.  This is not to imply that personal wealth was a prerequisite for the Oval Office, however given the early challenges with the federal government it did not hurt if the office holder had a bankroll to hold them over.  The obligations of the presidency often kept [...]

Commander-in-Chief and Head Traffic Magistrate

January 13th, 2012 | No Comments

As the following pages will reveal, presidents, world leaders, and other historical figures can be downright quirky, and this description certainly applies to President Woodrow Wilson.  Thanks to Henry Ford’s invention of the assembly line, by the time of Wilson’s swearing in, as president in 1913there were already millions of automobiles on the road.  Wilson [...]