Opinion Theodore Roosevelt: Big Stick Energy

[Deorum]

You know I think the black hills is the best national park and I absolutely loved my time out there and think fondly about it all the time . When my sons older were going to spend some time and I can't wait. Summer in the black hills is really hard to beat in my opinion. I did not like Yellowstone half as much think the elevation is too high for me and i hate being cold . Sodak rules.

Black Hills over the GYE is wild, but I could see you digging the more understated scenery and vibe. The higher altitude very likely threw you off, and a lot of people don't realize that the floor elevation is over 7500. I've been telling a Sherbro from PA heading to the North Rim of the GC about that; plateau gets up over 9200 ft, and has one of the highest elevation campgrounds of any NP in the country.

 

[Deorum]

"I have always said I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota. It was here that the romance of my life began. I grow very fond of this place, and it certainly has a desolate, grim beauty of its own that has a curious fascination for me."

It's such an honor and privilege for NoDak to be the home of a brand new presidential library (scheduled to open on the 4th of July, 2026). It'll also be taking possession of the statue that NYC no longer wants at the American Museum of Natural History.

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is a planned museum focused on the life and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. It is to be constructed at a site to the west of Medora, North Dakota, near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which preserves sites associated with Roosevelt's travel in North Dakota between 1883 and 1887. A site in the Badlands of Medora was selected in 2020, as well as the design architect Snøhetta and the architect of record JLG Architects.

 

[Deorum]

These are the threads we need.

He would HATE Trump.

The core of TR's domestic agenda revolved around corporate regulation, consumer protection, and the conservation of publicly owned wilderness, Trump is almost diametrically opposed to all of those things. TR went after the industrial titans of his era, Trump has given one of them his own office building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to wield influence over government. TR explored the entirety of the American Frontier, setting out on adventures from the endless plains of East Africa to the deep jungles of the Amazon, Trump has never owned a pair of hiking boots.

 

[HOLA]

The core of TR's domestic agenda revolved around corporate regulation, consumer protection, and the conservation of publicly owned wilderness, Trump is almost diametrically opposed to all of those things. TR went after the industrial titans of his era, Trump has given one of them his own office building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to wield influence over government. TR explored the entirety of the American Frontier, setting out on adventures from the endless plains of East Africa to the deep jungles of the Amazon, Trump has never owned a pair of hiking boots.

Speaking of The Orange, Roosevelt was also heavily responsible for getting the Panama Canal built. People today don’t realize what a monumental engineering feat that was. Almost 6000 people died from accidents and disease while working on it, just during the U.S. phase (French tried and failed to build it first).

 

[HOLA]

Just Googled it now…22,000 others also died when the French attempted to build it.

 

[Deorum]

Speaking of The Orange, Roosevelt was also heavily responsible for getting the Panama Canal built. People today don’t realize what a monumental engineering feat that was. Almost 6000 people died from accidents and disease while working on it, just during the U.S. phase (French tried and failed to build it first).

No doubt, and noted in the OP. He took decisive action to support Panama's independence from Colombia and was responsible for initiating the American construction of it. Teddy actually considered the Panama Canal to be his crowning achievement as POTUS. I don't think so (not by a long shot), but it was nonetheless a huge W.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

- Abe would pin him in a wrestling match!

 

[Rob Battisti]

- Abe would pin him in a wrestling match!

Despite the reach advantage, Teddy gets a round 2 KO.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Despite the reach advantage, Teddy gets a round 2 KO.

- Was him a wrestler also?

 

[evergreenrider]

The perfect character playing the perfect role for what was needed for that timeperiod.

 

[Rob Battisti]

- Was him a wrestler also?

Wrestling boxing and judo

 

[Koro_11]

Kind of a mixed bag. Great on economic stuff and the environment but also a raging racist and white supremacist

Teddy Roosevelt Quote on Territorial Conquest - Shot Glass of History

Quoted from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1894 book The Winning of the West, in which he presents his defense for territorial expansion of superior races: Many good persons seem prone to speak of all wars of conquest as necessarily evil. This is… Continue Reading →

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Nothing but sheer evil has come from the victories of Turk and Tartar. This is true generally of the victories of barbarians of low racial characteristics over gentler, more refined peoples even though these, to their shame and discredit, lost the vigorous fighting virtues. Yet it remains no less true that the world would probably have gone forward very little, indeed would probably not have gone forward at all, had it not been for the displacement or submersion of savage and barbaric peoples as a consequence of the armed settlement in strange lands of the races who hold in their hands the fate of the years. Every such submersion or displacement of an inferior race, every such armed settlement or conquest by a superior race, means the infliction and suffering of hideous woe and misery.

He's alright but kind of a huge asshole by today's standards.

If the speed limit on your street was 60 mph in the year 1900, but the speed limit on that same street is 40 mph today, should you now receive a speeding ticket for driving 60 on it 125 years ago?

 

[Deorum]

The perfect character playing the perfect role for what was needed for that timeperiod.

Square Deal remains highly relevant and necessary today.

 

[Thrawn33]

Despite the reach advantage, Teddy gets a round 2 KO.

Teddy by Armbar

 

[Deorum]

@evergreenrider To be clear, that wasn't meant as some sort of rebuke to your post (which was beautifully on point) but rather just to say that corporate regulations, consumer protections, and the conservation of wilderness are all still highly pressing issues in 2025 as I'm nearly sure you'd agree. Those were the primary pillars of TR's agenda that he took dramatic action on and (again) one of the reasons why his legacy is so enduring.

 

[evergreenrider]

@evergreenrider To be clear, that wasn't meant as some sort of rebuke to your post (which was beautifully on point) but rather just to say that corporate regulations, consumer protections, and the conservation of wilderness are all still highly pressing issues in 2025 as I'm nearly sure you'd agree. Those were the primary pillars of TR's agenda that he took dramatic action on and (again) one of the reasons why his legacy is so enduring.

Oh, absolutely. I agree wholeheartedly

 

[Deorum]

Oh, absolutely. I agree wholeheartedly

He undeniably had one hell of an ego, lol.

The Trust Buster [ushistory.org]

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Theodore Roosevelt was not the type to initiate major changes timidly. The first trust giant to fall victim to Roosevelt's assault was none other than the most powerful industrialist in the country — J. Pierpont Morgan. Morgan controlled a railroad company known as Northern Securities. In combination with railroad moguls James J. Hill and E.H. Harriman, Morgan controlled the bulk of railroad shipping across the northern United States.

Morgan was enjoying a peaceful dinner at his New York home on February 19, 1902, when his telephone rang. He was furious to learn that Roosevelt's Attorney General was bringing suit against the Northern Securities Company. Stunned, he muttered to his equally shocked dinner guests about how rude it was to file such a suit without warning.

Four days later, J.P. Morgan was at the White House with the President. Morgan bellowed that he was being treated like a common criminal. The President informed Morgan that no compromise could be reached, and the matter would be settled by the courts. Morgan inquired if his other interests were at risk, too. Roosevelt told him only the ones that had done anything wrong would be prosecuted.

This was the core of Theodore Roosevelt's leadership. He boiled everything down to a case of right versus wrong and good versus bad. If a trust controlled an entire industry but provided good service at reasonable rates, it was a "good" trust to be left alone. Only the "bad" trusts that jacked up rates and exploited consumers would come under attack. Who would decide the difference between right and wrong? The occupant of the White House trusted only himself to make this decision in the interests of the people.

The American public cheered Roosevelt's new offensive. The Supreme Court, in a narrow 5 to 4 decision, agreed and dissolved the Northern Securities Company. Roosevelt said confidently that no man, no matter how powerful, was above the law. As he landed blows on other "bad" trusts, his popularity grew and grew.

 

[Deorum]

If the speed limit on your street was 60 mph in the year 1900, but the speed limit on that same street is 40 mph today, should you now receive a speeding ticket for driving 60 on it 125 years ago?

In any case, there's no "mixed bag".

He's the greatest conservationist in human history.

 

[europe1]

Oddly one of the few Presidents both Dems and Publicans consider a top-tier POTUS.

Easier to like being juxstaposed with Wilson, the devil.

 

[evergreenrider]

Oddly one of the few Presidents both Dems and Publicans consider a top-tier POTUS.

Easier to like being juxstaposed with Wilson, the devil.

Personality matters. Think the kids would say Teddy's cup overfloweth with rizz