# Sorry, your country's leader can't beat this awesomeness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152 "2011-08-10T01:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/41 "2011-08-17T22:54:59Z")
I saw that a little while ago, **kushiel** - I laughed my ass off! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/42 "2011-08-17T22:57:06Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “I ride a moose; your argument is invalid.” Is there a phrase for “Glad I read the whole thread cuz I was gonna do that one!”? Good grief, Teddy had some stones. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/43 "2011-08-17T22:58:19Z")
GIRTWTCIWGDTO? i ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/44 "2011-08-17T23:21:54Z")
[R[URL=“Ronny on a Horse”]Ronny on a Horse](http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyreagan9.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/45 "2011-08-17T23:52:53Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > So I went Googling for the kitten pic in the OP and came across this: [Things Harper Does To Seem Human](http://thingsharperdoestoseemhuman.tumblr.com/). I am highly amused! They left off the whole wrapping-himself-in-human-skin-harvested-from-sacrificed-children thing. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/46 "2011-08-18T08:56:42Z")
[Ronald Reagan fighting crime in the Old West.](http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ronald-reagan-cowboy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/47 "2011-08-18T11:13:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.](http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/e7729793-985d-4144-8e4d-1b63c4913288.jpg) And friends. 🙂 I think that is a contender for the [“hot guys holding kittens”- thread](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403723). ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/48 "2011-08-18T21:21:34Z")
I know Andrew Jackson isn’t popular on this board, but the man did attack his own attempted assassin with his cane. Think of how much we could save on the Secret Service if only presidents nowadays showed such gumption. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/49 "2011-08-18T21:45:15Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > [http://www.life.com/image/53381173](http://www.life.com/image/53381173) > > This photo requires no caption. Roosevelt to Canada: “_This_ is how the Mounties should ride!” ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/50 "2011-08-18T22:27:29Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I know Andrew Jackson isn’t popular on this board, but the man did attack his own attempted assassin with his cane. Think of how much we could save on the Secret Service if only presidents nowadays showed such gumption. Teddy Roosevelt, meanwhile, got shot during a speech. And proceeded to finish his speech before seeking medical attention. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/51 "2011-08-18T23:15:42Z")
Two Israeli prime ministers, Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu, once freed a hijacked airplane together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152.md?page=2)