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LeBron James

2013-06-01T21:09:04Z

JunoD:

'''LeBron James''', nicknamed "King James", is a forward in the [[National Basketball Association]], and an [[Overrated Sports Star]]. Until July of 2010, James played for the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] after being drafted by them in 2003, but never even came close to winning an NBA title. As a 2010 [[Free Agent]], LeBron James signed a contract with the [[Miami Heat]], which had several of the best players in the league.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/07/08/general-bkn-lebron-apos-s-decision_7753495.html#feed=conservapedia LeBron James makes his pick: He's going to Miami], ''Forbes'', July 08, 2010.</ref>

The media declared LeBron to be a basketball icon when he was graduating from high school, and the media have worked overtime trying to prove they were right. But the statistics and playoff results tell a story different from the one the media spins.

==NBA career==
LeBron James is known best for never winning a scoring title, despite having strong athletic skills. He reportedly has the play-making ability and athleticism of guard in a power forward's build. In his 2012-13 season, Lebron averaged 26.8 points per game, 8 rebounds per game, and 7.2 assists per game while shooting 56.5 points from the field and 40.6 points from 3, all while leading his team to the best record in the NBA (66 wins) and the second longest winning streak in NBA history with a 27 game run. But if he's so difficult to defend, then why doesn't he score more points?

In 2007, LeBron was heralded by the media for taking his team to the NBA finals, but he was then swept in four straight games by the [[San Antonio Spurs]].<ref>http://www.nba.com/finals2007/</ref> His own personal playoff highlight also took place in these 2007 NBA playoffs, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the [[Detroit Pistons]]. James led his team to victory by scoring 29 of the Cavaliers' last 30 points in one of his most impressive playoff performances.<ref>http://www.nba.com/games/20070531/CLEDET/gameinfo.html</ref>

==Achievements==
2001 Ohio Mr. Basketball

2002 Ohio Mr. Basketball

2002 USA Today High School Player of the Year

2003 Ohio Mr. Basketball

2003 USA Today High School Player of the Year

2004 NBA Rookie of the Year

Bronze Medal in 2004 Summer Olympics

Gold Medal in 2008 Summer Olympics

2012 Finals MVP

==References==
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==External Link==

*[http://www.nba.com/playerfile/lebron_james/ NBA Profile]

[[Category:Basketball Players]]
[[Category:Olympic Athletes]]
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LeBron James

2013-06-01T21:06:54Z

JunoD:

'''LeBron James''', nicknamed "King James", is a forward in the [[National Basketball Association]], and an [[Overrated Sports Star]]. Until July of 2010, James played for the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] after being drafted by them in 2003, but never even came close to winning an NBA title. As a 2010 [[Free Agent]], LeBron James signed a contract with the [[Miami Heat]], which had several of the best players in the league.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/07/08/general-bkn-lebron-apos-s-decision_7753495.html#feed=conservapedia LeBron James makes his pick: He's going to Miami], ''Forbes'', July 08, 2010.</ref>

The media declared LeBron to be a basketball icon when he was graduating from high school, and the media have worked overtime trying to prove they were right. But the statistics and playoff results tell a story different from the one the media spins.

==NBA career==
LeBron James is known best for never winning a scoring title, despite having strong athletic skills. He reportedly has the play-making ability and athleticism of guard in a power forward's build. In his 2012-13 season, Lebron averaged 26.8 ppg, 8 rpg, and 7.2 apg while shooting 56.5 from the field and 40.6 from 3, all while leading his team to the best record in the NBA (66 wins) and the second longest winning streak in NBA history with a 27 game run. But if he's so difficult to defend, then why doesn't he score more points?

In 2007, LeBron was heralded by the media for taking his team to the NBA finals, but he was then swept in four straight games by the [[San Antonio Spurs]].<ref>http://www.nba.com/finals2007/</ref> His own personal playoff highlight also took place in these 2007 NBA playoffs, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the [[Detroit Pistons]]. James led his team to victory by scoring 29 of the Cavaliers' last 30 points in one of his most impressive playoff performances.<ref>http://www.nba.com/games/20070531/CLEDET/gameinfo.html</ref>

==Achievements==
2001 Ohio Mr. Basketball

2002 Ohio Mr. Basketball

2002 USA Today High School Player of the Year

2003 Ohio Mr. Basketball

2003 USA Today High School Player of the Year

2004 NBA Rookie of the Year

Bronze Medal in 2004 Summer Olympics

Gold Medal in 2008 Summer Olympics

2012 Finals MVP

==References==
<references/>

==External Link==

*[http://www.nba.com/playerfile/lebron_james/ NBA Profile]

[[Category:Basketball Players]]
[[Category:Olympic Athletes]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:James, LeBron}}

Shock of god

2013-05-07T22:37:28Z

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Chris Christie

2013-05-04T01:58:04Z

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'''Christopher Christie''' (born September 6, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey) is the 55th and current Governor of [[New Jersey]], having won in the 2009 election by a 49%-45% margin over incumbent [[Democrat]] [[Jon Corzine]]. A [[Republican]], Christie previously served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Christie declined to run for president in 2012, but endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] early and at a pivotal time, when Romney was struggling with [[evangelical]] statements against him. But Christie was passed over by Romney in his selection of a candidate for Vice President, despite how Christie might attracted [[Catholic]] voters nationwide, as well as Irish and Italian American voters, and helped carry nearby [[Pennsylvania]]. Instead, Christie was picked to deliver the keynote address at the [[Republican National Convention]], and will likely be appointed as [[Attorney General]] if Romney is elected president.

Christie wanders between [[conservative]] values and [[RINO]] positions. Christie vetoes same-sex marriage bills and other socially [[liberal]] legislation. But he has nominated Supreme Court Justices who are not conservative. He pardoned a man who received an absurdly long sentence for peaceful gun possession, but Christie has also been criticized for sometimes supporting of [[gun control]]. Conservatives have also critized him for his stance on immigration reform.<ref>http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/chris_christies_immigration_record/</ref>

On the important [[abortion]] issue, Christie is a bit of a [[PLINO]] - pro-life in name only. Christie has occasionally espoused [[pro-life]] views, but since early 2010 he has done almost nothing for unborn children. The [[abortion]] rate in [[New Jersey]] remains among the highest in the nation. Still, it is unlikely that Christie would run ads in support of abortion in certain cases, as Romney did in 2012.

==Biography==

Prior to his election as governor, Christie's only elected experience was serving on the Morris County board of Freeholders from 1995-1998. His colleagues praised him as effective, such as requiring as policy that the freeholder board go out for three quotations even on no-bid contracts. They also noted that he was unusually ambitious, when he unsuccessfully ran for State Assembly just two months into his term. <ref>http://www.politickernj.com/max/26275/political-career-three-parts-chris-christie-freeholder</ref> During his tenure in office county taxes decreased by 6.6%. <ref>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/gop_candidate_chris_christie_l.html</ref>

After serving as a top fundraiser for [[George W. Bush]]'s 2000 presidential campaign, the [[Bush administration]] appointed Christie as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and served from 2002-2008. He was also one of the 17 U.S. Attorneys on [[Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]]'s advisory commitee. Christie's most high profile prosecutions included State Senator and [[Newark]] Mayor Sharpe James for mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiring to rig the sale of nine city lots to his mistress. <ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/newark_ex_mayor_sharpe_james_convicted.html] Mayor James convicted</ref> He also led the felony conviction of State Senator Wayne Brant of mail and wire fraud, and bribery for soliciting a job at the School of Osteopathic Medicine. <ref>http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/topstories/index.ssf/2008/11/exlawmaker_bryant_guilty_of_br.html</ref> As attorney, Christie won convictions or guilty pleas from over 130 public officials, without losing a single case.

Christie's service as a prosecutor had an influence in [[national security]], when he led the team that prosecuted Hemant Lakhani, who had the desire to broker the sale of shoulder-fired missiles to shoot down American passenger jets. <ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-6229181-details/%27Del+Boy%27+trader+on+arms+charge/article.do;jsessionid=2F40D75F1AFD0FA79E8E876DCB944F88</ref> When leaving office in December 2008 he was praised by every major newspaper in New Jersey. The Philadelphia Inquirer editorialized "Christie has already done more good for New Jersey than some previous governors." The [[New York Times]] wrote that Christie "won widespread admiration for his aggressive fight against political corruption." <ref>http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=14677&ShowAllPoll=Y</ref>

Even Governor Corzine, Christie's opponent in the gubernatorial election praised Christie in 2005, saying "I have supported Chris Christie as being our U.S. attorney, fought for his ability to be that, endorsed what he's doing...There have been as many Republicans as Democrats who have been brought to justice because of Chris Christie. I think he's doing a great job." <ref>http://www.christiefornj.com/images/negativeattacks.pdf</ref>

==2009 Gubernatorial Campaign==
[[Image:Christiemap.jpg|thumb|right|350px|2009 Election Results]]
In the Republican primary, Christie defeated former mayor [[Steve Lonegan]].

Although a Democratic state, Christie was elected while advocating the need to downsize state [[government]] and reduce property taxes. New Jersey had faced a weakened economy, high budget deficit and a high tax burden, reslting in Corzine's defeat.

In July, Christie endorsed [[President Obama]]'s nomination of [[Sonia Sotomayor]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], saying "Elections have consequences. One of those consequences are judicial appointments. While Judge Sotomayor would not have been my choice, President Obama has used his opportunity to fill a seat on the Supreme Court by choosing a nominee who has more than proven her capability, competence and ability." <ref>http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/gop_gov_candidate_chris_christ_3.html</ref>

Christopher Christie is pro-life:
:"I believe in the sanctity, dignity and inherent value of all human life. Hearing the heartbeat of my unborn daughter 14 years ago had a profound effect on me. I am pro-life because I believe her life and the life of every child is precious." <ref>http://www.christiefornj.com/questions-for-chris</ref>

===Notable Endorsements===
*Former [[New York City]] [[Mayor]] [[Rudy Giuliani]]
*Former [[Massachusetts]] Governor [[Mitt Romney]]
*Former New Jersey Governor [[Thomas H. Kean]]
*Economist [[Steve Forbes]]
*New Jersey Right to Life Committee <ref>http://www.lifenews.com/state4512.html</ref>

==Record as Governor==

On Christie's first day as governor he signed eight executive orders and froze several government regulations. He gave a nod to Casinos, signing an order saying that their employees are essential state workers and will not have to close in any future state government shutdown, as they were in 2006. Christie also added unions to the list of groups who cannot receive state contracts of more than $17,500 if they have donated more than $300 to a campaign for governor or county political committee in the previous 18 months.<ref>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/new_jersey/article_63a14ff8-8038-591a-8f1a-7503e1bbcbcc.html</ref>

In February, Christie announced that he would immediately freeze all state spending. Saying New Jersey is on the verge of bankruptcy, Christie declared a fiscal emergency, announcing drastic cuts. <ref>http://wcbstv.com/local/governor.christie.freezes.2.1487727.html</ref>

On March 16, 2011, Christie announced major cuts to education to help balance the budget bloat caused by years under Democratic governors. <ref>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/03/22/25559/</ref> The New Jersey Education Association hotly contested these vital cuts, as they would almost certainly require the firing of non-tenured teachers to balance local school budgets, a problem the teacher's union created in the first place. Recently, the cuts have been challenged by the Supreme court, despite there being no link between New Jersey's relatively large amount of educational spending and increased statewide academic success. <ref>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/christies_school_aid_cuts_left.html</ref>

In August 2011, Christie raised controversy by dismissing legitimate concerns voters and members of the New Jersey state legislature had raised concerning his appointment of Sohail Mohammed, a Muslim attorney with a history of defending Muslims after [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]], as a judge on the state bench. Christie used profanity in referring to concerns that Mohammed would institute [[Sharia law]] from his position as state judge, and called citizens concerned about the Islamization of America "crazies."<ref>http://nation.foxnews.com/chris-christie/2011/08/04/christie-defends-appointing-muslim-judge-sharia-law-business-crap</ref>

Governor Christie has endorsed a plan to to merge part of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) with Rutgers University. The plan would include UMDNJ’s New Brunswick-Piscataway campus — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the School of Public Health and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The change would help raise Rutgers’ profile and draw more research dollars to the state, according to the recommendations. <ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/umdnj-rutgers_partial_merger_r.html Gov. Christie strongly endorses partial merger of Rutgers and UMDNJ]</ref> Rutgers, one of the few state universities without its own medical school, has been lobbying for a merger since another state task force headed by former New Jersey Gov. [[Thomas H. Kean]] first suggested the idea in January 2011. The reorganization has an “aggressive” target date of July 1, 2012. By adding a medical school, Rutgers’ rank among universities in spending on research and development would rise dramatically<ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/no_time_wasted_creating_rutger.html No time is being wasted creating Rutgers medical school]</ref>

He has also failed in getting the New Jersey Grand Prix ready for 2013, it will now possibly be held in 2014 or be cancelled.

==External Links==
*[http://www.state.nj.us/governor/ Governor of New Jersey Official Site]

===Videos===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICIa-KJeUtM&feature=related Governor Christie: Style]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evtt-R7Rmdw&feature=related Governor Christie: Day of Reckoning]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVccFQLFmUo&feature=related Conservative Governor on his "confrontational tone"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlzA9dgZ1qM&feature=related Rush Limbaugh: Governor Chris Christie Slaughters a Liberal Reporter]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXBlZdPENU&feature=related Governor Chris Christie For President 2012]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIVr0dVgww&feature=related Christie Slams Teacher Unions]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuri7p_9pm4&feature=related Chris Christie vs. Teachers Unions]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksLlAi3iIc&feature=related Governor Christie: Not About Teachers]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkv6uo5nZDM&feature=related Governor Christie on Hannity]

==References==
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Fidel Castro

2012-11-26T17:31:10Z

JunoD: /* Death and purported sightings */

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| parents =Angel Castro y Argiz Lina Ruz González (out of wedlock)
| religion =Atheist
| education =University of Havana
| spouse =Mirta Diaz-Balart (1948–1955)
Dalia Soto del Valle (1980–present)
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'''Fidel Castro''' (August 13, 1926 - ~2009 ) was the brutal [[communist]] [[dictator]] of [[Cuba]] from 1959 to 2008. Fidel Castro is an [[atheism|atheist]].
He reveled in worship of him by the public.

He held the posts of [[Prime Minister|prime minister]] (1959-1976) and president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers (1976-2008).<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html#Govt</ref> His oppressive rule lasted almost 50 years and killed scores of thousands. He has not been seen publicly since July 2006, when he underwent intestinal surgery, and is presumably no longer alive as of December 2009; the communists running Cuba have no incentive to risk challenge to their power by announcing that he passed away.<ref>''[http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-215_162-1859015.html State Secret: Is Castro Dead?]'', Brian Goodman, ''CBS News'', September 22, 2009.</ref> After a long absence from the public eye, he was purportedly shown in photographs in June of 2010, released by the Cuban State News Agency. In August 2010, the Associated Press had a story of a purported Castro speech to the Cuban parliament. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/06/cuba-state-tv-fidel-castro-attend-parliament-meeting-time-years-1415326051/?test=latestnews</ref> ''The fact remains there hasn't been a reputable, independent account of Castro being alive in nearly a year.'' Other authoritarian regimes, such as [[North Korea]] and [[Nazi Germany]] have engaged in "body-doubles" and actor/impersonators to hide the death or incapacitation of despots in the past. <ref>[http://www.mahalo.com/kim-jong-il-body-doubles Kim Jong Il Body Doubles]</ref> <ref>[http://www.blackraiser.com/nredoubt/identity.htm Hitler body-double]</ref> In April 2011, Castro allegedly stepped down as head of the Cuban communist Party, but it has not been confirmed that this was not a ruse. <ref>http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=41125</ref>

{{cquote|'''I think its time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers. Not too long ago two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a business man who had escaped from Castro. And in the midst of one of his stories, my friends turned to the other and said, ‘we don’t know how lucky ''we'' are.’ ''And the Cuban stopped and said, ‘How lucky YOU are, I had some place to escape to.’'' In that sentence he told us the entire story of Cuba, and Castro. -- [[Ronald Reagan]] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBswFfh6AY "A Time for Choosing" by Ronald Reagan]</ref>}} 

== Early years of Castro ==
There is much that is not known of Castro's rural youth. However, it is generally conceded that his father was [[Ángel María Bautista Castro y Argiz]] and his mother [[Lina Ruz González]]. Official biographies are essentially hagiographies and the more extreme of his many detractors portray a wild and irregular life typical of a the worst element of his class. Castro has numerous siblings of various combination of parentage; for instance, it is widely believed that Raul Castro has the same mother but is not a son of Fidel Castro's father. The most accepted biography is that of Geyer 2002 <ref>Geyer, Georgie Anne 2002 Guerrilla Prince. Andrews McMeel Publishing Kansas City ISBN 0740720643</ref> while a new series biographies by Norberto Fuentes (2004, and later),<ref>Fuentes, Norberto 2004 La Autobiografia De Fidel Castro Editorial Planeta, Mexico D.F ISBN 8423336042, ISBN 9707490012</ref> a former propagandist for the Cuban Government, are attracting attention.

During his student years Fidel Castro was deeply involved in lethal violence.<ref>Ros, Enrique 2003 Fidel Castro y El Gatillo Alegre: Sus A~nos Universitarios (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Ediciones Universal Miami ISBN 1593880065</ref> This violence also extended overseas to his involvement in the 1948 Colombian Bogotazo.<ref>Bowden, Mark 2002 Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw. Penguin ISBN-10 0142000957
ISBN-13 978-014200095 e,g Page 4: "... But the event had also attracted critics, leftist agitators, among them a young Cuban student leader named Fidel Castro. To them the fledgling OAS was a sop, a sellout, an alliance with the gringo imperialists of the north. … The young rebels like the twenty-one year old Castro anticipated a decade of revolution ..." Page 7: "... cities. Many policemen, devotees of the slain leader, joined the angry mobs in the streets, as did student revolutionaries like Castro. The leftists donned red armbands and tried to direct the crowd, ..." State Departments reports by William Wieland mention Rafael del Pino but oddly omit mention of Fidel Castro </ref>
<ref>Davis, Jack Posted May 08, 2007 (accessed 6-2-08) The Bogotazo, CIA Archives https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/docs/v13i4a07p_0004.htm
Central Intelligence Agency Posted May 08 2007 (accessed 6-2-08) https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/docs/v13i4a07p_0004.htm page 4 “There were many foreign radicals in Bogota at the time, to advertise their causes in the publicity extended to the Conference of American States. Fidel Castro, then 22 years old, happened to be one of them. Thorough investigations indicate that he played only a minor role. Castro subsequently reported that he tried to turn the mob into a revolutionary force, but was defeated by the onset of drunkenness and looting. The episode may have influenced his adoption in Cuba in the 1950s of a guerrilla strategy rather than one of revolution through urban disorders.” </ref>
Castro was trained as a lawyer studying at the University of Havana. In 1953 he led the first of many assaults against the ruling military regime of general [[Fulgencio Batista]]. A 1953 attack against military barracks in Santiago de Cuba was a failure,<ref>de la Cova, Antonio Rafael. 2007 The Moncada Attack: Birth of the Cuban Revolution.. University of South Carolina Press ISBN-10: 1570036721 ISBN-13: 978-1570036729
</ref> and Castro, alongside his brother Raul, was captured they, unlike a number of his companions, were spared irregular execution by intervention of Roman Catholic Church members. In a courtroom speech in his defense (heavily edited in published form, and titled "La Historia me absolverá", or "History will absolve me"), Castro outlined his plans for reforms, demanding a return to the 1940 constitution, the ending of corrupt practices and a more equal distribution of land. There was no formal death penalty in Cuba at the time. After three years of incarceration on the Isle of Youth (then Isle of Pines), both Castro brothers were released during an amnesty.

Upon release, the Castro brothers relocated to [[Mexico]] to avoid imminent reprisals from paramilitary groups affiliated with the Batista regime, lead by former communist and long time rival of Castro [[Roland Masferrer]]<ref>Masferrer, Marc, 2006 Rolando Masferrer, the man from Holguín http://marcmasferrer.typepad.com/uncommon_sense/2006/10/rolando_masferr.html and also http://www.cuban-exile.com/menu2/2rolando.html</ref>. In [[Mexico]] Castro organized a group of revolutionaries to return to Cuba and overthrow Batista. They became known as the 26th of July movement. This group included the Argentinian [[Che Guevara]]. In December 1956 Castro and 81 others boarded the Granma yacht, sailed to eastern Cuba, and began the armed struggle against the current regime.

The landing was preceded in Santiago and the rest of Oriente Province by an armed rising of the 26 of July urban Militia, a non-communist organization, lead by [[Frank Pais]].<ref>Alvarez, Jose 2008 Principio y Fin del Mito Fidelista. Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC Canada ISBN-10 1425154042
ISBN-13: 978-1425154042 http://www.amazon.com/Principio-fin-del-mito-fidelista/dp/1425154042
This is the most up to date description of the crucial role that the non-communist militia of Frank Pais played in the "War Against Batista." Without Frank Pais there would not have been a "Fidel Castro." This book describes in detail and with dispassionate analysis how Frank Pais supported the Castro effort and how he was betrayed, and killed. It is a sad and only too real description of the hijacking of the resistance against Batista by communist activists including Castro himself.</ref> In the mountains the guidance of the bandit [[Cresencio Perez]], and and a few communist [[sleepers]] who had been placed in the Sierra for some time under the direction of stalinist agent [[Fabio Grobart]] was important. Some local [[guajiros]] in the remote Sierra Maestra region joined in to became the nucleus of the critical scouting and picketing force of [[Escopeteros]] who screened the better armed Castro main force. The support and guidance from revolutionary groups in the cities of Santiago, [[Havana]], elsewhere in Cuba and overseas was critical. The support of the U.S. State Department, mediated by [[William Weiland]] (aka Guillermo Arturo Montenegro) was significant from the time of the Bogotazo, through the [[Bay of Pigs]].<ref>Smith, Earl E.T. 1962 (last accessed 9-29-07) The Fourth Floor: An Account of the Castro Communist Revolution Random House ASIN: B000H5CT5M</ref>

By 1958, military attacks against Batista's army were having some success,<ref>Bonachea, Ramon L and Marta San Martin 1974. The Cuban insurrection 1952-1959. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswik, New Jersey ISBN 0878555765</ref> and the revolution was gaining national support. Castro maintained a position of diplomatic neutrality amongst various revolutionary factions, which included upper and middle class liberals, guajiros, and agricultural workers, communists and others, and hence was able to assume the position of director of the revolution. He was also largely successful in courting international support via astute and careful use of the media. Officials within the CIA and the United States government were divided over whether to support Castro. Some believed that Batista had become a liability, and that his overthrow was inevitable. Other officials feared the influence of known communists in Castro's camp including Guevara, though Castro himself repeatedly stressed that he himself was not a communist.

The revolution finally succeeded in late 1958, and on January 1st 1959, Batista left the country. Castro had chosen exiled leaders Manuel Urrutia Lleó and José Miró Cardona, both anti-communist liberals with good relations with the U.S., to head the new government. Castro himself became head of the new armed forces. However, the increasing presence of communists in the decision making process created an early split in the government. Castro and Urrutia both insisted publicly that they had relations with each other, but Urrutia and Miró resigned only months later, and Castro, with support from mass organizations, assumed the position of prime minister. Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, a former Commodore of the Cienfuegos Yacht Club became president and head of state.

==In Power==

The process of obtaining permanent power was dramatic, traumatic and bloody. From 1959 on, mass killings of dissidents were carried out as a matter of course by the infamous "''firing squads.''" Immediately after the Communist take-over, some 2,500 army officers were rounded up and shot dead.<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/4455-the-real-che-guevara.html</ref> [[Che Guevara]] reportedly stayed up late into the night signing death warrants for defenseless "reactionaries." Tens of thousands were sent to concentration camps.<ref>Frank Calzon, Castro’s Gulag (Council for Inter-American Security, 1979).</ref> Desperate crowds of weeping daughters and shrieking mothers were clubbed with rifle butts as they pleaded for their family members to be spared. One of Castro's exiled opponents describes it this way:

''"The Castro regime came to power by deception and terror, resulting in what can only be described as a state of war against the Cuban people. Executions, labor camps, forced re-locations and exile, and the imposition of a repressive military police force to exercise control over civilian society."''<ref>"Ziva" 6-8-08 Human Rights Advocacy and the Role of the Media. Babalublog http://www.babalublog.com/</ref>

As prime minister, and then president from 1976, Castro ruled the country in line with Stalinist policies, seizing [[private property]] and eliminating [[free speech]] and [[free press]]. He was infamous for his overly long speeches, often rambling on for hours, which can be seen as an example of [[Liberal style]].

Castro, who had been in regular contact with the KGB since 1956 and who used Soviet arms during his guerilla war, welcomed the presence of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba to deter an American attack. This decision precipitated the Cuban Missile Crisis, a major confrontation in the Cold War that nearly resulted in the cataclysmic death of millions. According to Guevara: "If the [Soviet nuclear] rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York."<ref>UPI, December 10, 1962.</ref> Nikita Khrushchev wrote
that, according to Castro, "we needed to immediately deliver a nuclear missile strike
against the United States… a proposal that placed the planet on the brink of extinction."<ref>James G. Blight et al., Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), pp29.</ref> Fidel
Castro admitted: "I would have agreed to the use of nuclear weapons."<ref>Ibid, pp. 252</ref> On October 26, 1962, the USS Beale had tracked and dropped signaling depth charges (the size of hand grenades) on the B-59, a Soviet Project 641 (NATO designation Foxtrot) submarine which, unknown to the U.S., was armed with a 15 kiloton nuclear torpedo. Running out of air, the Soviet submarine was surrounded by American warships and desperately needed to surface. Captain Valentin Savitsky ordered his crew to prepare the use of a nuclear torpedo against the Americans, but crew member Vasili Arkhipov stepped in and quite literally saved the world.

In the aftermath of the crisis, the United States maintained a strict embargo on Cuba. As a result, Castro sought close ties with anti-American Communist states, and became dependant on aid from Moscow. He supplied massive amounts of military aid to [[North Korea]] and especially to [[North Vietnam]], where Cuban forces allegedly helped torture American POWs during the [[Vietnam War]].

Ever eager to make trouble, Castro dispatched Che to assist the Chinese-and Soviet-backed "Simbas" of Laurent Kabila in the [[Congo]], who were "murdering, raping and munching (many were cannibals) their way through the defenseless Europeans still left in the recently abandoned Belgian colony."<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/4455-the-real-che-guevara.html</ref> The [[CIA]] fought a proxy war with Communist forces in the Congo, which descended into a complex maze of chaotic maneuverings and betrayals by several major world powers.

Castro, all the while maintaining an "anti-imperialist" political posture, would intervene extensively in the internal affairs of African nations through violence and war. Cuban military intervention to save the communist MPLA dictatorship in [[Angola]] from collapse led to decades of civil war that cost as many as 1 million lives.<ref>Médecins Sans Frontières, “Angola: An Alarming Nutritional Situation,” August 1999</ref> Castro also dispatched Cuban troops to fight on behalf of the Communist dictatorship in [[Ethiopia]], which killed 1.25 million people through massacre and forced starvation.<ref>Washington Post, March 18, 1978 (Ethiopia intervention); New York Times, December 14, 1994 (Ethiopia death toll).</ref>

Soviet and Cuban support for communist violence caused civil wars in [[Nicaragua]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]] and [[Guatemala]].<ref>Alberto R. Coll, “Soviet Arms and Central American Turmoil,” World Affairs, Summer 1985.</ref> Support from the Cuban government was also given to terrorists from the [[PLO]].<ref>[http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y02/apr02/15e6.htm Castro's Anti-Semitism and the PLO]</ref>

Castro has repeatedly ordered acts of war against the United States. Beyond the missile crisis, Castro maintains a huge electronic espionage complex directed at U.S. shores, conducts research into biological warfare and sponsors international terrorist groups.<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/2802-starve-the-castro-regime-help-the-cuban-people</ref> Cuban intelligence had ties with the Communist [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], who later assassinated President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>htmlhttp://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=28091</ref> In the seventies, Castro deliberately sent dozens of dangerous criminals to US shores;<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/peopleevents/e_exiles.html</ref> he responded to overtures from President [[Bill Clinton]] by ordering a deadly attack on an American plane.<ref>http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/22/bill_clinton_loses_his_cool_in</ref>

On February 23, 1988, the Cuban poet Armando Valladares, who was a prisoner in the Cuban gulag for 22 years, addressed the [[United Nations]] Commission on Human Rights. In his speech, he stated:

<blockquote>
I recall when they kept me in a punishment cell, naked, with several fractures on one leg which never received medical care; today, those bones remain jammed up together and displaced. One of the regular drills among the guards was to stand on the steel mesh ceiling and throw at my face buckets full of urine and excrement.

Mr. Chairman, I know the taste of the urine and the excrement of other men: That practice does not leave marks; marks are left by beatings with steel rods and by bayonet thrusts. My head is still covered with scars and you can feel the cracks.

But, what can inflict more damage to human dignity, the urine and excrements thrown all over your face or a bayonet's blow? Which is the appropriate article for the discussion of this subject? Under which technical point does it fall? Under what batch of papers, numbers, lines and bars should we include this trampling of human dignity?

The violation of human rights was not a matter of reports, of negotiated resolutions, of elegant and diplomatic rhetoric, for us it was a daily suffering.

For me it meant eight thousand days of hunger, of systematic beatings, of hard labor, of solitary confinement, of cells with steel-planked windows and doors, of solitude.

Eight thousand days of struggling to prove that I was a human being. Eight thousand days of proving that my spirit could triumph over exhaustion and pain. Eight thousand days of testing my religious convictions, my faith, of fighting the hate my atheist jailers were trying to instill in me with each bayonet thrust, fighting so that hate would not flourish in my heart. Eight thousand days of struggling so that I would not become like them, rejecting torture as a mean to fight, forcing myself to forgive, rejecting the thoughts of revenge, reprisal and cruelty.<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/625-torture-in-castro-s-cuba.html</ref>
</blockquote>

Castro's policies imposed poverty and slavery on millions.<ref>Nick Eberstadt, The Poverty of Communism (Transaction Publishers, 1990), pp188, 196-206, 240-6.</ref> In 1959, Cuba was the second richest country in Latin America; today, it is the second poorest.<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/5404-castro-s-cuba-at-fifty-no-freedom-no-fish.html</ref> Most pharmacies in Cuba do not even have aspirins.<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/4402-aid-from-self-serving-autocrats.html</ref> Cuba is plagued with a humanitarian catastrophe involving massive and widespread malnutrition and lack of basic goods; death, suffering, and misery is the result.<ref>http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/cuba/2538-bad-cuban-medicine.html</ref> The streets are now choked with scenes of starving peasants frantically pleading for food.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In September 2010, Castro admitted that "the Cuban model doesn't even work."<ref>www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fidel</ref>

Castro has been accused of genocide by ''Genocide Watch.''<ref>http://www.genocidewatch.org/</ref> He has been sued for genocide in [[Belgium]] and [[Spain]].<ref>http://www2.fiu.edu/~fcf/castrosuedgenocide.html</ref>

The estimated number of deaths attributable to the Castro regime varies according to different sources—but not by much. The number of named, documented victims (with 2 or more sources) established by recent scholarship is 86,000, excluding an estimated minimum<ref>http://www.cubaverdad.net/genocide.htm</ref> of 16,282 deaths in war and combat, for a conservative total of 112,000.<ref>http://cubaarchive.org/home/</ref> R.J. Rummel, in his book ''Statistics of Democide'' estimates a range of 35-141,000 killed, which may underestimate the full toll by as much as 50%, since it only covers the years 1959-87.<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/POSTWWII.HTM</ref> The most comprehensive survey, by Armando Lago, puts the total at 116,730-119,730 killed.<ref>http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat6.htm#Cuba59</ref> The majority (85,000) of these deaths were caused by drowning; the firing squads account for some 30,000. Adding combat deaths to his calculations, we arrive at a total of some 136,000 Cubans killed by the Castro regime. Little effort has been made to calculate boat people deaths in recent years. Cuban exiles claim that as many as 200,000 have been murdered altogether.<ref>http://www.therealcuba.com/</ref> The death toll from Cuban interventions abroad can be numbered in the hundreds of thousands.

==Death and purported sightings==

In August 2006, health problems led to the appointment of his younger brother, Raul, as temporarily president and head of the Communist Party in Cuba. Political analysts believe that the appointment marks the beginning of a transition designed to maintain Communist control over Cuba after Castro's death<ref>The Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080100647.html For Castro, a First Step In Calculated Transition ]</ref>. Castro's surgery was scheduled to repair a "sharp intestinal crisis with sustained bleeding." <ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/july-dec06/castro_08-01.html</ref>

Bonded by their hate for the United States and capitalism, Castro and [[Venezuela]]n dictator [[Hugo Chavez]] created a close relationship. Both socialist countries have worked together on various political ventures.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166355,00.html</ref>.

On May 1, 2007, Castro did not attend Cuba's annual celebration of May Day, leading many to believe that he had died. While Castro allegedly met with Brazilian President [[Lula da Silva|Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva]] on February 25, 2010, <ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ghGthxqnYMWcICCnEkjH5ayqPamQD9E356IO1</ref> there is no independent conformational that this was not in fact a body-double.

On February 18, 2008, Fidel Castro resigned as President of the State Council and Commander in Chief.<ref>http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/02/19/nacional/artic10.html</ref> He was succeeded by his brother, [[Raul Castro]].

In September of 2011, it was reported that a Venezuelan reporter had interviewed Castro <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/cubas-fidel-castro-breaks-long-silence-in-interview-with-venezuelan-television/2011/09/08/gIQA08FSCK_story.html</ref>, but independent media have not confirmed that this was not actually a doppelganger standing in for the long-deceased Castro.

In February 2012 the mainstream media reported that Castro met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Predictably there have been no reports from the liberal media as to whether this was actually Castro or a lookalike <ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/us-cuba-brazil-idUSTRE8100B620120201 Brazil's Rousseff meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba]</ref>.

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== See also ==

*[[Mystery:Did a Fake Fidel Castro Meet the Pope?]]
*[[Ronald Reagan]]
*[[Bay of Pigs]]

==External links==
* [http://antifidelblogs.cubanology.com/ Anti-Fidel Blogs]
* [http://cubawatcher.blogspot.com/ Cuba Watcher]
* [http://www.castrodeathwatch.com/ Castro Death Watch]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/president-fidel-castro.htm Fidel Castro - breaking news]
* [http://17503.spreadshirt.com/junior-s-cap-sleeve-t-shirt-A1429312/customize/color/1 I bought this t-shirt before Castro died]
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[[Category:Dictators]]
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[[Category: Mass Murderers]]

Andy Williams

2012-09-27T00:10:44Z

JunoD:

'''Howard Andrew Williams''' was born on December 3, 1927, in,
Wall Lake, [[Iowa]], and died on September 25, 2012 in [[Branson]], [[Missouri]]. Starting out in a [[church]] [[choir]] and as a
teenager joining his three brothers to form a [[quartet]] that
performed first on [[radio]] in [[Des Moines]] on WHO, and then in
[[Chicago]] on WLS and [[Cincinnati]]’s WLW, Andy became a
regular on [[Steve Allen]]’s [[Tonight Show]] in 1955.

In 1955 Andy signed a recording contract with Cadence Records,
where in the summer of 1956 his vocal version of the smash hit
instrumental “Canadian Sunset” would earn him a top ten hit,
followed by Andy’s lone #1 single chart topper, “Butterfly”.

In 1957 Andy Williams landed in the top ten with “I Like Your
Kind of Love” and again in 1958 with “Are You Sincere”.
In 1959 “Lonely Street” and “The Village of St. Bernadette”
both were top ten hits.

Leaving Cadence for [[Columbia Records]], Andy in 1963 reached
the #2 spot on the Hit Parade with “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”.
Among his fifty plus hit singles, were “Hopeless”, “Dear Heart” and
“A Fool Never Learns”, but it would be in 1971 before he had another
top ten hit single, “Where Do I Begin” from the film “Love Story”.

However, as an album artist, Andy Williams was a superstar with
as many as 17 gold albums, including:
* “Moon River”
* “Days of Wine and Roses”
* “Dear Heart”
* “The Shadow of Your Smile”
* “Love Story”
* “The Andy Williams Christmas Album”

The [[Christmas]] album is still a best seller several decades later. He would record eight Christmas albums, more than
any other recording artist at Columbia.

The Andy Williams Show on television won three [[Emmy Award]]s
and up until the 1990’s his Christmas specials were family
habits during the holidays.
In recent years, to the delight of fans, Andy opened his
“Moon River Theatre” in Branson, [[Missouri]] where he had a home.
He alternated between a residence there and one
in La Quinta, [[California]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Andy}}

[[Category:Male Singers]]

Andy Williams

2012-09-27T00:08:04Z

JunoD: RIP, Andy Williams

'''Howard Andrew Williams''' was born on December 3, 1927, in
Wall Lake, [[Iowa]], and died on September 25, 2012 in [[Branson, Missouri]]. Starting out in a [[church]] [[choir]] and as a
teenager joining his three brothers to form a [[quartet]] that
performed first on [[radio]] in [[Des Moines]] on WHO, and then in
[[Chicago]] on WLS and [[Cincinnati]]’s WLW, Andy became a
regular on [[Steve Allen]]’s [[Tonight Show]] in 1955.

In 1955 Andy signed a recording contract with Cadence Records,
where in the summer of 1956 his vocal version of the smash hit
instrumental “Canadian Sunset” would earn him a top ten hit,
followed by Andy’s lone #1 single chart topper, “Butterfly”.

In 1957 Andy Williams landed in the top ten with “I Like Your
Kind of Love” and again in 1958 with “Are You Sincere”.
In 1959 “Lonely Street” and “The Village of St. Bernadette”
both were top ten hits.

Leaving Cadence for [[Columbia Records]], Andy in 1963 reached
the #2 spot on the Hit Parade with “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”.
Among his fifty plus hit singles, were “Hopeless”, “Dear Heart” and
“A Fool Never Learns”, but it would be in 1971 before he had another
top ten hit single, “Where Do I Begin” from the film “Love Story”.

However, as an album artist, Andy Williams was a superstar with
as many as 17 gold albums, including:
* “Moon River”
* “Days of Wine and Roses”
* “Dear Heart”
* “The Shadow of Your Smile”
* “Love Story”
* “The Andy Williams Christmas Album”

The [[Christmas]] album is still a best seller several decades later. He would record eight Christmas albums, more than
any other recording artist at Columbia.

The Andy Williams Show on television won three [[Emmy Award]]s
and up until the 1990’s his Christmas specials were family
habits during the holidays.
In recent years to the delight of fans, Andy opened his
“Moon River Theatre” in Branson, [[Missouri]] where he has a home.
He alternates between a residence there and one
in La Quinta, [[California]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Andy}}

[[Category:Male Singers]]

2012 Summer Olympics

2012-08-02T04:21:46Z

JunoD:

The '''2012 Summer Olympic Games''', officially known as the '''Games of the XXX Olympiad''' and informally as '''London 2012''', will be held in [[London]] from July 27 through August 12. This makes London the first city to host the Games three times - the previous occasions being in 1908 and 1948. The Olympic Games have pagan origins; the torch relay was first used for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Nazi Berlin. During the Modern Olympic Games, the pagan origins of the Olympics have been replaced by [[faith]]-based achievement by the participating athletes.

Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees will be participating.<ref>Independent Olympic Athletes from [[South Sudan]], who does not yet have a National Olympic Committee, and the former Netherlands Antilles, who no longer has a National Olympic Committee due to their dissolution, will also compete under the Olympic Flag.</ref> Sports contests having the greatest political interest are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Sport
!Political issue
!Answer
|-
|Multiple
|How many athletes will be unfairly expelled based on [[liberal]] [[censorship]] of their [[free speech]]?
|One athlete -- Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou -- was expelled from the Greek National team by her own country's Olympic committee '''''before it officially opened''''' based on a one-sentence joke about immigration, even though she apologized. The joke in question was this from her Twitter: "With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!" It should be noted that Papachristou apologized for the tweet.

In addition to the Greek Olympic Committee's decision on Papachristou, the IOC's own twitter-use policy has been criticized for hindering free speech. The policy, which is claimed to protect the IOC's commercial rights, goes as far as to prevent athletes from "reporting on events". According to The Globe and Mail, even a tweet such as "Won our games against China, USA. Next up, the Brazilians," could get an athlete expelled from the Games without notice. As of yet, no athletes have been expelled by the IOC for this [[social media]] [[censorship]] policy.

Lolo Jones, a pro-[[abstinence]] [[American]] hurdler, is being criticized by the [[lamestream media]] for sending out a pro-[[Second Amendment]] tweet.

The [[liberal]] thought police expelled a Swiss soccer player for tweeting that South Koreans are "retards."<ref>[[http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/07/another-racist-twitter-scandal-gets-another-olympic-athlete-boot/55197/] </ref>
|-
|Opening Ceremonies
|Will [[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] David Beckham be selected to light the Olympic cauldron?
|Beckham was not selected as the final torchbearer. He was, however, a passenger on the speedboat that carried the torch up the River Thames. He assisted in the hand-off of the torch to Sir Steve Redgrave, one of Britain's greatest Olympians. Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012, stated, "He [Beckham] will be more than an ambassador given what he has done, the commitment he has given and the amount of time he has spent with us in London on this project. He was not only alongside us when we won [the right to host the Olympics], he was alongside us when we threw our hats in the ring."<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/football/9388462/London-2012-Olympics-David-Beckham-will-be-more-than-an-ambassador-at-the-Games.html London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham will be 'more than an ambassador' at the Games] telegraph.co.uk, July 10, 2012, retrieved July 28, 2012</ref>
|-
|Multiple
|will atheist nations underachieve in team sports?
|In women's soccer, France finished with two wins and a loss and came in second in their group, which also included the United States (see below). They will face Sweden in the quarterfinals. Great Britain finished with a perfect 3-0-0 record and will face Canada in the quarterfinals.

On the men's side, Great Britain tied its first game against Senegal and defeated the United Arab Emirates in its second game. They beat Uruguay to advance to the quarterfinals as top team in their first-round group. France failed to qualify.

Australia failed to qualify for either soccer event. This was their first time attempting to qualify out of the Asian Zone instead of the significantly weaker Oceanic Zone, so this may have been a factor. They will, however, send teams in most other team sports, since they qualify from the Oceanic Zone in those.

In women's basketball, France is 2-0, Australia is 1-1, and Great Britain is 0-2. All three are in the same six-team group, from which the top 4 advance to the quarterfinals.

In women's handball, Great Britain is 0-2 and France is 1-1. The top four in each of the two groups advance to the quarterfinals.

In men's basketball, Great Britain and Australia, both in Group B, are 0-2. France, in Group A, is 1-1. The top four in each group advance to the quarterfinals.

In men's volleyball, Australia split its first two games, while Great Britain is 0-2. The top 4 in each group advance to the quarterfinals. In women's volleyball, Great Britain is 1-1. Again, the top 4 teams out of 6 advance to the quarterfinals.

|-
|Multiple
|Similarly, will atheist nations underachieve in general?
|Increasingly atheistic Great Britain did not win its first gold medal until Day 5 (August 1), despite having all the advantages of being the host nation. China, an officially atheist and communist country, leads the standings with 13 gold medals. Despite having more than three times the population of the United States and despite having a national program designed to produce champion athletes, China is trailing the USA in total medals (24-23) part of the way into Day 5, and has 13 gold medals to the United States's 9. Somewhat atheistic France is a distant third in total golds with 4. Australia has 1 gold and 6 total medals.
|-
|Multiple
|How many athletes will do the equivalent of [[Tebowing]] after a victory? American Meb Keflezighi, who won the silver medal in the marathon in 2004, typically gives glory to [[God]] with the sign of the [[Cross]] after finishing a race.<ref>http://www.letsrun.com/2009/nycmen1101.php</ref>
|Soccer players in the United Arab Emirates team bowed toward Mecca when they scored a goal. But they came bottom of their first-round group and did not advance to the quarter-final.
|-
|Multiple
|Will almost no athletes from [[public school]] sports programs win any gold medals, despite how public schools spend more than $500 billion annually to teach and train [[American]]s?
|The [[lamestream media]] state that Missy Franklin, the star swimmer, is a high school student, but fail to mention that she attends ''[[Catholic]]'' school rather than [[public school]].

'''American 2012 Olympic gold medal winners (as of 8/1/2012)'''
*Public schools: Michael Phelps (but his swimming was with a private club, like most [[public school]]ed swimming medalists), Nathan Adrian, Allison Schmitt, Shannon Vreeland, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, Ricky Berens
*Private: Missy Franklin (Catholic high school), Conor Dwyer (Catholic high school)
*Unknown: Dana Vollmer, Vincent Hancock, Kim Rhode, Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas
*Other: Kristin Armstrong (high school in Japan), McKayla Maroney ([[homeschooled]])
|-
|wrestling
|have [[feminist]] [[Title IX quotas]] destroyed the [[U.S.]] team?
|TBA
|-
|men's basketball
|will selfless play by outspoken [[Christian]] [[Kevin Durant]] overcome ball-hogging by [[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]]s [[Kobe Bryant]] and [[LeBron James]] on [[USA Basketball]]?
|After a slow start, the United States beat France 98-71 in their first game. LeBron James had 9 points in 25 minutes, while Kobe Bryant was limited to 12 minutes but scored 10 points. Kevin Durant led all players from both teams with 22 points.
|-
|men's tennis
|will one of the [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Greatest Conservative Sports Stars]] -- such as Novak Djokovic -- win the gold medal? Will [[Andy Murray]] of atheistic Britain underperform?
|Both players won their first three matches to advance to the quarterfinals. Murray will face Nicolas Almagro of Spain, while Djokovic will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. The winners of those two matches will meet in the semifinals.
|-
|8-month pregnant athlete
|Will the [[lamestream media]] report on Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi of Malaysia, who is competing while being 8 months pregnant, or does that send too [[pro-life]] of a message?
|Taibi was eliminated from the Olympics on the first day of official competition after finishing in 34th place. Few articles mentioned her prior to her elimination; there was more publicity about her after her defeat.<ref>[http://blog.sfgate.com/olympics/2012/07/28/pregnant-shooter%E2%80%99s-olympics-end-after-34th-place-finish-in-qualifying/ Pregnant shooter’s Olympics end after 34th-place finish in qualifying] sfgate.com, July 28, 2012, retrieved July 28, 2012</ref><ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/shooting/story/Pregnant-Malaysian-shooter-does-baby-proud-at-London-Olympics-072812 Pregnant shooter does baby proud] foxsports.com, July 28, 2012, retrieved July 28, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/shooting/story/2012-07-28/pregnant-shooter-nur-suryani-mohd-taibi-malaysia-misses-final/56551354/1 Pregnant shooter misses final, treasures experience] usatoday.com, July 28, 2012, retrieved July 28, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/28/london-2012-pregnant-shooting London 2012: 'Be quiet, mummy's shooting,' says pregnant competitor] guardian.co.uk, July 28, 2012, retrieved July 28, 2012</ref> The New York Times ran an article on the athlete on 16 July 2012,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/sports/olympics/17iht-oly17.html?_r=1] </ref> The Guardian <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/28/london-2012-pregnant-shooting]</ref> and ESPN <ref>[http://www.espnstar.com/olympics/shooting/news/detail/item832224/Nur-Suryani-off-target-in-London/]</ref> both reported on her results in the competition.
|-
|women's soccer
|ranked #1 and won the gold in the last two Olympics, most recently with a foreign coach. Now that this [[U.S.]] team is [[politically correct]], will it underachieve?<ref>A foreigner, reportedly a lesbian, was selected as the head coach of the already champion American Olympic women's soccer team in 2007, and in the following year that team repeated its gold medal-winning performance of 2004. Aren't there American, although perhaps not politically correct, soccer coaches good enough to run the Olympic team?</ref> Major rivals will be Japan, Brazil and France.
|Went 3-0 in their group to advance to the quarterfinals. They will face New Zealand on August 3 at 2:30 PM local time, which is 9:30 AM on the East Coast of the USA.
|-
|Gun events
|Will the [[lamestream media]] downplay the gun events because they want to continue to push [[gun control]]?
|They have been largely ignored. However, other minor sports with little national following have been equally ignored. See the entry above on the Malaysian shooter for an exception to this lack of coverage.
|-
|Openly [[homosexual]] athletes
|Will the [[liberal media]] overpromote [[homosexual]] athletes, far beyond their achievements?
|
|-
|Multiple
|Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation)
|Too early to tell. All countries are below their expected total (see chart below) so far, but this would be expected since so few events have been completed.
|-
|Men's Handball
|Will heavy underdogs [[Tunisia]] overperform in Group A? Group A should perhaps be dubbed the "Group of Left", since the other five teams are Sweden, Iceland, and Argentina, where same-sex marriage is legal, and increasingly atheistic Great Britain and France.
|They lost to Sweden in their first game, 28-21. This was followed by a 32-22 loss to Iceland. Next up is France on August 2 at 11:15 AM local, 5:15 AM on the East coast of the United States. The top four in each six team group advance to the quarterfinals, which are single elimination. They are a long shot, but other than last place would be unexpectedly good.
|-
|}

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== Nations that have implemented [[same-sex marriage]] ==

===[[Argentina]]===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1"
|+Argentina's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
|-
! scope="col" | Year and location
! scope="col" | Gold
! scope="col" | Silver
! scope="col" | Bronze
! scope="col" | Total
|- ||- |-
|align=left| 1900 Paris || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1904 St. Louis || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1908 London || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1912 Stockholm || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1920 Antwerp || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1924 Paris || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1928 Amsterdam || 3 || 3 || 1 || 7
|-
|align=left| 1932 Los Angeles || 3 || 1 || 0 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1936 Berlin || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7
|-
|align=left| 1948 London || 3 || 3 || 1 || 7
|-
|align=left| 1952 Helsinki || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1960 Rome || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1964 Tokyo || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1968 Mexico City || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1972 Munich || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1976 Montreal || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1980 Moscow || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1984 Los Angeles || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1988 Seoul || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1992 Barcelona || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1996 Atlanta || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3
|-
|align=left| 2000 Sydney || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
|align=left| 2004 Athens || 2 || 0 || 4 || 6
|-
|align=left| 2008 Beijing || 2 || 0 || 4 || 6
|-
|align=left| July 22, 2010 || colspan=4| ''Same-sex marriage legalized''
|-
|align=left| 2012 London || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
! Total || 17 || 23 || 26 || 66
|}

===[[Belgium]]===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1"
|+Belgium's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
|-
! scope="col" | Year and location
! scope="col" | Gold
! scope="col" | Silver
! scope="col" | Bronze
! scope="col" | Total
|- ||- |-
|align=left| 1896 Athens || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1900 Paris || 5 || 5 || 5 || 15
|-
|align=left| 1904 St. Louis || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1908 London || 1 || 5 || 2 || 8
|-
|align=left| 1912 Stockholm || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1920 Antwerp (host) || 14 || 11 || 11 || 36
|-
|align=left| 1924 Paris || 3 || 7 || 3 || 13
|-
|align=left| 1928 Amsterdam || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1932 Los Angeles || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1936 Berlin || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1948 London || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7
|-
|align=left| 1952 Helsinki || 2 || 2 || 0 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1956 Stockholm/Melbourne || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1960 Rome || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1964 Tokyo || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1968 Mexico City || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1972 Munich || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1976 Montreal || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1980 Moscow || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1984 Los Angeles || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1988 Seoul || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1992 Barcelona || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1996 Atlanta || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6
|-
|align=left| 2000 Sydney || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
|align=left| January 30, 2003 || colspan=4| ''Same-sex marriage legalized''
|-
|align=left| 2004 Athens || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 2008 Beijing || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
|align=left| 2012 London || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
! Total !! 37 !! 51 !! 51 !! 139
|}

===[[Canada]]===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1"
|+Canada's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
|-
! scope="col" | Year and location
! scope="col" | Gold
! scope="col" | Silver
! scope="col" | Bronze
! scope="col" | Total
|- ||- |-
|align=left| ''1896 Athens'' || colspan=4|''did not compete''
|-
|align=left| 1900 Paris || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1904 St. Louis || 4 || 1 || 1 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1908 London || 3 || 3 || 10 || 16
|-
|align=left| 1912 Stockholm || 3 || 2 || 3 || 8
|-
|align=left| 1920 Antwerp || 3 || 3 || 3 || 9
|-
|align=left| 1924 Paris || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1928 Amsterdam || 4 || 4 || 7 || 15
|-
|align=left| 1932 Los Angeles || 2 || 5 || 8 || 15
|-
|align=left| 1936 Berlin || 1 || 3 || 5 || 9
|-
|align=left| 1948 London || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1952 Helsinki || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1956 Stockholm/Melbourne || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1960 Rome || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1964 Tokyo || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1968 Mexico City || 1 || 3 || 1 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1972 Munich || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1976 Montreal (host) || 0 || 5 || 6 || 11
|-
|align=left| 1980 Moscow || colspan=4|''did not compete''
|-
|align=left| 1984 Los Angeles || 10 || 18 || 16 || 44
|-
|align=left| 1988 Seoul || 3 || 2 || 5 || 10
|-
|align=left| 1992 Barcelona || 7 || 4 || 7 || 18
|-
|align=left| 1996 Atlanta || 3 || 11 || 8 || 22
|-
|align=left| 2000 Sydney || 3 || 3 || 8 || 14
|-
|align=left| 2004 Athens || 3 || 6 || 3 || 12
|-
|align=left| July 20, 2005 || colspan=4|''Same-sex marriage legalized''
|-
|align=left| 2008 Beijing || 3 || 9 || 6 || 18
|-
|align=left| 2012 London || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
!| Total || 58 || 94 || 108 || 260
|}

===[[Denmark]]===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1"
|+Denmark's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
|-
! scope="col" | Year and location
! scope="col" | Gold
! scope="col" | Silver
! scope="col" | Bronze
! scope="col" | Total
|- ||- |-
|align=left| 1896 Athens || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1900 Paris || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1904 St. Louis || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1908 London || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1912 Stockholm || 1 || 6 || 5 || 12
|-
|align=left| 1920 Antwerp || 3 || 9 || 1 || 13
|-
|align=left| 1924 Paris || 2 || 5 || 2 || 9
|-
|align=left| 1928 Amsterdam || 3 || 1 || 2 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1932 Los Angeles || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1936 Berlin || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1948 London || 5 || 7 || 8 || 20
|-
|align=left| 1952 Helsinki || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1960 Rome || 2 || 3 || 1 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1964 Tokyo || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1968 Mexico City || 1 || 4 || 3 || 8
|-
|align=left| 1972 Munich || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1976 Montreal || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1980 Moscow || 2 || 1 || 2 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1984 Los Angeles || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1988 Seoul || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1992 Barcelona || 1 || 1 || 4 || 6
|-
|align=left| 1996 Atlanta || 4 || 1 || 1 || 6
|-
|align=left| 2000 Sydney || 2 || 3 || 1 || 6
|-
|align=left| 2004 Athens || 2 || 0 || 6 || 8
|-
|align=left| 2008 Beijing || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7
|-
|align=left| June 15, 2012 || colspan=4| ''Same-sex marriage legalized''
|-
|align=left| 2012 London || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
! Total !! 41 !! 63 !! 66 !! 170
|}

===[[Iceland]]===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1"
|+Iceland's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
|-
! scope="col" | Year and location
! scope="col" | Gold
! scope="col" | Silver
! scope="col" | Bronze
! scope="col" | Total
|- ||- |-
|align=left| 1896 Athens || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1900 Paris || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1904 St. Louis || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1908 London || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1912 Stockholm || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1920 Antwerp || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1924 Paris || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1928 Amsterdam || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1932 Los Angeles || colspan=4| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1936 Berlin || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1948 London || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1952 Helsinki || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm || 0 ||1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1960 Rome || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1964 Tokyo || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1968 Mexico City || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1972 Munich || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1976 Montreal || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1980 Moscow || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1984 Los Angeles || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| 1988 Seoul || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1992 Barcelona || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 1996 Atlanta || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 2000 Sydney || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| 2004 Athens || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|align=left| 2008 Beijing || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left| June 27, 2010 || colspan=4| ''Same-sex marriage legalized''
|-
|align=left| 2012 London || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
! Total !! 0 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4
|}

===[[Netherlands]]<ref>Although part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, [[Aruba]] competes separately at the Olympic Games. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Aruba, although marriages performed in the European mainland Netherlands are recognized per the Kingdom's requirements. Additionally, the territories of Curacao and Sint Maarten, who will compete as "Independent Olympic Athletes" under the Olympic Flag following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and the loss of recognition of their Olympic Committee, have the same regulations as Aruba with regards to same-sex marriage. Since citizens of these territories are also Dutch citizens, they are also eligible to compete for Team Netherlands. Therefore, they may have won some of the Dutch medals. In all three territories, the population is heavily Catholic and there is large opposition to same-sex marriage in spite of the Kingdom's requirements. When Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba opted to integrate fully with the Netherlands as part of the dissolution, the Dutch House of Representatives passed a law that will make same sex-marriage legal in those territories effective in October 2012. However, this law was strongly opposed by locals. Athletes from those three territories were permitted to compete as Independent Olympic Athletes as well. However, of the four IOAs at the Olympics, three are from Curacao and one is a marathoner from South Sudan, which does not yet have a national Olympic Committee.</ref>===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1"
|+The Netherland's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
|-
! scope="col" | Year and location
! scope="col" | Gold
! scope="col" | Silver
! scope="col" | Bronze
! scope="col" | Total
|- ||- |-
|align=left| 1896 Athens || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1900 Paris || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4
|-
|align=left| 1904 St. Louis || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1908 London || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left| 1912 Stockholm || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1920 Antwerp || 4 || 2 || 5 || 11
|-
|align=left| 1924 Paris || 4 || 1 || 5 || 10
|-
|align=left| 1928 Amsterdam (host) || 6 || 9 || 4 || 19
|-
|align=left| 1932 Los Angeles || 2 || 5 || 0 || 7
|-
|align=left| 1936 Berlin || 6 || 4 || 7 || 17
|-
|align=left| 1948 London || 5 || 2 || 9 || 16
|-
|align=left| 1952 Helsinki || 0 || 5 || 0 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1956 Stockholm/Melbourne || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| 1960 Rome || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1964 Tokyo || 2 || 4 || 4 || 10
|-
|align=left| 1968 Mexico City || 3 || 3 || 1 || 7
|-
|align=left| 1972 Munich || 3 || 1 || 1 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1976 Montreal || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
|align=left| 1980 Moscow || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
|align=left| 1984 Los Angeles || 5 || 2 || 6 || 13
|-
|align=left| 1988 Seoul || 2 || 2 || 5 || 9
|-
|align=left| 1992 Barcelona || 2 || 6 || 7 || 15
|-
|align=left| 1996 Atlanta || 4 || 5 || 10 || 19
|-
|align=left| 2000 Sydney || 12 || 9 || 4 || 25
|-
|align=left| April 1, 2001 || colspan=4| ''Same-sex marriage legalized''
|-
|align=left| 2004 Athens || 4 || 9 || 9 || 22
|-
|align=left| 2008 Beijing || 7 || 5 || 4 || 16
|-
|align=left| 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
! Total !! 71 !! 79 !! 96 !! 246
|}

===[[Norway]]===
===[[Portugal]]===
===[[South Africa]]===
===[[Spain]]===
===[[Sweden]]===

Underachievement by nations allowing same sex marriage will be particularly evident.<ref>In the [[United States]], 6 out of 50 states permit same-sex marriage (Washington, D.C. also permits same-sex marriage), and 8 additional states permit civil unions. Two states (including Washington, which had previously recognized civil unions) have declared same-sex marriage legal, but implementation is postponed until after voter referendums on the laws in November 2012. Additionally, in [[Mexico]], same-sex marriage is legal in Mexico City, a federal district roughly equivalent to Washington, DC, as well as in the state of Quintana Roo. </ref>

== Nations that are increasingly [[atheist]]ic ==

*[[Britain]]
*[[France]]
*[[Australia]]<ref> Since the 2001 Australians have increasingly answered "no religion" in the official census. The growing numbers of those answering "no religion" has coincided with fewer people self-identifying as Christian: [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/636F496B2B943F12CA2573D200109DA9?opendocument Year Book Australia, 2008]</ref>

Underachievement by atheistic nations will be particularly evident in the '''''team''''' sports, where spiritual motivation is usually non-existent. Expect the atheistic nations to underachieve most notably in soccer, where teamwork is paramount.

Also, since Great Britain is the host nation, it may receive a boost in performance in spite of its increasingly atheistic nature. One should be careful to account for this when comparing Britain's performance this year to that in previous Olympic Games.

== Winners ==

=== Individual Events ===

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Athlete
!Achievement
!Religion, or Atheist?
|-
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=== Team Events ===

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!Country
!Religious Category
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|Women's 4x100m Freestyle (Swimming)
|Australia
|Increasingly Atheistic
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|Men's Team Archery
|Italy
|Christian
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|Women's Team Archery
|South Korea
|Atheistic
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|Men's 4x100m Freestyle (Swimming)
|France
|Increasingly Atheistic
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|Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard (Diving)
|China
|Buddhist
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|Men's Synchronized 10m Platform (Diving)
|China
|Buddhist
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|Men's Artistic Team All-round (Gymnastics)
|China
|Buddhist
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==Expected Medals==

There are many factors that contribute to a countries success in the Olympics (population, proximity host country, culture) and [[Gross Domestic Product]] cannot be used as a fair proxy, due to low-GDP China comfortably coming first in the 2008 Olympics and Russia ranking third. Below is how the Olympic medals would be awarded if each country earned medals in proportion to their GDP, which vastly overestimates the United States' performance.

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
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!Country
!Expected Medals
|-
|Afghanistan
|0.2
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|Albania
|0.2
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|Andorra
|0.1
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|Antigua and Barbuda
|0
|-
|Angola
|1.2
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|Algeria
|2.3
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|Argentina
|5.3
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|Armenia
|0.1
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|Aruba
|0
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|Australia
|16.2
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|Austria
|5.4
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|Azerbaijan
|0.7
|-
|Bahamas
|0.1
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|Bangladesh
|1.4
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|Barbados
|0
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|Burundi
|0
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|Belgium
|6.7
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|Belize
|0
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|Benin
|0.1
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|Bermuda
|0.1
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|Bhutan
|0
|-
|Bolivia
|0.3
|-
|Bosnia-Herzegovina
|0.2
|-
|Bahrain
|0.3
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|Botswana
|0.2
|-
|Belarus
|0.8
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|Brazil
|29.9
|-
|Virgin Islands
|0
|-
|Bulgaria
|0.7
|-
|Burkina Faso
|0.1
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|Cameroon
|0.3
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|Cambodia
|0.2
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|Canada
|22.6
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|Cayman Islands
|0
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|Central African Republic
|0
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|Chad
|0.1
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|Chile
|3
|-
|China
|98.8
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|Taiwan
|7.2
|-
|Colombia
|4.1
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|Comoros
|0
|-
|Cape Verde
|0
|-
|Congo
|0.2
|-
|Cook Islands
|0
|-
|Costa Rica
|0.5
|-
|Cote-d´lvoire
|0.3
|-
|Croatia
|0.9
|-
|Cuba
|0.9
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|Cyprus
|0.4
|-
|Czech Republic
|2.8
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|Denmark
|4.4
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|Djibouti
|0
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|Dominica
|0
|-
|Dominican Republic
|0.7
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|Ecuador
|0.8
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|Egypt
|3.1
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|El Salvador
|0.3
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|Equatorial Guinea
|0.2
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|Eritrea
|0
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|Estonia
|0.3
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|Ethiopia
|0.4
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|Fiji
|0
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|Finland
|3.4
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|France
|39.8
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|Gabon
|0.2
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|Gambia
|0
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|Germany
|47
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|Ghana
|0.4
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|United Kingdom
|32.4
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|Guinea-Bissau
|0
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|Georgia
|0.2
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|Greece
|4.3
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|Grenada
|0
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|Guam
|0
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|Guatemala
|0.6
|-
|Guinea
|0.1
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|Guyana
|0
|-
|Haiti
|0.1
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|Honduras
|0.2
|-
|Hong Kong
|3.2
|-
|Hungary
|1.8
|-
|Iceland
|0.2
|-
|India
|24.7
|-
|Indonesia
|10.1
|-
|Iran
|4.7
|-
|Iraq
|1.2
|-
|Ireland
|3
|-
|Italy
|29.5
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|Israel
|3.1
|-
|Jamaica
|0.2
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|Japan
|78.2
|-
|Jordan
|0.4
|-
|Kazakhstan
|2.3
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|Kyrgyzstan
|0.1
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|Kenya
|0.4
|-
|South Korea
|14.8
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|North Korea
|0.4
|-
|Kuwait
|2
|-
|Laos
|0.1
|-
|Latvia
|0.4
|-
|Saint Lucia
|0
|-
|Lebanon
|0.5
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|Lesotho
|0
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|Libya
|0.9
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|Lichtenstein
|0.1
|-
|Luxembourg
|0.8
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|Macedonia
|0.1
|-
|Madagascar
|0.1
|-
|Malawi
|0.1
|-
|Malaysia
|3.3
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|Moldova
|0.1
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|Marshall Islands
|0
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|Maldives
|0
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|Malta
|0.1
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|Mali
|0.1
|-
|Mauritania
|0.2
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|Mauritius
|0.1
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|Mexico
|16.2
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|Micronesia
|0
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|Monaco
|0.1
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|Montenegro
|0.1
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|Mongolia
|0.1
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|Morocco
|1.3
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|Mozambique
|0.1
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|Myanmar
|0.7
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|Namibia
|0.2
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|Nepal
|0.2
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|Netherlands
|11.2
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|New Zealand
|1.8
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|Nicaragua
|0.1
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|Niger
|0.1
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|Niger
|0.1
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|Norway
|5.9
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|Oman
|0.7
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|Pakistan
|2.4
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|Palau
|0
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|Panama
|0.4
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|Papua New Guinea
|0.1
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|Paraguay
|0.3
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|Peru
|2.3
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|Philippines
|2.9
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|Poland
|6.7
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|Portugal
|3.3
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|Puerto Rico
|1.4
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|Qatar
|1.4
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|Romania
|2.3
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|Rwanda
|0.1
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|Saint Lucia
|0
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|Saint Kitts and Nevis
|0
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|Samoa
|0
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|San Marino
|0
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|Saudi Arabia
|6.2
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|Seychelles
|0
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|Sierra Leone
|0
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|Senegal
|0.2
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|Slovenia
|0.7
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|Solomon Islands
|0
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|South Africa
|5.2
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|Sri Lanka
|0.7
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|Slovakia
|1.3
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|Swaziland
|0.1
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|Serbia
|0.6
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|Singapore
|3
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|Spain
|20.2
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|Sudan
|0.9
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|Suriname
|0
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|Syria
|0.8
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|Sweden
|6.6
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|Switzerland
|7.6
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|Tanzania
|0.3
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|Tonga
|0
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|Thailand
|4.6
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|Togo
|0
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|Trinidad and Tobago
|0.3
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|Tajikistan
|0.1
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|Timor-Leste
|0
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|Turkmenistan
|0.3
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|Tunisia
|0.6
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|Turkey
|10.5
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|Tuvalu
|0
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|Uganda
|0.2
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|Ukraine
|2
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|United Arab Emirates
|4.3
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|United States
|209
|-
|Uruguay
|0.6
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|Uzbekistan
|0.6
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|Vanuatu
|0
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|Venezuela
|5.6
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|Vietnam
|1.5
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|Yemen
|0.4
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|Zambia
|0.2
|-
|Zimbabwe
|0.1
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|}

== Commemoration ==

The 2012 games mark the 40th anniversary of 11 [[Israeli]] Olympic team members taken hostage and killed by [[Palestinian]] [[terrorist]] group Black September. The Internal Olympic Committee has been urged to offer a commemorative moment of silence for the athletes at the opening ceremony. The IOC has rejected the moment of silence or any mention of the tragic event so as not to upset [[Muslim]] countries. <ref>[http://www.eju.org/news/world/ioc-refuses-request-memorial-munich-victims IOC refuses request for a memorial to Munich victims, EJU News, may 22, 2012]</ref> Sportscaster Bob Costas says NBC will honor the Munich 11 despite IOC’s refusal to allow it. <ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2012/07/21/bob-costas-says-he-will-observe-moment-of-silence-for-victims-of-1972-munich-massacre-during-live-broadcast-of-london-olympics-opening-ceremony-despite-iocs-refusal-to-allow-it/ Bob Costas Says He Will Observe Moment of Silence For Victims of 1972 Munich Massacre, WeaselZippers, July 21, 2012]</ref>

== NBC Coverage ==

Scorn for Comcast's [[NBC]] coverage of the Olympic games hit America coast to coast. Viewers have taken to the internet with the trend #NBCfail for days now. The groans began at the opening ceremony when [[American]] viewers were denied the tribute to British victims of [[Islamic]] terrorism. As the games moved forward, live events were interrupted or had already finished, replaced with commercials and NBC commentators talking about the athletes. It has been reported the Comcast spent $1 billion for the rights to televise the 2012 Olympics.

== See also ==

*[http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/ Schedule and Results]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Olympics]]

Nicknames for the President of the United States

2012-07-10T03:47:01Z

JunoD:

[[File:Chester arthur.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Chester Arthur]], 21st President of the United States, and called "Walrus" by children who were fascinated by his whiskers]]
[[File:Ulysses grant.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He was born Hyram Ulysses Grant, but a misspelling of his name at West Point gave him the name [[Ulysses S. Grant]]; his "government-issued" initials would cause his new friends at the academy to call him "Sam".]]
[[File:Theodore roosevelt.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Theodore Roosevelt]] lived in the Badlands of [[North Dakota]] when a cattleman made the mistake of calling him "four eyes"; the physically-powerful Roosevelt would immediately teach him not to do it again.]]
[[File:Reagan graduation.jpg|right|150px|thumb|A few years after he graduated from Eureka College, [[Ronald Reagan]] would land a role in the film ''Knute Rockne All American''; his portrayal of George Gipp earned him the monicker "Gipper"]]
Nicknames for Presidents of the United States have been bestowed on these men since [[George Washington]]. Some are childhood nicknames - such as "Dutch" for [[Ronald Reagan]] - while others are political or military names given prior to reaching the presidency. Others are rather disparaging, and meant to insult the person in some degree by critics and detractors.
[[File:President Barack Obama.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Michael Savage]] created the "Lord of the Fries" moniker for [[Barack Obama]], due to himself and his wife, Michelle partaking of fast food as often as they tell the American people that they must eat healthier meals.]]

{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Nickname
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|[[George Washington]]
|The Father of His Country; American Cincinnatus
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|[[John Adams]]
|Atlas of Independence; The Duke of Braintree; His Rotundity <ref>http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_22_00001.htm</ref>
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|[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|Sage of Monticello; Mad Tom; The Apostle of Democracy
|-
|[[James Madison]]
|Sage of Montpelier
|-
|[[James Monroe]]
|The Era of Good Feelings President
|-
|[[John Quincy Adams]]
|Old Man Eloquent
|-
|[[Andrew Jackson]]
|Old Hickory; King Andrew; The Hero of New Orleans
|-
|[[Martin Van Buren]]
|Old Kinderhook; The American Talleyrand; The Careful Dutchman
|-
|[[William Henry Harrison]]
|Tippecanoe
|-
|[[John Tyler]]
|His Accidency
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|[[James Knox Polk]]
|Young Hickory; Napoleon of the Stump
|-
|[[Zachary Taylor]]
|Old Rough and Ready
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|[[Millard Filmore]]
|The American Louis Philippe
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|[[Franklin Pierce]]
|Handsome Frank; Young Hickory of the Granite Hills
|-
|[[James Buchanan]]
|The Bachelor President; Old Buck; Ten-Cent Jimmy
|-
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|The Rail-Splitter; The Great Emancipator; Honest Abe
|-
|[[Andrew Johnson]]
|The Tennessee Tailor
|-
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]]
|Unconditional Surrender Grant; Hero of Appomattox; Sam
|-
|[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]
|Granny Hayes; His Fraudulency; Old 8 to 7
|-
|[[James A. Garfield]]
|Boatman Jim
|-
|[[Chester A. Arthur]]
|Prince Arthur; Gentleman Boss; Walrus
|-
|[[Grover Cleveland]]
|The Beast of Buffalo; His Obstinacy
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|[[Benjamin Harrison]]
|Kid Gloves Harrison; The Human Iceberg
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|[[William McKinley]]
|Idol of Ohio; The Major
|-
|[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|The Rough Rider; Trust Buster; The Lion; Old Four Eyes; Teddy; TR
|-
|[[William Taft]]
|Big Chief; Old Bill
|-
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|The Schoolmaster
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|[[Warren G. Harding]]
|Wobbly Warren
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|[[Calvin Coolidge]]
|Silent Cal; Sphinx of the Potomac
|-
|[[Herbert Hoover]]
|The Chief; The Great Engineer
|-
|[[Franklin Roosevelt]]
|The New Dealer; FDR
|-
|[[Harry S. Truman]]
|Give 'Em Hell Harry; the haberdasher
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|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
|Ike
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|[[John F. Kennedy]]
|Jack; JFK; King of Camelot
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|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|LBJ; Landslide Lyndon; Uncle Cornpone
|-
|[[Richard Nixon]]
|Tricky Dick; Gloomy Gus
|-
|[[Gerald R. Ford]]
|Jerry
|-
|[[Jimmy Carter|James E. Carter]]
|Jimmy; President Malaise
|-
|[[Ronald Reagan]]
|The Gipper; The Great Communicator; Dutch
|-
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|Bush 41; Papa Bush; Poppy; Bush the Elder
|-
|[[Bill Clinton]]
|Slick Willie; Bubba; The First Black President; Comeback Kid
|-
|[[George W. Bush]]
|Dubya; Bush 43; Bush II
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|[[Barack Obama]]
|The Affirmative Action President; Narcissist-in-chief<ref>
*[http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2012/05/15/narcissist-in-chief-adds-himself-to-every-presidential-biography-except-ford/ Narcissist in Chief Adds Himself to Every Presidential Biography (Except Ford)]
*[http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/george-marlin-federalist-pataki/2011/09/14/id/411018 George Marlin: Obama Is ‘Narcissist, Classic Elitist’]
*[http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/11/barack-obama-narcissist-in-chief/ Barack Obama: Narcissist in Chief]
*[http://www.wnd.com/2009/05/97201/ Narcissist-in-Chief]
*[http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/narcissist_in_chief.html Narcissist in Chief?]
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/democrats/narcissist-in-chief-obamas-look-at-me-photo/ Narcissist in Chief - Obama's look at me photo]
*[http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=1353502 Obama appeases radical Islam over Israel's future]
*As of June 25, 2012, Google estimates that there are over 500,000 search results for the search Narcissist in chief - previously this moniker was not commonly applied to U.S. Presidents</ref>; The Food Stamp President<ref>Food Stamp President - Coined by Newt Gingrich. As of June 25, 2012, Google estimates about 350,000 search results for this term</ref>; Teleprompter-in-chief and TOTUS (Teleprompter of the United States)<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2012/04/teleprompter-in-chief/ Teleprompter-in-chief]</ref><ref>As of June 25, 2012, Google estimates that the Google search Teleprompter in chief and Obama has over 860,000 search results</ref><ref>Google estimates that the search TOTUS and Obama has over 880,000 search results</ref>
|-
|}
==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Presidents of the United States]]
[[Category:United States Elected Officials]]
[[Category:United States History]]

User:JunoD/bills template

2012-02-05T08:19:56Z

JunoD:

User:JunoD/bills template

2012-02-05T08:13:26Z

JunoD:

User:JunoD/bills template

2012-02-05T07:55:15Z

JunoD:

User:JunoD/bills

2012-02-05T07:47:55Z

JunoD:

The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York.

The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

{{User:JunoD/bills template}}

==See also==
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

{{NFL Teams}}

[[category:National Football League]]
[[Category:New York]]

User:JunoD/bills

2012-02-05T07:46:07Z

JunoD:

The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York.

The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

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==See also==
*[[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[New England Patriots]]
*[[New York Jets]]
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

{{NFL Teams}}

[[category:National Football League]]
[[Category:New York]]

User:JunoD/bills template

2012-02-05T07:43:59Z

JunoD:

User:JunoD/bills template

2012-02-05T07:42:09Z

JunoD:

User:JunoD/bills

2012-02-05T07:40:45Z

JunoD:

[[Image:BuffaloBills.jpg|120px|left]]

The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York.

The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

==See also==
*[[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[New England Patriots]]
*[[New York Jets]]
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

{{NFL Teams}}

[[category:National Football League]]
[[Category:New York]]

User talk:JunoD

2012-02-05T07:37:30Z

JunoD:

{{welcome}} [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 02:22, 5 February 2012 (EST)
Thanks, Karajou. I've followed this site for a while, and I know that you are one of the senior admins. I look forward to improving the content here and welcome any guidance that you have to offer. [[User:JunoD|JunoD]] 02:37, 5 February 2012 (EST)

User:JunoD

2012-02-05T07:11:57Z

JunoD:

Welcome to my user page.

==My intentions at Conservapedia==

I love sports, and most of my initial edits are going to reflect this passion of mine. I feel that many of the sports-related articles here are woefully outdated and structured in a way that requires constant updating. I intend to improve them by removing things such as team rosters, which change constantly, and add more things that an average Conservapedia user might find useful (history, basic facts, etc.).

I'm somewhat of a novice wiki-editor, so in the interest of not screwing anything up I will try to hone my editing skills by copying articles to a user subpage (sandbox), then I will transfer my changes to the actual page. Hopefully as I gain more confidence, and I will be able to contribute more directly.

Over time, once I have established myself as a useful contributor, I intend to focus my efforts on articles about colleges and universities. Since Conservapedia is intended to be an educational resource, I think these articles could be of great importance to high school students, and I want them to be comprehensive and helpful.

==Disclosure==

In the interest of full disclosure, I feel that I must admit that I tried to contribute a couple of years ago, under the name [[User:GeneM|GeneM]]. I was trying to make the university articles more uniform, but apparently I made a mistake, and was quickly blocked for five years for "Deliberate insertion of false information; lying." I can and will assure everyone here that I never ''deliberately'' inserted any false information, and I am no liar. Please feel free to review my previous contributions [http://conservapedia.com/Special:Contributions/GeneM here] if anyone has any doubts. Water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned; I've learned my lesson and I promise to be more careful this time.

Any advice, feedback, and/or collaboration is welcome and would be appreciated.

Happy editing!

==P.S.==

By the way, Juno is the name of one of my dogs. JunoD(og). I wanted to keep with the convention here of "first name, last initial," but I'm somewhat reluctant to use my real name on the internet. I hope this is OK.

User:JunoD

2012-02-05T07:05:17Z

JunoD: Created page with "Welcome to my user page. ==My intentions at Conservapedia== I love sports, and most of my initial edits are going to reflect this passion of mine. I feel that many of the sport..."

Welcome to my user page.

==My intentions at Conservapedia==

I love sports, and most of my initial edits are going to reflect this passion of mine. I feel that many of the sports-related articles here are woefully outdated and structured in a way that requires constant updating. I intend to improve them by removing things such as team rosters, which change constantly, and add more things that an average Conservapedia user might find useful (history, basic facts, etc.).

I'm somewhat of a novice wiki-editor, so in the interest of not screwing anything up I will try to hone my editing skills by copying articles to a user subpage (sandbox), then I will transfer my changes to the actual page. Hopefully as I gain more confidence, and I will be able to contribute more directly.

Over time, once I have established myself as a useful contributor, I intend to focus my efforts on articles about colleges and universities. Since Conservapedia is intended to be an educational resource, I think these articles could be of great importance to high school students, and I want them to be comprehensive and helpful.

==Disclosure==

In the interest of full disclosure, I feel that I must admit that I tried to contribute a couple of years ago, under the name [[User:GeneM|GeneM]]. I was trying to make the university articles more uniform, but apparently I made a mistake, and was quickly blocked for five years for "Deliberate insertion of false information; lying." I can and will assure everyone here that I never ''deliberately'' inserted any false information, and I am no liar. Water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned; I've learned my lesson and I promise to be more careful this time.

Any advice, feedback, and/or collaboration is welcome and would be appreciated.

Happy editing!

==P.S.==

By the way, Juno is the name of one of my dogs. JunoD(og). I wanted to keep with the convention here of "first name, last initial," but I'm somewhat reluctant to use my real name on the internet. I hope this is OK.

User:JunoD/bills

2012-02-05T01:29:59Z

JunoD:

[[Image:BuffaloBills.jpg|120px|left]]

The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

==Super Bowl History==
The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

==See also==
*[[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[New England Patriots]]
*[[New York Jets]]
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

{{NFL Teams}}

[[category:National Football League]]
[[Category:New York]]

User:JunoD/bills

2012-02-05T01:29:09Z

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[[Image:BuffaloBills.jpg|120px|right]]

The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

==Super Bowl History==
The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

==See also==
*[[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[New England Patriots]]
*[[New York Jets]]
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

{{NFL Teams}}

[[category:National Football League]]
[[Category:New York]]

User:JunoD/bills

2012-02-05T01:18:08Z

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The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

==Team==
{{:Buffalo Bills/Roster}}

==Super Bowl History==
The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

==See also==
*[[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[New England Patriots]]
*[[New York Jets]]
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

{{NFL Teams}}

[[category:National Football League]]
[[Category:New York]]

User:JunoD/bills template

2012-02-05T01:16:28Z

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|-
| valign="top" | '''Quarterbacks'''
* 5 [[Trent Edwards]]
* [[Ryan Fitzpatrick]]
* 7 [[J.P. Losman]]
* 10 [[Gibran Hamdan]]

'''Running Backs'''
* 22 [[Fred Jackson]]
* 23 [[Marshawn Lynch]]
* 38 [[Corey McIntyre]]
* 25 [[Xavier Omon]]

'''Wide Receivers'''
* 83 [[Lee Evans]]
* 84 [[James Hardy]]
* 17 [[Justin Jenkins]]
* 13 [[Steve Johnson]]
* 81 [[Terrell Owens]]
* 11 [[Roscoe Parrish]]
* 82 [[Josh Reed]]

| valign="top" |'''Tight Ends'''
* 86 [[Derek Fine]]
* 80 [[Derek Schouman]]

'''Offensive Linemen'''
* 77 [[Demetrius Bell]] T
* 60 [[Brad Butler]] T
* 73 [[Kirk Chambers]] T
* 67 [[Melvin Fowler]] C
* 71 [[Geoff Hangartner]] G/C
* 71 [[Jason Peters]] T
* 68 [[Langston Walker]] T
* 65 [[Jason Whittle]] G/C

| valign="top" | '''Linebackers'''
* 53 [[Marcus Buggs]] LB
* 54 [[Blake Costanzo]] LB
* 52 [[John DiGiorgio]] ILB
* 56 [[Keith Ellison(football player)|Keith Ellison]] OLB
* 58 [[Teddy Lehman]] LB
* 59 [[Kawika Mitchell]] LB
* 51 [[Paul Posluszny]] ILB
* [[Pat Thomas]]

'''Defensive Backs'''
* 27 [[Reggie Corner]] CB
* 57 [[John Corto]] S
* [[Drayton Florence]] CB
* 33 [[Jabari Greer]] CB
* 24 [[Terrence McGee]] CB/KR
* 28 [[Leodis McKelvin]] CB
* 43 [[Bryan Scott]] S
* 30 [[Ko Simpson]] S
* 29 [[John Wendling]] S
* 20 [[Donte Whitner]] S
* 37 [[George Wilson]] S
* 26 [[Ashton Youboty]] CB

| valign="top" | '''Special Teams'''
*  9 [[Rian Lindell]] K
*  8[[Brian Moorman]] P

'''Defensive Linemen'''
* 92 [[Ryan Denney]] DEx
* 96 [[Copeland Bryan]] DE
* 93 [[Chris Ellis]] DE
* 91 [[Spencer Johnson]] DT
* 90 [[Chris Kelsay]] DEx
* 97 [[John McCargo]] DTx
* 72 [[Ryan Neill]] DE
* 94 [[Aaron Schobel]] DEx
* 99 [[Marcus Stroud]] DT
* 95 [[Kyle Williams]] DTx
''Rookies in italics'' 
[http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster.html Roster] • [http://www.buffalobills.com/depth_chart/index.html Depth Chart]
|-
|colspan="2"|
'''Coaches'''

*[[Dick Jauron]] Head Coach
*[[Bobby April]] Special Teams/Assistant Head Coach
*[[Perry Fewell]] Defensive Coordinator
*[[Steve Fairchild]] Offensive Coordinator
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University of Arkansas

2012-01-27T05:41:03Z

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{{University
|name=University of Arkansas
|image=
|text=rgb(207,15,64)
|background=
|type=Public
|city=Fayetteville, Arkansas
|sports=baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, track, tennis<ref>http://www.hogwired.com/</ref>
|colors=Cardinal and White
|degrees=Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral<ref>{{cite web|work=College Board|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=May 28, 2010|title=College Search - University of Arkansas - U of A - At a Glance|url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=146}}</ref>
|mascot=Razorbacks
|website=http://www.uark.edu/home/
}}
Established in 1871, the '''University of Arkansas''' is home to over nearly 23,000 students, and a staff of 858. It is located in Fayetteville, [[Arkansas]] on over 345 acres. The university was ranked number 124 in the National Universities category for [[U.S.]] News America’s Best Colleges in 2008.

== Fast Facts ==
'''Motto:''' Veritate Duce Progredi
(Latin, "To Advance with Truth as our Guide")

'''Established:''' 1871

'''Faculty:''' 858

'''Students:''' 23,199 <ref>http://oir.uark.edu/students/pdfs/Fall2011EnrlRptSummary.pdf</ref>

'''President:''' Dr. B. Alan Sugg

==Notes==
{{reflist}}
== References ==
*http://admissions.uark.edu/
*[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1108_brief.php USNews Ranking/Review]

{{Nb_US_universities}}
[[Category:Universities]]

University of Arkansas

2012-01-27T05:37:59Z

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|colors=Cardinal and White
|degrees=Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral<ref>{{cite web|work=College Board|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=May 28, 2010|title=College Search - University of Arkansas - U of A - At a Glance|url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=146}}</ref>
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|website=http://www.uark.edu/home/
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Established in 1871, the '''University of Arkansas''' is home to over nearly 23,000 students, and a staff of 858. It is located in Fayetteville, [[Arkansas]] on over 345 acres. The university was ranked number 124 in the National Universities category for [[U.S.]] News America’s Best Colleges in 2008.

== Fast Facts ==
'''Motto:''' Veritate Duce Progredi
(Latin, "To Advance with Truth as our Guide")

'''Established:''' 1871

'''Faculty:''' 858

'''Students:''' 23,199 <ref>http://oir.uark.edu/students/pdfs/Fall2011EnrlRptSummary.pdf</ref>

'''President:''' Dr. B. Alan Sugg

==References==

<references />

==Notes==
{{reflist}}
== References ==
*http://admissions.uark.edu/
*[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1108_brief.php USNews Ranking/Review]

{{Nb_US_universities}}
[[Category:Universities]]

University of Arkansas

2012-01-27T05:31:47Z

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{{University
|name=University of Arkansas
|image=
|text=rgb(207,15,64)
|background=
|type=Public
|city=Fayetteville, Arkansas
|sports=baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, track, tennis<ref>http://www.hogwired.com/</ref>
|colors=Cardinal and White
|degrees=Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral<ref>{{cite web|work=College Board|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=May 28, 2010|title=College Search - University of Arkansas - U of A - At a Glance|url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=146}}</ref>
|mascot=Razorbacks
|website=http://www.uark.edu/home/
}}
Established in 1871, the '''University of Arkansas''' is home to over 18, 647 students, and a staff of 858. It is located in Fayetteville, [[Arkansas]] on over 345 acres. The university was ranked number 124 in the National Universities category for [[U.S.]] News America’s Best Colleges in 2008.

== Fast Facts ==
'''Motto:''' Veritate Duce Progredi
(Latin, "To Advance with Truth as our Guide")

'''Established:''' 1871

'''Faculty:''' 858

'''Students:''' 23,199

'''Chancellor:''' G. David Gearhart

'''President:''' Donald R. Bobbitt

==Notes==
{{reflist}}
== References ==
*http://admissions.uark.edu/
*[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1108_brief.php USNews Ranking/Review]

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[[Category:Universities]]

University of Arkansas

2012-01-27T04:58:40Z

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|name=University of Arkansas
|image=
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|background=
|type=Public
|city=Fayetteville, Arkansas
|sports=baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, track, tennis<ref>http://www.hogwired.com/</ref>
|colors=Cardinal and White
|degrees=Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral<ref>{{cite web|work=College Board|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=May 28, 2010|title=College Search - University of Arkansas - U of A - At a Glance|url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=146}}</ref>
|mascot=Razorbacks
|website=http://www.uark.edu/home/
}}
Established in 1871, the '''University of Arkansas''' is home to over 18, 647 students, and a staff of 858. It is located in Fayetteville, [[Arkansas]] on over 345 acres. The university was ranked number 124 in the National Universities category for [[U.S.]] News America’s Best Colleges in 2008.

== Fast Facts ==
'''Motto:''' Veritate Duce Progredi
(Latin, "To Advance with Truth as our Guide")

'''Established:''' 1871

'''Faculty:''' 858

'''Students:''' 18,647

'''Chancellor:''' G. David Gearhart

'''President:''' Donald R. Bobbitt

==Notes==
{{reflist}}
== References ==
*http://admissions.uark.edu/
*[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1108_brief.php USNews Ranking/Review]

{{Nb_US_universities}}
[[Category:Universities]]

Big 12 Conference

2012-01-27T04:46:46Z

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The '''Big 12 Conference''' (often written as '''Big XII''') is an [[NCAA]] Division I conference, consisting of eight public universities and two private universities (Baylor and Texas Christian) in [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Iowa]], [[Nebraska]], and [[West Virginia]].

The most recent Big 12 team to win a national [[football]] championship was the University of Texas in 2006. Some of the more prestigious football schools in the conference are Nebraska, Texas, and Oklahoma. The most recent national men's [[basketball]] championship among Big 12 teams was won by the University of Kansas in 2008. Historically prestigious basketball schools include Kansas and Texas.

*[[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], Texas
*[[Iowa State University]] in Ames, Iowa
*[[University of Kansas]] in [[Lawrence]], Kansas
*[[Kansas State University]] in Manhattan, Kansas
*[[University of Oklahoma]] in Norman, Oklahoma
*[[Oklahoma State University]] in Stillwater, Oklahoma
*[[University of Texas]] in [[Austin]], Texas
*[[Texas Christian University]] in Fort Worth, Texas (starting in 2012 season)
*[[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, Texas
*[[University of West Virginia]] in Morgantown, West Virginia (starting in 2012 season)

[[Category: sports]]

Southeastern Conference

2012-01-27T04:32:26Z

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The '''Southeastern Conference''' '''(SEC)''' is composed of 14 sports teams at the [[college]] level in the South Eastern Region of the [[United States]]. There are 13 public [[university | universities]], and one private institution (Vanderbilt University). The conference is divided up into two sections, East and West.

The Eastern Conference is made up of:
* The [[University of Florida|Florida Gators]]
* The [[University of Georgia|Georgia Bulldogs]]
* The [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky Wildcats]]
* The [[University of Missouri|Missouri Tigers]] (starting in 2012 season)
* The [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina Gamecocks]]
* The [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee Volunteers]]
* The [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt Commodores]]

The West is made up of:
* The [[University of Alabama|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
* The [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas Razorbacks]]
* The [[Auburn University|Auburn Tigers]]
* The [[Louisiana State University|Louisiana State Tigers]]
* The [[University of Mississippi|Ole Miss Rebels]]
* The [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
* The [[Texas A and M University|Texas A and M Aggies]] (starting in 2012 season)

This conference has produced numerous titles in all divisions of athletics. The SEC leads in average attendance in both [[basketball]] and [[football]], and five of their stadiums hold 90,000 plus fans.

== References ==
[http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=9998 Team List]

[[Category:Sports]]

Southeastern Conference

2012-01-27T04:29:59Z

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The '''Southeastern Conference''' '''(SEC)''' is composed of 14 sports teams at the [[college]] level in the South Eastern Region of the [[United States]]. There are 13 public [[university | universities]], and one private institution (Vanderbilt University). The conference is divided up into two sections, East and West.

The Eastern Conference is made up of:
* The [[University of Florida|Florida Gators]]
* The [[University of Georgia|Georgia Bulldogs]]
* The [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky Wildcats]]
* The [[University of Missouri|Missouri Tigers]] (starting in 2012 season)
* The [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina Gamecocks]]
* The [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee Volunteers]]
* The [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt Commodores]]

The West is made up of:
* The [[University of Alabama|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
* The [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas Razorbacks]]
* The [[University of Auburn|Auburn Tigers]]
* The [[Louisiana State University|Louisiana State Tigers]]
* The [[University of Mississippi|Ole Miss Rebels]]
* The [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
* The [[Texas A and M University|Texas A and M Aggies]] (starting in 2012 season)

This conference has produced numerous titles in all divisions of athletics. The SEC leads in average attendance in both [[basketball]] and [[football]], and five of their stadiums hold 90,000 plus fans.

== References ==
[http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=9998 Team List]

[[Category:Sports]]

Southeastern Conference

2012-01-27T04:27:41Z

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The '''Southeastern Conference''' '''(SEC)''' is composed of 14 sports teams at the [[college]] level in the South Eastern Region of the [[United States]]. There are 13 public [[university | universities]], and one private institution (Vanderbilt University). The conference is divided up into two sections, East and West.

The Eastern Conference is made of:
* The [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky Wildcats]]
* The [[University of Florida|Florida Gators]]
* The [[University of Georgia|Georgia Bulldogs]]
* The [[University of Missouri|Missouri Tigers]] (starting in 2012 season)
* The [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina Gamecocks]]
* The [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee Volunteers]]
* The [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt Commodores]]

The West is made up of:
* The [[University of Alabama|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
* The [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas Razorbacks]]
* The [[University of Auburn|Auburn Tigers]]
* The [[Louisiana State University|Louisiana State Tigers]]
* The [[University of Mississippi|Ole Miss Rebels]]
* The [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
* The [[Texas A and M University|Texas A and M Aggies]] (starting in 2012 season)

This conference has produced numerous titles in all divisions of athletics. The SEC leads in average attendance in both [[basketball]] and [[football]], and five of their stadiums hold 90,000 plus fans.

== References ==
[http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=9998 Team List]

[[Category:Sports]]

Southeastern Conference

2012-01-27T04:26:49Z

JunoD:

The '''Southeastern Conference''' '''(SEC)''' is composed of 14 sports teams at the [[college]] level in the South Eastern Region of the [[United States]]. There are 13 public [[university | universities]], and one private institution (Vanderbilt University). The conference is divided up into two sections, East and West.

The Eastern Conference is made of:
* The [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky Wildcats]]
* The [[University of Florida|Florida Gators]]
* The [[University of Georgia|Georgia Bulldogs]]
* The [[University of Missouri|Missouri Tigers]] (starting in 2012 season)
* The [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina Gamecocks]]
* The [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee Volunteers]]
* The [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt Commodores]]

The West is made up of:
* The [[University of Alabama|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
* The [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas Razorbacks]]
* The [[University of Auburn|Auburn Tigers]]
* The [[Louisiana State University|Louisiana State Tigers]]
* The [[University of Mississippi|Ole Miss Rebels]]
* The [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
* The [[Texas A and M University|Texas A and M Aggies]] (starting in 2012 season)

This conference has produced numerous titles in all divisions of athletics, including the most recent [[NCAA]] men's basketball and football (The Florida Gators won both). The SEC leads in average attendance in both [[basketball]] and [[football]], and five of their stadiums hold 90,000 plus fans.

== References ==
[http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=9998 Team List]

[[Category:Sports]]

American Football

2012-01-27T04:12:15Z

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[[File:PCHS FB.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A [[high school]] football team from Port Charlotte High School in Florida]]
'''American Football''' is a professional [[sport]] played predominantly in [[North America]]. A team can score a 6-point [[Touchdown (football)|touchdown]] by carrying the football into the opposing team's [[end zone]]. This can be done by running the ball past the end line (a running play), or passing the ball to a teammate inside the end zone (a passing play). After a touchdown, a team has the choice of kicking the ball through the goalposts for one point, or carrying the ball back into the end zone again for two points. A 3-point [[field goal]] can also be scored by kicking the ball between the [[goalpost]]s in the opposing team's end zone. Finally, t 2-point [[Safety (football)|safety]] can be scored by the defensive team if it stops the offensive team with the ball in its own end zone, if the offensive team fumbles in the end zone, if the quarterback intentionally grounds the ball in the end zone, if a blocked kick goes out of the end zone, or if a ball hits the goalpost such as on a bad snap.

Football is easily the most-viewed spectator sport in the [[United States]], far surpassing [[baseball]].<ref>[http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Documents/NFL_all_about_SB_1-07.pdf Super Bowl XLI Viewership Report]</ref>

{{football meaning}}

==Rules==
As with all popular sports, football has a well-codified set of rules. These are mostly to promote safe gameplay, prevent serious injuries, and keep the game fair.

===Field===
[[Image:AmericanFootballField.gif|thumb|right|300px|A standard football field (note the hash marks running horizontally down the field).]]
American football is played on a field that is 120 yards long and 160 feet wide. The last 10 yards of each end of the field are known as ''end zones''. The longer (120 yd) boundary lines are known as "sidelines", while the shorter (100 yd) boundary lines are known as "end lines". Two sets of ''hash marks'' run horizontally down the field, and every play starts with the ball on or between the hash marks. A player must carry the ball into (or catch a ball while within) the end zone in order to score a ''touchdown'', worth 6 points.

At the back of each end zone are two vertical "goal posts", standing 18.5 feet apart. These are connected by a crossbar approx. 10 feet from the ground. After a touchdown, the scoring team may attempt a Point After Touchdown (extra point), where a player attempts to kick the ball through the posts. If successful, the team gains an extra point. Additionally, a team may attempt a ''field goal'' at any time (usually on a 4th down), though this is rarely attempted if the distance from the goal posts is more than ~35 yards. If successful, this kick is worth three points, though the other team gets possession of the ball regardless of the outcome of the kick.

===Players===
Each team may have exactly 11 players on the field at any given time, meaning a total of 22 players will be present on the football field during a play. Players are required to wear certain grades of helmets, shoulder pads, thigh/hip pads, and knee pads while playing on the field.

===Advancing the Ball===
The team with possession of the ball (the ''offense'') is given four attempts (called ''[[Down (football)|downs]]'') to advance the ball 10 yards down the field. If the ball is moved at least ten yards during these four attempts, the offense is given a ''first down'', meaning that they have another four chances to move the ball 10 yards (the downs are cumulative; for example, if the offense moves the ball three yards on the first down and five yards on the second down, they only have to move it two yards over the next two downs to gain a first down) If the offense fails to move at least 10 yards over four plays, the opposing team is given possession of the ball.
[[Image:AmericanFootballPositions.png|thumb|right|300px|Typical offensive/defensive positions at the start of a play. The offensive positions are represented by blue circles, and the defensive positions are in red (note: click on the picture for a guide to position abbreviations).]]
The yard line on the field where the ball is located is known as the ''line of scrimmage''. The offensive players must line up on the line of scrimmage facing the opponents end zone, while the defense must be behind the line of scrimmage with their backs to their own end zone.

Every play begins with the teams facing each other on the line of scrimmage, and the players may move once the ball is ''snapped'' (removed from the ground) by the [[center (football)|center]]. The center usually snaps the ball between his legs to the [[quarterback]] (QB), who may take one of several courses of action;

*The quarterback may hand the ball off to a rusher (usually a [[fullback]], [[halfback]], or [[runningback]]), who will attempt to run the ball down the field as far as they can before being stopped by the defense.
*The quarterback may opt to throw the ball to a receiver (usually a [[wide receiver]] or [[tight end]]) who is already several yards down the field. Once the receiver catches the ball, he may continue to run until brought down by a defensive player. If the receiver does not catch the ball, it is called an ''incomplete pass''.
*The quarterback may spike the ball at the ground to stop the game clock, at the expense of a loss of a down.
*The quarterback may run the ball down the field himself; this option is usually unwise, as an injury to the QB can be destructive to an entire team for the whole season.
*The quarterback may kneel on one knee ("genuflect") in order to spend a down while allowing the clock to continue to run. This is the opposite of a spike.

The play ends when the referee's whistle is blown. The whistle can be blown for several reasons;
*The ball carrier is tackled (his knee touches the ground) by members of the opposing team. The location of the ball when the carrier touches the ground is used to determine the amount of yards gained by the offense.
*A forward pass hits the ground or flies out of bounds before being touched. This is an ''incomplete pass''.
*The ball carrier steps ''out of bounds''.
*The offense carries the ball into the endzone, or kicks a field goal.

===Scoring===
[[Image:Fieldgoal.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A kicker attempts a field goal, as the defensive line jumps to block the ball.]]
There are three ways to score in football;
*A [[Touchdown (football)|touchdown]] is scored when an offensive player runs the ball into or catches a pass in his opponent's end zone. Unlike Rugby, the ball does not need to be grounded to count as a touchdown ("try" in Rugby).
**After the touchdown, the scoring team may attempt a ''conversion''. The football is placed on the opposing teams 2-yard line, and the offense may either kick it between to goalposts (for an ''extra point'' or ''Point After Touchdown (PAT)''), or attempt to run or pass the ball into the endzone (a ''two-point conversion'').
*A [[Field Goal]] (FG) occurs when the offense kicks the football between the opposing teams goalposts. A successful field goal is worth three points. A field goal differs from a PAT in that the field goal may be attempted at any time when the offense has possession of the ball (though almost always on a fourth down), and that it is worth three points rather than one.
*A [[safety (football)|Safety]] occurs when a defensive player downs a ball carrier in the ball carriers ''own'' end zone. A safety is also awarded if the offense fumbles the ball out-of-bounds in their own end zone or have a punt blocked in their own end zone.

==Variations==
Because real American football involves potentially dangerous physical contact, primary-grade schoolkids across the country often play ''flag football'' (where pulling a flag off of the opponent represents a tackle) and ''touch football'' (where touching the opponent with both hands represents a tackle). Both of these variants usually omit the offensive and defensive lines, and impose a time limit - often 3 seconds - before linebackers can rush the QB.

==External Links==
*[http://www.nfl.com/history NFL - History and basics]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Sports]]
[[Category:Football]]

Sooie

2012-01-27T04:06:10Z

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According to the [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas Razorbacks]] team website: "A chant of “Woo Pig '''Sooie'''” is known worldwide as a Hog Call. Just like any good tradition, there are lots of versions of the Hog Call (even spellings)."<ref>http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=1514554</ref>

== The Arkansas Razorbacks team official "Hog call" ==

The Arkansas Razorbacks team website further declares:
{{cquote|A full Hog Call -- the kind one will always hear victorious Razorback teams execute after contests -- requires two more Hog Calls, followed immediately by a “Razor-Backs” yell, coordinated with a pumping motion of the right arm after the third “Sooie.” So, in order, the full Hog Call is:

Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie!

Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie!

Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie!

Razorbacks!<ref>http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=1514554</ref>}}
== See also ==

*[[Essay: PZ Myers evolved into a pig|PZ Myers evolved into a pig]] - [[satire]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWMynRGeR88 Woo pig sooie - Arkansas Razorbacks football game] - [[YouTube]] video

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Sports]]
[[Category:Arkansas]]

Talk:Sooie

2012-01-27T04:05:10Z

JunoD: Created page with "Why is this page titled "Sooie?" A more apt title would be "Arkansas Razorbacks Hog Call" or even "Woo Pig Sooie." Come to think of it, this should actually be a section in the a..."

Why is this page titled "Sooie?" A more apt title would be "Arkansas Razorbacks Hog Call" or even "Woo Pig Sooie." Come to think of it, this should actually be a section in the article for the [[University of Arkansas]]. [[User:JunoD|JunoD]] 23:05, 26 January 2012 (EST)

Talk:National Football League

2012-01-27T03:36:54Z

JunoD: /* Rosters in team articles */

Would whoever created this article be so kind as to write brief histories and descriptions of the teams? I started some pathetic stubs, before I relized that all 32 teams were red links on the "wanted pages" file and gave up. This needs the attention of a real fan of the game, I think. [[User:Human|Human]] 23:59, 29 April 2007 (EDT)

:Staple is banned and he is the one who created all the links on this article. --[[User:AdrianP|AdrianP]] 00:06, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

::Well dang. How about a call on the main page for someone to write up the NFL in a little more detail? [[User:Human|Human]] 01:13, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

::: I edited the Cleveland Browns article a bit tonight, and I will work on this page and the rest of the teams in my free time (which isn't much nowadays) --[[User:Colest|Colest]] 21:50, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

::::Excellent, I'm glad to see someone fleshing this "tree" out. By the way, the "largest football league" in the world begs the question of what the "world" calls [[soccer|football]]. Are there "American football" leagues elsewhere? Just curious... [[User:Human|Human]] 22:29, 1 May 2007 (EDT)

::::: I'm doing my best...--[[User:Tash|Tash]] 18:55, 23 May 2007 (EDT)

== Rosters in team articles ==

After looking through several of the articles for NFL teams, I noticed that they list the team roster. It appears that none of them have been updated since 2009. Since rosters change so much, even during the season, does it make sense to include them? Keeping them up to date seems a rather tedious task. [[User:JunoD|JunoD]] 16:26, 22 January 2012 (EST)
:Since there's been no response, I'm going to remove the complete rosters from the team articles (or at least pare them down to the more significant players). I'll wait another day or so to give an opportunity for feedback before I do so. [[User:JunoD|JunoD]] 22:36, 26 January 2012 (EST)

Obama donor list

2012-01-27T03:32:30Z

JunoD:

The following '''Obama donor list''' is only a partial list of the Top Big Money Donors to the Presidential campaign of [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. It is only a partial list of [http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638 opensecrets.org]. Many of the donors are in the top 1% of earners in the United States, and recieved [[bailout]] money after the [[Crash of 2008]] from the [[Democrat]] Congress and President Obama.

==Obama top donors==

*[[Goldman Sachs]]
*JPMorgan Chase & Co
*Citigroup Inc
*Skadden, Arps et al
*UBS AG (foreign corporation)
*General Electric
*Morgan Stanley

==See also==
*[[Obama administration]]
*[[Crony capitalism]]

[[Category:Barack Hussein Obama]]

Crony capitalism

2012-01-27T03:30:33Z

JunoD: sp

'''Crony capitalism''' is a [[liberal]] and [[fascist]]ic economic system in which the government picks winners and losers through the use of grants, contracts, loan guarantees, regulations, [[bailout]]s and other ways of extending favors to friends while penalizing competitors.

==See also==
*[[General Motors]]
*[[Solyndra]]
*[[Obama donor list]]

[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]

Crony capitalism

2012-01-27T03:28:03Z

JunoD: sp

'''Crony capitalism''' is a [[liberal]] and [[fascist]]ic economic system in which the government picks winners and losers through the use of grants, contracts, loan guaranees, regulations, [[bailout]]s and other ways of extending favors to friends while penalizing competitors.

==See also==
*[[General Motors]]
*[[Solyndra]]

[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]

Obama donor list

2012-01-27T03:26:58Z

JunoD:

The following '''Obama donor list''' is only a partial list the Top Big Money Donors o the Presidential election campaign of [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. It is only a partial list of opensecrets.org. Many of the donors are in the top 1% of earners in the United States, and recieved [[bailout]] money after the [[Crash of 2008]]from the [[Democrat]] Congress and President Obama.

==Obama top donors==

*[[Goldman Sachs]]
*JPMorgan Chase & Co
*Citigroup Inc
*Skadden, Arps et al
*UBS AG (foreign corporation)
*General Electric
*Morgan Stanley

==See also==
*[[Obama administration]]
*[[Crony capitalism]]

[[Category:Barack Obama]]

Talk:National Football League

2012-01-22T21:26:29Z

JunoD: /* Rosters in team articles */ new section

Category:NFL Rosters

2012-01-22T21:21:19Z

JunoD:

Category for rosters of [[National Football League]] teams.
[[Category:National Football League]]

Joe Paterno

2012-01-22T21:17:00Z

JunoD: wikify

'''Joe Paterno''' (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was the head coach of the [[Penn State]] Nittany Lions football team from 1966 to 2011, compiling a 401-143-3 record and winning two national championships. In November 2011 he was fired after he was mentioned in a grand jury report related to the Jerry Sandusky child abuse case. He was not accused of any crime.

On January 22, 2012, Paterno died of [[lung cancer]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paterno, Joe}}
[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Joe Paterno

2012-01-22T21:06:57Z

JunoD:

'''Joe Paterno''' (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was the head coach of the [[Penn State]] Nittany Lions football team from 1966 to 2011, compiling a 401-143-3 record and winning two national championships. In November 2011 he was fired after he was mentioned in a grand jury report related to the Jerry Sandusky child abuse case. He was not accused of any crime.

On January 22, 2012, Paterno died of lung cancer.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paterno, Joe}}
[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Joe Paterno

2012-01-22T21:06:17Z

JunoD:

'''Joe Paterno''' (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was the head coach of the [[Penn State]] Nittany Lions football team from 1966 to 2011, compiling a 401-143-3 record and winning two national championships. In November 2011 he was fired after he was mentioned in a grand jury report related to the Jerry Sandusky child abuse case. He was not accused of any crime.

On January 22, 2012, Paterno died of lung cancer.

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Sports]]

Joe Paterno

2012-01-22T20:59:08Z

JunoD:

'''Joe Paterno''' (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was the head coach of the [[Penn State]] Nittany Lions football team from 1966 to 2011, compiling a 401-143-3 record and winning two national championships. In November 2011 he was fired after he was mentioned in a grand jury report. He has not been accused of any crime.

On January 22, 2012, Paterno died of lung cancer.

[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Sports]]