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           TEDDY ROOSEVELT
June 2009 Champion Adventurer, intellectual, author, soldier, cowboy, policeman, historian, America’s youngest president was all of these and more. An avid bibliophile with a photographic memory, Teddy Roosevelt loved to fight in the boxing ring and to hunt big game. Although he shot and killed hundreds of endangered animals, he also provided for greater environmental protection regulations than almost any other president. He was a man of many contradictions, but seemed to live life on a grander scale than is possible for even the most awesome among us. In 1912, While Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, a saloon keeper named John Schrank shot him. Teddy Roosevelt, as an experienced hunter and anatomist, correctly concluded that since he wasn't coughing blood the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung, and so declined suggestions he go to the hospital immediately. Instead, he delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." The man was a total badass whose genius intellect was only matched by the speed of his trigger finger and the force of his right hook.
Nominated by Olav Rokne
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Teddy Roosevelt was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 Chewbacca  The Couch Dress  Moustache Balaclava  Shaved Ball Cap  Giant Nintendo Controller  Jesus Christ  Meat Suitcase  Unibrow  Theo Jansen's Art Theo Jansen's Art  General Lee 01  Crop Circles  Mock Apple Pie  Robocop on a Unicorn  Roller Derby  Freerunning  Dwight K. Schrute  Miracle On Ice  President Obama  The Hamburger Bed  Flying Spaghetti Monster  Badass Mountain Men  Beer Maids  Hedgehogs  WAKE n' BACON  Zombies  Space Invader Invasion  Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator  The Brick Testament  Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton  Captain James T. Kirk  The Man with No Name  Banksy  Octo-Stache  Peekaru  Queen of the Mist  Deja Vu  Ultra Slow Motion  Troy Hurtubise's Inventions Troy Hurtubise's Inventions  The Viking Helmet  Johnny Cash  Stinky Cheese  James Earl Jones Counts to 10  Death Star  Chindogu  Tiesto  Library of Congress  Notorious B.I.G. Doll  Rasputin  Che Guevara James Earl Jones Counts to 10 Death Star Death Star  Mermaids  Male Emperor Penguins  Rockin' Steady  Indy's Whip  Literal Video Versions  Chuck Norris vs. Bruce Lee  Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka  Hunter S. Thompson  Emperor Norton  Jesus Riding A Dinosaur Teddy Roosevelt was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Nikola Tesla  Aurora Borealis Library of Congress Library of Congress
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    NIKOLA TESLA
4th Place November 08 Brilliant mind! Nikola Tesla invented the system for AC electricty. 'Free energy for the world'...was Nikola Tesla's dream. But a man by the name of Thomas Edison (with his finacial backers) stood in the way. Tesla was labled insane...most likley because his mind was operating lightyears beyond his colleagues. Nikola Tesla was credited with the invention of the Radio, Television, Power Transmission, and the Induction Motor. In 1900 he built a tower for his 'Wireless Broadcasting System'. Nikola Tesla has been referred to as 'the man who invented the 20th century.'" In Tesla's words:"The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine." “When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.”
Nominated by Miles Middlesniffer
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Now, I prefer Roosevelt, but feel guilty voting against Tesla.
However, I think they would have been an *awesome* crime-fighting duo, like the twin fists of SCIENCE! reply
If Tesla can create feelings of guilt within you, perhaps "god" would be a more appropriate title for Nikola.
Were they crime-fighters, however, which one is the sidekick and which one the mentor?
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I see it as more of a buddy cop duo.
Teddy being the rambunctious and brazen one to Tesla's straightman. Fighting crime in a future time.
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It's a team-up of equals.
However, I would like to argue on behalf of Roosevelt. While, in terms of sheer intellectual work, Tesla's achievements are unquestionably the most awesome, Roosevelt combined a balance of intellectual, political and adventurous achievements. There's something incredible about someone achieving his level of awesomeness in basically every field of human endeavour. reply
Tesla has the lightning bolt advantage.
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Tesla was a man before his time... both in the real world and here in Awesomeoff. He was clearly put up too early last year - the current audience appreciates him far more. The first time around he lost to The General Lee and Chupacabra. Now in the contest of champions he's going undefeated...
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you know, i really want to vote for Tesla, but seeing as i go to a school named after Roosevelt, i feel its kinda my obligation to vote for him. sorry.
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Some Fast Facts about Teddy Roosevelt:
If John Hodgman said it, I believe it
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could you fix the format of my comment so it lists the fast facts? like..... -blah blah blah (enter) -blah blah blah
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Wow! John Hodgman knows a lot about Teddy Roosevelt.
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thanks ivan!
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And this is the most pertinent fact, Teddy Roosevelt fathered Chuck Norris!
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