Politics & History

The Best Way to Fix The American Political System

How would you best fix a political system that all Americans (no matter which side of the spectrum they fall on) can agree is broken? Vote on the ideas you think would work best, and add any brilliant thoughts you might have.Our S...

Election 2012: Who Do You Want To Be Our Next President?

With the election a little less than two weeks away, I would like to know who the people of Ranker want to be the next President Of The United States.

Famous Short Speeches

As these famous short speeches prove, it's not always about the quantity of words spoken that make a difference, it's more about the quality of the words chosen to make an impact and go down in history. What are some famous short ...

Joe Bidenisms: The Funniest and Best Joe Biden Gaffes

Here are the funniest Joe Biden gaffes of all time. The 47th Vice President of the United States has a history of sticking his foot in his mouth. These Joe Bidenisms are classic gaffes the former democratic Senator has made over t...

The One Word That Best Describes Donald Trump...

Do you have a word that best describes the mouth that bored...Donald Trump? There are oh so many but let's find the ultimate word. Vote and add...

What's The Worst That Could Happen?

So what's the big deal if Romney becomes President? They're all the same right...aren't they? What do you think is the worst that will happen? Vote and add...

Conservative Pinata: What's Inside Of Mitt Romney?

So what if Mitty was a pinata and you took a stick to him...what do you think would fall out? Vote and add whatever you feel is missing...

One Word That Best Describes The American Political System..

Is there a word that you feel best describes the American political system? Add it to the list and vote on those listed...

The 9 Most Horribly Insensitive Republican Rape Comments

From what the definition of "rape" is to how victims should respond in the act, Republicans have had quite the track record at failing to understand how women's physiology and psychology work. Here is a list comprising s...

The Sexcapades of the World's Most Corrupt Leaders

World leaders: What motivates them to reach the very top of their country's political pyramid? What drives them to seek out the toughest, most publicly visible, most thankless kinds of careers, pushing their people reluctantly tow...

Unusual Deaths: Prehistoric People Who Died In Strange Ways

Here are some very strange deaths that have occurred in prehistoric times. The following list includes some of the most unusual ways of dying imaginable. There are lots of strange ways to die and these might be the strangest death...

Most Popular Democrats That Were Once Republicans

These popular current Democrats were at one time proud and active members of the Republican Party. Democratic Politicians from all across the US, have changed their mind and flipped sides of the isle for one reason or another. Thi...

Most Influential People of the Cold War

The Cold War was a period of confrontation between the two superpowers of the world, the United States and the Soviet Union. During the war, the USA and the USSR used different ways to expand their influence and reduce the other's...

10 of the Most Doomed Expeditions in History

History is just FULL of doomed expeditions. It's hard to choose just 10 and it's hard to rank them in any kind of order. I chose these because these were doomed before they set out and almost all of them were victims of bad planni...

Most Important Battles of World War 2

Battles that changed the natural course of WW2

The Most Important Battles in US History

The Most Widely Believed Conspiracy Theories in US History

Conspiracy theorists: Call them birthers, deathers or just plain conspiracists, but don't call the people who believe the most widely believed conspiracy theories in US history gullible. These people will argue up and down that NA...

Top 7 American Utopian Experiments

Many have tried it, few have succeeded...actually, no one has. Most ended up in debt. Not surprisingly, many of these attempts to find an ideal society were orchestrated by religious people desiring to recall the Edenic life befor...

Presidents (and Candidates) Who Were Male Cheerleaders

List of U.S. Presidents, and major-party Presidential candidates, who were (male) cheerleaders while in school. Pep club counts as well, we're not going to split hairs here about the exact definition of being on a cheerleading squad.

The Very Best of Bad Lip Reading

Ever wanted to hear Michele Bachman talk about curing nausea with one cockeyed boar? How about listening to bullied Internet celebrity Rebecca Black sing about gang fights? Perhaps Rick Perry explaining using goats in the computer...

10 Powerhouse Blogs and Articles on Barack Obama

When politicians enters campaign mode in America (or maybe any country) that’s almost the same as saying they’re going into fighting mode. It’s been kind of like that with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential elec...

Political Figures I Find Fascinating

Politics is something I’ve found myself being very drawn too, and these are the political figures that I have found to be the most interesting to me personally in some way. It runs the gamut from historical-to-current, American-to...