Unpopular opinions (non road related)

[Beltway]

Just because it's the official system doesn't mean that it isn't wrong. There have been 45 Presidents, not 47.

Or there have been 45 legitimate Presidents and two impostors.  I mean, who really knows...

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?  Are you for real?  Have you heard of Jesus!?
https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alan_Dunes-Flamingo

Not the guy that played varsity football in college without his helmet on ...

[Scott5114]

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?

That's correct, meaning you'll choose first in Double Jeopardy!

[1995hoo]

Depending on your point of view if you live in certain southern states, you might argue there have been either 46 or 48 legitimate presidents.

No love for the President's under the First Continental Congress?

I was referring to President Davis.

Their view would be that they were no longer in the United States and had no plans on returning.

I wasn't referring to the people then. I was referring to some people now. That is, for example, Virginia seceded after Lincoln became president. So some people would argue that he was the 16th, then Davis was 17th. Then Johnson after the war. Etc.

The lower South 7 states seceded. The upper South (VA, NC, TN, AR) didn't secede until Lincoln demanded conscription, passage, materiel and quartering from the upper South states. They wanted nothing to do with supporting Lincoln's war.

Nevertheless, Jefferson Davis never was a United States president, IMHO.

I agree with the boldfaced, although you'll notice I never said anybody maintains he was president of the U.S. 

[kphoger]

No love for the President's under the First Continental Congress?

I always found it little odd that all these presidential lists don't count what was going on under the First Continental Congress.

That position ... could probably better be compared to Speaker of the House.

I don't dispute that the function isn't exactly the same.  They still had the title "president" though. 

But really only because he 'presided' over debates that other people were having.  Today's office of President exists as head of the executive branch.  The president of the Continental Congress had basically zero executive role.

John Jovanovic is currently the 'president' of the Export–Import Bank of the United States, which is a federally owned entity—but that doesn't make him equivalent to Donald Trump, even though they both have the same word in their title.

[Beltway]

Depending on your point of view if you live in certain southern states, you might argue there have been either 46 or 48 legitimate presidents.

No love for the President's under the First Continental Congress?

I was referring to President Davis.

Their view would be that they were no longer in the United States and had no plans on returning.

I wasn't referring to the people then. I was referring to some people now. That is, for example, Virginia seceded after Lincoln became president. So some people would argue that he was the 16th, then Davis was 17th. Then Johnson after the war. Etc.

The lower South 7 states seceded. The upper South (VA, NC, TN, AR) didn't secede until Lincoln demanded conscription, passage, materiel and quartering from the upper South states. They wanted nothing to do with supporting Lincoln's war.
Nevertheless, Jefferson Davis never was a United States president, IMHO.

I agree with the boldfaced, although you'll notice I never said anybody maintains he was president of the U.S. 

Yes -- So some people would argue that he [Lincoln] was the 16th, then Davis was 17th. ...

I'm sure that some would think that.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

Depending on your point of view if you live in certain southern states, you might argue there have been either 46 or 48 legitimate presidents.

No love for the President's under the First Continental Congress?

I was referring to President Davis.

Their view would be that they were no longer in the United States and had no plans on returning.

I wasn't referring to the people then. I was referring to some people now. That is, for example, Virginia seceded after Lincoln became president. So some people would argue that he was the 16th, then Davis was 17th. Then Johnson after the war. Etc.

The lower South 7 states seceded. The upper South (VA, NC, TN, AR) didn't secede until Lincoln demanded conscription, passage, materiel and quartering from the upper South states. They wanted nothing to do with supporting Lincoln's war.
Nevertheless, Jefferson Davis never was a United States president, IMHO.

I agree with the boldfaced, although you'll notice I never said anybody maintains he was president of the U.S. 

Yes -- So some people would argue that he [Lincoln] was the 16th, then Davis was 17th. ...

I'm sure that some would think that.

How about David Rice Atchison?

[Beltway]

How about David Rice Atchison?

"Some of Atchison's associates claimed that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, 1849, through noon on Monday—he may have been acting president of the United States. This belief, however, is dismissed by most scholars."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison

[LilianaUwU]

Just because it's the official system doesn't mean that it isn't wrong. There have been 45 Presidents, not 47.

Or there have been 45 legitimate Presidents and two impostors.  I mean, who really knows...

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?

Who is Albert Lea (1881)?

The twentieth president.

[kphoger]

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?

Did you even click on his name to find out?  Try it.  You'll learn something.

[Max Rockatansky]

Just because it's the official system doesn't mean that it isn't wrong. There have been 45 Presidents, not 47.

Or there have been 45 legitimate Presidents and two impostors.  I mean, who really knows...

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?

Who is Alan Dunes-Flamingo?  Are you for real?  Have you heard of Jesus!?
https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alan_Dunes-Flamingo

Not the guy that played varsity football in college without his helmet on ...

Even though Dunes-Flamingo didn't play college football at Michigan he probably wouldn't have needed a helmet.  Nobody is going to lay a finger on the man while he's wearing that baller pink blazer.

[tchafe1978]

Forgive my ignorance of the whole Alanland thing, I try to ignore that gobbledegook.

[Max Rockatansky]

Forgive my ignorance of the whole Alanland thing, I try to ignore that gobbledegook.

One of the finest dishes from Virginia Oblast I'm to understand.  I haven't tried it myself but I hear it is impossible to ignore.

[kphoger]

Forgive my ignorance of the whole Alanland thing, I try to ignore that gobbledegook.

Ignorance of gobbledegook is required by law, but ignoring it is prohibited—except where prohibited, in which case gobbledegook is required to ignore you.

One of the finest dishes from Virginia Oblast I'm to understand.

Yes, she's quite a hot dish,⁹ if you know what I mean.

[Big John]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

[Max Rockatansky]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

She's from Minnesota, I can tell by the way he's two-steppin' round the room.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

She's from Minnesota, I can tell by the way he's two-steppin' round the room.

Whoa, that's a bad pun

[Max Rockatansky]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

She's from Minnesota, I can tell by the way he's two-steppin' round the room.

Whoa, that's a bad pun

Just when I thought I got him to fall in love with Iowa. 

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

She's from Minnesota, I can tell by the way he's two-steppin' round the room.

Whoa, that's a bad pun

Just when I thought I got him to fall in love with Iowa. 

I shoulda known better than to take him back to Minneapolis

[kphoger]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

A while ago, I heard someone call in to the radio and relate a funny story about a pastor who had moved up from Alabama to Minnesota, heard people talking at his new congregation about 'a hot dish', and was a bit confused about what people were expected to bring with them to church up there.

[formulanone]

^^ She's from Minnesota?

A while ago, I heard someone call in to the radio and relate a funny story about a pastor who had moved up from Alabama to Minnesota, heard people talking at his new congregation about 'a hot dish', and was a bit confused about what people were expected to bring with them to church up there.

Hot dish for that cold thyme religion.