Jesse Ventura
Auteur de I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up
A propos de l'auteur
Jesse Ventura, a Minnesota native born George Janos, served six years as a Navy Seal before embarking on careers as a champion professional wrestler, mayor of Brooklyn Park, and radio talk-show host. Currently the governor of Minnesota, he lives in St. Paul with his wife and two children. afficher plus (Publisher Provided) James George Janos was born on July 15, 1951 also known by his stage name Jesse Ventura. Ventura served in the United States Navy from December 1, 1969, to September 10, 1975, during the Vietnam War era. Ventura attended North Hennepin Community College Minnesota in the mid-1970s. At the same time, he began weightlifting and wrestling. He was a bodyguard for The Rolling Stones for a time, before he entered professional wrestling and changed his name to Jesse Ventura. As a wrestler, Ventura performed as a villain and often used the motto "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat!" Ventura continued to wrestle until September 1984, when blood clots in his lungs ended his in-ring career. He then began to do color commentary on television for All-Star Wrestling and later Superstars of Wrestling. In February 1992 at SuperBrawl II, Ventura joined World Championship Wrestling as a commentator. Ventura ran for Governor of Minnesota in 1998 as the nominee for the Reform Party of Minnesota (he later joined the Independence Party of Minnesota). His slogan was "Don't vote for politics as usual". He won the election in November 1998, narrowly (and unexpectedly) defeating the major-party candidates. Lacking a party base in the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate, Ventura's policy ambitions had little chance of being introduced as bills. He vetoed 45 bills in his first year, only three of which were overridden. During his time as governor, Ventura wrote a number of politically themed books. He continued to write several other books after leaving office. In April 2008, his book Don't Start the Revolution Without Me, was released. In it, Ventura describes a hypothetical campaign in which he is a candidate for President of the United States in 2008, running as an independent. He later stated that that the scenario is only imaginary and not indicative of a "secret plan to run". American Conspiracies is a book Ventura wrote with Dick Russell. Ventura also wrote DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government. The book expresses Ventura's opposition to the two-party system and calls for political parties to be abolished. In 2013 his book They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK was released and quickly made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Jesse Ventura
American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us (2010) 176 exemplaires
They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK (2013) 65 exemplaires
Sh*t Politicians Say: The Funniest, Dumbest, Most Outrageous Things Ever Uttered By Our "Leaders" (2016) 23 exemplaires
Jesse Ventura Tells It Like It Is: America's Most Outspoken Governor Speaks Out About Government (2002) 12 exemplaires
Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! 3 exemplaires
9-Action Movies Featuring Hulk Hogan & Jesse Ventura 2 exemplaires
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ventura, Jesse
- Nom légal
- Janos, James George
- Autres noms
- Ventura, Jesse "The Body"
- Date de naissance
- 1951-06-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA - Études
- Roosevelt High School, Minneapolis, MN (1969)
- Professions
- wrestler
actor
politician
Governor of Minnesota (1999-2003)
Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA (1991-1995) - Organisations
- United State Navy
American Wrestling Association
World Wrestling Entertainment
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Aussi par
- 12
- Membres
- 876
- Popularité
- #29,233
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 19
- ISBN
- 64
- Langues
- 3