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June 05, 2005
Greatest American Update
OK, the chaff has been separated. They've named the Top 25, and you can vote up to 3 times a week. I'll quickly rank the greatness of the Final 25 (my original comments still hold):
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Martin Luther King
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Benjamin Franklin
5. Thomas Edison
6. George Washington
7. Franklin D. Roosevelt
8. Albert Einstein
9. John F. Kennedy
10. The Wright Brothers
11. Eleanor Roosevelt
12. Rosa Parks
13. Muhammad Ali
14. Walt Disney
15. Elvis Presley
16. Neil Armstrong
17. Bob Hope
18. Bill Clinton
19. Bill Gates
20. Ronald Reagan
21. Billy Graham
22. Henry Ford
23. Oprah Winfrey
24. Lance Armstrong
25. George W. Bush
My sister pointed out something I missed: Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen weren't on the list. Considering how heavy the list was oriented toward people who were famous in the last 10 years, this is an outrage.
And remember, folks - your countrymen actually seem to think that Lance Armstrong and Oprah are greater Americans than Teddy Roosevelt and Frederick Douglass. Remember that when you start to wonder why you feel out-of-place.
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Actually, Im heartened that Thomas Jefferson took the top spot. I agree with that one.
Washington has to be #2 - he refused the crown.
Lincoln was a dictator who trampled civil liberties with abandon. The most highly overrated guy in American history. IMHO.
Posted by: Steve | June 9, 2005 07:15 AM
