Tuesday, June 28, 2005
(3:30 PM) | Anonymous:
The Newest American "WTF?!?" Moment
So, I see that Ronald Reagan was voted our greatest American. He beat George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr, among others. Yeah, that's right, a man who helped fund death squads and consulted the stars for policy advice has won the honor of Greatest American. It's obvious why Martin Luther King didn't win, no contest really. He just helped some people, within his own race even, get their freedom. You know what Jesus says about people who love their friends. Reagan didn't limit his love to his own race, he spread it to those within his tax bracket who may or may not have been merely white. Now if MLK had helped kill some people in South America - well, then it would have been more of even race.For those of you who don't know - we are completely fucked.
In an somewhat related note, does anyone else find it funny that in Germany's version of this exercise we find in the top three spots Konrad Adenauer, who helped rebuild West Germany after WWII, Martin Luther, and Karl Marx? Now, that's a list!
