28.6.05

Greatest American

Yes, freshly-buried Ronald Reagan "won" the title of greatest American last night on Discovery Channel. Many of us wonder how he could have squeaked by the 4 historical greats he did... but then... we remember how things work over here.

On the other side of the Atlantic, with a more objective historical perspective [and more history, outright], the BBC did a similar poll in 2003. Their votes went to...

2 Comments:

Blogger General Stan said...

yeah, i sure don't care about the discovery channel's deal. i also don't give it too much credence. But what I do find entertaining is that the Brits overwhelmingly voted for homer simpson; but also voted Mr T in the top 5.

Much more accurate, if you ask me.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree... Britain has more of a grasp on the USA than we do!

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