From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Discovery Channel is taking votes to determine who is the "Greatest
American". The entries I have problems with, are George Bush, Bill Clinton
and Bill Gates.
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Bill Gates because his accomplishments have nothing to do with being
American, but more to do with wealth and capitalism.
And your problem is? His story is very American. He (1) earned his money (2)
by creating (or at least finding & marketing) a product never seen before,
which (3) helped revolutionize the way we do things.
It's as American as Henry Ford, and one reason America has been at the
forefront of innovation and human well-bring. So Microsoft has its faults
(as did Fords.) It has competitors.
However, according to
his biography, on the links below, he is quite a philanthropist,
contributing over $27 billion (yes, it says billion!) to different
humanitarian causes. Maybe he just doesn't get enough good press.
Right. So in him the right hand has worked very, very well and now, in true
Gilded Age tradition, he's turned to the left hand side of things. (Though
I'm sure it was Melinda's doing. However, once she gave him the idea, he
took it up like a shiny new toy.)
I'd keep Gates on the list; his story is extremely American.
But I'm thinking. I'll be safe and vote Walt Disney. :-)
And he differs from Gates how? Besides being in a different field of
endeavour?
Pat
The top 25 (not necessarily in order).....
Muhammed Ali
Lance Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Walt Disney
Thomas Alva Edison
Albert Einstein
Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Gates
Billy Graham
Bob Hope
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks
Elvis Presley
Ronald Reagan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
George Washington
Oprah Winfrey
Wright Brothers
Follow link below and click on "Greatest American" menu choice at the left
to see a short biography of each candidate....
http://tinyurl.com/e2spv
http://makeashorterlink.com/?G31713C3B
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/greatestamerican/top25/top25.html
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