Discovery Channel's Farcical "Greatest Americans" List
The Discovery Channel's latest monstrosity is as ignorant and disrespectful as it is ludicrous. Exhibit A: The 25 Greatest Americans as voted on by the American public. And man is the American public dumb...
25. Neil Armstrong
24. Henry Ford
23. Wright Brothers
22. Rosa Parks
21. Muhammed Ali
20. Lance Armstrong
19. Eleanor Roosevelt
18. Bill Gates
17. Bob Hope
16. John F. Kennedy
15. Thomas Edison
14. Albert Einstein
13. Walt Disney
12. Thomas Jefferson
11. Billy Graham
10. Franklin Roosevelt
9. Oprah Winfrey
8. Elvis Presley
7. Bill Clinton
6. George W. Bush
5. Benjamin Franklin
4. George Washington
3. Martin Luther King
2. Abraham Lincoln
1. Ronald Reagan
I have a few problems with this list. First off, the people in bold have NO BUSINESS BEING ON THIS LIST!!!!!! Second, this list leans way too heavily towards pop culture. Third, the people that deserve to be on this list are not ranked highly enough. Oh, and I'm pretty sure that Albert Einstein wasn't really an American. And how can you have a list of greatest Americans and put FDR at number 10?! Behind Elvis Presley and Oprah Winfrey?!?!?! I have nothing against Oprah Winfrey, but putting a talk show host with a book club ahead of the most beloved and longest serving president in history makes me a little sad. And what's up with Walt Disney and Henry Ford being on the list? Sure, Ford is credited with the assembly line and Walt invented Mickey Mouse, but these guys were friggin' Nazi sympathizers. And what about John Adams, James Monroe, Frederick Douglas, Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight Eisenhour, Horace Greeley, or Clara Barton? Heck, why not Admiral Doubleday too? Nothing more American than baseball, right? Here's how this list should have looked.
25. Anybody who has ever served in the armed forces
24. Clara Barton
23. Horace Greeley
22. John F. Kennedy
21. Wright Brothers
20. Bill Gates
19. Neil Armstrong
18. Frederick Douglas
17. Eleanor Roosevelt
16. Martin Luther King
15. Members of the Seneca Falls Convention
14. Alexander Graham Bell
13. Mark Twain
12. Andrew Carnegie
11. Jonas Salk
10. Ulysses S. Grant
9. John Adams
8. Thomas Edison
7. James Monroe
6. Dwight Eisenhour
5. Ben Franklin
4. Thomas Jefferson
3. Abraham Lincoln
2. George Washington
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25. Neil Armstrong
24. Henry Ford
23. Wright Brothers
22. Rosa Parks
21. Muhammed Ali
20. Lance Armstrong
19. Eleanor Roosevelt
18. Bill Gates
17. Bob Hope
16. John F. Kennedy
15. Thomas Edison
14. Albert Einstein
13. Walt Disney
12. Thomas Jefferson
11. Billy Graham
10. Franklin Roosevelt
9. Oprah Winfrey
8. Elvis Presley
7. Bill Clinton
6. George W. Bush
5. Benjamin Franklin
4. George Washington
3. Martin Luther King
2. Abraham Lincoln
1. Ronald Reagan
I have a few problems with this list. First off, the people in bold have NO BUSINESS BEING ON THIS LIST!!!!!! Second, this list leans way too heavily towards pop culture. Third, the people that deserve to be on this list are not ranked highly enough. Oh, and I'm pretty sure that Albert Einstein wasn't really an American. And how can you have a list of greatest Americans and put FDR at number 10?! Behind Elvis Presley and Oprah Winfrey?!?!?! I have nothing against Oprah Winfrey, but putting a talk show host with a book club ahead of the most beloved and longest serving president in history makes me a little sad. And what's up with Walt Disney and Henry Ford being on the list? Sure, Ford is credited with the assembly line and Walt invented Mickey Mouse, but these guys were friggin' Nazi sympathizers. And what about John Adams, James Monroe, Frederick Douglas, Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight Eisenhour, Horace Greeley, or Clara Barton? Heck, why not Admiral Doubleday too? Nothing more American than baseball, right? Here's how this list should have looked.
25. Anybody who has ever served in the armed forces
24. Clara Barton
23. Horace Greeley
22. John F. Kennedy
21. Wright Brothers
20. Bill Gates
19. Neil Armstrong
18. Frederick Douglas
17. Eleanor Roosevelt
16. Martin Luther King
15. Members of the Seneca Falls Convention
14. Alexander Graham Bell
13. Mark Twain
12. Andrew Carnegie
11. Jonas Salk
10. Ulysses S. Grant
9. John Adams
8. Thomas Edison
7. James Monroe
6. Dwight Eisenhour
5. Ben Franklin
4. Thomas Jefferson
3. Abraham Lincoln
2. George Washington
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
posted by Doug Robertson @ 11:12 PM
2 Comments:
At 12:38 PM,
Normandy Landings said…
Hi Doug Robertson, I just dropped in on my way back to my Trading Cards site. I liked what I
found and thought that I would leave you a note for your efforts in creating Discovery Channel's Farcical . It
is amazing what you find looking through these blogs, and the links from them. Have
you ever done that?
At 3:19 PM,
bobdobbs said…
Oh, and I'm pretty sure that Albert Einstein wasn't really an American.
He was an american citizen. Later in life of course!
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