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August 18, 2003
Greatest figures of the 20th century
The Right-Wing News website just polled some "right wing" bloggers, coming up with THIS LIST of the two dozen "greatest figures of the 20th century."
A couple of names jumped out at me as ODD choices for any form of a conservative, notably FDR and MLK. [Mikhail Gorbachev? Really, Dawn.] I could have done without all the generals. And what exactly has Billy Graham accomplished to rate as a top figure of the century?
I was glad to see the Beatles on the list. Artists, builders, inventors and writers have something clear to show for what they've done. A millenium from now, the artistic achievement of Miles Davis and Motown will be more significant than the US Civil War. The Beatles and the Stones will rank much more important in the long run than JFK or Nixon.
Subject to further thought, here would be my alternate
TOP 10 FIGURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
1) Henry Ford
2) Ayn Rand
3) John Rockfeller
4) Bill Gates
5) The Beatles
6) Robert Heinlein
7) Prince
8) Elvis Costello
9) Miles Davis
10) Thomas Edison
10) Linus Pauling
10) Billy Wilder
10) Elvis Presley
10) Berry Gordy
Note the lack of politicians on my list. FDR would maybe qualify if managing to drag the depression out an extra ten years or concentration camps for Japanese-Americans count as great achievments. If you have to have an Allied political leader, let's just settle on enshrining Churchill.
posted by Al at 8/18/2003 02:10:00 AM
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