Posted on 06/06/2005 11:13:29 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
The Thoughts of Muhammad Ali in Exile (JAIL), c. 1967
..."I never thought of myself as great when I refused to go into the Army. All I did was stand up for what I believed. There were people who thought the war in Vietnam was right. And those people, if they went to war, acted just as brave as I did. There were people who tried to put me in jail. Some of them were hypocrites, but others did what they thought was proper and I can't condemn them for following their conscience either. People say I made a sacrifice, risking jail and my whole career. But God told Abraham to kill his son and Abraham was willing to do it, so why shouldn't I follow what I believed? Standing up for my religion made me happy; it wasn't a sacrifice. When people got drafted and sent to Vietnam and didn't understand what the killing was about and came home with one leg and couldn't get jobs, that was a sacrifice. But I believed in what I was doing, so no matter what the government did to me, it wasn't a loss.
At least he had some proper perspective... but I wouldn't waste my vote on any entertainer...
The first "W" got my vote.
If Clinton was so popular with the American people, how come he never won the majority of the vote? How come his party lost control of the House of Representatives for the first time in forty years?
Yeah, the 90's were peachy keen: Investors throwing wads of cash at twenty-six year old CEO's running dot.com empires. And just beneath the surface, corporate scandals, and a terrorist build up.
I agree: without George Washington, we wouldn't have a United States of America.
Says one can vote three times a week. Clearly, this site is run by Democrats.
Well, they let me vote thrice, so George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Ronald Reagan got my votes. What Dubya does in the next 3 1/2 years will determine whether or not he belongs next to them.
It is a pretty silly list, though. Eleanor Roosevelt must be in there so that they can include the Witch next time they try this. And I love Elvis, but come on! Kudos to Lance Armstrong for beating cancer and all that, but Greatest American?! As for Clinton, it must have been mandated in the contract that he finish in the top 25 before Lauer would host the show.
I saw the promo's for this show and could only chuckle, and make a mental note to avoid it all all costs. I figured Lauer's list would most likely include Peewee Herman and Hunter S. Thompson, if he were honest, that is. Even when the media tries to compliment GWB or the Gipper, it comes off as pure begrudging hypocrisy. Barf.
The Reagan bio leaves off the fact that he led America to victory in the Cold War. You'd think that would qualify as a "major accomplishment" (more than jelly beans!)
LOL
Man I loved that show
Hey Matt... one small question... WHAT Clinton success?
Other than luring young chubby interns, and ruining a perfectly good cigar, what did he ever accomplish?
I'm voting for "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
Matt Lauer has the intellectual depth of a puddle. Didn't he used to host Total Request Live?
And so it would have been proper for a Christian to continue to allow millions to die in gas chambers rather that fight a war against the Nazis. These nitwits will be forever clueless.
Let's make Ronald Reagan the Greatest american.
You can vote at this website:
http://tv.channel.aol.com/greatestamerican
Voting for the TOP 5 starts on that date. Cast your vote for Reagan now.
This is an excellent chance to FREEP this poll. If we all joined together and voted for Ronald Reagan, it would really set the liberals on their heads!
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