Greatest American

Last night, on the Discovery Channel, they had a program that overviewed the 100 greatest Americans. Before I discuss who was on the list, everyone go to www.aol.com/greatestamerican and vote. The general public will vote for the greatest American out of the top 25. Next Sunday, June 12, they will reveal the publics' results. Then, the public will vote on the top 5. The process continues until the public has picked the Greatest American.

That said, Americans are stupid. On the list are Bret Favre, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore, Martha Stewart, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Dr. Phil McGraw, and Clint Eastwood. Come On People!!!! The general public only gets to vote on the top 25. Of the top 25, most belong on the list, however a few don't. Does Lance Armstrong deserve to be one of the top 25 Americans of all time? How about Oprah Winfrey?

• Overall on the list there were 4 Bushes, 2 Clintons, 3 Kennedy's (4 if you count that Arnold married Maria.)
• There was one (ONLY ONE) author on the entire list (it was Mark Twain.) No artists beyond actors, and most of the actors are present day ones.
• No philosophers, and only 7 scientists/inventors.
• They did put a few influential political figures (Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, all three Roosevelts - Teddy, FDR, and Elenor sp?).
• There weren't any composers, and a few directors (Speilberg and Lucas), but where was Orson Wells?
• They did have many athletes, but really Tiger Woods? Yes, Jesse Owens was on the list, but not Jackie Robinson.

To view the top 100, go to www.aol.com/greatestamerican and click the link "Meet the Nominees". From there they will show in alphabetical order the 100 nominees in groups of 10.

On a separate note, I finished cleaning my classroom/lab today. Boy, Fenway's cage sure looks much better when clean. With that being done, I'll only have to go to school 1 day a week to make sure Fenway has food for the week. Yippee summer actually has started now.