Rushmore, Redux
Let’s play another little hypothetical game, history fans. It’s 2006, and Mt. Rushmore was never chiseled. Somebody says hey, let’s put the faces of our four greatest presidents on the side of a mountain. And they ask you which four you think belong there.
Which four US presidents do you nominate for Mt. Rushmore?
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Here’s one (so far)
Lincoln’s the easy one. If I ever find the top of this pile of grading, I’ll be back to you with the others (sigh).
Here’s one (so far)
Lincoln’s the easy one. If I ever find the top of this pile of grading, I’ll be back to you with the others (sigh).
Rushmore and two more mountains we need.
President Washington
President Lincoln
Both Presidents Roosevelt
If theres another mountain nearby for non-presidential contributions you could add Ben Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (yes two of those became presidents but their greatest contributions were before that)
there should be a mountain facing that one though… with woodward and Bernstien looking on along with Upton Sinclair and Rachel Carson.In an ideal world they’d be holding a spot for Alex Jones or whatever modern muckraker finally wakes up the sleeping mass of america somehow.
we make a mistake though to memorialize only greatness and some form of rememberence should go to crimes and misdeeds in high office…a permenent stone marker to shame so that generation could not easily be made to forget… I havent imagined the form, but President Nixon…first for his sabotaging the Vietnam peace talks during the 1968 elections would qualify and then for a host of his domestic paranoid misanthropies…. if you carved a mountain to the monsters as they SHOULD be remembered in our books there might be nothing but monument left of it.
Rushmore and two more mountains we need.
President Washington
President Lincoln
Both Presidents Roosevelt
If theres another mountain nearby for non-presidential contributions you could add Ben Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (yes two of those became presidents but their greatest contributions were before that)
there should be a mountain facing that one though… with woodward and Bernstien looking on along with Upton Sinclair and Rachel Carson.In an ideal world they’d be holding a spot for Alex Jones or whatever modern muckraker finally wakes up the sleeping mass of america somehow.
we make a mistake though to memorialize only greatness and some form of rememberence should go to crimes and misdeeds in high office…a permenent stone marker to shame so that generation could not easily be made to forget… I havent imagined the form, but President Nixon…first for his sabotaging the Vietnam peace talks during the 1968 elections would qualify and then for a host of his domestic paranoid misanthropies…. if you carved a mountain to the monsters as they SHOULD be remembered in our books there might be nothing but monument left of it.
Doh! non-presidential mountain… Susan B Anthony earned her place there.
and MLK…
how come we dont have HIM on a coin I wonder?
Doh! non-presidential mountain… Susan B Anthony earned her place there.
and MLK…
how come we dont have HIM on a coin I wonder?
Reagan would replace Lincoln, and you have to put Fillmore, Arthur, or Buchanan there for laughs. I’d leave Washington in there.
Aloha,
Jeff
Reagan would replace Lincoln, and you have to put Fillmore, Arthur, or Buchanan there for laughs. I’d leave Washington in there.
Aloha,
Jeff
Heh – I imagine if they’re doing this on a mountain the South, Lincoln’s chances of getting a spot aren’t so good, huh?
Heh – I imagine if they’re doing this on a mountain the South, Lincoln’s chances of getting a spot aren’t so good, huh?
Davis, Lee, and Jackson.
Oh, wait–that one’s already been done. My bad.
I’d actually leave Mt. Rushmore as is (as much as I sometimes loathe Jefferson). If we went to 5, I’d say FDR. I love John Adams (my personal fav), but as someone’s already mentioned, his most important contributions came prior to his presidency.
Davis, Lee, and Jackson.
Oh, wait–that one’s already been done. My bad.
I’d actually leave Mt. Rushmore as is (as much as I sometimes loathe Jefferson). If we went to 5, I’d say FDR. I love John Adams (my personal fav), but as someone’s already mentioned, his most important contributions came prior to his presidency.
Clinton, duh ;). But you’d need to carve up the foothills a bit to include Monica…
Clinton, duh ;). But you’d need to carve up the foothills a bit to include Monica…
When we were kids, our textbooks were “Southern Versions.” which displayed an anathema towards Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, while celebrating Lee and Davis. The causes of the civil war in the Southern books were probably more accurate than those presented in the north, I went on to high school in the north, and the books there mentioned slavery as the chief cause of the war when, in actuality, slavery was well down on the list. Today, it seems that the kids have a homogenized education all over the country. They learn that the war was to free the slaves….period. When my son wrote a paper about the Lincoln Administration in 8th grade, I had the principal (who’s a Yankee)calling me wanting to know what kind of rubbish we were filling his head with. I told him to fact check the whole paper and get back to me, and by the way……….change the grade. He did.
Aloha,
Jeff
When we were kids, our textbooks were “Southern Versions.” which displayed an anathema towards Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, while celebrating Lee and Davis. The causes of the civil war in the Southern books were probably more accurate than those presented in the north, I went on to high school in the north, and the books there mentioned slavery as the chief cause of the war when, in actuality, slavery was well down on the list. Today, it seems that the kids have a homogenized education all over the country. They learn that the war was to free the slaves….period. When my son wrote a paper about the Lincoln Administration in 8th grade, I had the principal (who’s a Yankee)calling me wanting to know what kind of rubbish we were filling his head with. I told him to fact check the whole paper and get back to me, and by the way……….change the grade. He did.
Aloha,
Jeff
10 points from Slytherin.
10 points from Slytherin.
Parents who know what they’re talking about must be a holy terror to scholl administration, who in the county I grew up in were primarily failed coaches.
Fortunately for them, parents who know what they’re talking about are rare….
Parents who know what they’re talking about must be a holy terror to scholl administration, who in the county I grew up in were primarily failed coaches.
Fortunately for them, parents who know what they’re talking about are rare….
Presidents?
Well, given the current culture right now, I’d suggest more important figures – Andy, Opie, Barney, and Aunt Bea – or John, Paul, George, and Ringo – or Ryan, Simon, Randy, and Paula – or Limbaugh, Franken, Hightower and O’Reilly…
The four there are good choices. A better question might be, who would one replace them with if those four weren’t possible choices?
Presidents?
Well, given the current culture right now, I’d suggest more important figures – Andy, Opie, Barney, and Aunt Bea – or John, Paul, George, and Ringo – or Ryan, Simon, Randy, and Paula – or Limbaugh, Franken, Hightower and O’Reilly…
The four there are good choices. A better question might be, who would one replace them with if those four weren’t possible choices?