Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA03961 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:19:56 GMT Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:46:44 -0800 From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Roger Ebert To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-id: <3A3A7524.35B9EC6E@pacbell.net> Organization: Saybrook Graduate School X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Yahoo;YIP052400} (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745B93@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Dear Vincent,
> The rest of the world is now looking on in fear and disbelief at possibly
> the stupidest person ever to be elected as leader of the free world.
>
"Free world." Now there's a meme that's on the decline.
Anyway, Bush is in competition for that title with Reagan and Truman.
I don't know about "leader of the free world", but among U. S.
Presidents Warren G. Harding was no lightbulb, and Benjamin Harrison
didn't know enough to come in out of the rain. (He insisted on giving
his long-winded inaugural address in a downpour on a cold day, came down
with pneumonia or something, and died.)
Best,
Bill
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