ext_176783 ([identity profile] madscience.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons2013-07-09 10:02 pm
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This was apparently tweeted by (semi-famous?) Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle. The person who posted it on FB thought he was just some dude and felt the need to redact his name.
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[identity profile] senshifan.livejournal.com 2013-07-14 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
I don't any of the presidents other than Clinton (who I'm too young to remember), Bush, and Obama. If I'm not mistaken, Eisenhower was the president during WW2? I have no idea anything he did or stood for, though, sadly.

[identity profile] madscience.livejournal.com 2013-07-14 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Eisenhower was a WWII General, commander of all allied forces in Europe. He was President for most of the 1950s, when the top marginal income tax rate was above 90%. He foresaw the rise of the military-industrial complex and coined the term to warn us about it. I recommend reading his "Cross of Iron" (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9743.htm) speech. No politician in our lifetimes has been such a powerful speaker.
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