Mount Rushmore

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    1. steveartist 36 months ago | reply

      If you would like to learn about what a racist (real meaning of the word), xenophobic bastard that Teddy Roosevelt was, read THE IMPERIAL CRUISE by James Bradley. It will make your blood absolutely BOIL to learn about how this single jerk set the curve for the Second World War in the Pacific, the Communist Revolution in China and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. Not to mention how we slaughtered Filipinos and others under his presidencies. A must read for all Americans. After reading this amazing book, I think that his image should be blasted off of Mount Rushmore.

    2. jimbowen0306 36 months ago | reply

      I don't dispute Roosevelt had some interesting views on race, but I really don't think that his views were that atypical at the time.

      Equally, ask a lot of Americans about their view of America and they'll tell you something that amounts to "American exceptionalism." It's my belief that Roosevelt was an exceptionalist, who viewed it as his responsibility to "do something with it" (because of his position as a leader of the free world).

      That self view is still about today, and might have contributed to everything from Watergate and the invasion of Iraq, to "Brown vs. Board of Education" and the election of Obama.

    3. aaron_language 26 months ago | reply

      Nice shot of Mt Rushmore! Love the clarity and the blue sky! Thank you for sharing your dynamite photo with us and for the Creative Commons license. Your photo is at aaronlanguage.com/weekly_English_topic/215_January30Sunda... as our topic of the week for ESL students. Your name is below the photo and links to our credits page, which then links to your page here at Flickr. Thanks again! We appreciate the photo. If you are wondering what our site is, our top page is at www.aaronlanguage.com/index.html and tells in Japanese about the translation and ESL services we offer.

    4. Candy Anne Kerr 20 months ago | reply

      Looks awesome. Haven't been there since I was a kid !!!!

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