Where's BB King and Pol Pot?

[W. Kiernan]

Charles Brown wrote:
> 
> However, Adolph Hitler's high vote count is no indication of a
> serious problem of racism in America, for as we know there are
> different interpretations of what Hitler represents (sarcasm).

Charles, I almost voted for Hitler.  Sure not because I admire him or
anything insane like that, but the criterion is:

  ...that person who, for better or worse, most influenced the course

                                 ^^ ^^^^^  

  of history over the past 100 years.  

Today you see Hitler's hoof print all across all the lands on the
globe.  However, rather than giving top credit to a butcher and a
destroyer, I chose to nominate someone who instead contributed
materially to the maintenance of peace in this war-sick world.  I voted
for Klaus Fuchs.  

I wonder if they discarded that vote as "whimsical."  Speaking of
whimsy, as of 10:21 PM EST Elvis is surging even farther into the lead. 
The latest votes are:


> CounterPunch <sitka at teleport.com> 05/17/99 03:20PM wrote:
> >
> > A Dec. 1999 issue of Time Magazine will unveil the "Person of the
> > Century."  Time's website is now holding a "reader poll" to help
> > them make this awesome determination. Here's how the balloting
> > stacks up so far....
> >
> > To vote, go to:
> >  www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/toppersonmain.html
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Person                     %           Tally
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Elvis Presley          22.43 [24.96]   231805 [296156]
> > Adolf Hitler           19.49 [19.55]   201392 [232025]
> > Pope John Paul II      13.34 [12.64]   137869 [150040]
> > Martin Luther King     10.74 [10.99]   111014 [130499]
> > ...
> > Murray N. Rothbard           [ 0.62]          [  7371]

Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net