Comments on: Following in Buck O’Neil’s Presidential Medal of Freedom Footsteps http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:05:32 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948814 newtonusr Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:05:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948814 <p>I got it from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics" rel="nofollow">teh Wiki</a>, so it must be true.</p> I got it from teh Wiki, so it must be true.

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948811 ratfood Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:00:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948811 <p>Yikes, when I said they were all excellent choices I’d forgotten about Voodoo Economist Kemp. NOT a good choice.</p> Yikes, when I said they were all excellent choices I’d forgotten about Voodoo Economist Kemp. NOT a good choice.

]]> By: PJEvans http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948808 PJEvans Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:59:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948808 <p>Babbage held that chair too? I hadn’t heard that.</p> Babbage held that chair too? I hadn’t heard that.

]]> By: Peterr http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948807 Peterr Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:57:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948807 <p>The odd name to me was Jack Kemp. As <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kemp" rel="nofollow">his wiki entry describes him</a>,</p> <blockquote><p>As a proponent of both Chicago school and supply-side economics, he is notable as an influence upon the Reagan agenda and the architect of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which is known as the Kemp–Roth tax cut.</p></blockquote> <p>And that’s worked out sooooo well.</p> <p>I put this one down to bipartisanship, so that the GOP wouldn’t go nuts about honoring Teddy Kennedy. (”One of ours, and one of yours.”)</p> The odd name to me was Jack Kemp. As his wiki entry describes him,

As a proponent of both Chicago school and supply-side economics, he is notable as an influence upon the Reagan agenda and the architect of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which is known as the Kemp–Roth tax cut.

And that’s worked out sooooo well.

I put this one down to bipartisanship, so that the GOP wouldn’t go nuts about honoring Teddy Kennedy. (”One of ours, and one of yours.”)

]]> By: PJEvans http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948806 PJEvans Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:57:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948806 <p>They <em>all</em> get it: it’s not a competitive honor.</p> They all get it: it’s not a competitive honor.

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948805 newtonusr Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:56:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948805 <p>Stephen Hawking - a scientist? The Medal of Freedom?<br /> Heck, we must have a new selection criteria… Oh, yeah.</p> <p>Other holders of the Lucasian Chair:<br /> * 1664 Isaac Barrow<br /> * 1669 <strong>Sir Isaac Newton</strong><br /> * 1702 William Whiston<br /> * 1711 Nicholas Saunderson<br /> * 1739 John Colson<br /> * 1760 Edward Waring<br /> * 1798 Isaac Milner<br /> * 1820 Robert Woodhouse<br /> * 1822 Thomas Turton<br /> * 1826 Sir George Biddell Airy<br /> * 1828 Charles Babbage<br /> * 1839 Joshua King<br /> * 1849 Sir George Stokes<br /> * 1903 Sir Joseph Larmor<br /> * 1932 <strong>Paul Dirac</strong><br /> * 1969 Sir James Lighthill</p> <p>That is some company.<br /> Enormous contributions to thought. Congratulations, Dr. Hawking.</p> Stephen Hawking – a scientist? The Medal of Freedom?
Heck, we must have a new selection criteria… Oh, yeah.

Other holders of the Lucasian Chair:
* 1664 Isaac Barrow
* 1669 Sir Isaac Newton
* 1702 William Whiston
* 1711 Nicholas Saunderson
* 1739 John Colson
* 1760 Edward Waring
* 1798 Isaac Milner
* 1820 Robert Woodhouse
* 1822 Thomas Turton
* 1826 Sir George Biddell Airy
* 1828 Charles Babbage
* 1839 Joshua King
* 1849 Sir George Stokes
* 1903 Sir Joseph Larmor
* 1932 Paul Dirac
* 1969 Sir James Lighthill

That is some company.
Enormous contributions to thought. Congratulations, Dr. Hawking.

]]> By: AngelsAwake http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948804 AngelsAwake Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:56:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948804 <p>I’M AN IDIOT, I didn’t realize that all these people got the medal. I win award: Dumbass of the Internet. Now I’m really happy- all my favorites got it! :)</p> I’M AN IDIOT, I didn’t realize that all these people got the medal. I win award: Dumbass of the Internet. Now I’m really happy- all my favorites got it! :)

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948803 ratfood Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:53:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948803 <p>These are all excellent choices.</p> <p>I was just perusing the Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" rel="nofollow">entry</a> on the Presidential Medal of Freedom and their recipients gallery includes Mother Teresa, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan (awarded by George H. W. Bush) and Tony Blair. Mother Teresa I can accept, the other three are a travesty.</p> These are all excellent choices.

I was just perusing the Wikipedia entry on the Presidential Medal of Freedom and their recipients gallery includes Mother Teresa, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan (awarded by George H. W. Bush) and Tony Blair. Mother Teresa I can accept, the other three are a travesty.

]]> By: AngelsAwake http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948802 AngelsAwake Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:53:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948802 <p>Man this is impressive. Personally, I hope Medicine Crow or Sandra Day O’Connor get the award. Either choice would be wonderful. Ted Kennedy wouldn’t be bad either.</p> <p>As for Poitier, I love the man, but don’t feel actors quite merit the same recognition as war chiefs, Supreme Court judges, and U.S. Congressmen.</p> Man this is impressive. Personally, I hope Medicine Crow or Sandra Day O’Connor get the award. Either choice would be wonderful. Ted Kennedy wouldn’t be bad either.

As for Poitier, I love the man, but don’t feel actors quite merit the same recognition as war chiefs, Supreme Court judges, and U.S. Congressmen.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948801 Teddy Partridge Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:45:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/following-in-buck-oneills-footsteps/#comment-1948801 <p>This is an extraordinary list, really redeems that medal itself after Bush’s constant denigration of it. I object to the inclusion of Justice Non-Democracy, Ms O’Connor, but I suppose her inclusion honors her first-woman status on the Supreme Court. And without the W presidency, could we have had an Obama presidency?</p> This is an extraordinary list, really redeems that medal itself after Bush’s constant denigration of it. I object to the inclusion of Justice Non-Democracy, Ms O’Connor, but I suppose her inclusion honors her first-woman status on the Supreme Court. And without the W presidency, could we have had an Obama presidency?

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