"I just saw an advertisement that BMW is the official car sponsor of the US Olympic team... I appreciate a sharp, reliable car as much as the next guy. I just purchased, with very little guilt, a Honda Accord, something several of our Grandfathers would have scoffed at...Still, for a number of reasons, it saddened me a little. I also couldn't help but wonder how many people INSTANTLY, as I did, raised an eyebrow at the overwhelming irony of the sponsorship- that the cornerstone of German engineering, that once fueled the German war machine, whose corporate symbol gives homage to its history as a manufacturer of the prop-engines that (I assume) roared over both our boys, and the streets of our allies emerald cities, now sponsors our Olympic program- what was once perhaps the premier symbol of our national power and identity. I also couldn't help but instantly think of two names- Adolf Hitler and Jesse Owens."
Friday, June 24, 2011
Submission of the Day
"I just saw an advertisement that BMW is the official car sponsor of the US Olympic team... I appreciate a sharp, reliable car as much as the next guy. I just purchased, with very little guilt, a Honda Accord, something several of our Grandfathers would have scoffed at...Still, for a number of reasons, it saddened me a little. I also couldn't help but wonder how many people INSTANTLY, as I did, raised an eyebrow at the overwhelming irony of the sponsorship- that the cornerstone of German engineering, that once fueled the German war machine, whose corporate symbol gives homage to its history as a manufacturer of the prop-engines that (I assume) roared over both our boys, and the streets of our allies emerald cities, now sponsors our Olympic program- what was once perhaps the premier symbol of our national power and identity. I also couldn't help but instantly think of two names- Adolf Hitler and Jesse Owens."
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