Is it me or does it seem like the Medal of Freedom Award has lost some of its luster? Movie stars, rock starts, you name it are now it's recipients. Robert Di Niro! Seriously? I'd like to know how much money this guy gave to the DNC. As he himself said about his award, "The only thing I've ever done is play a gangster in movies".
So, Joltin' Joe received the award today much to his surprise. To me this has the same impact as if I gave a national MJ Hawkeye reading award to one of my friends with a stipend of nothing.
President Obama named the recipients of the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, a list that includes cultural, athletic and philanthropic luminaries like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Hanks and Bill and Melinda Gates. It is the last time Mr. Obama will award the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Other recipients of the 2016 medals include Robert De Niro, the architect Frank Gehry, Diana Ross, Michael Jordan, the “Saturday Night Live” creator and producer Lorne Michaels, the sportscaster Vin Scully, Bruce Springsteen and Cicely Tyson. I find it strange the NY Times left off Robert Redford from the list.
As far as I'm concerned the only one with great integrity is Vin Scully. I feel badly he had to share the stage with the great bulk of the other hypocrites.
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