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Pop Quiz Answer
- by Marisa
- March 14, 2008
Thanks for all the guesses on the Pop Quiz. Mike got it even though he didn’t understand the quiz. Good thing I’m not a teacher because I’m not very good at ‘splainin’ stuff. Gary got it after talking “out loud” to himself for a while and Selif was right on the money, without even hesitating! Maybe if I’d made it a contest with a prize, I would have gotten more responses, huh?
And now, the answer.
These are media quotes taken at the time when Franklin D. Roosevelt, yes, the beloved FDR, wanted to bring us into WW2. Critics felt he wanted us to go in to take attention away from (counter-attack, even) what was seen as a “do-nothing domestic policy.” And others felt that it was “just another New Deal” program.
I find it interesting because even now with all the anti-war sentiment, I’m still not sure if we were right or wrong to go into Iraq. In fact, I don’t believe we’ll be able to fully judge our actions for another 40 or 50 years. I do believe that it is only in retrospect, with decades separating us from this war, that we will be able to judge rationally what was right and what was wrong about the decisions that were made.
If this little glimpse back in time is any indication, that belief is correct. I suppose time will tell.
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Marisa,
What a fun quiz! Keep ‘em coming!
After all, you know what happens without education. As we-all-know-who once said, “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”
Glad you enjoyed it!
I do have another quote that really threw me off when I read it. I think someone could probably Google it to find who said it, though. Still, I might just post it anyway because it’s a real eye opener.
History is my weakest point ever!
Thanks for teaching me something, Mari! It was very interesting! I didn’t dare guess, I didn’t have a clue who it was, so I’m glad you tweeted that the answer was up! I’d love it if you posted more stuff like this – and the other quote you found!
All right! I thought that was probably FDR, on the other hand it could have been …
Oh, sorry. I don’t need to mumble and ramble on like that again. LOL!
Loved the history quiz. Good work. And keep ‘em coming.
I’ll refrain from posting my very opinionated liberal Democrat comments on the Iraq war. But you are indeed right when you say we won’t fully understand what that was all about and what our actions have done/are doing there for many years.
Thanks for the brain tease, Sweetie.
Figures I was wayyyyyy off LMAO
That’s okay. I never cared about it in school at all.
I didn’t know it either when I first read it. That’s why I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone else knew.
I’m a Libertarian so I’m used to disagreeing with most other Americans. It’s okay to disagree, I’m just not sure how this whole war thing will work out in the end.
The optimist in me wants to think that long term, everything will be better. The skeptic in my thinks that somehow, someone in our government will mess up any possibility of that happening.
I don’t think I’ve ever stumped you before. Must be old age setting in….
Yeah, but look at everyone who didn’t guess! At least you had someone in mind. And when I first read those quotes, I didn’t know which president was the topic, either. Never would have thought FDR.
Yes, it a good experiense and nice exercises for my brain too when I am reading things like that