Here's the talented cast, for whom I am extremely grateful:
And now, today's blog:
I love Groupon. In fact, I bought a Groupon just the other
day.
But the bloom is off the rose,
shall we say, now that I’ve discovered Groupon has been rewriting history.
According to the online site,
MyFoxNY.com, Groupon ran a President’s Day promotion last month, claiming
Alexander Hamilton was a U.S. President.
Al, or Hammy, as those of us around then always called him, was certainly
one of our founding fathers. But he was
never the president.
Have all the videogames and animated
movies around today blurred the distinction between fiction and reality? What
causes a reputable company like Groupon to make such a glaring mistake?
They didn’t just list him as a
former prez, either. They called our
first secretary of the Treasury “undeniably one of our greatest presidents and
most widely recognized for establishing the country's financial system."
Lemme get this straight. Was this before, or after Vice President
Aaron Burr shot and killed him in a duel?
The Groupon ad went on. "President Hamilton is best
known for the fiscal sensibilities that led him to author economic policies,
establish a national bank and control taxes," Groupon's press release
said.
I wonder when they think Hamilton served. Was it right after Benjamin Franklin,
perhaps? And then, when MyFoxNY.com
asked them about it—and included a list of all the real U.S. presidents—a Groupon spokesperson said, “We'll just have
to agree to disagree."
Yes, one of those differences of opinion, I guess. President John Hancock would roll over in his
grave.
I promise there isn’t
one fake president in my books. Check
out Pinholes Into Heaven, a literary
novel about a man growing up in the Fifties.
And no, it’s not Alexander Hamilton.
I'm not surprised. In education now they want to talk about protecting the environment (which is important to a degree), but ignore basic American history for our young people. Knowing that ADULTS in Groupon would blatantly refuse to acknowledge a big mistake is baffling, and frankly, more than a little worrisome!
ReplyDeleteI agree-- history and geography have taken a huge hit. And then there's the accountability issue of refusing to admit such a glaring error! Thanks for your comment, and for reading.
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