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Roosevelt

In the ancient world, the only way a person could become famous  through
out the world was to be some sort of king,  master warlord, or a descendent
of a holy entity.  Monarchies, that last lasted long enough, kept the
memories of their former leaders alive,  conquered peoples never forgot the
names of their conquerors, and religions have a knack for constantly
worshiping the same divine prophets.   Some remain of the ancient
celebrities are still famous to this day, many of them now shrouded in the
mists of time and have become slightly warped by literature and business. 
For example,  the charitable St. Nicholas, warped by  language translations
and commercialism, is now a large gift giving elf by the name of Santa
Claus.  But in this day and age, where anyone can record anything he or she
wants to,  will any of the present day lords and prophets shine as brightly
through the shroud  of mythology and time as the ones of old?

In 500 years - providing anyone is still alive to care -  a few men and
women will stand out against the haze of time and represent the twentieth
century. If there is a group, among them will be at least  man involved in
World War II. Roosevelt,  Churchill, Tojo and Hitler -especially Hitler - 
are all candidates for the group because of their involvements in the
bloodiest wars of the twentieth century.    In this world,blood is a hard
thing to forget about. Which ones, and in what light they'll be remembered
in depends entirely on the biases of historians and the abilities of
governments to cover up the embarrassing moments blemishing the memories of
their leaders.  So if the United States is still around and as powerful as
now in five centuries - and hopefully it will -  F.D Roosevelt will most
likely be one of the mist breakers from the second world war because of the
American people's great interest in the presidents involved in wars and the
governments talent for hiding less than flattering information from the
world.

Roosevelt's involvement in the great World War II allows him to fit ,
comfortably, the U.S standard of fighting presidents.  Entering the war on
the side of the Allies after a sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, 
Roosevelt became a kind of vengeful hero, fighting the good fight in the
name of justice. In so doing he ended an economic slump by gearing the
nation up for war and won over the support of the public and businesses who
were very grateful for the new jobs.  Roosevelt had started the U.S on a
direct path to becoming a world power as well as saving Europe and the Jews
from the fascist Nazis.

Even though he wasn't perfect (he was crippled ) his domestic strategies
were not too well thought out ( started the national debt that is now
around five trillion) and his foreign policies were not pure of heart 
(allowing the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor even though he knew it would
happen ahead of time)  his public relations committee did an excellent job
in painting him the savior of the world.  The accepted and slightly warped
view people have of him today gives him the potential to be even more
warped in the future. Perhaps by the twenty fifth century  the frail body
of the powerful man might give way to the talking brain in a glass jar that
fought the nasty Fascists in spite of not having a body.   Never the less
he will be known in the future and most likely