The great libertarian Walter Block and the socialist Bernie Sanders were on the same track team at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, NY.
After seeing this:
Did you know @berniesanders ran a 4:37 mile in high school? (4:37!) pic.twitter.com/9h69uBvuwz— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) September 9, 2019
I emailed the clip to Walter and asked, "Were you faster?"
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"Bernie was one of the best long distance high school runners in the entire city. I was a mediocre miler, cross country runner. My best time for the mile was something like 5:05. I never broke 5 minutes."
-RW
Shame on Bernie for such a crass display of unequal, disparate ability and skill-set. Greedy, exploitative, one-percenters like that should be forced to start the race with a handicap: Start 30 seconds behind everyone else, or be forced to run with a ball-and-chain to their ankle...
ReplyDeleteYou beat me to it. I was going to say he should have had a leg amputated or a foot removed to "level the playing field".
DeleteGreat minds think alike...
DeleteI hope the other guys at least got participation medals. I hear Walter Block has dozens of them in his scrapbook.
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