• jaaake@lemmy.world
      55·
      2 months ago

      It’s weird that I know about Johnson’s Johnson long before I became aware of all the legislation that passed while he was in office:

      • Civil Rights Act
      • Voting Rights Act
      • Medicare/Medicaid
      • Food Stamps (and other social programs)
      • Immigration & Nationality Act
      • National Endowment for the Arts
      • Public Broadcasting Act (PBS/NPR)
      • various education & environmental bills

      That dick got a lot done…

      And also started the war in Vietnam…

      Kind of a complex legacy, but holy shit that’s a lot of good domestic work, ESPECIALLY for a single term president (plus the year following JFKs assassination).

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 months ago

        Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Medicare/Medicaid Food Stamps (and other social programs) Immigration & Nationality Act National Endowment for the Arts Public Broadcasting Act (PBS/NPR) various education & environmental bills

        Folks, the way you carry yourself and behave to others matters. Everyone thinks of LBJ as a generic president, or ,as a crude man. All that legacy, people don’t pay attention to. Similar stuff will happen to Biden’s presidency, he was more progressive than people give him credit for, but his “ice cream, Jack” and gaffes , alongside Trump’s bullying are getting him put to the sidelines of history.

        Also, among these lines, being an extraordinary gentlemen from an unexpected background and being sandwiched by two buffoons before and after his terms, does a lot for Obama’s image. He’s more middle of the road than he is perceived to be.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 months ago

        Also a massive amount of infrastructure ranging from the Washington DC metro to the Detroit people mover.

        Lyndon B. Johnson would’ve been one of the most beloved presidents of all time if he hadn’t spent the entire time investing similarly in the dumbest fucking war we’ve had as a country.

    • danekrae@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I already knew the fact about the car, before John Oliver programmed my brain to thinking of this, every time I see or hear about LBJ…

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
    34·
    2 months ago

    he would also stand far too close to people, which only served to amplify his size.

    This was completely intentional. One of LBJ’s many “persuasion” tactics that were collectively known as “the treatment”.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    He also drove America further into a war in the far east and yelled ‘THE BRAKES ARE OUT!!! WE CAN’T STOP!!!’

    Only that time it was true

  • kalpol@lemmy.ca
    15·
    2 months ago

    So this is an Amphicar, and I’ve seen a couple up close. There is some prep required before you go boating, things like pinning the doors closed, lowering the prop and clutching it in. There would have been some obvious signs to the passengers that they were about to go offroad. I’ve got a pic somewhere of the instruction plate for converting to boat mode.

    So this seems untrue as written, I’m guessing it was just the normal shock of driving into water for the first time.

    • dwemthy@lemmy.world
      18·
      2 months ago

      I’ve seen one go into a lake, not up close, and it seemed like it just needs to stop for a minute or two for that prep work. If you play it off as engine trouble your could probably make the necessary changes under that pretense and then surprise your passengers after it’s “fixed”

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 months ago

          This is the internet where people make up stories and attach them to pictures and then other people share those fabricated stories for internet points and validation without fact checking all day every day