This is the permanent link for a digression that was posted on February 20th, 2008 and tagged freakonomics, humor, motto, united states. If you would like to see all posts filed in the Digressions category, click here.
The Freakonomics blog recently ran a contest asking for a new six-word motto for the U.S., and after receiving 1,200+ comments, they narrowed it down to five finalists: (1) “The Most Gentle Empire So Far” (2) “You Should See the Other Guy” (3) “Caution! Experiment in Progress Since 1776″ (4) “Just Like Canada, With Better Bacon” and (5) “Our Worst Critics Prefer to Stay”. Voting is open for 48 hours… I voted for #1.

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