Immanentize the Eschaton

I heard an ad on the radio for an “Obama Commemorative Coin.” Nothing new there; “collectible” crap like that has been made since I was a kid. One of the lines was “commemorate the most historic event of our lifetime.”

I know it’s partly advertising hyperbole, but really? The “most historic event of our lifetime” was the election of a black President? Referring to events in my own lifetime, it’s more historic than:

• The assassination of JFK?
• The Vietnam War?
• Nixon’s overture to Red China?
• The Six-Day War?
• The moon landings?
• Watergate?
• The Iran Hostage Crisis?
• The fall of the Berlin wall?
• The collapse of the Soviet empire and complete victory in the Cold War?

I’m just scratching the surface here. Feel free to contribute to the list