Obama to Give Buffett the Presidential Medal of Freedom and to a Bunch of Other Worthy Recipients (like Papa Bush)

and to a musician, a baseball player, a basket ball player, a labor union leader..

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award that is bestowed on individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

Yup. The world has gone nuts.

From Reuters:

President Barack Obama will name billionaire Warren Buffett one of fifteen winners of the 2010 Medal of Freedom, a White House official said on Wednesday.

Buffett, one of the world's most successful investors who has donated a vast chunk of his fortune to charity, will receive the medal at a White House ceremony early next year. The award is the highest U.S. civilian honor.

No wonder Buffett is singing the praise of the government.

Alongside Buffett, these people will receive this highest civilian honor in the country:

President George H.W. Bush
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Congressman John Lewis
John H. Adams
Maya Angelou
Jasper Johns
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Dr. Tom Little (Posthumous)
Yo-Yo Ma
Sylvia Mendez
Stan Musial
Bill Russell
Jean Kennedy Smith
John J. Sweeney

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