*sigh*

[JustAGuy]

You're honestly saying that Ray Charles had more of an effect on people than Ronald Reagan? While I greatly admire Mr. Charles' work, the late President had much greater an impact on people's lives, simply because he literally directly impacted them during his time in office. The economy went to hell, and in effect, so did all of North Americas'. Everything got better, because of Reagan, and that had an effect across the world. Not to mention the whole Cold War and Berlin Wall things... I doubt many Berlinites know who Ray Charles is.