Is it just me, or is a certain current United States President making it hard to Google for anything that is not him? I won't be mentioning his name in this article, because I don't want to contribute to the web index that already brings his name up at the top of all search queries. Even typing a letter into Google prompts the drop-down "suggestion" box for top results. Just type in "O" and his name is right up at the top. Out of curiosity, I typed in "B" to see if the former President has the same effect on Google. Guess not, because the current President came up in that drop-down list too!
After reading one of my magazines that had dedicated an issue to President Abraham Lincoln and his role in defining the American Railroad industry, I was trying to search for information on Lincoln's 1861 Inaugural train ride from Springfield, Illinois to Washington, D.C. (specifically, I was trying to find a map of his route through Ohio). All that comes up in Google is articles about how the new President retraced Lincoln's train route on his way to the inauguration. At first this interested me, because I hadn't heard anything about his intent to retrace Linclon's 13-day, seven-state journey. Upon reading a couple of articles I learned that he only "retraced" the last 137 miles (referred to as a "slow" 6½ hour trip) from Philadelphia to Washington. I guess this was just one more publicity stunt to create similarities between our new President and Lincoln. It's not the first time that I've heard the two Presidents compared. I suppose it is an effort to reinforce some notion that he will do for our country today what Lincoln did for the United States nearly 150 years ago. I'm sure that Lincoln would be thrilled by the comparison.
