July 14, 200817 yr comment_678835 Interested to see what people would think here. Who, in your opinion, do you rank as "The Greatest American," and this can be interpreted however you wish. Report
July 14, 200817 yr comment_678863 [quote name='BlackJesus' post='678852' date='Jul 14 2008, 04:20 AM'][b]1. Abraham Lincoln 2. George Washington 3. FDR[/b][/quote] OMG! BJ thinks a Republican was the greatest American ever! Report
July 14, 200817 yr comment_678864 Interpreted as the one I'd like to be most "like": Benjamin Franklin As most loved: George Washington As most exemplary of "American Dream": Abraham Lincoln As influential in a hardcore institutional way: Alexander Hamilton Report
July 14, 200817 yr comment_678866 [quote name='Jason' post='678863' date='Jul 14 2008, 07:14 AM']OMG! BJ thinks a Republican was the greatest American ever! [/quote] [b]I would have been a Republican ... in 1861 [/b] Report
July 14, 200817 yr comment_678867 [b]* I could have swore the question read "Greatest American President" when I answered it ... :hmm: CT, did you edit it ? Anyhow ... if it's open to all Americans ... [size=3][color="#FF0000"][u]My [i]Non-President List[/i] would be:[/u][/color][/size] 1. Martin Luther King Jr. 2. Thomas Paine 3. John Brown 4. Eugene V Debs 5. Emma Goldman[/b] Report
August 21, 200817 yr comment_690089 [quote name='Homer_Rice' post='678864' date='Jul 14 2008, 12:15 PM']Interpreted as the one I'd like to be most "like": Benjamin Franklin As most loved: George Washington As most exemplary of "American Dream": Abraham Lincoln As influential in a hardcore institutional way: Alexander Hamilton[/quote] Didn't Benjamin Franklin....you know....get around with the ladies quite a bit? Is that why you hold him in such high regard, or is it that he was such the statesman? Report
August 21, 200817 yr comment_690097 tom paine, lincoln, both president roosevelts, sam clemens, jenna jameson edit: smedley butler Report
August 21, 200817 yr comment_690099 John Adams, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Gen Eisenhower, FDR, Gen Pershing, Teddy Roosevelt, Sylvanus Thayer. Report
August 28, 200817 yr comment_692161 Man, I am way off... I thought it was this guy... [img]http://allfunteevee.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/greatest-american-hero.jpg[/img] Report
August 31, 200817 yr comment_693817 [quote name='CincyInDC' post='690089' date='Aug 21 2008, 05:51 PM']Didn't Benjamin Franklin....you know....get around with the ladies quite a bit? Is that why you hold him in such high regard, or is it that he was such the statesman? [/quote] Actually, for his activity in his middle ages--the science, local politics. Plus the rest. He was a restrained "ladies man" and that aspect of his personality is way overblown. It's not like has was running around Paris with the Declaration in one hand and his dick in the other. [quote name='Bunghole' post='690099' date='Aug 21 2008, 06:33 PM']John Adams, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Gen Eisenhower, FDR, Gen Pershing, Teddy Roosevelt, [b]Sylvanus Thayer.[/b][/quote] Thumbs way up for this fellow!!!!!! Report
September 1, 200817 yr comment_693854 [quote name='sois' post='693833' date='Aug 31 2008, 08:01 PM']Robert Oppenheimer[/quote] Oppenheimer? If we're talking scientists, I'd prefer Linus Pauling over Oppenheimer anyday. In fact, the reason Pauling refused to join the Manhattan project, other than being a pacifist, was that Oppenheimer went to Pauling's place one day while Linus was away and tried to convince Linus's wife to run away with him to Mexico. Oh, and Oppenheimer was also the kind of noisy douche in class that had to open his mouth and have a word about every little thing. The other students petitioned the professor to make him shut the hell up. We all know and hate douches like that. Report
September 1, 200817 yr comment_693902 [url="http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5930/300pxlinus01nj5.jpg"]http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5930/300pxlinus01nj5.jpg[/url] Report
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