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12th Doctor
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« on: January 30, 2005, 10:12:38 PM »
http://tv.channel.aol.com/greatestamerican


Here is the site.

Who did you pick?
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2005, 10:20:28 PM »
The five greatest Americans probably passed silently through history.
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12th Doctor
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2005, 10:21:08 PM »
True, but the least you could do is vote.
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2005, 10:38:56 PM »
Nicolas Tesla, George Washington, Joseph McCarthy, and Abraham Lincoln comes to mind.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2005, 11:18:40 PM »
At anyrate, I selected:

Benjamin Franklin

Lou Gehrig (I wanted an athlete)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Geroge S. Patton

Col. Richard Winters (I figured I would pick a lesser know figure, who was still great.  I choose Winters)
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2005, 12:26:52 AM »
Quote from: Philip on January 30, 2005, 10:20:28 PM
The five greatest Americans probably passed silently through history.

What a liberal thing to say Philip Smiley

I'm afraid I'll be far too ignorant to name the 5 greatest Americans, but here goes, not in any order:

Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Milton Friedman
Martin Luther King Jr
Susan B Anthony

Runner-up: Cyrus McCormick
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2005, 12:39:42 AM »
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jim Valvano
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2005, 01:12:02 AM »
I like the Tesla pick.

Some others: Robert E. Lee, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur...
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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2005, 01:23:56 AM »
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Frederick Douglass
Clara Barton
Jonas Salk
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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2005, 01:49:59 AM »
R. E. Lee
John C Calhoun
Daniel Webster
George Wallace
Thomas Jefferson
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« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2005, 01:55:37 AM »
George Waskington
Abraham Lincolin
Martin Luther King Jr
thomas Edison
ben Franklin
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2005, 02:36:47 AM »
It's wrong to pit great historical figures against one another in a gruelling popularity contest like this. It's meaningless, not to mention insulting to their legacies.

I know the people on this board are intelligent thinkers. Unfortunately, these TV producers just want American Idol-like entertainment.
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2005, 03:08:07 AM »
Politics: Benjamin Franklin
Sport: Carl Lewis
Science: Henry Ford
Entertainment and Token Female: Ella Fitzgerald
Business: John D. Rockefeller

And for a very modern pick, someone who is probably the BEST ambassador Amerrica has in the world, Andre Agassi is the stand-by.
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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2005, 07:32:35 AM »
Quote from: Senator StatesRights on January 31, 2005, 01:49:59 AM
R. E. Lee
John C Calhoun
Daniel Webster
George Wallace
Thomas Jefferson

Are you talking 1962 "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever" Wallace or late 1970s born-again Christian Wallace or are you just messing with us?
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« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2005, 12:08:51 PM »
Albert Einstein (became a US citizen in 1940)
Ayn Rand (1931)
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Henry Ford

States:
Daniel Webster??? How about Clay?
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« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2005, 12:11:12 PM »
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Edison
Dwight Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
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« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2005, 06:46:52 PM »
James Madison
Martin Luther King
Chester Nimitz
Frank Sinatra
Albert Einstein
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« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2005, 06:58:00 PM »
Quote from: Wakie on January 31, 2005, 07:32:35 AM
Quote from: Senator StatesRights on January 31, 2005, 01:49:59 AM
R. E. Lee
John C Calhoun
Daniel Webster
George Wallace
Thomas Jefferson

Are you talking 1962 "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever" Wallace or late 1970s born-again Christian Wallace or are you just messing with us?

I am talking about the Alabama governer after his reconciliation. But I still agree with his belief in a iron fisted foreign policy.

Quote from: Blue Rectangle on January 31, 2005, 12:08:51 PM
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Daniel Webster??? How about Clay?

He is another good pick. I have a lot of respect for Mr Webster for the fact he recognized the legality of secession.
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« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2005, 07:23:45 PM »
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bill Gates
Rachel Carson
Abe Lincoln
H. L. Mencken
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« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2005, 07:38:05 PM »
Sports: Gary Williams
Government: Ronald Reagan
Military: Creighton Abrams
Science: Albert Einstein
Arts: Merle Haggard
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« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2005, 07:58:50 PM »
Quote from: AuH2O on January 31, 2005, 01:12:02 AM
I like the Tesla pick.

Some others: Robert E. Lee, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur...
Tesla was a far smarter man than Edison.  I don't like Edison much.  He was a jerk.
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« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2005, 08:00:58 PM »
Quote from: Richius on January 31, 2005, 07:58:50 PM
Quote from: AuH2O on January 31, 2005, 01:12:02 AM
I like the Tesla pick.

Some others: Robert E. Lee, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur...
Tesla was a far smarter man than Edison.  I don't like Edison much.  He was a jerk.

Why?
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« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2005, 08:02:58 PM »

You consider him an American?
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« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2005, 08:03:45 PM »
Quote from: Philip on January 31, 2005, 08:00:58 PM
Quote from: Richius on January 31, 2005, 07:58:50 PM
Quote from: AuH2O on January 31, 2005, 01:12:02 AM
I like the Tesla pick.

Some others: Robert E. Lee, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur...
Tesla was a far smarter man than Edison.  I don't like Edison much.  He was a jerk.

Why?
He treated Tesla in a horrible manner.  He told Tesla he will pay him $60,000 if he did a bunch of really, really tough things, in a very short period of time.  Edison thought it was impossible and thought Tesla was just some immigrant idiot from Europe.  Well, he did do it, and more, and Edison said he "joked" about paying him.  Right.  So, Tesla resigned.

Edison and Tesla then had a brutal competition going how to power homes.  Edison advocated DC (direct current) because it is simple.  Tesla advocated AC.  He designed the Niagra Falls Power Company's generators.  He designed the entire AC system, including how power will be distributed, stepped down near neighborhoods, and stepped down for houses.  He designed it all.  He was a great man.
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« Reply #24 on: January 31, 2005, 08:04:26 PM »
Absolutely.  Einstein was American, just like Nicolas Tesla, and Ayn Rand.
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