The Greatest American

[Moonbeam]

Mingus Climebarker

 

[chrisms]

This list is laughable. Tom Cruise? Pat Tillman? Madonna? Sorry, no. I think Ulysses S. Grant was just a bit more important than Madonna.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: raildogg
l Revere - This poem says it best,

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year

paul reveres ride was mostly made up and exagerated.

 

[Steeplerot]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: raildogg
l Revere - This poem says it best,

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year

paul reveres ride was mostly made up and exagerated.

and this stopped a neocon from hoisting a figure up to godhood status regardless of truth when?

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: raildogg
l Revere - This poem says it best,

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year

paul reveres ride was mostly made up and exagerated.

Yup, and the poem takes away from the contributions of the other riders. Leave it up to raildogg to have a superficial knowledge of American history.

 

[1EZduzit]

George Washington Carver is my favorite.

 

[miketheidiot]

my list:

1) alexander hamilton
2) Thomas Jefferson
3) Abraham Lincoln
4) MLK
5) T. roosevelt
6) Washington
7) FDR
8) Carnegie
9) Eisenhower
10) Gordon Moore

HM to wilson, sherman, JFK, openheimer, edison, bell, ford, walton, andrew jackson, chomsky (that should piss some people off) .

edit: the discovery list is garbage.

 

[Thump553]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: Thump553
Far too many entertainers on that list. For example, I'm sure Tom Hanks is a swell guy-but one of the top 100 great Americans?

I'd like to see something like a Profiles in Courage type-series, but this sounds like a pale copy of A&E's Biography.

And putting Richard Nixon on the list (as well as GWB)-that had to be done purely to generate controversy (and viewers). Might as well include Charles Manson.

I'll pass on this show-it sounds too hokey.

Then you dont know much about Nixon. He was an amazing diplomat. If it werent for him trying to coverup watergate, he would have been on the short list of greatest presidents.

I was of draft age during the Nixon administration. Believe me, I am very well aware of what that SOB did to this country. He was a scondrel, pure and simple. Putting him on the list of 100 greatest Americans makes as much sense as putting Jane Fonda on that list.

 

[MidasKnight]

My list:

All US Service members who gave their lives or were wounded and or served honorably for this great nation in Time of War. Not one person should be considered " the greatest " American over these.

 

[Stunt]

Americans copying Canadians...again...*sigh*

The Greatest Canadian

Chosen in 2004, voted by canadians from a list of 100 candidates.
Take a LOOK, you may be surprised by some famous Canadians.

notables:
NEIL YOUNG
STEPHEN LEWIS
SHANIA TWAIN
BOBBY ORR
MIKE MYERS
JIM CARREY
MICHAEL J. FOX
BRET HART
JOHN CANDY
PAMELA ANDERSON
WILLIAM SHATNER
JAMES NAISMITH
SARAH MCLACHLAN
DAN AYKROYD
MIKE WEIR
BRYAN ADAMS
JACK WARNER (co-founder warner bros.)
BRONFMAN FAMILY (owners of seagram and universal studios)

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: MidasKnight
My list:

All US Service members who gave their lives or were wounded and or served honorably for this great nation in Time of War. Not one person should be considered " the greatest " American over these.

Very good point!

 

[GTaudiophile]

If Bush's Middle East foreign policy leads to true peace in the Middle East for the first time in 2000 years, he should go down as the greatest...

But since that's a fat chance, here are some of my faves:

(In alphabetical order)

Armstrong, Neil
Eisenhower, Dwight (Supreme Allied Commander in the Europe)
Jefferson, Thomas
King Jr., Dr. Martin Luther
Patton, George
Reagan, Ronald
Washington, George
Yeager, Chuck (personal fave)

RANT: WTF are people like Michael Moore, Tom Cruise, etc. doing on that list instead of someone like General Douglas MacArthur?

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

1) alexander hamilton

Most people will say "Who?" at the mention of his name.

He is probably the most underappreciated figure in American history.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
If Bush's Middle East foreign policy leads to true peace in the Middle East for the first time in 2000 years, he should go down as the greatest...

:laugh:

 

[coomar]

there has been peace in the middle east in the last 2000 years, at least for a couple decades at a time, why is einstein on the list? his 4 papers in 1905 that got him his nobel laureate and layed the groundwork for the new science were written while in germany

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit

Originally posted by: MidasKnight
My list:

All US Service members who gave their lives or were wounded and or served honorably for this great nation in Time of War. Not one person should be considered " the greatest " American over these.

Very good point!

Not really, as good as it may sound. For example, Thomas Jefferson served his country more with his brains than he could have by being another statistic in some war.

Not to disrespect those who have died for this country, but some people do a greater service by not fighting in wars but by using their other talents. Personally I feel that by going to college and eventually graduate school I will be doing more good to my country than I would had I became a grunt in the Army.

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
If Bush's Middle East foreign policy leads to true peace in the Middle East for the first time in 2000 years, he should go down as the greatest...

But since that's a fat chance, here are some of my faves:

(In alphabetical order)

Armstrong, Neil
Eisenhower, Dwight (Supreme Allied Commander in the Europe)
Jefferson, Thomas
King Jr., Dr. Martin Luther
Patton, George
Reagan, Ronald
Washington, George
Yeager, Chuck (personal fave)

RANT: WTF are people like Michael Moore, Tom Cruise, etc. doing on that list instead of someone like General Douglas MacArthur?

Ha! I didn't even notice MacArthur wasn't there. What a bunch of idiots

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: chrisms

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit

Originally posted by: MidasKnight
My list:

All US Service members who gave their lives or were wounded and or served honorably for this great nation in Time of War. Not one person should be considered " the greatest " American over these.

Very good point!

Not really, as good as it may sound. For example, Thomas Jefferson served his country more with his brains than he could have by being another statistic in some war.

Not to disrespect those who have died for this country, but some people do a greater service by not fighting in wars but by using their other talents. Personally I feel that by going to college and eventually graduate school I will be doing more good to my country than I would had I became a grunt in the Army.

Exactly. And the Army is only good as a whole. Each one of those single people that make up the army didn't actually contribute as much value to this country as one great visionary.

 

[DanceMan]

Personally, I think Earl Warren should be considered. I think the upholding of civil rights would not have been possible without the strong backing of the Supreme Court.

 

[cwjerome]

Originally posted by: MidasKnight
My list:

All US Service members who gave their lives or were wounded and or served honorably for this great nation in Time of War. Not one person should be considered " the greatest " American over these.

What are we, the Borg? I definately appreciate your salute to our servicemen, but I don't see the problem with identifying individuals and getting specific. Besides, I love lists

Actually if we were to define greatness a certain way I might go your route. But I look at it as the person who had the biggest, most profound impact on society.

I suppose if we were to cheat and create an "individual" called 'the American Soldier' then I just might have to put that up top at #1.

EDIT- Coomar: I'm a little skeptical of putting Einstein on the list myself.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Stunt
Americans copying Canadians...again...*sigh*

The Greatest Canadian

Chosen in 2004, voted by canadians from a list of 100 candidates.
Take a LOOK, you may be surprised by some famous Canadians.

notables:
NEIL YOUNG
STEPHEN LEWIS
SHANIA TWAIN
BOBBY ORR
MIKE MYERS
JIM CARREY
MICHAEL J. FOX
BRET HART
JOHN CANDY
PAMELA ANDERSON
WILLIAM SHATNER
JAMES NAISMITH
SARAH MCLACHLAN
DAN AYKROYD
MIKE WEIR
BRYAN ADAMS
JACK WARNER (co-founder warner bros.)
BRONFMAN FAMILY (owners of seagram and universal studios)

Before Canada it was done all over the world in numerous places.

 

[Stunt]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Stunt
Americans copying Canadians...again...*sigh*

The Greatest Canadian

Chosen in 2004, voted by canadians from a list of 100 candidates.
Take a LOOK, you may be surprised by some famous Canadians.

notables:
NEIL YOUNG
STEPHEN LEWIS
SHANIA TWAIN
BOBBY ORR
MIKE MYERS
JIM CARREY
MICHAEL J. FOX
BRET HART
JOHN CANDY
PAMELA ANDERSON
WILLIAM SHATNER
JAMES NAISMITH
SARAH MCLACHLAN
DAN AYKROYD
MIKE WEIR
BRYAN ADAMS
JACK WARNER (co-founder warner bros.)
BRONFMAN FAMILY (owners of seagram and universal studios)

Before Canada it was done all over the world in numerous places.

shhhh!!...
It's fun to think Americans are getting ideas from Canadian state funded media outlets

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: Stunt
Americans copying Canadians...again...*sigh*

The Greatest Canadian

Chosen in 2004, voted by canadians from a list of 100 candidates.
Take a LOOK, you may be surprised by some famous Canadians.

notables:
NEIL YOUNG
STEPHEN LEWIS
SHANIA TWAIN
BOBBY ORR
MIKE MYERS
JIM CARREY
MICHAEL J. FOX
BRET HART
JOHN CANDY
PAMELA ANDERSON
WILLIAM SHATNER
JAMES NAISMITH
SARAH MCLACHLAN
DAN AYKROYD
MIKE WEIR
BRYAN ADAMS
JACK WARNER (co-founder warner bros.)
BRONFMAN FAMILY (owners of seagram and universal studios)

Shania Twain. One of the most popular contemporary pop country singers is... A FVCKING CANADIAN? That's fvcking BRILLIANT!

Glad to see Glenn Gould made the list. Can't think of any other impressive Canadians.

 

[Abe Froman]

The Coreys.........Corey Haim & Corey Feldman.

Seriously, what would would the 80's have been without the Coreys?!? My guess, total anarchy and chaos...we may not even be here today, were it not for the Coreys!

 

[Cerb]

My top several:
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
President Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain

And the winner, IMSNHO:
Nikola Tesla, the man who gave us AC, the AND gate, most of our wireless tech, and conspiracy theories of untold number.

And why the Hell is Rush Limbaugh on the list, but Edgar Alan Poe nowhere to be seen?!
It's like a VH1 or Rolling Stones top album/artist list, for Satan's sake!