Discovery Channel is doing a poll for the 100 greatest Americans and from the look of the nominations we don't have much going for us in this country. some of the people who were nominated are Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Phil McGraw and Madonna. People who were not nominated are John Adams, Booker T. Washington and Ulysses Grant. Talk about a messed up list. I wonder why they didn't have one of the Teletubies and the kid in my neighborhood who can blow snot bubbles as nominations as well. Here is the linkhttp://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/greatestamericans/top100/top100.html Who do you think should be on the list and who shouldn't be.
Too lazy to come up with 100, but here's my top ten list: 1. Albert Einstein (In addition to being one of the most influential physicists in the history of civilization, he was a great political activist and teacher.) 2. Henry Ford (More responsible than anyone else for lifting America out of poverty by instituting progressive labor policies while also embracing a free market political philosophy. Oh, and he popularized the automobile too.) 3. Martin Luther King Jr. (Changed the way an entire nation viewed other races...one of the most difficult achievements imaginable.) 4. Thomas Jefferson (President, secretary of state, inventor, philosopher, writer. A genius in almost every field he dabbled in. Sadly, his great political ideas have fallen out of favor.) 5. Alexander Hamilton (Established the financial backbone of America which is still in place today.) 6. Philo Farnsworth (Little-known American who invented the television at age 15.) 7. Mark Twain (I had to include at least one writer on this list, so I picked the best.) 8. George Washington (Won America its independence from the Britons, and established the political framework for the executive branch of government.) 9. Jonas Salk (Inventor of the polio vaccine.) 10. Dwight Eisenhower (Without him, it's entirely possible the Nazis would have won WWII. Also had a mediocre presidency.)
Fucking Madonna? Miss I'm-italian-from-Michigan-but-I-think-I'm-from-somewhere-else-every-10-years?? The bitch doesnt even live in the USA, she lives in England and has a brand-spanking new accent to go with it. Rush Limbaugh?? A racist drug-addict? I weep for this nation.
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/greatestamerican/top100/top100.html People are retarded,, the discovery channel should have had sence enough to omit the movie stars and sports people at least,,hell thats half the list.
Hugh Hefner??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!exclamationpointabuse!!!!!!! A porn-king is a top 100?? Are you kidding me??! *expatriots to Sudan*
My list, from what I know of American history: 1. Thomas Jefferson (Founding Father, philosopher, Declaration of Independence) 2. Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father and inventor/scientist) 3. James D. Watson (co-discovered DNA; plus he's a really cool guy) 4. Thomas Edison (prolific inventor) 5. Metallica (highly innovative rock band) 6. Alexander Shulgin (inventor of many psychedelics)
wow thats quite a bit of dumb people. michael jacksons like a good singer but a good american? Its weird how there saying that while hes being tried for rape. mine (not in any order) Thomas Jefferson- May be the last person to know everything, declaration of independence. jonas salk- the polio vaccine alexander hamilton- he cleaned up the financial shit that was piled high after the american revolution george washington- American revolution, first president, etc. martin luther king- as the other dude said changed the way people looked at different races. Abraham Lincoln- emancipation proclamation, good person kurt cobain- got a music video on mtv that talked about howstupid the commercial world was. the dude near me who started a small ice cream/coffee shop in the center of town and is competing against the big commercial ones whoaa theres lots but i got to leave. sorry for the enoprmous post
I love Ellen Degeneres, but come on! She doesn't belong on that list anymore than I do. At least Ann Coulter didn't make the list. So G-d still loves me.
