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  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    VictoryGin wrote:
    oh my god. what a sausage fest.

    woodrow wilson? that racist prick?
    yeah no kidding. Speaking of racism (and sexism) Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are in da house....
  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    Edit: I am suprised not to see Muhommad Ali.
    Well, it's an american list and clearly americans hate muslims....
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    #67 - PT Barnum

    :)
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Who's missing?

    Here's a few off the cuff...

    Sitting Bull
    Crazy Horse
    Leonard Peltier
    Jack London
    F Scott Fitzgerald
    Miles Davis
    Charlie Parker
    Eugene V Debs
    Rosa Parks
    Malcom X
    James Baldwin
    Ralph Ellison
    Jack Kerouac
    Allen Ginsberg
    William S Burroughs
    Hunter S Thompson
    Henry Miller
    Marlon Brando
    Shelby Foote
    The Ramones
    Jimi Hendrix
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Robert Johnson
    Muhammed Ali
    Jack Johnson
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Jack Dempsey
    Timothy Leary
    Ken Kesey
    Noam Chomsky
    Martha Gellhorn
    Saul Bellow
    Woody Allen
    Bob Dylan
    Lenny Bruce
    Little Richard
    Carl Sagan
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Bob Dylan


    fo sho
  • RainDogRainDog Posts: 1,824
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Here's a few off the cuff...

    Henry David Thoreau
    Sitting Bull
    Crazy Horse
    Leonard Peltier
    Jack London
    F Scott Fitzgerald
    Miles Davis
    Charlie Parker
    Malcom X
    James Baldwin
    Ralph Ellison
    Jack Kerouac
    Allen Ginsberg
    William S Burroughs
    Hunter S Thompson
    Henry Miller
    Marlon Brando
    Shelby Foote
    The Ramones
    Jimi Hendrix
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Robert Johnson
    Muhammed Ali
    Jack Johnson
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Jack Dempsey
    Timothy Leary
    Ken Kesey
    Noam Chomsky
    Saul Bellow
    Woody Allen
    Bob Dylan
    Lenny Bruce
    Little Richard
    Carl Sagan
    Excellent list. But I wonder - You include Blind Lemon Jefferson and not Huddie Ledbetter - aka Lead Belly?
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    RainDog wrote:
    Excellent list. But I wonder - You include Blind Lemon Jefferson and not Huddie Ledbetter - aka Lead Belly?

    Good point. I just thought I'd go waaay back.
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    miller8966 wrote:
    How the fuck is bob dylan not on that list.
    Oh my god :eek:

    Miller and I read that list, and had the EXACT SAME FIRST THOUGHT.

    *faints*
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • 1970RR1970RR Posts: 281
    The inventors of the transistor - John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I see they stole Albert Einstein who was born in Germany. Although - unless i've overlooked him - I'm glad to see that they've omitted the serial rapist and child killer George Armstrong Custer from the list.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Oh yeah, well Al-Jazeera is 5th most influential brand in the world. Under Starbuck #4 and Above Coca-Cola #6

    With the launch of Al-Jazeera Intl they reach 100 million homes.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • ThumbingMyWay32ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    Jackie Robinson?
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

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    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hippiemom wrote:
    Oh my god :eek:

    Miller and I read that list, and had the EXACT SAME FIRST THOUGHT.

    *faints*
    It had to happen eventually.:D
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    cutback wrote:
    It had to happen eventually.:D
    Seriouisly ... word for word, the exact same thought!

    I'm reeling!
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    RainDog wrote:
    Despite the best efforts of the religious right in this country, no serious individual would ever consider Jesus an American.
    Of course not. He's from the Middle East...
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I see they stole Albert Einstein who was born in Germany. Although - unless i've overlooked him - I'm glad to see that they've omitted the serial rapist and child killer George Armstrong Custer from the list.

    They really didn't steal Einstein - he became an American citizen in 1940.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • sonicreducersonicreducer Posts: 713
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Was he American? ;)


    totally forgot about the atlantic part,... my bad.

    but if it were a 'world list', he should be on top, right,...?
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Solat13 wrote:
    They really didn't steal Einstein - he became an American citizen in 1940.

    Yeah, but he cut his teeth elsewhere.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    sonicreducer wrote:
    totally forgot about the atlantic part,... my bad.

    but if it were a 'world list', he should be on top, right,...?

    There would need to be some historical evidence that he existed, and to date, there isn't any.
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Lol, oh dear! The only person I can think of missing from this list is Oprah :o well she did influence millions of women and men worldwide to become emotional, dramatic wimps. Good or bad, she's hugely influential.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • shamrock95shamrock95 Posts: 21
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Who's missing?

    Sometimes list are unimaginative because it's easy to see the truth. But seriously, who is missing...I've been trying to think of some omissions, you can't please everyone.


    101. Harriet Tubman-She definitely needs to be on the list
    102. Ghandi-not American
    103. Mother Theresa-oh yes not American
    ZakiaTheGreat..."Hey, where is Atlanta under default time zone?"
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    shamrock95 wrote:
    102. Ghandi-not American
    103. Mother Theresa-oh yes not American

    So then why mention them?
  • CaterinaACaterinaA Posts: 572
    Perhaps those who live abroad perceive things differently, but shouldn't Susan Sontag be on that list?

    Maybe Milton Friedman and Gary Becker deserve a a spot too. They definitely changed US economics policies; actually their impact on economic theory an policies reached the whole world...
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    CaterinaA wrote:
    Perhaps those who live abroad perceive things differently, but shouldn't Susan Sontag be on that list?

    I was gonna include her.
  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    hippiemom wrote:
    Seriouisly ... word for word, the exact same thought!

    I'm reeling!

    Your a closet conservative..lol
    America...the greatest Country in the world.
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    miller8966 wrote:
    Your a closet conservative..lol
    Either that, or you're a closet liberal.

    Happy thanksgiving, miller :)
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Lol, oh dear! The only person I can think of missing from this list is Oprah :o well she did influence millions of women and men worldwide to become emotional, dramatic wimps. Good or bad, she's hugely influential.
    I'm not a big Oprah fan, but in her defense I will say that she's also encouraged millions of women to read better books than they had been previously.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    who are the non-influential americans who waste their time compiling lists like this one?
  • RockinInCanadaRockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    hippiemom wrote:
    I'm not a big Oprah fan, but in her defense I will say that she's also encouraged millions of women to read better books than they had been previously.

    lol....that gave me a good laugh....
  • LesbelgesLesbelges Posts: 434
    #88 (Enrico Fermi) is not American, he is Italian (My great grandmother was his assistant)...Stop trying to steal our people!!!
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