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Greatest Americans - Oprah is #9?!?
ZERODIN
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4631421.stm
Can someone tell me how Oprah, Clinton, or even Elvis made this list? Lincoln shouldn't even be on it! I mean, if they're going to poll 2.4 million illiterate Americans, how did they find so many who aren't in the South? [;)]
And where is Jefferson? Didn't he write something once, somewhere back in 1776?
1 Ronald Reagan
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Martin Luther King
4 George Washington
5 Benjamin Franklin
6 George W Bush
7 Bill Clinton
8 Elvis Presley
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Franklin D Roosevelt
Can someone tell me how Oprah, Clinton, or even Elvis made this list? Lincoln shouldn't even be on it! I mean, if they're going to poll 2.4 million illiterate Americans, how did they find so many who aren't in the South? [;)]
And where is Jefferson? Didn't he write something once, somewhere back in 1776?
1 Ronald Reagan
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Martin Luther King
4 George Washington
5 Benjamin Franklin
6 George W Bush
7 Bill Clinton
8 Elvis Presley
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Franklin D Roosevelt
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I respect the truth too much to bring it out on every occasion.
The biggest regret of my life is the number of temptations I've resisted successfully.
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye
GW Bush is number six?!?
Clinton was number seven?!?
Reagan is number one?!?
Elvis and Oprah made the top ten?!?
And people wonder why we're going to hell in a handbasket. It wouldn't have anything to do with $#!t-for-brains morons voting for the above as the "Greatest Americans", would it?
Yeah, because George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson were all useless hacks...
Americans really can be, bar none, some of the dumbest people on Earth... typically with the attention span and memory of a piece of snail bait.
Frog.
RiBBButt...You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to. -Roger Miller
Oh for f***'s sake...
GW Bush is number six?!?
Clinton was number seven?!?
Reagan is number one?!?
Elvis and Oprah made the top ten?!?
And people wonder why we're going to hell in a handbasket. It wouldn't have anything to do with $#!t-for-brains morons voting for the above as the "Greatest Americans", would it?
Yeah, because George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson were all useless hacks...
Americans really can be, bar none, some of the dumbest people on Earth... typically with the attention span and memory of a piece of snail bait.
Kind of burns your bisquits dosen't it. Don
I respect the truth too much to bring it out on every occasion.
The biggest regret of my life is the number of temptations I've resisted successfully.
I think that Walter Brattain Robert Brattain inventors of the transistor
are far greater than Oprah. If it were not for them she would be a switch board operator.
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Lincoln should be #2. If it weren't for him, we'd have 2 countries instead of one and we might have fought more than one war against each other over the last 140 years.
Benjamin Franklin should be #3. If it weren't for him, the French wouldn't have joined the revolution on our side and we likely would have lost.
Jefferson should be #4. If it weren't for him, the cause (independence) wouldn't have been so eloquently codified (The Declaration of Independence).
Roosevelt should be #5. If it weren't for his leadership during a tough time in America, the depression might have lasted longer and we might never have stood up to Hitler.
No one from the last half of the 20th century even makes the cut in my opinion.
Love them Beavers
To me, any of the founding fathers could be in the top 10 along with the 4 I already mentioned. Certainly any one of them is more important than Elvis, Oprah, Reagan, Bush, Clinton or King. Hell, I'd vote for Chuck Yeager and Dick Rutan before I'd choose any of them.
If I can't spell, so what!
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
I know who I think is important and could care less what anyone else thinks.
1. Chesty Puller
2. Manila John Basilone
3. Presley O'Bannon
4. Archibald Henderson
5. Alexander Vandegrift
6. John A. Lejeune
7. David M. Shoup
8. Joe Foss
9. Pappy Boyington
10. Jack Webb
No meaning to any of this,,, it is all BOOB TOOB BLATHER!!!
Somebody's idea of an entertaining way to sell advertising[:o)]!!
I still want to know who killed Jon Benet!!![:(!]
,,,sod[;)]
I am not a number I am a free man
Yes, she was a thef and yes she was poor..I could understand someone stealing bread, milk, etc to survive but that pig stole macadamia nuts, XPNSIVe and high fat content.. Not to suvive, but because she loves them and could not afford them..>A real American Hero she is NOT
What a gal.......
Stolen from, and with thanks, to Kiwibird
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She was only a fisherman's daughter,
But when she saw my rod she reeled.
quote:How about Teddy (Roosevelt)? If it weren't for him basically starting the national park/conservation movement, we might have already paved over most of America.
If it weren't for TR the states might still own the land that was
"appropriated" by the fedgov and the tradition of big, centralized government might never have gained a foothold.
Heck, if it weren't for TR, we might pay something more than lip service to the term "state's rights".
He was a sportsman, but he did great damage to this country.
Damage that will not and cannot ever be repaired!
JMHO
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Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Barry Goldwater
quote:Originally posted by Ray B
I know who I think is important and could care less what anyone else thinks.
1. Chesty Puller
2. Manila John Basilone
3. Presley O'Bannon
4. Archibald Henderson
5. Alexander Vandegrift
6. John A. Lejeune
7. David M. Shoup
8. Joe Foss
9. Pappy Boyington
10. Jack Webb
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P.S. thanks for the ride into combat.
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Strange really. I don't see her as even in the top twenty. Says a lot about exercise and outdoor activities. Looks like a lot of couch taters were surveyed.
Forget the top twenty. Let's just make three lists: Good Americans, Nobodies, and Bad Americans. Is Oprah even in the first list, much less a ranking member of it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4631421.stm
Can someone tell me how Oprah, Clinton, or even Elvis made this list? Lincoln shouldn't even be on it! I mean, if they're going to poll 2.4 million illiterate Americans, how did they find so many who aren't in the South? [;)]
And where is Jefferson? Didn't he write something once, somewhere back in 1776?
1 Ronald Reagan
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Martin Luther King
4 George Washington
5 Benjamin Franklin
6 George W Bush
7 Bill Clinton
8 Elvis Presley
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Franklin D Roosevelt
This is the biggest crap list I have ever seen cmon bill clinton and okrah windbag? for christs sakes people are on crack im surprised that hugh heffner didnt make the list. I cant understand why pat tillman didnt even make the top 10. Elvis doesnt make any sence either.
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"No im a combat correspondant"
"Well you seen much combat?"
"Yeah I seen a little on TV"
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"Well they call me the Joker"
I think #1 should be John "Johnny Wadd" Holmes. [:D]
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She was only a fisherman's daughter,
But when she saw my rod she reeled.
Johnny "Wad" was a heroin addict and liked to pack fudge as much as he canned tuna![;)]
Don't "F" with kitty!!