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Published on June 13, 2005 By Draginol In Religion

It has pained my wife and I to see the Discovery Channel's 100 Greatest Americans list with people like Oprah and such on there.  Kindred spirit John Hawkins has put up a list of his own that I largely agree with.  Here's my list:

Top 25:

1) George Washington
2) Thomas Edison
3) John Adams
4) Alexander Hamilton
5) Abraham Lincoln
6) Theodore Roosevelt
7) Andrew Jackson
8) Thomas Jefferson
9) Henry Ford
10) Benjamin Franklin
11) The Wright Brothers
12) Albert Einstein (not born here but..)
13)Alexander Graham Bell
14) Tom Paine
15) Ulyssses S Grant
16) Martin Luther King Jr.
17) Bill Gates
18) Steve Jobs
19) Walt Disney
20) James Madison
21) James Monroe
22) Harry S. Truman
23) Ronald Reagan
24) John Paul Jones
25) Ray Kroc
26) Charles lindbergh
27) Stephen King
28) Samuel Morse
29) Sam Walton
30) Dwight Eisenhower
31) Sam Houston
32) Will Sherman
33) George Lucas
34) Steven Spielberg
35) John F. Kennedy
36) George Patton
37) Sam Colt
38) John Hancock
39) Woodrow Wilson
40) Mark Twain

So that's my 2 cents.


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on Jun 13, 2005
It's certainly better than Discovery Channel's, though I do question a couple you put up there. Ray Kroc, for instance. I mean, sure, he started the McDonalds chain, but is that even a very good thing?

Not to whore out my articles, but I started one where people vote on who they think is the greatest American, and I'll compile the list of Top 10 Americans after a bit, in case you're interested.Link

on Jun 13, 2005
All white, all male....interesting.

on Jun 14, 2005
Where's the other 60?
on Jun 14, 2005
These are my top five,i'll post the complet list later,Mine are on the left...mine are not necessarily just americans, they are either americans,or contributed directly.indirectly to america,etc...

1) John Locke (put forth the ideals america was founded on)

2) Benjamin Franklin (was a major influence and statesman during the revolution)

3)Thomas Paine (helped turn more to the cause of the american revolution)

4)F.D.R (brought america back after a shock that crushed [stock market crash] and led america through a fierce war)

5)J.F.K (IMO, helped bring back faith lost in a majority of politicians)
on Jun 14, 2005
All white, all male....interesting.


Last I checked MLK wasn't white.

-- B
on Jun 14, 2005
It has pained my wife and I


I'm sorry, but I just HAVE to say it:

It's "My wife and ME", dammit! Arrrrgh!

Would you say "It has pained I"? No! adding "my wife" doesn't affect the "me-ness" of the statement. Ack.

*pant* *pant*
Okay, done ranting now.
on Jun 14, 2005
Kelly Johnson

Ben Rich

and others that nobody knows...
on Jun 14, 2005
must take exception to adding charles lindbergh... I know he was a ace in ww1 and did the whole spirit of st.louis thing but, he was an anti semite that did his level best to keep america out of the german war against the jews.
on Jun 14, 2005
Would you say "It has pained I"? No! adding "my wife" doesn't affect the "me-ness" of the statement. Ack.*pant* *pant*Okay, done ranting now.


Doesn't the plurality of the subject matter make it "My wife and I"? I've always been taught that. Of course, I was taught to say cacti, not cactuses and you know that is a no-no these days. Cacti is too confusing.

Peace,

Beebes
on Jun 14, 2005
Doesn't the plurality of the subject matter make it "My wife and I"?


Ack! No!
Pluralizing something can never change a "me" to an "I". How can a plural change a pronoun from the objective singular form to the nominative singular form? What it would do, would be to change the objective singular "me" to the objective plural "us". You should have learned, though, that "us", when split out, breaks into "him, her, it, you, and me": the objective singular pronouns.
on Jun 14, 2005

All white, all male....interesting.

That's going to come as a shock to Martin Luther King Jr. (16th).  But it's hard to find a lot of female Americans who have done anything as much as what these guys have done.  I mean, who do we pick? Susan B. Anthony because of her work in Woman's suffrage? That's about the best one can do and I don't think that qualifies to bein the top 100 let alone top 40.

on Jun 14, 2005
A list that's "right on". Wonderful people listed there.
Not being in my element in regards to politics, don't know if Kennedy was a great president, do know his morals were lacking, I imagine
that other presidents had that stuff going on too though.
Ray Kroc gets my vote!
No women??
How about Rose Kennedy?
on Jun 14, 2005
Not a bad list. Just a few quibbles...I would agree with two commenters and replace Lindbergh with Kelly Johnson. I would also replace John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. with people who actually accomplished something...maybe Harriet Tubman or Fredrick Douglass for King. Stephen King? Hey, it's your list.

But just what did JFK accomplish? He was not that popular when President, though he probably would have won over Goldwater in '64 by a margin of something like 53-47. He botched the Bay of Pigs, got us more involved in Viet Nam and got no significant legislation passed. It took his death and the muscle of LBJ to get anything done.
on Jun 14, 2005
But it's hard to find a lot of female Americans who have done anything as much as what these guys have done. I mean, who do we pick? Susan B. Anthony because of her work in Woman's suffrage? That's about the best one can do and I don't think that qualifies to bein the top 100 let alone top 40

How about some of these ladies??? Thank you for "getting me riled up", cause I went on a search, Betsy Ross came to mind
as did the Nightengale lady, the nurse, and then Eleanor Roosevelt, and I knew there were many more. So here are a few I
discovered.
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
This social reformer devoted her life to helping the urban poor. In 1889, she founded the Hull House in a Chicago slum, with programs such as day care and adult education. One of the first settlement houses in America, Hull House inspired many others across the nation. Although she was widely criticized for her opposition to World War I, Addams later became one of the most admired activists of the time, winning the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931.
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
The daughter of former slaves, this teacher and social reformer founded a school for young African-American women in 1904. She helped develop this school into Bethune-Cookman College, which is still active today in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune was also an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, working with the National Youth Administration. Throughout her life, she worked to improve race relations and opportunities for young African Americans. One important step in this effort was her founding of the National Council of Negro Women “to advance opportunities and the quality of life for African American women, their families, and communities. ”
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Catt was a teacher, journalist, lecturer, and fundraiser , but she’s best remembered as a suffrage organizer and leader. She succeeded Susan B. Anthony as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and developed the “Winning Plan” that worked from state to state to gain suffrage and eventually the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. She worked with national and international organizations, lobbied President Woodrow Wilson, led numerous campaigns, and founded the League of Women Voters. Catt was also a pacifist who worked for world peace.
Dolores Huerta (1930- )
As a teacher, Huerta saw first-hand the effects of the working conditions on migrant farm workers’ families when their children would come to school barefoot and hungry. She left teaching to work on their behalf and in 1962 co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union in California with Cesar Chavez. Her work led to the passage of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (1975), the first “bill of rights” for farm workers in the United States. One of the most respected leaders of the labor movement, she embraces nonviolent actions to fight for change
on Jun 14, 2005
He botched the Bay of Pigs, got us more involved in Viet Nam


nope matt that was Ike Eisenhower that got us involved in nam, and yes the bay of pigs was a mess.
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