Homer Simpson is all of these things. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:03 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Your greatest American > > Its still gotta be Benjamin Franklin... writer, scientist, inventor, and > general, all-around smart-ass. > > Jim Davis > President, http://www.depressedpress.com > Webmaster, http://www.firstnight.org > Webmaster, http://www.cfAdvocacy.org > Senior Consultant, http://www.metlife.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:29 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Your greatest American > > > > One thing about Washington, at the end of the war, he went home, he > did > > not > > attempt to take control of the country by force. He did see that the > > military should not be used to setup a government. > > > > He had an opportunity to take this country down the wrong path, and he > > choose not to. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:25 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Your greatest American > > > > > > Do we judge importance by their characters, or by what they did with > > their > > > jobs? While Washington may have been a terrible general, he did lead > the > > > army that eventually made us an independent country. Lincoln used > the > > > slavery issue to his own benefit, and he was not the most perfect of > men > > > (far from it) but what he did had a high impact. I could see voting > for > > > Washington and Lincoln on that basis alone. > > > > > > I'm not saying that Jefferson wasn't a tremendously great or > important > > > American -- the question is whether his accomplishments are as great > in > > > their impact on our country. > > > > > > (Jefferson is one of my favorites as well -- more so than > Washington or > > > Lincoln -- but I also have to be fair.) > > > > > > Judith > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:14 PM > > > Subject: Re: Your greatest American > > > > > > > > > > Thursday, June 12, 2003, 7:44:33 PM, you wrote: > > > > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwta/2959462.stm > > > > >> > > > > >> Please vote...Homer Simpson is winning :( > > > > >> Homer Simpson, and Mr. T may be a sad commentary, but Lincoln > and > > > > >> MLK were NOT more important than Thomas Jefferson (my > > vote)...pfft. > > > > >> > > > > >> The people who voted for Washington and Clinton are just > idiots > > > > >> because they probably weren't joking. > > > > > > > > LCL> Why? Clinton did a lot for the nation, while Washington's > role is > > > > LCL> painfully obvious. Franklin D Roosevelt probably saved the > nation > > > > LCL> from another revolution, this time a communist one, while > > > Jefferson, > > > > LCL> with all his very obvious flaws wrote one of the most > important > > > > LCL> documents at the core of the ideals of the nation. At least > > Ronnie > > > > LCL> Raygun, Bush nor Shrub were on the list. > > > > > > > > LCL> larry > > > > > > > > > > > > Clinton in retrospect was a decent president, not bad, not > > > > excellent. The greatest American though? He isn't even in that > > > > ballpark. There has been a lot of decent presidents. > > > > Henry Ford would rank higher on my list than either of those > > > > presidents, or Ben Franklin. > > > > > > > > Washington was a buffoon who only got to the the Constitutional > > > > Congress because he married a rich mans daughter, and was a > terrible > > > > unqualified general who got a lot of soldiers killed. He wasn't > good > > > > at anything but dressing in that stupid fancy coat. They picked > the > > > > most harmless guy they could find, and made him president. Perfect > for > > > > the job imo. Definitely not the greatest American. > > > > > > > > I could understand why someone would pick FDR...he just wouldn't > be my > > > > choice. Definitely Top 10 though. > > > > > > > > Jefferson has always been by far my favorite, and he had very few > > > > faults as far as I'm concerned. One example...while president he > > > > examined every single patent application personally. Probably the > last > > > > president to even step into the patent office, let alone > intelligent > > > > enough to understand every invention. > > > > He was the President that told American citizens that the second > > > > amendment was their protection against the tyranny of their own > > > > government. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > jon > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5
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