Don Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Website. Seems like a neat enough show, but I don't agree with the peoples' choices for the top 25. I'm going to make up my own list. Jump on in and do the same! Yay. I guess you can do either 5 and/or 25. Include reasons for your picks, and for your non-picks that seem like obvious choices if you want. Muhammad Ali - loud-mouthed, brash, arrogant, but he could back it up. Later, an incredible man who transcended beyond the boxing world as a diplomat and a truly magnanimous person. Andrew Carnegie - what a capitalist should be.. serves as a replacement for Henry Ford because of his generosity/charity and because I can't stomach anti-Semitism. George Washington Carver - humble, brilliant man (he actually turned down a six-figure job from Thomas Edison just to keep on doing what he loved on his own terms). Frederick Douglass - an MLK before there was one. I usually think of him as the symbol of the struggle for civil rights, even if it was 100 years in the making. Thomas Edison - simply a genius who was pretty crafty as well. Albert Einstein - a genius as well, and an incredibly sensitive guy, too (read some of his thoughts about religion and war). Benjamin Franklin - sort of sagely, in my mind. I consider him a sort of grandfather of America. Billy Graham - impeccable character and integrity.. one of the few men who if you say something bad about, you're actually saying something about yourself rather than your target. Bob Hope - simply a great man who can make you laugh at the world. Katharine Hepburn - image of what a proud, strong woman should be. Thomas Jefferson - LA purchase, Declaration of Indepence, and their effects. Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis - in a similar vein to Katharine Hepburn. Martin Luther King Jr. - civil rights, so strong but subtle with his ideas and delivery. Abraham Lincoln - excellent politician, lots of perseverence, didn't hold a grudge against the South. Malcolm X - King appealed to peoples' minds, Malcolm appealed to peoples' hearts.. more a man of the people. Marilyn Monroe - American icon, sex symbol. Audie Murphy - greatest war hero, in my opinion. Jackie Robinson - broke the color barrier, but only able to because he was courageous and smart about it. Theodore Roosevelt - brass balls, conservation, extension of federal powers, social justice, foreign policy. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - bit the bullet and pulled the nation out of the Great Depression.. good policy-maker in my opinion. Babe Ruth - symbol of American culture. Frank Sinatra - same as above. Jimmy Stewart - great personality, symbol of American culture again. Mark Twain - personal hero. George Washington - Cincinnatus, incredible leader, father of America in my opinion. --- Top 5: Frederick Douglass Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson George Washington [Edit: added reasons, to keep up with Robinson ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinson22 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Awesome topic Don!Top 25 who and whyMartin Luther King Jr.- Civil rights heroJames Madison-diplomatic geniusJames K. Polk-diplomacist presidentBenjamin Franklin- diplomatic geniusAlbert Einstein- brilliantAndrew Carnegie (when he was old)- made money, charitable, patriotDaniel Webster- brilliant lawyer and brilliant negotiatorTeddy Roosevelt- amazing presidentWilliam Walker- badass filibuster/army privateerSusan B. Anthony- women's rightsFrederick Douglass- black rightsJohn McCain- my personal heroHenry David Thoreau- civil libertiesAudie Murphy- great soldierGeorge Patton- fantastic commanderDwight D. Eisenhower- great general, great president, worked for civil rightsThomas Edison- inventorJackie Robinson- broke color barrierJohn F. Kennedy- good president, faught for civil rightsWright Brothers- first aviatorsMalcom X- black rightsHenry Ford- excellent businessman, invented assembly lineColin Powell-great americanJohn Quincy Adams- best diplomat in history, held together countryChuck Yeager- aviation hero and pioneer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_dub Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Happy Martin Luther King day!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lullaby Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 The fact that Oprah comes before Rosa Parks disgusts me greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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