WTF AOL, Greatest American

Greatest American???

Where the hell is Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln, Franklin...

Jesus I'll even take Eli Whitney over any of the losers on that list.

And Barbara Bush WTFWTFWTF
 
[quote name='camoor']Greatest American???

Where the hell is Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln, Franklin...

Jesus I'll even take Eli Whitney over any of the losers on that list.

And Barbara Bush WTFWTFWTF[/QUOTE]

Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln and Franklin are all on the list.
 
Those are the choices I would expect for Greatest American, if you took a poll of junior high school students to select candidates.

Hugh Hefner, Lucille Ball, Katharine Hepburn, and Michael Jackson are there, but Edward Jenner isn't?
 
[quote name='RBM']Those are the choices I would expect for Greatest American, if you took a poll of junior high school students to select candidates.[/QUOTE]


LOL they forgot to add Britney Spears and Arnold Schwartzeneggar
 
WTF indeed. How the hell did Ellen DeGeneres, Mel Gibson, Michael Jackson and Brett Farve make the list? George Lucas and Madonna? Give me a break. There's something so wrong with the fact that anyone would even consider these people the greatest Americans of all time. I can only hang my head in shame.
 
lol, Micheal Jackson? Barbara Bush? George Buch? John Edwards? Dr. Phil? Arnold Schwarzenegger? None of those people should be anywhere near this list. I think Magic Johnson should have been on this list.
 
[quote name='camoor']Greatest American???

Where the hell is Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln, Franklin...

Jesus I'll even take Eli Whitney over any of the losers on that list.

And Barbara Bush WTFWTFWTF[/QUOTE]

Theres more than 8-10 people....thats only "A" though "B", before you talk shit...maybe you should do more than glance.
 
holy shit, what an awful list! ill agree with:

frederick douglas, albert einstein, eisenhower, ben franklin, thomas jefferson, mlk, abe, malcom x, the rosevelts, and samuel clemens

all i can say is that list has to be a joke, it should be against a fucking law to mention micheal fucking jackson in the same list as thomas jefferson...and does it even matter that a good number of those people were not born in america?
 
[quote name='smalien1']Larry Flynt is more important than Hef. Most people know why.[/QUOTE]

Because he has a gold wheel chair?
 
If Mother Jones isn't on there, it's not worth a damn thing. It's kind of a moot point, since I'd go out of my way to avoid watching such a ballsack program.

myke.
...judging by the list, AOL evidently thinks we forgot about 90% of anything that ever happened more than six months ago.
 
It seems like that a number of the best candidates are on the list but for some reason they decided to toss in quite a few more recent footnote worthy celebs.

Also why in the world are 4 Bushes on the list?
 
the lack of Jim Thorpe ( with respect to athletes) and Henry Clay (He fuckin held off secession by 40 fuckin years by himself) show how crappy this list is. Along that note, why not include US Grant? I know he had a shitty presidency, but without him, Union victory would not have come for several more years? and along those lines, why not include Robert E. Lee? He could have kept fighting had he wanted to, but knew it was time to give up, and did what he could to mend the bond between the north and south. MacArthur is another person who should have also made the list

and what did Barbara Bush do to put herself on the list aside from telling the world to stop picking on Neil?
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']
and what did Barbara Bush do to put herself on the list aside from telling the world to stop picking on Neil?[/QUOTE]

Didn't she have a ton of puppies?
 
I think this Bush is more deserving than the ones they list....

shrub.jpg
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']the lack of Jim Thorpe ( with respect to athletes) and Henry Clay (He fuckin held off secession by 40 fuckin years by himself) show how crappy this list is. Along that note, why not include US Grant? I know he had a shitty presidency, but without him, Union victory would not have come for several more years? and along those lines, why not include Robert E. Lee? He could have kept fighting had he wanted to, but knew it was time to give up, and did what he could to mend the bond between the north and south. MacArthur is another person who should have also made the list

and what did Barbara Bush do to put herself on the list aside from telling the world to stop picking on Neil?[/QUOTE]

lee COULD have kept fighting, but it would have just ment his army would have dwindled more and more.

how about jefferson davis... :lol:
 
Feh, I don't have a big problem with it.

They included most of my favorites, they're just trying to be inclusive with who you can vote for.

Now, if Jackson wins, that would be fucked up. I'm pretty sure FDR never molested 11 year old boys.
 
[quote name='punqsux']lee COULD have kept fighting, but it would have just ment his army would have dwindled more and more.

how about jefferson davis... :lol:[/QUOTE]

yes, but there was talks of turning to guerilla warfare, which could have prolonged the combat for an extremely long time.

and Jefferson Davis should be number 1 on the list. His quote should state:

"His incompotence as president lead to the failure of the Confederacy and preservation of the Union"
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']
and Jefferson Davis should be number 1 on the list. His quote should state:

"His incompotence as president lead to the failure of the Confederacy and preservation of the Union"[/QUOTE]

haha after i made my last post, i just realized it wasnt as much a joke as i intended it to be ^^
 
Wow, just wow. They do have some good picks, but way too many crappy ones. Consider:
Lyndon B. Johnson is on the list.
Rush Limbaugh is on the list.
Michael Moore is on the list.
Not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 (4!) Bushes are on the list.
Not to mention Michael Jackson, Madonna, Lucas, Dr. Phil, etc.

And Bob Dylan isn't on the list.

](*,)
 
[quote name='RBM']Those are the choices I would expect for Greatest American, if you took a poll of junior high school students to select candidates.

Hugh Hefner, Lucille Ball, Katharine Hepburn, and Michael Jackson are there, but Edward Jenner isn't?[/QUOTE]
micheal jackson, a child molestor is the greatest american candidate

as far as im concerned, no actor should be called the greatest american
 
im still deciding on my vote, its definetly going to be a president, maybe a republican, pre-1900's probably, a constitution writer deserves it definetly, i think america will personally go into the shitter, if a celebrity wins this, this thing really applies to the aol going publics short memory,

[quote name='AverageAmerican']Chris Reeves, yeah he died for a cause
Eleanor Roosevelt, ummm, what she do again[/QUOTE]


People who think like that deserve to be deported to canada
 
[quote name='Ozzkev55']im still deciding on my vote, its definetly going to be a president, maybe a republican, pre-1900's probably, a constitution writer deserves it definetly, i think america will personally go into the shitter, if a celebrity wins this, this thing really applies to the aol going publics short memory,

Chris Reeves, yeah he died for a cause
Eleanor Roosevelt, ummm, what she do again

People who think like that deserve to be deported to canada[/QUOTE]

Eleanor roosevelt was an extremely influential first lady. She campaigned for womens rights (one tactic she used, to make jobs for female journalists, was to hold female only news conferences which would force companies to hire women), civil rights (she got discriminatory aspects of the new deal removed, and violated segregation policies in the south) and various other social causes. She also toured the country during and after his presidency. Her status grew even more after her husbands death.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']Eleanor roosevelt was an extremely influential first lady. She campaigned for womens rights (one tactic she used, to make jobs for female journalists, was to hold female only news conferences which would force companies to hire women), civil rights (she got discriminatory aspects of the new deal removed, and violated segregation policies in the south) and various other social causes. She also toured the country during and after his presidency. Her status grew even more after her husbands death.[/QUOTE]
yeah i know, i was qouting the average america when i said that, my mothers middle name is eleanor, after the great first lady
 
[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']Yeah that's a pretty lame list but at least they included some lesser known and worthy ones on there.[/QUOTE]
yeah, but the mere inclusion of tom cruise disgusts me to the point of believing that they would pick the lessers for stupid reasons
 
I wonder if some of the qualifications for this list were "looks cool in a hat" or "said that one thing that one time, that was pretty sweet".
 
So, to be a great American, I need to either do something noble or of lasting value, or be a liar, a thief, or a loud-mouthed jackass.
Good to know.
 
[quote name='jisc']Michael Moore? are you kidding me???[/QUOTE]
might as well have the baldwins on the list with that fat fucker on it
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']If nothing else, his fame makes him a better choice than rush limbaugh[/QUOTE]

Well, I'm disgusted that either person is on there (although seeing "Fat Rush" made me giggle - I can't wait 'till someone screams 'liberal media' at whomever posted a picture of him from his fatty days :roll: ).

However, I will concede that nobody listened to AM radio until Rush came around (except for when your grandparents were children, and families gathered 'round the radio to listen to War of the Worlds or somesuch). He did do something notable. Shame he's still alive, since people are remembered more fondly posthumously (see Paul II, John).

Michael Moore? While he's okay (don't tell me that Roger & Me wasn't a fantastic film and didn't wrench your heart), I'd argue that the only thing he's really done is made it okay to be a "liberal" in today's mainstream political dialogue. Who defended them before Michael did? With that out of the way, he's done little since then, other than become a left version of Rush Limbaugh (an overweight white male telling the nation that they have all the answers and know all the questions, yet offering little more than polemic and ad hominems, whilst taking in millions of dollars to perpetuate the cycle of inequality; the only difference between the two is which side is getting fucked). Both are guilty of diluting the intellectual purity of our political dialogue, and should be ashamed of themselves for doing just that.

myke.
...why hasn't anyone suggested Adam Smith yet? I sure as hell won't, but I figured someone (PAD) might.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Well, I'm disgusted that either person is on there (although seeing "Fat Rush" made me giggle - I can't wait 'till someone screams 'liberal media' at whomever posted a picture of him from his fatty days :roll: ).

However, I will concede that nobody listened to AM radio until Rush came around (except for when your grandparents were children, and families gathered 'round the radio to listen to War of the Worlds or somesuch). He did do something notable. Shame he's still alive, since people are remembered more fondly posthumously (see Paul II, John).

Michael Moore? While he's okay (don't tell me that Roger & Me wasn't a fantastic film and didn't wrench your heart), I'd argue that the only thing he's really done is made it okay to be a "liberal" in today's mainstream political dialogue. Who defended them before Michael did? With that out of the way, he's done little since then, other than become a left version of Rush Limbaugh (an overweight white male telling the nation that they have all the answers and know all the questions, yet offering little more than polemic and ad hominems, whilst taking in millions of dollars to perpetuate the cycle of inequality; the only difference between the two is which side is getting fucked.

myke.
...why hasn't anyone suggested Adam Smith yet? I sure as hell won't, but I figured someone (PAD) might.[/QUOTE]
hmm very interesting...i agree

AOL basically took everyone off of E! news and said that there good americans, and maybe they had one guy watch the history channel for a day and see what he could get
 
The reason these choices are on the list is:

A LONG WHILE back, the Discovery Channel ran this commercial telling people to go to AOL.com and list any person they thought had the greatest influence on American culture. All the choices are the most popular that people wrote down.

It isn't just a political list, it is for anyone who had influence on THEIR INDUSTRY.
 
[quote name='Greetard']The reason these choices are on the list is:

A LONG WHILE back, the Discovery Channel ran this commercial telling people to go to AOL.com and list any person they thought had the greatest influence on American culture. All the choices are the most popular that people wrote down.

It isn't just a political list, it is for anyone who had influence on THEIR INDUSTRY.[/QUOTE]
no industry doesnt define america, this is about contributions to society, and america, tom cruise has done nothing in the name of helping society, just his industry, to make the rich richer
 
[quote name='arsenalgear']Where the fuck is W.E.B. DuBois, Dorothea Dix, Korematsu, Upton Sinclair, Woodrow Wilson, and other actually good Americans?[/QUOTE]
upton sinclair, theres a good one
and i think that every president should be on this list, even nixon, and taft
 
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