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The Atlantic Unveils 100 Most Influential Americans List
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| 11/22/06
Posted on 11/22/2006 7:51:12 AM PST by Borges
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To: Issaquahking
I think that Charles Steinmetz invented alternating current for distribution purposes.
To: catman67
E.H. Armstrong invented the regeneration circuit, super-heterodyne receivers and FM radio. We would not have modern broadcast radio and television without his work. ...awww-w-w, come on, we know Howard Armstrong stole all his ingenuity from Lee DeForest--the real founder of radio receivers!
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11/22/2006 8:48:02 AM PST
by
meandog
(These are the times that try men's souls!)
To: Kirkwood
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67 P.T. Barnum?? I have to agree with you on Barnum. Of course if 51% of Americans by into his position, then they are one of those suckers born every minute which would make him very astute and maybe influential... Self full-filling prophecy, heh? |
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11/22/2006 8:48:24 AM PST
by
HawaiianGecko
(Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
To: My2Cents
To: alisasny
not nearly as disturbing as 40 and 51. The saddest thing is that they should both be higher on the list.
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:49:19 AM PST
by
70times7
(Sense... some don't make any, some don't have any - or so the former would appear to the latter.)
To: Borges
I count six names on the list who were not native-born Americans: Hamilton, Paine, Carnegie, Bell, Einstein, and Fermi. Can anybody spot others?
To: Borges
How convenient to stop at 100.
101: Jack Wilson
To: Borges
Not a bad list, when you consider that every single position on this list can be disputed one way or another.
Lewis & Clark certainly don't belong on this list, though . . . their expedition may have made for some interesting discussion, but in retrospect is was one of the more inconsequential stories in American history.
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11/22/2006 8:49:33 AM PST
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Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: luckystarmom
How about adding Clara Barton over the feminists?
To: luckystarmom
Are there any women that have done things that aren't liberal? No. Just like blacks, women can not be conservative. Women and blacks who are not conservative, are not women nor are they black.
To: Renkluaf
The absence of all things "Kennedy" from this list tells me that they did a pretty good job in focusing on people with real influence as opposed to abject mediocrities whose reputation is inflated by media exposure.
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:52:32 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Red Badger
To: Borges
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:53:30 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Who invented rock and roll hiccups?)
To: Issaquahking
Along those lines, we may as well include Thaddeus Kosciuszko -- the Polish immigrant who was hired by George Washington to serve as the head of what would later be known as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Without him, the U.S. probably would have lost the American Revolution.
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:55:24 AM PST
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Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: in the Arena
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11/22/2006 8:57:01 AM PST
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Red Badger
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To: Alberta's Child
Lewis and Clark could just as well have been Lewis and Martin........Jefferson had to send somebody.............
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11/22/2006 8:58:35 AM PST
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Red Badger
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To: Christopher Lincoln
I count six names on the list who were not native-born Americans: Hamilton, Paine, Carnegie, Bell, Einstein, and Fermi. Can anybody spot others? 95. Sam Goldwyn (Poland)
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posted on
11/22/2006 8:59:53 AM PST
by
LWalk18
To: Borges
I once didn't get the job after I told the interviewer that I don't make up lists, in response to a question to list something or other, I don't remember exactly what.
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11/22/2006 9:00:59 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Who invented rock and roll hiccups?)
To: twigs
This guy may be known as an "athlete," but his influence goes far beyond what he did in the spotlight.
Any list of the "100 Most Influential Americans" that doesn't include NASCAR legend Junior Johnson is seriously deficient. It would seem to me that discovering -- and perfecting -- the art of "drafting" in a race car ranks up there with the invention of the wheel by cave men and the discovery of electricity by Thomas Edison in terms of their influence on America today. LOL.
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11/22/2006 9:02:16 AM PST
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Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Red Badger
Right. And remember this, too . . .
1. They "explored" an area that had already been traveled extensively by Europeans.
2. They didn't leave much of a permanent record of their travels, and what they did leave really didn't have too many lasting impacts.
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11/22/2006 9:05:08 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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