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Who was George Mason? Basketball fans or not, most folks don't have a clue
South Florida Sun Sentinel ^
| March 31, 2006
| Robert Nolin
Posted on 03/31/2006 5:03:29 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
So who was George Mason and what's he doing with a university named after him?
"Did he invent the Mason jar?" Melanie Ruggiero, 32, of Green Cove Springs, near Jacksonville, mused as she nibbled on salad outside a Fort Lauderdale beach restaurant.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 24; basketball; colleges; ctu; diedincrash; diedofnukeexposure; georgemason; knewjackbauer; ncaabasketball; nukedcrashdummy; patriots; savedjackbauer; seasons1and2; silentclock; ticktockticktock; universities; ushistory
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Some of these answers...yikes!
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
"He invented the beer, right?" attempted Gary Crouthamel, 46, of Ocean City, Md., as he hoisted one himself on Fort Lauderdale beach. "No!" corrected pal Mike DePalma, 37, of Pennsylvania. "That was Samuel Adams."
LOL My favorite.
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:11:21 AM PST
by
mc5cents
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
The inventor of the Mason jar?
The inventor of mason's twine?
The inventor of masonry?
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:15:44 AM PST
by
Wisconsin
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Shame that the answers are so bad. Seems the mascot name 'Patriots' would have been an indicator. Sigh...
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:16:52 AM PST
by
katieanna
(You're not fully clothed until you smile!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
"He's been described as the most important man who never became president," said George Mason University spokesman Dan Walsch. That also describes my Dad.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
George Mason U. has an enrollment of nearly 30K. But it is primarily a commuter school - hardly any on campus housing.
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:19:57 AM PST
by
randita
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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Having read some of the responses, I'd say these kids have bright futures as Democrats. |
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:22:17 AM PST
by
Fintan
(Hey, you can't make this stuff up.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
The article says he wrote the Virginia Bill of Rights.
I thought it was called the 'Virginia Declaration of Rights'
Oh well, I guess I learned something today.
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:26:42 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Remember 9/11. The left have already forgotten.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I am a graduate of George Mason University, and George Mason HS, and...lol
I am loving this.
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:27:19 AM PST
by
patton
(Once you steal a firetruck, there's really not much else you can do except go for a joyride.)
To: Wisconsin
No, no. no! George Mason invented Masonite!!
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:27:28 AM PST
by
Clioman
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Who do you think will win the NCAA basketball championship?
FReep the poll at link... Go Patriots!
BTW, they tell you about George Mason in freshman orientation. And, if you take HIST 101, they tell you again.
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:28:46 AM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: patton
I am a graduate of George Mason University, and George Mason HS Wow..you graduated from college before high school..hs must have been a breeze after college..lol..;>
To: BerniesFriend
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:47:40 AM PST
by
patton
(Once you steal a firetruck, there's really not much else you can do except go for a joyride.)
To: Wisconsin
The inventor of the Mason jar?
The inventor of mason's twine?
The inventor of masonry? Founder of the Free Masons, of course.
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posted on
03/31/2006 5:50:47 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
There really was a G.Mason?
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:00:33 AM PST
by
G.Mason
(Duty, Honor, Country)
To: G.Mason
Yup, the second President of the United States :-)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Wasn't he in Journey to the Center of the Earth?
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:12:23 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:13:34 AM PST
by
Jason_b
To: massgopguy
Ån American hero who sacrificed his life to save Los Angeles from a nuclear bomb and to allow Jack Bauer to be reunited with his lovely daughter.
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:15:47 AM PST
by
Tribune7
To: massgopguy
That would be Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, except it was the mind and not the Earth. :-)
Signed, Jules Verne.
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