Author Topic: Greatest American that ever lived!! (Read 13076 times)

BIG ACH · « **Reply #50 on:** June 27, 2009, 09:58:49 PM »

I vote for this guy:

Alex23 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:11:17 PM »

Quote from: Superboy Prime on June 27, 2009, 03:11:10 PM

Who do you think the greatest American was?

1. General Patton
2. George Washington

3. Abraham Lincoln

Absolutely no doubt about it; a man of action, cream of the crop of The Greatest Generation.

A war munger, a war hero. An American Hero.

4 Stars Speed.

BayGBM · « **Reply #52 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:25:39 PM »

240 is Back · « **Reply #53 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:31:12 PM »

Patton was on the history channel tonight. a replay of the north africa invasion. that man knew how to command respect and make people believe in what he believed in. I'm sure there are men still bragging about a compliment he gave them 60 years ago.

windsor88 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:43:25 PM »

Nathan Bedford Forrest

MethodGNA · « **Reply #55 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:50:31 PM »

i like his prospects...............

G o a t b o y · « **Reply #56 on:** June 27, 2009, 11:20:31 PM »

Quote from: windsor88 on June 27, 2009, 10:43:25 PM

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Good post!

(unfortunately, most of the thick-heads on here won't get the reference)

MethodGNA · « **Reply #57 on:** June 27, 2009, 11:30:07 PM »

Quote from: G o a t b o y on June 27, 2009, 11:20:31 PM

Good post!

(unfortunately, most of the thick-heads on here won't get the reference)

hey, im not a thickhead......im a grand dragon

Jeffro · « **Reply #58 on:** June 28, 2009, 12:13:02 AM »

Patton, along with Lincoln, FDR, and Washington, were all great studly American heroes.

Very patriot-esque thread.

Superboy Prime · « **Reply #59 on:** June 28, 2009, 05:16:29 AM »

This is why Patton is the greatest American ever!!

He captured 81,000 sq. miles of territory (size of France)

He captured over 1,250,000 prisoners (nearly 5 armies) while his army was only about 250,000

He killed or wounded over 500,000 Germans

These are the greatest accomplishments in military history!!

His men feared him more than the Germans and he knew with this mentality they would kill for him until the end (and they did).

Even Hitler and his Axis thought of him as America's greatest weapon. It's kinda funny how much respect he got from the enemies and his own allies (Eisnhower, Bradley, and the like didn't give him the respect as the enemies did).

We should have listened to him and went after the Russians because he knew they had no air strike and they were weak when the war ended. This would have saved us so many head aches in the future.

Case in point: If there was no Patton we would be worshiping Hitler and speaking German right now.

He was the King of all kings you sonofabitches!!!!!

Tatyana · « **Reply #60 on:** June 28, 2009, 05:39:41 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on June 27, 2009, 03:55:36 PM

OK, here's one. Don't always agree with him but this man is insane: Noam Chomsky

+1 he is paradigm-shifting.

I would also include in this area:

Ken Wilbur

Richard Feynman

Dr. Clare Graves

Nicola Tesla

Thomas Edison

Deicide · « **Reply #61 on:** June 28, 2009, 05:44:52 AM »

Quote from: Tatyana on June 28, 2009, 05:39:41 AM

+1 he is paradigm-shifting.

I would also include in this area:

Ken Wilbur

Richard Feynman

Dr. Clare Graves

Nicola Tesla

Thomas Edison

This list is possibly THG approved.

Deicide · « **Reply #62 on:** June 28, 2009, 05:53:23 AM »

Quote from: Tatyana on June 28, 2009, 05:39:41 AM

+1 he is paradigm-shifting.

I would also include in this area:

Ken Wilbur

Richard Feynman

Dr. Clare Graves

Nicola Tesla

Thomas Edison

Superboy Prime · « **Reply #63 on:** June 28, 2009, 05:57:21 AM »

Quote from: Jeffro on June 28, 2009, 12:13:02 AM

Patton, along with Lincoln, FDR, and Washington, were all great studly American heroes.

Very patriot-esque thread.

Perfect listings.

JimmyJam1974 · « **Reply #64 on:** June 28, 2009, 06:15:23 AM »

John McCain
George Washington Carver
Herschel Walker

The Showstoppa · « **Reply #65 on:** June 28, 2009, 06:27:23 AM »

Ric Flair

Superboy Prime · « **Reply #66 on:** June 28, 2009, 06:29:18 AM »

Quote from: The Showstoppa on June 28, 2009, 06:27:23 AM

Ric Flair

HAH!! He's definitely top 10.

Epic_Monster · « **Reply #67 on:** June 28, 2009, 08:52:08 AM »

Quote from: windsor88 on June 27, 2009, 10:43:25 PM

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Superboy Prime · « **Reply #68 on:** June 28, 2009, 11:41:54 AM »

Quote from: windsor88 on June 27, 2009, 10:43:25 PM

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Didn't this guy start the KKK?

G o a t b o y · « **Reply #69 on:** June 28, 2009, 01:50:29 PM »

Quote from: Superboy Prime on June 28, 2009, 11:41:54 AM

Didn't this guy start the KKK?

In truth, no, but popular culture often credits him as having done so. Before the war, he was a slave trader, plantation owner, and one of the richest men in the South. As a Confederate general, he had successful campaigns in Tennessee and Mississippi, and he was very well respected by most Southerners. After the war, the group that met in Nashville to form what would become the KKK declared him their "Commander in Chief and Grand Dragon" as sort of a rallying point, despite his lack of personal involvement with the group. When later questioned about it, he stated that while he did sympathize with their cause, he was not actually affiliated with the organization. A reconstruction-era congressional investigation into the KKK and their activities in 1871 concluded the same.

Still, to the average man on the street, "Nathan Bedford Forrest started the KKK", which is why I think it's awesome that has been nominated as the "Greatest American that ever lived"!