Who ya got?
I think Franklin and Douglas are no-brainers.
I think you have to include at least one industrialist, though. That these people did not is telling, I think.
ETA: Edison counts as an industrialist, despite my comment above. I think of him as an inventor and scientist first, but he was quite the businessman too.
Franklin
Hamilton
MLK
J.P. Morgan
The harder, more divisive subject here would be: Mt. Rushmore of U.S. non-Presidents in the 21st Century.
That's tough. I think my gut reaction is: Franklin, Douglass, Edison, Twain.
The harder, more divisive subject here would be: Mt. Rushmore of U.S. non-Presidents in the 21st Century.
Hard to not just go with tech bros.
Elon Musk
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Clarence Thomas
George Patton
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Thurgood Marshall
Jim Thorpe
Honorable Mention:
Carl Alwin Schenck
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
Any list without Chuck Norris is a fail.
That's tough. I think my gut reaction is: Franklin, Douglass, Edison, Twain.
I like Twain, Franklin presents a debate. Much of his work was before there was a US. Do we count that? If so, Tesla? Oppenheimer?
But if we had to kick Franklin out, Hamilton.
How about Goddard? Can't squeeze in 2 Wrights.
Trying to get rid of Edison.
James Naismith, great American inventor.
That's tough. I think my gut reaction is: Franklin, Douglass, Edison, Twain.
I like Twain, Franklin presents a debate. Much of his work was before there was a US. Do we count that? If so, Tesla? Oppenheimer?
But if we had to kick Franklin out, Hamilton.
How about Goddard? Can't squeeze in 2 Wrights.
Trying to get rid of Edison.
James Naismith, great American inventor.
I think Franklin played such an outsized role in forming America that you can give him a pass for being so goddamn old when it finally became official.
Naismith was Canadian.
Mark's wife is posting under his handle...
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
Cignetti
Elvis
Johnny Carson
Marilyn Monroe
Naismith was Canadian.
Mark's wife is posting under his handle...
No, but she's drilled that kind of shit into my head.
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