The 100 Greatest Americans revealed

[Winston]

I've never seen or heard her, but everytime I see her name, I think degenerate.

And just so there's no mistake, I meant her being gay might explain why she was put on the list...

[The Emperor Fabulous]

She's also a woman with money and sway. Don't forget how degenerate that is.

[mrmitchell]

Buzz Armstrong, Lance Armstrong, Maya Angelou
Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, George Washington Carver
Aha! Only two pages and already Arkansas has made its quota (2 out of 100).
but, exclusion of Johnny Cash:
if ELLEN DEGENERES can get on the list, Johnny Cash should be number 1

Douglass, Edwards, Eisenhower
but Einstien is Swiss!
Ben Franklin and John Glenn
Bob Hope, Thomas Jefferson, Helen Keller
3 Kennedys, MLK Jr, and Abraham Lincoln all on the same page. Well, whatever it takes to balance out Limbaugh...

Where the hell is MacArthur?

What the hell are Dr. Phil and Nixon doing on this list?
Patton, Parks, Jesse Owens.
So long as I include Jesse Owens I might as well include Muhammed Ali with a . Sports figures like Owens and Ali deserve eligibility because their interaction with the fans is not all centered on sports.
3 Roosevelts and Babe Ruth
Salk, Tesla, and Truman
Washington, Walton, and Twain

Who the hell do they think they are, letting Orville and Wilbur share a space? I think they should get their own separate spaces. We can bump off Nixon to do it.

EDIT: Oh, and I skipped s for Cesar Chavez and Hillary Clinton, so:

Hillary Clinton
Cesar Chavez

[Dr Strangelove]

I'm not sure that Tesla ever naturalized. Does anyone know?

[Winston]

Buzz Armstrong?? Was he the secret cameraman?

I miss people like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin. George Gershwin etc. on the list.

[Dr Strangelove]

What about the leading thinkers of the American Revolution: Madison, Monroe, Mason, and Franklin? How about Sam Adams? Jeez, he's the proximate cause of the American revolution.

[Ned]

Nixon certainly is not on the list because he was a great president. He is there because of is bad behavior, etc. Notoriety.

I suspect Ellen D. is a heroine to some for her parading about, but she is on that list for the same reason as is Nixon.

The list is wierd in that respect. Most of the people are on the list because they did great things in their lifetimes. It is remarkable that the list would also include Nixon and Ellen.

Oh, wait. I also see that Bill and Hillary are on the list as well.

[Dr Strangelove]

What about the leading thinkers of the American Revolution: Madison, Monroe, Mason, and Franklin? How about Sam Adams? Jeez, he's the proximate cause of the American revolution.

[Solomwi]

As far as northwest Alabama goes...

Jesse Owens
Helen Keller

[Ned]

Dr. Strangelove, I totally agree. The people who put this list together have a very misleading title. It is a list of the most notorious Americans, not the Greatest Americans. If Barack Obama or Ellen the Parader win, AOL would be a laughingstock.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Lance Armstrong is a 'notorious' American, Ned?

[Ned]

Imran, it includes both the famous and the infamous. It is not a list of the "Greatest."

[Imran Siddiqui]

But you said most 'It is a list of the most notorious Americans' .

[Ned]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
But you said most 'It is a list of the most notorious Americans' .

Well, Imran, you can nitpick with the best of them.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Lance Armstrong is a 'notorious' American, Ned?

I think he uses steroids