American culture 101

[Guest]

here is a partial list of Americans who are/were the best of our culture (I would hardly call DeNiro and Capote the best our culture has to offer):
Edwin Armstrong
Leo Baekeland
Matthias Baldwin
John Bardeen
Andrew Beard
Alexander Graham Bell
Emile Berliner
Otis Boykin
John Browning
Vannevar Bush
Chester Carlson
Wallace Carothers
Willis Carrier
George Washington Carver
Samuel Colt
Peter Cooper
Glenn Curtiss
Gottlieb Daimler
John Deere
Lee DeForest
Joseph Dixon
The Brothers Duryea
George Eastman
Thomas Edison
John Fitch
Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Fulton
Richard Gatling
Robert Goddard
Charles Goodyear
John Gorrie
Bette Graham
John Gregg
John Holland
Robert Jarvik
Thomas Jefferson
Steven Jobs
Fredrick Jones
Edwin Land
Samuel Langley
John Larson
Hudson Maxim
Cyrus McCormick
Garret Morgan
Samuel Morse
Ransom Olds
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Elisha Otis
John Pemberton
George Pullman
James Ritty
Jonas Salk
Jacob Schick
Alexander De Seversky
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky
Isaac Singer
Charles Steinmetz
Frederick Taylor
George Westinghouse
Edward Weston
Eli Whitney
Daniel Williams
Granville Woods
Brothers Wright
Linus Yale
Vladimir Zworykin

notice that G. Gordon Liddy and Jeff Foxworthy didnt make the list.

 

[A Desert Rose]

I am holding my head....

You ARE a glutten for punishment, aren't you pal?

 

[Lasher]

Matthias Baldwin

Alec is better.

 

[Guest]

I am holding my head....

You ARE a glutten for punishment, aren't you pal?

why is that?
Heres more names:
Poe
Lovecraft
Rod Serling
Ted Turner
Bill Gates
Colin Powell
Rockefeller
Carnegie

why do people choose the worst celebs to be examples of our nation? Show your pride.

 

[BgMma]

De Sade, settle down. You are going to scare the norms.

Kisses and hugs, love!!

 

[Problem Child]

You have a weird understanding of the word "culture". Apparently to you it means only technology and industry.

 

[Lancecastor]

Igor Sikorsky made the list....twice.

Now that's frickin impressive.

 

[Problem Child]

why is that?
Heres more names:
Poe
Lovecraft
Rod Serling
Ted Turner
Bill Gates
Colin Powell
Rockefeller
Carnegie

There are a few non-industrialists.

 

[A Desert Rose]

I have now begun drinking heavily.

Bring on the entertainment, DeSade. I'm ready for it.

 

[Guest]

You have a weird understanding of the word "culture". Apparently to you it means only technology and industry.

when did I ever say that? Never.
heres a list that might be more to your liking:
Chris Walken
Quincy Jones
Elvis
George Carlin
^the above are entertainers

*everything can be called an "industry"

 

[Ham Murabi]

Wow, you didn't mention any member of New Kids on the Block. Or the Super Mario Brothers. Wait, they were Norwegian.

 

[Problem Child]

when did I ever say that? Never.
heres a list that might be more to your liking:
Chris Walken
Quincy Jones
Elvis
George Carlin
^the above are entertainers

*everything can be called an "industry"

I didn't say you said it. You strongly implied it with your first post.

The bigger question is why you are now putting forth all these examples of great American "culture" (however you choose to define it), when in the other thread you were bashing the U.S. as a cultural wasteland, especilly when compared to europe:

American culture consists of letigious lawsuits, MTV, mass produced music and art,
Jerry Springer, and a system that rewards criminal behavior(esp. cops).

But if you want to compare ours to Europe's, lets talk about art and music. They have classical, we have rap. They have Vermeer and Rembrandt, we have Disney and Peanuts.

anyways , we DO have great talent but European nations surpass us. Look at the great actors of all time, mostly English.
Look at the great artists, mostly Dutch or French.
We cant even make a decent TV, we rely on Japan for technology.
Their way of life is slower and isnt centered around making a fast buck.

 

[A Desert Rose]

Blame it on drink... ok?


The great artists are mostly French or Dutch??? And you call DaVinci what? Michelangelo? Picasso? Wyeth? Hopper?

I call you a dope.

Oh.. stop me. Stop me now. This is the wall and I have begun talking to it.

 

[Problem Child]

Blame it on drink... ok?


The great artists are mostly French or Dutch??? And you call DaVinci what? Michelangelo? Picasso? Wyeth? Hopper?

I call you a dope.

Oh.. stop me. Stop me now. This is the wall and I have begun talking to it.

No way. Pour another one.

 

[A Desert Rose]

No way. Pour another one.

Join me in an Amaretto and Coke?

 

[Guest]

Blame it on drink... ok?

The great artists are mostly French or Dutch??? And you call DaVinci what? Michelangelo? Picasso? Wyeth? Hopper?

I call you a dope.

I call you an ignoramus.
The artists you mentioned are not American. Try to stay on topic ok?
Yes, those people were great artists btw.
PC, I never said America was a "wasteland".

 

[Problem Child]

Join me in an Amaretto and Coke?

Sure. Then we can put on some rap and look at peanuts comic strips.

 

[A Desert Rose]

Sure. Then we can put on some rap and look at peanuts comic strips.

LMAO.... I will soon be in prime form for this little dick who just called me an ignoramus.

 

[Problem Child]

I call you an ignoramus.
The artists you mentioned are not American. Try to stay on topic ok?
Yes, those people were great artists btw.
PC, I never said America was a "wasteland".

I never said you said it was a wasteland. When I'm quoting you verbatim, I'll use quotes, you fucking assring blister.

Go to a dictionary, and look up the words "imply", "gist", and "context".

Then take the dictionary, roll it into a tiny tube, and ram it up your stupid junior college ass.

 

[woody54]

You are only talking about people who have made a contribution to American culture, are you not, because if my recollection is right, some of them are of other nationalities.
Perhaps they are then American by default.

 

[Guest]

LMAO.... I will soon be in prime form for this little dick who just called me an ignoramus.

fools resort to insults when they cant debate.
PC, at least I went to college but what does a junior college have to do with voicing an opinion. Stay out of my threads from now on.

 

[Problem Child]

fools resort to insults when they cant debate.
PC, at least I went to college but what does a junior college have to do with voicing an opinion. Stay out of my threads from now on.

Yes sir. Please suck my scrotum on your way out.

 

[A Desert Rose]

You are only talking about people who have made a contribution to American culture, are you not, because if my recollection is right, some of them are of other nationalities.
Perhaps they are then American by default.

Will you people fucking read? He said "Look at the great artists, mostly Dutch or French."

There are other great artists besides the fucking French and Dutch. Some were other Europeans.... Some were/are American.

 

[Guest]

Yes sir. Please suck my scrotum on your way out.

even if I was gay I wouldnt be sucking your scrotum. Try your pal RH for that.
Yes DR, there are many great artists from other countries. I didnt mean to ommit them. My bad
Damn you peeps need to drink and chill out.

 

[A Desert Rose]

Will you people fucking read? He said "Look at the great artists, mostly Dutch or French."

There are other great artists besides the fucking French and Dutch. Some were other Europeans.... Some were/are American.

Sorry, Woody.... I thought you were referencing my post.

But I still stand by my fucking words.... LOLOLOLOL