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T3sting
02-22-2007, 02:38 PM
Who from history would you invite to dinner?
Mine would be Jesus. :p
TVoffBrainOn
02-22-2007, 02:48 PM
Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus
T3sting
02-22-2007, 02:49 PM
Who the hell is that?
TVoffBrainOn
02-22-2007, 03:04 PM
Who the hell is that?
Emperor Constantine?
Probably single handedly made Christianity what it is today. Edict of Milan, Council of Nicaea. He still worshipped pagan deities but knew that unification of christianity was the best way to control the people.
USMC the Almighty
02-22-2007, 03:43 PM
General Patton
vyo476
04-10-2007, 09:10 PM
Toss up between Winston Churchill (regardless of his personal politics I'd just love to talk to the man) and Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus.
The Founders Intent
04-27-2007, 04:40 AM
Jesus, Samuel Clemens or Ben Franklin
Lindsay
05-04-2007, 03:00 PM
Allison Krause (the first one) or Lucrezia Borgia.
Everylyric
05-04-2007, 03:13 PM
Allison Krause (the first one) or Lucrezia Borgia.
Who are they?
Allison Krause (the first one) or Lucrezia Borgia.
I'm guessing you mean the Kent State student, not the bluegrass singer. Thats too bad, I'm a fan of the second one, but not the first.
endtyranny
05-04-2007, 03:16 PM
Gotta be Clarrence Darrow, hands down.
vyo476
05-04-2007, 04:21 PM
Gotta be Clarrence Darrow, hands down.
You'd have to get William Jennings Bryan too, just to strike up a conversation.
I don't think I could really choose between the two, but I would love to have dinner with MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randall Shughart.
Coyote
05-04-2007, 08:00 PM
I would invite...Ruth Gordon, Albert Schweitzer, and Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi to start with...and maybe also Beryl Markham and Karen Blixon.
katiecakes
05-04-2007, 08:51 PM
Martin Luther King. I really admire what he stood for.
USMC the Almighty
05-05-2007, 01:25 PM
SFC Randall Shughart.
Was he that Ranger sniper who was given the Medal of Honor in Mogadishu/1993?
vyo476
05-05-2007, 02:01 PM
Was he that Ranger sniper who was given the Medal of Honor in Mogadishu/1993?
He was Delta Force, actually. But yeah, that's him.
r0beph
05-05-2007, 02:02 PM
I'd invite Siddhartha Gautama. And a translator.
Grounded
05-05-2007, 02:32 PM
I'd invite Siddhartha Gautama. And a translator.
Who's that?
vyo476
05-05-2007, 02:34 PM
Who's that?
That'd be Buddha, unless I'm much mistaken.
r0beph
05-05-2007, 02:56 PM
Yep, that'd be him. In my opinion, he was the most logical of all the spiritual leaders. In fact that a lot of what he taught can coexist with other religions without a problem. Gotta like thie guy right?
After dinner I'm hoping for a game of dominoes with the B man.
vyo476
05-05-2007, 03:17 PM
Yep, that'd be him. In my opinion, he was the most logical of all the spiritual leaders. In fact that a lot of what he taught can coexist with other religions without a problem. Gotta like thie guy right?
After dinner I'm hoping for a game of dominoes with the B man.
I think I'd go more for chess; of course you'd have to teach him how first.
r0beph
05-05-2007, 03:27 PM
yeah, I don't even know how to play dominoes. So maybe chess afterall. What about Wei-chi. that's a pretty simple game in practice, fun too.
vyo476
05-05-2007, 03:32 PM
yeah, I don't even know how to play dominoes. So maybe chess afterall. What about Wei-chi. that's a pretty simple game in practice, fun too.
Once again you've pulled out something I've never heard of. What's "Wei-chi?"
Rokerijdude11
05-05-2007, 06:23 PM
Nikola Tesla
Was he that Ranger sniper who was given the Medal of Honor in Mogadishu/1993?
Yeah, Gordon and Shughart were the snipers that died protecting Michael Durant. I've met Durant before, and to hear him talk about the events is extremely inspiring. Honestly, I'd consider them to be the greatest heroes of this generation.
r0beph
05-06-2007, 02:43 PM
Once again you've pulled out something I've never heard of. What's "Wei-chi?"
A rather interesting strategy game from china. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei-chi
ArmChair General
05-06-2007, 02:47 PM
One of the real men of the last century. Saddam Hussein
Right now, Saddam's wherever the real men go; where Pancho Villa went, and Patton, and Richthofen. Not heaven, but someplace way, way better.
RadicalActor
05-06-2007, 02:51 PM
One of the real men of the last century. Saddam Hussein
What's your reason for it?
ArmChair General
05-06-2007, 02:59 PM
What's your reason for it?
Fact is, the longer we stay in Iraq the better Saddam looks. He never had a tenth of our money or weaponry but he did what we can't: kept that bag of snakes in order.
Damn, did you see that cellphone video of his death? A bunch of Shia monkeys in ski masks woofing at him, safe behind their masks, with Saddam handcuffed and under guard, woofing like cockapoos at a pit bull heading for the Pound's death cell. And Saddam laughed at them, especially when they chanted the name of their pissant Imam, Moqtada al-Sadr. You can hear him on that jerky cellphone video sneering, "Moqtada?" And Saddam earned the right to laugh; he killed Sadr Sr. and kept Junior so terrified he didn't dare show his fat face until Saddam was gone and only the wimp occupiers were in charge.
Saddam told the ski-mask monkeys they weren't real men. And he had the right to say that too. Call him what you want, but Saddam was a man, a real man. One of the last. To me, watching that execution was like watching Planet of the Apes: a bunch of de-evolved primates killing the last man. Saddam looked like the 20th century in that overcoat and hat. He'd lost weight in prison. Never flinched, not once. You try that: going to the gallows with your blood enemies screaming insults at you. See if you can hold your bladder, never mind answer back as fast and calm as he did.
The 20th was a good century, bloody and unbowed, as the man said. We're going to miss it when it's gone. It's hanging on in places here and there at the edge of the office world, but we're doing our best to finish it off, and that hanging was a big step in that wrong direction.
RadicalActor
05-06-2007, 03:10 PM
A bunch of Shia monkeys in ski masks woofing at him, safe behind their masks,
Those guards weren't the only ones hiding.
Saddam was also hiding when U.S. troops came.
USMC the Almighty
05-06-2007, 05:01 PM
Yeah, Gordon and Shughart were the snipers that died protecting Michael Durant. I've met Durant before, and to hear him talk about the events is extremely inspiring. Honestly, I'd consider them to be the greatest heroes of this generation.
I've seen Durant on the history channel a while back. I remember him saying that he wished Clinton would've allowed them to go back into Mogadishu and "bomb the whole damn city until it there was nothing left but a damn table with Aidid cowering underneath it".
Call him what you want, but Saddam was a man, a real man. One of the last.
Because real men gas innocent civilians if somebody tries to kill you. And if he was so unafraid of death, what was he doing hiding in some little spider hole, filthy and ragged, when our guys found him? He was hiding like a coward.
ArmChair General
05-06-2007, 07:53 PM
Because real men gas innocent civilians if somebody tries to kill you. And if he was so unafraid of death, what was he doing hiding in some little spider hole, filthy and ragged, when our guys found him? He was hiding like a coward.
Sure, Saddam was a killer. Don't you get it by now? In a place like Iraq, killing is how you run things. Sure, Saddam boosted his clan, his people; you think Sadr's goons are going to be any less vicious about boosting their tribe? They're not off to a very good start, promoting interfaith cooperation by torturing Sunnis to death and stacking their stinking corpses in old trucks dropped off at the nearest bus stop.
Blaming Saddam for being what he was is like blaming a rattlesnake for killing. That's how it lives. Saddam was right for Iraq the way a Sidewinder is right for the Mojave. The NeoCons scared us by shaking his fangs in our faces, as if Saddam planned to bite every single commuter in LA, when all he wanted to do was stay alive and in power, because those were the same thing for him, in the Iraqi desert, where everything stings, sticks or bites. We may as well have gone on a crusade to wipe out all the snakes and spiders in the desert for being what they are. Only difference is, we wouldn't have lost over 3000 soldiers that way.
Until we hooked him out of his burrow, the only thing Saddam had really done to America has hand us our most glorious victory since Inchon, in Gulf War I. He was like a lot of Third-World rulers: great at internal security but hopeless at conventional war. Like a rattler, he was totally harmless to anybody with the brains God gave a stray dog.
Meaning, anybody but Bush and Cheney, and you it seems.
vyo476
05-06-2007, 08:18 PM
Sure, Saddam was a killer. Don't you get it by now? In a place like Iraq, killing is how you run things. Sure, Saddam boosted his clan, his people; you think Sadr's goons are going to be any less vicious about boosting their tribe? They're not off to a very good start, promoting interfaith cooperation by torturing Sunnis to death and stacking their stinking corpses in old trucks dropped off at the nearest bus stop.
Blaming Saddam for being what he was is like blaming a rattlesnake for killing. That's how it lives. Saddam was right for Iraq the way a Sidewinder is right for the Mojave. The NeoCons scared us by shaking his fangs in our faces, as if Saddam planned to bite every single commuter in LA, when all he wanted to do was stay alive and in power, because those were the same thing for him, in the Iraqi desert, where everything stings, sticks or bites. We may as well have gone on a crusade to wipe out all the snakes and spiders in the desert for being what they are. Only difference is, we wouldn't have lost over 3000 soldiers that way.
Until we hooked him out of his burrow, the only thing Saddam had really done to America has hand us our most glorious victory since Inchon, in Gulf War I. He was like a lot of Third-World rulers: great at internal security but hopeless at conventional war. Like a rattler, he was totally harmless to anybody with the brains God gave a stray dog.
Meaning, anybody but Bush and Cheney, and you it seems.
It kind of scares me that you're starting to make sense.
ArmChair General
05-06-2007, 08:20 PM
It kind of scares me that you're starting to make sense.
Stick around, I may start to grow on you.
Coyote
05-07-2007, 08:11 AM
Sure, Saddam was a killer. Don't you get it by now? In a place like Iraq, killing is how you run things. Sure, Saddam boosted his clan, his people; you think Sadr's goons are going to be any less vicious about boosting their tribe? They're not off to a very good start, promoting interfaith cooperation by torturing Sunnis to death and stacking their stinking corpses in old trucks dropped off at the nearest bus stop.
Blaming Saddam for being what he was is like blaming a rattlesnake for killing. That's how it lives. Saddam was right for Iraq the way a Sidewinder is right for the Mojave. The NeoCons scared us by shaking his fangs in our faces, as if Saddam planned to bite every single commuter in LA, when all he wanted to do was stay alive and in power, because those were the same thing for him, in the Iraqi desert, where everything stings, sticks or bites. We may as well have gone on a crusade to wipe out all the snakes and spiders in the desert for being what they are. Only difference is, we wouldn't have lost over 3000 soldiers that way.
Until we hooked him out of his burrow, the only thing Saddam had really done to America has hand us our most glorious victory since Inchon, in Gulf War I. He was like a lot of Third-World rulers: great at internal security but hopeless at conventional war. Like a rattler, he was totally harmless to anybody with the brains God gave a stray dog.
Meaning, anybody but Bush and Cheney, and you it seems.
Good post!!!!
urockme
05-14-2007, 06:43 PM
I would have to say, either Robert F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill, both great men, and two of my personal heroes.
jessifromdenver
05-14-2007, 06:43 PM
I'd invite Tubby Taft.
You know he's not a picky eater, and I just hate it when I invite someone over, cook them a meal, and they are too picky to eat it. I just think its the most rude thing you can do while in someone elses house.
Moderator
05-14-2007, 06:44 PM
I'd invite Tubby Taft.
You know he's not a picky eater, and I just hate it when I invite someone over, cook them a meal, and they are too picky to eat it. I just think its the most rude thing you can do while in someone elses house.
LOL.
The picky eater part cracked me up.
:D
Everylyric
05-14-2007, 06:45 PM
I would have to say, either Robert F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill, both great men, and two of my personal heroes.
I'd definitely invite Churchill as well.
Rokerijdude11
05-15-2007, 06:12 AM
see if i had my meeting with Nikola Tesla
you ALL would be using FREE electricity which i would have taught you all how to get
Lindsay
05-16-2007, 02:40 PM
I'm guessing you mean the Kent State student, not the bluegrass singer. Thats too bad, I'm a fan of the second one, but not the first.
I was referring to the Kent State student. She was extremely intelligent and had wonderful insight.
I was referring to the Kent State student. She was extremely intelligent and had wonderful insight.
She also had a "peace at all costs" philosophy. Not my cup of tea.
Lindsay
05-18-2007, 02:21 PM
She also had a "peace at all costs" philosophy. Not my cup of tea.
That's another reason why she's one of my heroes.
Cheshire Cat
05-18-2007, 05:09 PM
My awesome dinner party includes Lao Tzu, Thomas Jefferson, Adolph Hitler, Nikola Tesla, Ronald Reagan, Cleopatra, Aristotle and Muhammad.
That's another reason why she's one of my heroes.
I lose all respect for pretty much anybody that thinks that everything can be solved with a hug.
Honestly, I don't even feel sorry that she got shot. The students "peacefully" set fire to the ROTC building on campus and cut the fire hoses when the firefighters tried to put it out, just to make sure it burned to the ground. Those guardsmen were walking into an openly hostile environment. They had every right to feel threatened. I don't blame them for taking a shot.
USMC the Almighty
05-19-2007, 04:23 AM
I remember watching a video of some interviews immediately after the shooting and a lot of people were saying stuff like "they should've shot sooner" or "they didn't shoot long enough". Although I would've never admitted it at the time (I was in school), deep down, I agreed with that sentiment.
Abraxis Axis
05-19-2007, 10:08 PM
George Patton
Freethinker
05-24-2007, 10:40 PM
When Kennedy held a dinner for the founders and bigwigs of NASA he gave the keynote address. He said paraphrased" Never before has the white house dinning room been filled with such an esteemed collection of engineers, scientists, inventors architects and statesmen." Feeling good about themselves Kennedy then went on to burst their bubble. "Except of course when Mr Jefferson dinned alone."
I would have been honored to have dinned with either of them.
drippinhun
06-17-2007, 11:42 AM
My choice would be Henry Ward Beecher, George Bernard Shaw, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Justin Haywood.
steveox
06-18-2007, 11:43 AM
My choices i have 3 of them
Politics= George Washington
Sports= Babe Ruth
Music= Bill Haley
JavaBlack
06-18-2007, 12:32 PM
Thomas Paine, St. Paul, George Carlin, and Marie Curie...
Should make for interesting conversation.
qalam
06-20-2007, 11:33 AM
Genghis Khan and Alexander--wouyld be a good meal and a helluva smack down.
palerider
06-21-2007, 08:05 AM
Moses. Jesus. Mohammed. Patton.
Beetle Bailey
06-21-2007, 08:07 AM
Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC. Twice awarded the Medal of Honor. The most decorated Marine prior to WWII. A man who despised politicians, civilian or military, and wasn't afraid to say so. He defied the system and exposed corruption and hypocracy. A man who could really think for him self. A Marine I admire.
The first of my Native American ancestors to cross the bering land bridge
The first of my German ancestors to come to America
Winston Churchill
DaVinci
and from the future my great, great etc grandson probably born sometime about 200 years after I was.
Rokerijdude11
06-27-2007, 12:44 PM
yeah i like that Idea Great Great Great Great Grandson cool idea
Nikola Tesla is still my first choice
Castle
06-27-2007, 07:40 PM
General Patton
My choice as well. He would have ended the "cold war" before it ever got started. Oh to pick his brains.
-Castle
rmbarron
07-03-2007, 02:21 PM
Abraham, Jesus and Hitler.
steveox
07-05-2007, 01:25 PM
Abraham, Jesus and Hitler.
:eek: HITLER ? Gee you have a fight at your table.
Rockin Mark
07-17-2007, 09:33 AM
politics ; lincoln ,kennedy, reagan
sports; babe ruth
history; any pilgrim
:cool:
Vitiate
07-18-2007, 08:13 PM
Cleopatra - I'd get her drunk with some wine and let her do bad things to me.
But seriously, I'd probably like sharing a table with some explorers and/or philosophers or leaders. Darwin, Vasco de Gama, Saladin, Magellan, Socrates, Mendel, etc....
r0beph
07-18-2007, 09:24 PM
:eek: HITLER ? Gee you have a fight at your table.
No it'd be pure comedy, jesus would look at hitler, hitler would look away sheepishly guilty and abraham would be eating some fried chicken astounded at today's marvelous foodstuffs.
Burning Giraffe
07-19-2007, 04:03 AM
Aristotle, David Hume, and Ayn Rand.
ChairmanMeow
08-07-2007, 04:40 PM
Karl Marx!!!!!!!!
imonlysaying
11-28-2007, 04:05 PM
Once again this post has turned into a debate far from its original intent.
Just goes to show humans can't hold their emotions at bay and argue logically. (sorry to bring the debate back but isn't what this post is for??)
I guess this topic falls into 2 realms and they are....
firstly all the great people you would have on your table!
secondly a mix between the great and the bad so you could have the ultimate agument on your table!
2 different debates rolled into one which is why this post has ended up as gibberish. (the worst trait of debating sites - letting the participants guide the site.... without conscientious moderators policing it properly)
so I will forget the latter and concentrate on the former ( the great people).. So heres my table for the people on my dinner.
1) Isaac Newton - his laws are the foundation of our science
2)albert einstein - he furthered Newton.
3) St Paul - for christianity (no point including any other person for religion - christianity is the biggest on planet and St paul is the best evidence of such!!
4) Socrates - principal philosopher - may be outdated now but still my hero - I attribute all science to him (¬ aristotle)
5) Niels Bohr - man behind quantumn physics (ouch my head hurts!)
6) descartes - he was great in his day.. but imagine his arguments against these people in20th century
There are so many more. galileo, copernicus, ptolemy, Plato, Marx,Locke, faraday, darwin, aistotle, Planck etc etc etc the list is endless..
numinus
12-15-2007, 01:10 AM
Who are they?
The country singer and the daughter of the borgia pope, alexander v(?), lover of his elder brother cesare, to whom machiavelli's prince was dedicated to.
That would be an interesting dinner.
numinus
12-15-2007, 01:13 AM
Goofy.
I'd lay to rest, once and for all, the question - what the hell is goofy?
top gun
12-15-2007, 04:06 PM
John F. Kennedy
WileE
01-10-2008, 08:01 PM
Yep, that'd be him. In my opinion, he was the most logical of all the spiritual leaders. In fact that a lot of what he taught can coexist with other religions without a problem. Gotta like thie guy right?
After dinner I'm hoping for a game of dominoes with the B man.
A good Buddhist can be a good Christian, but not vice versa; because the dogma of Christianity makes it highly unadviseable.
green lantern
03-22-2008, 01:16 AM
jesus, abe lincoln, einstein
Alexander Hamilton and Aaraon Burr. At the same time. In the middle of a raging colonial *****fight. It would be beautiful.
Jarlaxle
03-27-2008, 03:32 PM
Toss-up: either Thomas Jefferson or "Marse Robert"--General Robert Edward Lee.
The Scotsman
04-11-2008, 12:28 PM
Titus Labienus.
Just to ask why he left Ceasar and went over to Pompey.
Nerv14
04-13-2008, 12:35 PM
I have always liked Alexander Hamilton and I would love to see what he thinks about America today, especially since he supported a strong federal government...
I just heard that he has a statue in Washington and I missed it twice when I went to DC! That gets me pissed...
Alexander Hamilton and Aaraon Burr. At the same time. In the middle of a raging colonial *****fight. It would be beautiful.
Yeah, Hamilton would kick Burr's ass this time. :)
Atheist Woody
05-08-2008, 01:21 AM
Sun Tzu, Caeser, Napoleon & Wellington.
9sublime
05-08-2008, 08:59 AM
George Orwell, Karl Marx and Jesus.
It kind of scares me that you're starting to make sense.
Yep, it's amazing how any glorification of Third World tyranny and genocide becomes tolerable when one appends to it a subtle dig at Bush.
As for me, I'd have liked to have met Bill Buckley.
Rhodri
05-10-2008, 05:05 AM
The greatest American and my choice for dinner is Ben Franklin. Taken from Wikipedia....
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity and as a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation[1] and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence possible.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin learned printing from his older brother and became a newspaper editor, printer, and merchant in Philadelphia, becoming very wealthy, writing and publishing Poor Richard's Almanack and the Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin was interested in science and technology, and gained international renown for his famous experiments. He played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin & Marshall College and was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society. Franklin became a national hero in America when he spearheaded the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. From 1775 to 1776, Franklin was Postmaster General under the Continental Congress and from 1785 to 1788 was President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Toward the end of his life, he became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
Franklin's colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, has seen Franklin honored on coinage and money; warships; the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, and companies; and more than two centuries after his death, countless cultural references.
Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street in Boston on January 17, 1706[2] and baptized at Old South Meeting House. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler, a maker of candles and soap, whose second wife, Abiah Folger, was Benjamin's mother. Josiah's marriages produced 17 children; Benjamin was the fifteenth child and youngest son. Josiah wanted Ben to attend school with the clergy but only had enough money to send him to school for two years. He attended Boston Latin School but did not graduate; he continued his education through voracious reading. Although "his parents talked of the church as a career" for Franklin, his schooling ended when he was ten. He then worked for his father for a time and at 12 he became an apprentice to his brother James, a printer. When Ben was 15, James created the New England Courant, the first truly independent newspaper in the colonies. When denied the option to write to the paper, Franklin invented the pseudonym of Mrs. Silence Dogood, who was ostensibly a middle-aged widow. The letters were published in the paper and became a subject of conversation around town. Neither James nor the Courant's readers were aware of the ruse, and James was unhappy with Ben when he discovered the popular correspondent was his younger brother. Franklin left his apprenticeship without permission and in so doing became a fugitive.[3]
At age 17, Franklin ran away to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, seeking a new start in a new city. When he first arrived he worked in several printer shops around town. However, he was not satisfied by the immediate prospects. After a few months, while working in a printing house, Franklin was convinced by Pennsylvania Governor Sir William Keith to go to London, ostensibly to acquire the equipment necessary for establishing another newspaper in Philadelphia. Finding Keith's promises of backing a newspaper to be empty, Franklin worked as a compositor in a printer's shop in what is now the Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great in the Smithfield area of London. Following this, he returned to Philadelphia in 1726 with the help of a merchant named Thomas Denham, who gave Franklin a position as clerk, shopkeeper, and bookkeeper in Denham's merchant business.[3]
In 1727, Benjamin Franklin, 21, created the Junto, a group of "like minded aspiring artisans and tradesmen who hoped to improve themselves while they improved their community." The Junto was a discussion group for issues of the day; it subsequently gave rise to many organizations in Philadelphia.
Reading was a great pastime of the Junto, but books were rare and expensive. The members created a library, and initially pooled their own books together. This did not work, however, and Franklin initiated the idea of a subscription library, where the members pooled their monetary resources to buy books. This idea was the birth of the Library Company, with the charter of the Library Company of Philadelphia created in 1731 by Franklin.
Originally, the books were kept in the homes of the first librarians, but in 1739 the collection was moved to the second floor of the State House of Pennsylvania, now known as Independence Hall. In 1791, a new building was built specifically for the library. The Library Company flourished with no competition and gained many priceless collections from bibliophiles such as James Logan and his physician brother William. The Library Company is now a great scholarly and research library with 500,000 rare books, pamphlets, and broadsides, more than 160,000 manuscripts, and 75,000 graphic items.
Upon Denham's death, Franklin returned to his former trade. By 1730, Franklin had set up a printing house of his own and had contrived to become the publisher of a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitation about a variety of local reforms and initiatives through printed essays and observations. Over time, his commentary, together with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man, earned him a great deal of social respect; though even after Franklin had achieved fame as a scientist and statesman, he habitually signed his letters with the unpretentious 'B. Franklin, Printer.'[3]
In 1731, Franklin was initiated into the local Freemason lodge, becoming a grand master in 1734, indicating his rapid rise to prominence in Pennsylvania.[4][5] That same year, he edited and published the first Masonic book in the Americas, a reprint of James Anderson's Constitutions of the Free-Masons. Franklin remained a Freemason throughout the rest of his life.[
And of course there is so much more of his legacy that can be said.
We can only hope the contributions of a mind like this will ever influence America again.
bododie
05-15-2008, 08:49 PM
Ben Franklin is a great choice for a mentor, but, for dinner? I'm much more insipid and would definitely go with Duane Allman. Good food, better music. Second choice: Alexander the Great.
Here We Go
05-16-2008, 01:23 PM
Edgar Cayce
Nostradamus
revolution4PAUL
05-17-2008, 02:09 AM
Jesus- I'm sure everyone would like to ask him some questions... Like whats the real reason why we are in Iraq.
George Bush- So I could shoot him in the face after Jesus told me GWB motives.
Oj Simpson- so i could get some tips on getting away with murder.
RON PAUL- Just because he is the MAN..... DUHHH!!! lol
peace
Rhodri
05-17-2008, 03:23 AM
Ben Franklin is a great choice for a mentor, but, for dinner?
What was I thinking! I'll go with Brigitte Bardot:p:p
ilikeboobs
05-21-2008, 06:29 AM
George Washington - I'd warn him what we, in this generation, are doing to his great experiment so that he could make the constitution more clear for the morons who interpret it incorrectly.
Jesus - give that man a high-five!
Eve (of Adam & Eve fame) - I want to punch her in the nose and say, "don't talk to snakes, you stupid biatch!"
revolution4PAUL
05-21-2008, 06:45 AM
George Washington - I'd warn him what we, in this generation, are doing to his great experiment so that he could make the constitution more clear for the morons who interpret it incorrectly.
Jesus - give that man a high-five!
Eve (of Adam & Eve fame) - I want to punch her in the nose and say, "don't talk to snakes, you stupid biatch!"
~LOL~ I love it.. That was hilarious!!!
bododie
05-21-2008, 09:52 AM
"don't talk to snakes, you stupid biatch!"
Which one? Adam or the other one? LOL.
Vietvet
05-25-2008, 10:05 AM
Who from history would you invite to dinner?
Mine would be Jesus. :p
I'd invite Bill Buckley and FDR. I'd just sit there and listen to them debate political issues...:cool:
Libsmasher
05-28-2008, 11:53 PM
I'd invite Bill Buckley and FDR. I'd just sit there and listen to them debate political issues...:cool:
Why? You wouldn't be able to understand the conversation. :D
RenegadeFuture
05-29-2008, 07:05 AM
Jesus, Karl Marx, Stalin, George Orwell, Ronald Reagan, and Hitler. That would be the argument of a lifetime.
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