John Paul II - a brilliant man - who was "in this world, but not of it". A man of wit, creativity, and absolute dedication to God and to God's children --- ALL of them.
Lumpy
PS - Oh, alive? Hmmmmm .... Gene Logsdon. Not really a public figure, but my absolute favorite writer about how to make personal self-reliance a reality -- insofar as possible.
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Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
by Lumpy » Fri 25 Apr 2008, 02:02:43
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
by PenultimateManStanding » Sat 26 Apr 2008, 18:11:39
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', '
')Who engineers modern wonders?. What are their names?.
Good point. Bill Gates? I sure like talking over the internet. But I know that Gates wasn't the inventor. He invented DOS. Al Gore invented the internet.')Who engineers modern wonders?. What are their names?.
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Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
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Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
by PenultimateManStanding » Sat 26 Apr 2008, 21:02:09
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', 'I')'m rather fond of Vice President Dick Cheney.
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Yes, Cheney. Liberals love to hate him. The Darth Vader of American Politics. Figured out a long time ago how screwed we'll be if we don't have oil. Trouble is of course, we're going to be out of oil anyways, and it's going to suck big time.[/url]
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Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
by kpeavey » Sat 26 Apr 2008, 21:39:28
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jaysonraymondson', 'D')oes Cartman Count?
if you reclassify him as a religious figure, it makes it under the wire in terms of the OP.
TV: Lorne Greene as Commander Adama, although Letterman is a close 2nd back when he had hair, and I am rather partial to that Nicole Kidman.
Peak Oil.com Hero: Pops, with Shanny as a runner up
People In My Life: Nannie gets the relative vote, Old Ed as Mentor, sure do miss them both. People like them are rare.
People In My life, Living: My cousin David, then my brother
Pope: I like the previous Pope, kinda reminded me of the Muppets in his later years for some reason.
Muppets: Kermit, of course. I mean, really, the guy is a frog who can sing and dance. Warner Brothers had a frog who could sing and dance, but he was NOTHING compared to Kermit.
Yes, Ghandi was a lawyer in his early years.
And he was Excellent.
Politcian: Abraham Lincoln, hands down. 2nd place is Julius Caesar, also Excellent.
Rebel: Sam Adams. If not for him, the US would still be subservient to the whims of the Crown. (I'm thinking he might not have been successful?)
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Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
by Wednesday » Sat 26 Apr 2008, 22:25:06
Dead: Benjamin Franklin
Alive: Nelson Mandela
Alive: Nelson Mandela
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
~Friedrich Nietzsche~
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Re: Who is Your Favorite Public Figure?
by PenultimateManStanding » Sun 27 Apr 2008, 07:59:16
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', '
')We may have no oil in a while, folks, but we'll ALLWAYS have our music.
No we won't. Except in our memories. The music machines won't function. Bye bye, Charlie Parker. All that smack you did was all for nothing. But while it's still in living memory, that was a fine horn you blew.')We may have no oil in a while, folks, but we'll ALLWAYS have our music.
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