Seminole44 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Ok SDCers, i have to write a huge paper about the most influential person in the 20th century and why? So could you guys help me out with some ideas of who to use....thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voted4Dubya Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Martin Luther King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase.colston Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Franklin D. Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 John F. Kennedy - got youth involved in politics for the first time, well, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhornfan Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Pope John Paul II - and not just because I'm Catholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurefenceclinger Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Norma McCorvey- lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Ronald Reagan. The policies of his administration led to the downfall of communism and and end to the Cold War. His tax policies lead to a long period of economic growth in our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideliner05 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Jimmy Carter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five0pd310 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Bill Gates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddmutt1898 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Theodore Roosevelt, the last great president! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBTS Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Jesus Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colligula Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by OBTSJesus Christ. i realize that you are going to tell me jesus is still alive in your heart. but thats not the point. i think we should limit this to people who were actually alive in the 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colligula Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Bob Dylan Bill Gates Muhammed Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideliner05 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 i like that colligula...ima change mine to Ali...cause he's so pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colligula Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by Sideliner05i like that colligula...ima change mine to Ali...cause he's so pretty i was more reffering to the whole refusing to go to an illegitamte war............ but pretty works too:tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantsonfire Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Id have to go w/ FDR. WW2 and the Great Deppression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirtFalcon Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Positive influence . . . Ronald Reagan without a doubt! :thumbsup: Â Negative influence . . . Bill Clinton for more reasons than I care to list! :w00t::thumbdown::w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillWatchin Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Michael Jordan? :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by KirtFalconNegative influence . . . Bill Clinton for more reasons than I care to list! Settle down there, buddy :rolleyes: Â More of a negative influence than Joseph McCarthy? Rush Limbaugh? Al Capone? Britny Spears? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstan7695 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 J. Robert Oppenheimer - Maker of the Atomic Bomb. Â If it had not been for this man's single contribution to our Society that shifted the balance of power over to the United States....who knows what language we would be speaking today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colligula Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by dstan7695J. Robert Oppenheimer - Maker of the Atomic Bomb.  If it had not been for this man's single contribution to our Society that shifted the balance of power over to the United States....who knows what language we would be speaking today. also the man who contributed the most to almost ending the world in a nuclear holocaust. but i have to say he definitly should make the list as "influential". good choice, but i think for the wrong reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBroadcaster Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Well Coligula you can argue the positive negative part, because without the bomb, the cold war I think would have went hot a long time ago, and could have become more destructive over time than a A-bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstan7695 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 He was the right man at the right time. Other scientists were getting close to it anyways and it would have been a few more years later if it had not been for him. The U.S. was already working on it, we just couldn't get it right. Just think if he had stayed loyal to Hitler. You should be very appreciative. This country should hold this man in the highest of regards. As for his feelings about the bomb...well here's a quote from him. Â "I have no remorse about the making of the bomb and Trinity [the first test of an a-bomb]. That was done right. As for how we used it, I understand why it happened and appreciate with what nobility those men with whom I'd worked made their decision. But I do not have the feeling that it was done right. The ultimatum to Japan [the Potsdam Proclamation demanding Japan's surrender] was full of pious platitudes. ...our government should have acted with more foresight and clarity in telling the world and Japan what the bomb meant." (Lansing Lamont, Day of Trinity, pg. 332-333). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by cheaptrick77 Originally posted by KirtFalconNegative influence . . . Bill Clinton for more reasons than I care to list! Settle down there, buddy :rolleyes: Â More of a negative influence than Joseph McCarthy? Rush Limbaugh? Al Capone? Britny Spears? Â Â Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBroadcaster Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Sorry Clinton's impact was not more negative than Al Capone...or Adolf Hitler, since Kirt was saying he had the most negative influence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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