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Son of Gob

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116. That accomplishes nothing.

Sun Aug 12, 2012, 09:41 PM

Aug 2012

If he's gone some other schlub is sitting in that seat trying to catch the ball. It would play out the same way whoever was sitting there.

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If you could eliminate one person from history...who would it be? [View all] Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 OP

Ronald Reagan cantbeserious Aug 2012 #1

Yep! LeftofObama Aug 2012 #5

You picked the most accurate answer NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #24

My first choice. GentryDixon Aug 2012 #28

Exactly malokvale77 Aug 2012 #51

My first thought too. 99Forever Aug 2012 #52

Ding Ding Ding! Freddie Aug 2012 #60

Wow, very first name that came to my mind, too! graywarrior Aug 2012 #66

Effect not cause. Too late. eom leveymg Aug 2012 #92

Yep! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #93

Beat me to it. Free association, y'know? no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #102

Saint Ronnie was just a fool, propped up by the powers behind the throne. Lasher Aug 2012 #113

I'd rather it were HW HarveyDarkey Aug 2012 #210

Prescott Bush would be even better LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #312

You're right, even better HarveyDarkey Aug 2012 #368

My thoughts were to eliminate Prescott's pappy... or his dad HCE SuiGeneris Aug 2012 #385

+1000! LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #311

You win Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #135

Before he was president, he was gov of Calif and he wrecked my home state. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #159

Yes, for sure..... Tikki Aug 2012 #177

I chose Ronald Reagan; the beginning of the end of the United States of America. northoftheborder Aug 2012 #217

My first choice too. Zoeisright Aug 2012 #265

ABSOLUTELY nt Raine Aug 2012 #273

For Reagan, I'd work on getting the Communist Party to not reject his attempt to join JHB Aug 2012 #324

DU Trolls. RagAss Aug 2012 #2

Bwahahahaha! Spot on. nt valerief Aug 2012 #76

The idiot standing in front of me who can't decide what kind of donut he wants. rug Aug 2012 #3

How true. part man all 86 Aug 2012 #14

We have simple needs. rug Aug 2012 #17

LOL!! Good one ! BlueJazz Aug 2012 #105

So funny! ZombieHorde Aug 2012 #139

Massachusetts has a strong lottery crimson77 Aug 2012 #145

This is why Massachusetts has strong gun control laws. rug Aug 2012 #152

It could also be that i lack patience crimson77 Aug 2012 #185

I hate the lottery guy! UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #275

Yes, as if it never occured to him while he was waiting in line hughee99 Aug 2012 #331

Awesome post!!! liberallibral Aug 2012 #335

Richard Nixon DainBramaged Aug 2012 #4

I don't know... Whiskeytide Aug 2012 #336

The Versailles treaty would have been the same treestar Aug 2012 #6

I've read a lot on the subject and I don't think I've read a single historian cali Aug 2012 #41

You think people don't have free will? treestar Aug 2012 #248

huh? what does that have to do with what I posted? cali Aug 2012 #283

So you've never read a book by any historian who holds the people of that era in Germany treestar Aug 2012 #357

All the elements were there waiting for someone like Hitler The Second Stone Aug 2012 #321

Of course a movement needs hundreds of thousands cali Aug 2012 #347

It was Hitler. He was quite an orator and all he needed was a scapegoat and he had one. demosincebirth Aug 2012 #110

Other people would have been good orators treestar Aug 2012 #247

The correct term is not "orator"; it is "demagogue." WinkyDink Aug 2012 #359

My thoughts exactly. The Versailles treaty wake.up.america Aug 2012 #277

Without Hitler.... loyalsister Aug 2012 #399

Eliminate Lee Harvey Oswald. Selatius Aug 2012 #7

That would make an interesting premise for a sci-fi novel IDemo Aug 2012 #42

Stephen King just wrote one. Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #53

Inglorious Basterds...getting rid of Hitler Sheepshank Aug 2012 #307

There was a sci-fi TV show something like 20 years ago where they did this jeff47 Aug 2012 #131

I remember that episode, but I don't remember the nuclear war part... 1monster Aug 2012 #157

Twilight Zone "Profile in Silver" MicaelS Aug 2012 #198

We'd still not know for sure. RC Aug 2012 #140

Technically, time travel backward is impossible from what we know. Selatius Aug 2012 #271

GHW Bush would have just picked someone else to pull the trigger ThomThom Aug 2012 #313

Since you took the obvious one, I'll go US-centric. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #8

Good pick. MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2012 #94

Oliver Cromwell. Peregrine Took Aug 2012 #9

That's a damn good choice eom Bombtrack Aug 2012 #62

Particularly, if you're Irish Catholic. leveymg Aug 2012 #78

I searched first, and you beat me to this one! MrMickeysMom Aug 2012 #158

I guess Stalin. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #10

I'd go with Stalin, I don't think anyone ever lived who was responsible for more death 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #68

Stalin had much more time. n/t amandabeech Aug 2012 #134

If pure bodycount is the criteria then Hong Xiuquan. AngryAmish Aug 2012 #296

Milton Friedman part man all 86 Aug 2012 #11

He's part of my top ten list IDemo Aug 2012 #47

my choice, too grntuscarora Aug 2012 #81

Definitely on the short list. hifiguy Aug 2012 #122

Lee Harvey Oswald. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #12

Perhaps by sending him on another covert operation? MrMickeysMom Aug 2012 #160

No kidding. Raster Aug 2012 #378

The Koch roach brother's father Vincardog Aug 2012 #13

Prescott Bush sadbear Aug 2012 #15

that'd be my choice as well... n/t nebenaube Aug 2012 #34

Has to be on everyone's Top Ten. leveymg Aug 2012 #79

Samuel P Bush. If we are going back that far. My choice is reagan, SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #186

never mind... i googled it HiPointDem Aug 2012 #274

My choice as well n/t dflprincess Aug 2012 #197

Yup! Without him we wouldn't have Raygun, Bush, and the whole damn BFEE. Initech Aug 2012 #216

Vladimir Lenin joshcryer Aug 2012 #16

Are you crazy? Who could replace him, and why would you if leveymg Aug 2012 #82

That's the point, he was irreplaceable. joshcryer Aug 2012 #88

Why would you obviate the Bolshevik Revolution, and if so, what are you doing here? leveymg Aug 2012 #111

There would have been a revolution... white_wolf Aug 2012 #117

The OP is about *one* figure, I did *not* say get rid of Trotsky or even *Stalin*! joshcryer Aug 2012 #125

No, you didn't. My mistake. white_wolf Aug 2012 #129

Unfortunately, Bogdanoc for all his brilliance, had no revolutionary cred. leveymg Aug 2012 #154

and then the russian side would have lost ww2 to the germans BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #342

I take RZMs position. No civil war = better prepared Soviets. joshcryer Aug 2012 #379

Neuter or equalize is not the same as obviate. joshcryer Aug 2012 #119

What in the world makes you think any of the other movements would have survived the White counter- leveymg Aug 2012 #130

The White movement was never cohesive. joshcryer Aug 2012 #144

That's what Sidney Riley, Boris Brasol, and Major Van Dieman all thought about Lenin leveymg Aug 2012 #208

What a bunch of nonsense. Especially this stuff about Lenin being 'removed.' RZM Aug 2012 #236

Four strokes after he was shot by a pistol allegedly provided by Reilly and Lockhardt. leveymg Aug 2012 #250

So Kaplan was still an anti-Lenin SR RZM Aug 2012 #253

Like the rest of the western role in the Civil War, it virtually assured that a Thermidor and leveymg Aug 2012 #259

Nah not really RZM Aug 2012 #262

What is the basis for your assertion that Lenin would've instituted authoritarianism without ... LooseWilly Aug 2012 #272

I already debunked the idea that authoritarianism was "necessary"... joshcryer Aug 2012 #280

There's a difference between "getting rid of" and "eliminating from history." joshcryer Aug 2012 #238

You don't think "outside meddling changed the overall sinister nature of Marxist-Leninism{sic}"?... LooseWilly Aug 2012 #270

I love you. joshcryer Aug 2012 #278

you're such a good poster BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #344

Yeah, saying someone loves Hitler 2 out of 3 times is charming. joshcryer Aug 2012 #373

It's anti-democratic at its core. joshcryer Aug 2012 #375

Are you arguing that the White Army "civil war", funded and supported by external powers... LooseWilly Aug 2012 #391

Elsewhere you already established you believe totalitarianism was the only way. joshcryer Aug 2012 #393

what does the Bolshevik Revolution have to do with being here, or not?? eom yawnmaster Aug 2012 #233

There's always Free Republic leveymg Aug 2012 #252

That does not answer the question, nor even addresses it. eom yawnmaster Aug 2012 #254

it has everything to do w/ being here to a State Department radical like joshcryer BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #343

What is that supposed to mean? joshcryer Aug 2012 #374

Glad somebody else mentioned him RZM Aug 2012 #153

I slightly disagree with your post down thread though. joshcryer Aug 2012 #171

Yes, but we're talking about removing him from history. Not killing him in 1918 RZM Aug 2012 #192

Fair enough. joshcryer Aug 2012 #205

Why are Germans "out of the picture" after 1918?... When Germany launched a new invasion in 1918? LooseWilly Aug 2012 #276

Constantine Kalidurga Aug 2012 #18

I agree Ricochet21 Aug 2012 #25

Interesting choice! Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #26

Or one of the other major religions would've become predominant instead Posteritatis Aug 2012 #36

But Rome collapsed Ya Basta Aug 2012 #71

The religion persisted nonetheless Posteritatis Aug 2012 #91

"The religion persisted nonetheless." Anyone with a reasonable answer? demosincebirth Aug 2012 #114

Considering the neo-militancy imbued into Jesus-ism in so many Evangelical circles... LooseWilly Aug 2012 #279

Like Islam? Sharia law in the U.S? demosincebirth Aug 2012 #112

Islam showed up centuries after that. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #149

Fall of the Roman Empire 476 AD. Mohammad visited by the angel Gabriel 612 AD demosincebirth Aug 2012 #231

Great choice indeed Ya Basta Aug 2012 #70

+1,000,000 Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #72

There would have been no Byzantines, or Romanovs, or leveymg Aug 2012 #87

"When you see a fork in the historical road... Take it!" klook Aug 2012 #162

"The future ain't what it used to be." leveymg Aug 2012 #215

They threw the game... LooseWilly Aug 2012 #281

Yes, we were lost but we were making good time. :) (n/t) klook Aug 2012 #301

Would have my choice BlueinOhio Aug 2012 #98

Theodosius goes into nomination - back at you. leveymg Aug 2012 #123

You take Theodosius, I'll take Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria. Efilroft Sul Aug 2012 #327

Modern version: high-altitude nuclear bursts would wipeout most electronics & data in the world leveymg Aug 2012 #329

lol. Union Scribe Aug 2012 #168

Neo-pagans are *not* pagans. ieoeja Aug 2012 #351

I don't recall saying anything about neo-pagans or anything that would imply I was thinking about.. Kalidurga Aug 2012 #356

The Quaker oats lady, Barbra Bush OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2012 #19

Better yet, her father-in-law. GoCubsGo Aug 2012 #27

Prescott Bush Freddie Aug 2012 #54

George Washington craigmatic Aug 2012 #20

I'm intrigued. sadbear Aug 2012 #23

Well my theory is that if we lost the revolution eventually we'd have become our own country anyway. craigmatic Aug 2012 #38

the British wanted to restrict westward expansion and honoring native American territorial rights Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #65

Under that scenario, Mexico would have probably become the dominant nation Uncle Joe Aug 2012 #330

Sorry to burst your bubble Confusious Aug 2012 #69

The other possibility was that there would have been no "United" States.... lastlib Aug 2012 #126

Like German principalities and dukedoms before Bismarck united them into the 1monster Aug 2012 #173

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! liberallibral Aug 2012 #333

Yea, I don't get it either. dmr Aug 2012 #338

Same here (about being embarrassed)!! liberallibral Aug 2012 #355

We're liberals we're not supposed to just accept myths at face value. We're supposed to question and craigmatic Aug 2012 #366

I don't think he's that great. He owned slaves and fought a guerilla war over taxes which should craigmatic Aug 2012 #365

I'm okay with your overall point (that we would have ended up a better place to live). However... ieoeja Aug 2012 #409

All the different acts were mercantilism it was the accepted economic theory of the day. craigmatic Aug 2012 #410

Maximilien de Robespierre Riftaxe Aug 2012 #21

Adam. --nt CrispyQ Aug 2012 #22

Oops there goes the lesser half of the human race. part man all 86 Aug 2012 #39

~lol. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #44

Restore the matriarchy! :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #260

Not really nichomachus Aug 2012 #306

Just one of many myths about the creation of the world and its inhabitants LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #317

I particularly like the one about nichomachus Aug 2012 #319

Cheers... LooseWilly Aug 2012 #282

Gavrilo Princip El Supremo Aug 2012 #29

Arguably the most important person in 20th century history. The world would be a different place. Xithras Aug 2012 #67

If you know about Princip, you should know the Russian Okhrana agent who ran Apis, head of leveymg Aug 2012 #244

Christopher Columbus, n/t Cobalt Violet Aug 2012 #30

So the New World is discovered in the early 16th Century Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #58

The New World was actually discovered by the Vikings Dash87 Aug 2012 #103

Or maybe they thought it too far away (and therefore not defensible and not easy to supply)... MattSh Aug 2012 #268

I didn't see yours before I posted. But wholeheartedly agree. n/t vaberella Aug 2012 #189

SidDithers L0oniX Aug 2012 #31

Ding, ding, ding! Give this 'un a ceegar! Answer of the thread. leveymg Aug 2012 #89

He certainly has a unique ability to piss off Douchebags. Son of Gob Aug 2012 #108

So uhm ...did he pissed you off? L0oniX Aug 2012 #137

No, you seem pretty pissed though. Son of Gob Aug 2012 #163

Could have fooled me. Looked like my suggestion pissed you off. L0oniX Aug 2012 #167

Nope, just making an observation. Son of Gob Aug 2012 #182

It would seem that my dislike of him pisses you off. So are you calling me a Douchebag? L0oniX Aug 2012 #190

Did you just graduate grade school in the last hour? Son of Gob Aug 2012 #201

Sorry you missed the "way back" part. L0oniX Aug 2012 #211

Ignore dungeon? Son of Gob Aug 2012 #212

This post was alerted on. The jury is still out! Update! Let it stand by a vote of 5/1. ohiosmith Aug 2012 #225

He alerted that? Son of Gob Aug 2012 #264

And it's always the same douchebags too sharp_stick Aug 2012 #337

Jesus Christ. Speck Tater Aug 2012 #32

On that same note what about Abraham? Ya Basta Aug 2012 #75

Welcome to DU Union Scribe Aug 2012 #170

Thanks Union Scribe Ya Basta Aug 2012 #290

death and destruction/ religion....who thought up religion... SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #213

If Abraham had just gone ahead and whacked Isaac, that would have coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #261

Bingo! And, yes, the religious nuts would have just substituted Brian for Jesus. stopbush Aug 2012 #267

LOL Only the true Messiah would deny his divinity Ya Basta Aug 2012 #291

Yes, but one could argue (convincingly) a la izquierda Aug 2012 #299

+1 FreeState Aug 2012 #384

I'd take out Gavrilo Princip and give the 20th/21st centuries a do-over. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #33

Europe was arguably "due" for a World War in 1914. Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #64

Maybe, maybe not. Xithras Aug 2012 #73

Or maybe Franz Ferdinand fishwax Aug 2012 #239

If you've ever watched James Burke's program Connections.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #35

That was an absolutely BRILLIANT series.... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #303

I think that you should eliminate mass criminals like Hitler to make it more interesting grantcart Aug 2012 #37

Adam CabCurious Aug 2012 #40

Easy. Thomas Edison. Duer 157099 Aug 2012 #43

Tesla RULES!!! liberallibral Aug 2012 #63

I love Tesla too. Free electricity man. Got to love a man for the people. n/t vaberella Aug 2012 #133

Absolutely!!!! liberallibral Aug 2012 #334

Prescott Bush Panasonic Aug 2012 #45

I'm with you. Hitler cali Aug 2012 #46

Agreed Bragi Aug 2012 #200

Well Reagan is an excellent pick. But my pick would be Sarah Quitter Palin. southernyankeebelle Aug 2012 #48

paul of tarsus ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2012 #49

Another good choice! /nt Bragi Aug 2012 #202

I think we may each have picked him for different reasons. Deep13 Aug 2012 #353

maybe so... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2012 #361

Runny RayGun lpbk2713 Aug 2012 #50

Given the current state of affairs: AYN RAND. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #55

Zedong... Mao Zedong liberallibral Aug 2012 #56

Alexander Hamilton. Vidar Aug 2012 #101

Phyllis Schlafly Freddie Aug 2012 #57

Sometimes I think if Stalin had never been, Hitler wouldn't have attained absolute power Bombtrack Aug 2012 #59

I wouldn't Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #61

It would probably be a different world RZM Aug 2012 #83

Adam bupkus Aug 2012 #74

Lee Harvey Oswald. Kennedy needed to live to complete his vision for America. mfcorey1 Aug 2012 #77

that and he had so many more starlets and hat check girls he wanted to score with. WI_DEM Aug 2012 #97

No, that would be Ronald Reagan. nt mfcorey1 Aug 2012 #288

Genghis Kahn n/t charlyvi Aug 2012 #80

That's an interesting one RZM Aug 2012 #86

What's interesting is, he and his men used to Dash87 Aug 2012 #109

Genghis Khan probably killed more people charlyvi Aug 2012 #172

On that note, maybe it's not a good idea to take out Genghis Khan sadbear Aug 2012 #183

Agreed. Hitler must go. bluerum Aug 2012 #84

That guy that sang Spirochete Aug 2012 #85

Lee Atwater Rosco T. Aug 2012 #90

from the 20th century Hitler bar none WI_DEM Aug 2012 #95

my great great grandmother...because I want to see what happens... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #96

Ever read Heinlein? Xipe Totec Aug 2012 #106

Sounds like the Futurama episode where Fry becomes his own grandfather Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #127

read...no, but I have watched "Back to the Future" many times... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #221

Hitler has to occupy the top spot. As for the runner-up? RZM Aug 2012 #99

Grover Norquist undeterred Aug 2012 #100

Steve Bartman n/t Enrique Aug 2012 #104

That accomplishes nothing. Son of Gob Aug 2012 #116

Then how about that billy goat? sadbear Aug 2012 #118

You kill that goat, they'll find another one Son of Gob Aug 2012 #147

Now, now. (But if we could just *somehow* kept him home that night... ) Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #124

The first human. Incitatus Aug 2012 #107

Uh, folks Union Scribe Aug 2012 #181

Humans are as much a part of nature as any creature... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #222

(uh, Edison didn't invent the telephone...) lastlib Aug 2012 #115

I hang my head in shame. Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #120

Not in this timeline he didn't...but if you went back in time... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #226

Whoever were pResident cheney's parents. n/t Lil Missy Aug 2012 #121

Damn! I was just going to post that! Auntie Bush Aug 2012 #142

Abraham. That should eliminate the 3 major western religions Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #128

The problem with that is that somebody else would have ended up doing the same thing RZM Aug 2012 #155

why assume that? seanpencil Aug 2012 #179

+1. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #227

Monotheism already existed. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #234

Do you know I'd have to have the US lose the Revolution? To stop slavery in the US. vaberella Aug 2012 #132

Stop and think about that for a sec RZM Aug 2012 #166

Actually I think it would have. vaberella Aug 2012 #187

Uhhh, what? RZM Aug 2012 #214

Is this a koan? McCamy Taylor Aug 2012 #136

When you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. MichaelSoE Aug 2012 #286

dane cook nt arely staircase Aug 2012 #138

M. Night Shyamalan. ZombieHorde Aug 2012 #141

Katherine Harris mainstreetonce Aug 2012 #143

Ayn Rand Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #146

Edward Bernais tech3149 Aug 2012 #148

Ooh, excellent choice. eom. Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #150

Good choice too! Bragi Aug 2012 #204

At least Top 100. leveymg Aug 2012 #219

und his Uncle Sigmund? seanpencil Aug 2012 #229

Prescott Bush, a twofer choice. RC Aug 2012 #151

Stalin crimson77 Aug 2012 #156

Nixon. patrice Aug 2012 #161

Now, using words rather than a visual, why this question is all wrong for DU. McCamy Taylor Aug 2012 #164

DU welcomes genetic diversity! Kill the volcano!! leveymg Aug 2012 #174

McCamy Taylor - Wins the thread! GoneOffShore Aug 2012 #176

Definitely Hitler ailsagirl Aug 2012 #165

As much damage Reagan policies have done, I agree Hitler would me choice for elimination. liberal N proud Aug 2012 #169

Abraham seanpencil Aug 2012 #175

How original. nt Union Scribe Aug 2012 #178

how obnoxious seanpencil Aug 2012 #180

I'd call it that, too. nt Union Scribe Aug 2012 #184

point it somewhere else seanpencil Aug 2012 #193

I chose not to. Union Scribe Aug 2012 #309

i don't. seanpencil Aug 2012 #325

Christopher Columbus! I blame him for everything. vaberella Aug 2012 #188

God. jtuck004 Aug 2012 #191

Either James Earl Ray or Justin Bieber limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #194

Tough choice, indeed. sadbear Aug 2012 #195

Damn, you made me spew toothpaste...(yup, I'm multi-tasking)... hlthe2b Aug 2012 #206

Right now mythology Aug 2012 #196

No one Ter Aug 2012 #199

Why are you exempting religious figures?? Taking out Muhammed for example riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #203

They're not exempt. Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #220

Why not cut out the middle-man and kill Abraham (assuming he ever lived) white_wolf Aug 2012 #249

I prefer to call them "what-ifs". What if Lincoln had not been fatally shot... madinmaryland Aug 2012 #207

I'm a big fan of alternate history. Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #224

Harry Turtledove has written quite a few "what-if" novels. Pretty interesting. madinmaryland Aug 2012 #232

Great thread Grave Grumbler!, Thanks Bragi Aug 2012 #209

Thanks! Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #228

My boss B Calm Aug 2012 #218

LOLOLOL!! ailsagirl Aug 2012 #242

I wouldn't change anything major about the past pre-birth of myself... Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #223

My ex wife. Horrible woman. mysuzuki2 Aug 2012 #230

LOL!! ailsagirl Aug 2012 #243

Hitler. emilyg Aug 2012 #235

Rush Limbaugh MatthewStLouis Aug 2012 #237

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Aug 2012 #240

Pol Pot Skittles Aug 2012 #241

Whoever set fire to the Library at Alexandria PADemD Aug 2012 #245

Hitler!!! Beacool Aug 2012 #246

Do yourself a favour and STOP reading that rag... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #302

Yeah, it's a rag. Beacool Aug 2012 #406

Really? I just visit it to see d-list celebs in bikinis... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #407

You're just like all guys. Beacool Aug 2012 #408

Paul of Tarsis nt Deep13 Aug 2012 #251

Awesome choice. May have won the thread, I think. - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #258

but but but... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2012 #287

You are correct (on both counts). I saw your post after I had coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #298

I just need to whine louder ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2012 #300

I didn't notice. Sorry. Deep13 Aug 2012 #352

eh...I am just being an internet bully ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2012 #360

My choice, too Ezlivin Aug 2012 #326

Hitler. Pew pew with my gun. nt cecilfirefox Aug 2012 #255

John Wilkes Booth MrScorpio Aug 2012 #256

I'd like to go out on a limb and say the Austro Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand. Without his coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #257

I don't mean to throw a monkey wrench in the works. Cool topic, but, going on the idea Justice wanted Aug 2012 #263

How about Paul the Apostle? krispos42 Aug 2012 #266

phyllis schlafly niyad Aug 2012 #269

I don't get this at all. She's a minor player on the stage. cali Aug 2012 #284

See post #57 - and she made would make my top 10 of most hated. nt TBF Aug 2012 #293

not at all. that woman has caused incredible harm with her anti-equality, pro-war rhetoric. she niyad Aug 2012 #297

exactly. why choose her, when there are those who have caused tens of millions of deaths and massive cali Aug 2012 #304

apparently my choice does not meet with your approval, but it stands. niyad Aug 2012 #362

If there was ever evil in this modern world it was this pile of shit Sheepshank Aug 2012 #308

there is so much that woman has said that is beyond disgusting, including a comment that anyone niyad Aug 2012 #363

Jonathan Edwards.... PopeOxycontinI Aug 2012 #285

Hitler too. LeftishBrit Aug 2012 #289

Jesus, Mohammed, and Moses scheming daemons Aug 2012 #292

Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover & McCarthy - TBF Aug 2012 #294

If Sen. Thomas Walsh had lived, J. Edgar would've been out of a job in 1933 RufusTFirefly Aug 2012 #328

I think William Green was a bigger one, imo. joshcryer Aug 2012 #380

Thats easy Missycim Aug 2012 #295

In terms of human suffering rather than hifiguy Aug 2012 #315

I cant agree Missycim Aug 2012 #316

Read Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" hifiguy Aug 2012 #318

Ok fair enough Missycim Aug 2012 #323

Hitler, no question about it... MicaelS Aug 2012 #305

I'd go back Shadowflash Aug 2012 #310

James Earl Ray. nt Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #314

Thomas Midgley dmallind Aug 2012 #320

Definitely Hitler, for me. polly7 Aug 2012 #322

I think I would take out Joe McCarthy hyphenate Aug 2012 #332

Will no one think of Brian Secrest????!!!! Javaman Aug 2012 #339

I'll go with ... THE NEXT GOP PRESIDENT. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #340

either Christopher Columbus BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #341

Wait, what? Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #345

nobody can even agree on a number BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #346

The number is in the millions. joshcryer Aug 2012 #382

That's one of the dumbest things I've seen here in, well, hours. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #364

I'm sure Trotskyists would want rid of Stalin, as would anarchists and Left Communists. white_wolf Aug 2012 #367

in answer to your first question : probably. that or liberals in denial BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #371

Here we go again ... nt TBF Aug 2012 #404

Hey, I left Stalin alone. joshcryer Aug 2012 #381

Gandhi? Why? LeftishBrit Aug 2012 #401

Andrew Jackson ieoeja Aug 2012 #348

... whoever invented Right Wing Republicans. Myrina Aug 2012 #349

The person who invented the leaf blower FSogol Aug 2012 #350

Saul of Tarsus (a/k/a St. Paul) Proud Public Servant Aug 2012 #354

Yep and some of those teachings were opposed by the other Apostles. white_wolf Aug 2012 #370

Hitler. WinkyDink Aug 2012 #358

Karl Marx Marinedem Aug 2012 #369

I guess you should give up your military health care then. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #383

LOL, nope. Marinedem Aug 2012 #388

Yeah, die in the gutter. LOL. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #403

So give up your medicare, and social security since they are socialist. white_wolf Aug 2012 #387

Considering Marinedem Aug 2012 #390

George Reisman would be my choice if we are looking at economic theorists - TBF Aug 2012 #405

Stalin Zorra Aug 2012 #372

The guy who invented the blister packaging. alfredo Aug 2012 #376

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #377

Ronald Reagan gopiscrap Aug 2012 #386

Julius Caesar Jack Rabbit Aug 2012 #389

I thought about Caesar wickerwoman Aug 2012 #395

Critique Jack Rabbit Aug 2012 #397

Actually we agree. wickerwoman Aug 2012 #411

Either Arthur Laffer or William Simon jmowreader Aug 2012 #392

Friedrich Hayek wickerwoman Aug 2012 #394

For the US, Harry Truman. For the world, German Eduard Bernstein. David__77 Aug 2012 #396

the one on the left CreekDog Aug 2012 #398

Guy Fawkes NoPasaran Aug 2012 #400

Don Simpson JustAnotherGen Aug 2012 #402