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Who Would You Choose?

Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 9 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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If it were possible to put together a discussion group of great people, past and present, who would you choose? We know who the #1 choice would be for most of us. Who else, and why? Limit it to your top ten.

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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Leave some for the others. I'm a PolySci and History major. I kind of sneaked in Carlin and Dylan.for balance. You and AJ presented John Wayne and Clint Eastwood I'd add Mark Wahlberg. and Harrison Ford. But i ran out of space.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If we follow London's advice, the entire field of science fiction would disappear. But he was a great adventurer. What kept me from a lot of great adventures was the lack of a flush toilet. Took a 7 day trip with my sons down the Colorado River from Lake Powell to Lake Mead, and that was in '75 and we still talk about it -- but that damn port-a-potty......
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Michael a great choice.
    "The times call for courage. The times call for hard work. But if the demands are high, it is because the stakes are even higher. They are nothing less than the future of liberty, which means the future of civilization" Henry Stuart Hazlitt
    His opposition to Bretton Woods agreement that created the world bank and the IMF as he said would cause inflation was spot on.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly, many questions to the engineers of these megalithic sites using massive stones thousands of years ago. The stone work is as if it was machine cut , complex intricate designs. The quarry used for Puma Punku Was 60 miles away and the site is at 12,800 ft. well above the tree line. Along way to haul, it's like it was easy for them.
    BTW , have you heard of the
    Serapeum of Saqqara ?
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago
    If you had asked in catagories it would have been easy. Carlin and Dylan for entertainment with Ira Blue as the host as an example but don't add to my list it's an example. This is going to be another great post to follow.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    John Wayne, interesting American. Maybe Clint Eastwood. (as no.11)
    Jack London, I respect his do-it before you write it adventuresome nature. (don't care much for his socialism though)
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ah, yes. I have similar curiosity about Punta Puma. Not only how they moved stones weighing 50 to 100 tons but how the hell did they make razor sharp cuts and joinings with primitive tools.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 8 years, 9 months ago
    Benjamin Franklin, Ayn Rand, Mark Twain, Jack London, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Isaac Asimov, Michael Moorcock, Bernard Cornwell, John Wayne. I have a few others but I'm limiting it to 10.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Sorry spelling error Sacsayhuaman Near Cuzco in Peru built by the predecessor's to the Inca's the place has thousands of stones many over 80 tons fit together so tight like they were playdoh when constructed.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks, Herb. What will make this post interesting is how diverse it will become. We'll probably all have a chance to say, "Why didn't I think of him/her." Or "Good grief, why that person!" It should be fun. So thanks for posting the subject.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There are a couple I didn't think of, thank you, and a couple I'd not have chosen, but certainly a fascinating group.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 8 years, 9 months ago
    Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin because of their brilliant minds.
    C. S. Lewis and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen...to see how they would do in a religious discussion with Ayn Rand.
    Jane Austen for her wit.
    Ambassador John Bolton who wouldn't put up with ISIS for one minute.
    Mickey Mantle because he was great, and I would like to know what he thought of his father.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 9 months ago
    Nickola Tesla, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Akhenaten, Javerman lV, Issac Newton, Thomas Payne, the leader of the Olmec, the builder of Sacsayhunan. My grandpa Dewey.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago
    Signers of the Declaration,Articles of Confederationi and Constitution or a representative group.

    Robert Heinlein
    Temujin Genghis Khan
    Henry Hazlitt

    The individual who chaired the first French Assembly where they decided who was left and who was right and the vantage point used.

    How's that?

    Couldn't think of any others half so interesting.

    Now you can change yours!!! But thanks for the nomination I'm enjoying be atypical.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A different response than expected - or should I say, a Typical Michael A. Response..
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