Badass americans

RedheadBarbie · Post by **RedheadBarbie** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:14 pm

Madeleine Albright

DaftBrian · Post by **DaftBrian** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:38 am

Yea how about..

Martin Luther King Jr.
Stephen Hawking
Mitch Hedberg!!

Post by **mdmf007** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:24 am

Clint Eastwood

Pat Tillman

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:03 pm

Stephen Hawking is American? What's with the accent?

gidget · Post by **gidget** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:22 pm

Woodie Guthrie
Pete Seeger
Utah Phillips
Dan Bern
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Mark Twain ("Loyalty to the country always, loyalty to the government when it deserves it" - best America quote ever!)
Tim O'Brien

and

Kathy Griffin

:wink:

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:27 pm

Best American Quote is Thomas Jefferson but Sam Clemens is a close 2nd.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

gidget · Post by **gidget** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:28 pm

You're right, that is good!

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:28 pm

Tilda Swinton
Clive Barker
Stephen Hawkins
Cate Blanchette
CS Lewis

You morons

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:31 pm

You morons

Is that us morons that are badass americans or that badass americans are us morons?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:33 pm

Buffy Sainte-Marie was born in Saskatchewan and she is Cree.
Since her music was blacklisted and repressed in the usa, maybe she qualifies anyway?

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:06 pm

OJ Simpson

Post by **AntiM** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:14 pm

My grandfather, Wayne H. Castle, WWI Marine, lost a leg at Marne. His daughter, my Aunt Kay, WWII nurse and later social worker and child advocate. Her son, Bill DeVries, did the Jarvik heart implants.

And my dad, Wayne H. Castle Jr., three war vet and crusty old Master Chief.

Sometimes you don't have to look very far at all.

gidget · Post by **gidget** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:27 pm

[quote="gyre"]Buffy Sainte-Marie was born in Saskatchewan and she is Cree.
Since her music was blacklisted and repressed in the usa, maybe she qualifies anyway?[/quote]

I'm such an ignorant Canadian. Boy is my face red. My family's from North Battleford. I suck. Damn.

Well, I qualify her as an honorary American. Go Buffy!

Post by **mdmf007** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:46 pm

OJ? please explain that one?

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:30 am

I wouldn't wanna piss the dude off.

He's scary crazy.

That's one badass in my book.

Plus, he WAS one of the best running backs in history, not that it matters now.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:38 am

Yep, that's all exactly what I meant about OJ. And LeChatNoir.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:06 am

Le Chat Noir?

He's a pussycat!

Post by **mdmf007** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:13 am

Jesse Ventura - also a burner and Navy Seal.

lonestoner916 · Post by **lonestoner916** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:48 pm

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:15 pm

Did a show with Iggy and the New York Dolls.
He impressed me.
He makes most bands look narcoleptic.

lonestoner916 · Post by **lonestoner916** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:26 pm

gyre wrote:Did a show with Iggy and the New York Dolls.
He impressed me.
He makes most bands look narcoleptic.

CBGB's?
Iggy and The Stooges live blow most bands out of the water, I agree.

Even now, Iggy's stage presence is remarkable, he just emanates "raw power..."

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Vampira · Post by **Vampira** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:13 pm

Teo del Fuego wrote:Tilda Swinton
Clive Barker
Cate Blanchette
CS Lewis
You morons

In my book these people have become American.
~sticks my tongue out at you~

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:40 am

lonestoner916 wrote:
gyre wrote:Did a show with Iggy and the New York Dolls.
He impressed me.
He makes most bands look narcoleptic.
CBGB's?
Iggy and The Stooges live blow most bands out of the water, I agree. :twisted: Even now, Iggy's stage presence is remarkable, he just emanates "raw power..."

Memphis, Ellis Auditorium.
I still have some posters.

I always wanted to bring in Kim Fowley too.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:36 pm

And I, swimming upstream as always, am a Dolls fan.

StevenGoodman · Post by **StevenGoodman** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:21 pm

Debbie Harry
Pat Benatar
Exene
Gwen Stefani
Patty Smyth
Patti Smith
Joan Baez
Janis Ian
Chrissie Hynde
Joan Jett
all five of the Go-Gos

Martini Steve

twinwitin · Post by **twinwitin** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:36 pm

Me!!!!

ahaa ha haa ha

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:06 pm

this guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Crosby

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:54 pm

Let's not forget about this guy..................or this lady.

plowman · Post by **plowman** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:07 pm

Janis Joplin
Jimmy Hendrics
Jim Morrison
Jerry Garcia

Post by **AntiM** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:25 pm

gidget wrote:
gyre wrote:Buffy Sainte-Marie was born in Saskatchewan and she is Cree.
Since her music was blacklisted and repressed in the usa, maybe she qualifies anyway?

I'm such an ignorant Canadian. Boy is my face red. My family's from North Battleford. I suck. Damn.

Well, I qualify her as an honorary American. Go Buffy!

Canadians are Americans .. . North Americans!

Fans to William Shatner: "Sir, you are the greatest American actor of the 20th century!"

Shatner: "I'm Canadian."

Badass americans

Iggy!