Ben Franklin was a penny-pinching money grubbing asshole.

[RevCheesehead]

He was practically a freeper. "A penny saved is a penny earned" - was this his economic platform? And really - just to save a few bucks, he comes up with Daylight Savings Time? Like everyone should uproot their lives just to save more money? And he discovers electricity, but doesn't have the patience to wait for the lightbulb?

It's time for congress to do something useful, and abolish DST once and for all. :grr:

:hangover:

[mikeytherat]

1. So true! A beer-swilling, ass-grabbing, spectacle wearin' tightwad!

"See a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll say, 'Great. Another useless fuckin' penny - guess I'll add it to the jar.'"

mikey_the_rat

[RevCheesehead]

2. There *is* something Rovian about him, isn't there?

:rofl:

[mikeytherat]

3. Franklin also used his Leiden Jar (capacitor) to shock his party guests!

Early American frat boy prankster!

"Really, funny, Ben. You shocked the crap out of me - literally! And these were my best pantaloons, you dick."

mikey_the_rat

[Sugar Smack]

5. And then he went and wrote the book, "Fart Proudly".

:o

[fishnfla]

4. he was also a skirt chaser who took nude air baths

he'd sit in a room for an hour each day naked with the windows open


wait, maybe that was ghandi

[RevCheesehead]

6. And to think they used to call him wise.

But what else would you expect from someone who went to bed early, and got up early? :crazy:

[AirmensMom]

7. And how does DST fit in with

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"? He was a flip-flopper, for sure. :shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

10. **ding-ding-ding**

Yup, that's a winner of a remark!!! :toast:

[AirmensMom]

19. Did I win the toaster?

:bounce:

[jukes]

8. he got a LOT

of French pussy, though!

[Deja Q]

9. He had slaves too. Much easier to save money that way...

[northzax]

16. to be fair, he became a strident abolitionist

in the 1880's.

[XemaSab]

20. 20 years after the war??

There's some timing for ya....

(And wasn't he dead yet?)

[arwalden]

11. No! Get Rid Of Standard Time... Stay On Daylight Savings Time FOREVER!!!

[LynneSin]

12. How can you call anyone a republican who actually saves money

:shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

15. I dunno -

how many Halliburton stockowners are repukes?

[LynneSin]

18. That's not saving pennies - that's cooking the book so the pennies

are worth more

If we ever get the truth out about those no-bid contracts all those 'pennies' will be worth less than a penny

[Ptah]

13. Not only that, he invented BI-

focals.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[RevCheesehead]

14. ROFLOL!

:rofl:

[hfojvt]

17. the worst part of this time switch

for me as a kid. Was that it was way too cold to use my telescope in the winter. Then just as it started to warm up - BOOM - the clocks would jump and it would not get dark until too late for me to go out.

I think penny-pinching is just common sense, especially when I had very little income. It's also how I got my house paid off so quickly instead of blowing all my money on a car or something.

[Book Lover]

21. Ben Franklin was the best colonial printer this nation knew

Ben's a hero of mine - no fucking around with the man!

[ThomCat]

22. His publications were much different than his politics

because his publications were his business. His politics were his beliefs.

What he did as postmaster for the colonies, and as a state representative, and as an ambasador were far more important than his almanacs.

As for daylight savings time, well, it's a good enough idea that it's been adopted throughout most of the world. Few ideas have ever been that universally adopted without coersion at the point of a gun.

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. I always liked

his five-and-dime stores. :shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

25. Sure, but were they "blue?"

Otherwise, it's just another Wal-Mart.

[Common Sense Party]

24. He liked banging French chicks, though.

Hardly a fundie Freeper type.

[skygazer]

26. Um..... Ben Franklin didn't come up with Daylight Saving Time

And it had nothing to do with saving money. It was put forth solely so that the new business class would have an extra hour of sunshine after work to enjoy the summer with some outdoor activity. So don't blame the farmers either, which so many people do! Farmers don't care what the clock says - the cows still have to be milked at dawn and dusk.

[RevCheesehead]

27. Don't deconstruct a perfectly good rant.

I wanna be pissed at someone, and he's an easy target. Besides that, he's dead.

[skygazer]

28. I'm so sorry

But I have a soft spot for Franklin - he was so damn offbeat. What about Wilford Brimley? Jara Sang has a lovely bit going on about him.