DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:

> #1. Still waiting for it!

Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
Barack Obama!

"Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
news:48D488E3.F290B36E@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
>
>
> DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
>
>> #1. Still waiting for it!
>
> Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
> peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
> Barack Obama!

Sorry Tim, your name was the first I read on this idiotic post. I was about
to plonk you but I checked a little further. And having said that, I know
you didn't start this idiocy. Having said that, in regard to your reply, I
couldn't disagree with you more. Your inclusion of B.O. is *SO* premature.
Which is half my problem with the guy. If you could reply with a decent
list of legislation this Senator has passed, I might consider his
qualifications. The only problem is that you can't. And that's not your
fault... but hell, could he do any worse than McCain? I wish I could say
no, but McCain is such a disgrace to conservatives, I'm torn between giving
it another try with this flip-flopper, and the most liberal voting Senator
in the House. Ah, either way, we're screwed.

Buckaroo Banzai wrote:

> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:48D488E3.F290B36E@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
> >
> >> #1. Still waiting for it!
> >
> > Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
> > peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
> > Barack Obama!
>
> Sorry Tim, your name was the first I read on this idiotic post. I was about
> to plonk you but I checked a little further. And having said that, I know
> you didn't start this idiocy. Having said that, in regard to your reply, I
> couldn't disagree with you more. Your inclusion of B.O. is *SO* premature.
> Which is half my problem with the guy. If you could reply with a decent
> list of legislation this Senator has passed, I might consider his
> qualifications. The only problem is that you can't. And that's not your
> fault... but hell, could he do any worse than McCain? I wish I could say
> no, but McCain is such a disgrace to conservatives, I'm torn between giving
> it another try with this flip-flopper, and the most liberal voting Senator
> in the House. Ah, either way, we're screwed.

I suggest considering Ralph Nader (Independent) or Bob Barr (Libertarian).
There is no need to restrict ourselves to the two major parties.

Buckaroo Banzai <blisteringlogic@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:48D488E3.F290B36E@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
>>
>>
>> DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
>>
>>> #1. Still waiting for it!
>>
>> Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
>> peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
>> Barack Obama!
>
> Sorry Tim, your name was the first I read on this idiotic post. I was about
> to plonk you but I checked a little further. And having said that, I know
> you didn't start this idiocy. Having said that, in regard to your reply, I
> couldn't disagree with you more. Your inclusion of B.O. is *SO* premature.
> Which is half my problem with the guy. If you could reply with a decent
> list of legislation this Senator has passed, I might consider his
> qualifications. The only problem is that you can't. And that's not your
> fault... but hell, could he do any worse than McCain? I wish I could say
> no, but McCain is such a disgrace to conservatives, I'm torn between giving
> it another try with this flip-flopper, and the most liberal voting Senator
> in the House. Ah, either way, we're screwed.
>
>
Besides, Tim listed only 4? Is peanut butter really such a "boon" to
society? Might I add...
Sammy Davies Jr, Denzel Washington, Lenny Henry, Eddie Murphy, Ray Charles,
Stevie Wonder, Micheal Jackson (hey, most of his stuff around and before the
thriller era was good before he turned white and weird), Richard Pryor,
James Earl Jones....

Most of those have had more impact on our culture than some person who
dropped a peanut into some butter and thought "Mmm".
--
| spike1@freenet.co.uk | |
| Andrew Halliwell BSc | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't |
| in | suck is probably the day they start making |
| Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge |

Tim Bruening wrote:
>
> DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
>
>> #1. Still waiting for it!
>
> Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
> peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
> Barack Obama!

From: American Chemical Society

Chemist Percy Julian captures spirit of black history celebration scientist

Scientist Overcame Discrimination to Revolutionize Treatment of Glaucoma
and Arthritis

(NOTE TO EDITORS: Black Chemist Percy Julian made significant
discoveries using soybeans that revolutionized the treatment of glaucoma
and arthritis - treatments that are still the major ones used today.
This article about his work is suggested as a feature for black history
month. For further information, including interviews with scientists who
worked with Julian, contact the ACS Communications office at the number
listed on the release.)

Like many African Americans of his generation, Percy Lavon Julian is
little known by name yet lives on through his legacy.

He revolutionized the treatment of glaucoma and arthritis, making drugs
that once cost hundreds of dollars per drop available for a few cents
per gram. He figured out ways to use soybeans for everything from food
to fire extinguishers. His face graces a postal stamp and his work on
physostigmine in treating glaucoma has been declared a national historic
chemical landmark by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest
scientific society.

These achievements are all the more remarkable given the circumstances
of Julian's life. Born in 1899 in Montgomery, Ala., he was barred from
the college preparatory program in the public high school. Nonetheless,
Julian gained admittance to DePauw University in Indiana, a
predominantly white school that accepted African American students. As
he left the family home to pursue his ambition to become a chemist, his
grandfather, a former slave, waved goodbye with a three-fingered hand -
the two missing fingers had been severed as punishment for learning to read.

Julian worked his way through DePauw by digging ditches and waiting
tables at a fraternity and in 1920, he graduated at the top of his class
with a Phi Beta Kappa key. Eager to earn an advanced degree, his
professors discouraged him, saying he would have great difficulty in
pursuing his profession. After graduation, Julian joined the faculty of
Nashville's historically black Fisk University. Later he moved to
Massachusetts and enrolled in Harvard University, where he earned his
master's degree in 1923. Denied the teaching fellowship that customarily
led to a doctorate at Harvard, he received a Rockefeller Grant and
enrolled at the University of Vienna in Austria where he received his
Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1929.

Returning to the United States in 1931, he taught at Howard University
in Washington, DC, another historically black school, then returned to
his alma mater, DePauw, where he completed his landmark work on the drug
physostigmine in 1935. Physostigmine was used to preserve sight by
lessening the build-up of pressure caused by glaucoma, and it had only
been available from its natural source, the Calabar bean.

Though the achievement earned Julian worldwide acclaim, DePauw declined
to appoint him to its faculty. Disgusted, he left academia and joined
the Glidden Company in Chicago (today best known for its paints) as head
of its soy products division. Julian used his knowledge of chemistry to
make a wide variety of products from soybeans, including sex hormones,
other steroids, and foams to extinguish oil and gas fires. In 1948, he
developed a new way to synthesize the hydrocortisone used to treat
rheumatoid arthritis - the method most widely used to this day. By the
time he died in 1975, his research had resulted in more than 160
separate patents.

As one of his tributes, the U.S. Postal Service recognized his
contributions to science and issued a 29-cent Percy Julian stamp in
1993. The Julian stamp was part of a black heritage series that also
recognized W.E.B. DuBois, Sojourner Truth, Jackie Robinson, and Martin
Luther King, Jr.

The American Chemical Society, of which Julian was a member, honored his
synthesis of physostigmine by designating it a National Historic
Chemical Landmark. This ACS program honors milestones in the history of
chemistry and Julian was honored in ceremonies at DePauw on April 23,
1999.The ACS encourages African American and other minority students to
study chemistry through the ACS Scholars program. Since its inception in
1995, the program has provided more than 750 students with scholarships
of up to $2500 per year. Scholarship applications for the 2000-2001 year
are now being accepted through March 1. For more information contact the
Society, toll-free at 1-800-227-5558, ext. 6250, or visit the ACS
website at www.acs.org/minorityaffairs. Further information about Julian
and the ACS Landmark program is available at
http://www.acs.org/landmarks/julian/index.html.

Funny how most people know Carver but don't know Dr. Charles Drew.


On 9/20/08 9:29 AM, in article
_ZOdnRBvMORQZ0nVnZ2dnUVZ_rXinZ2d@giganews.com, "FDR" <fdr@kjdfgkdfkl> wrote:

> Tim Bruening wrote:
>>
>> DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
>>
>>> #1. Still waiting for it!
>>
>> Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
>> peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
>> Barack Obama!
>
> From: American Chemical Society
>
> Chemist Percy Julian captures spirit of black history celebration scientist
>
> Scientist Overcame Discrimination to Revolutionize Treatment of Glaucoma
> and Arthritis
>
> (NOTE TO EDITORS: Black Chemist Percy Julian made significant
> discoveries using soybeans that revolutionized the treatment of glaucoma
> and arthritis - treatments that are still the major ones used today.
> This article about his work is suggested as a feature for black history
> month. For further information, including interviews with scientists who
> worked with Julian, contact the ACS Communications office at the number
> listed on the release.)
>
> Like many African Americans of his generation, Percy Lavon Julian is
> little known by name yet lives on through his legacy.
>
> He revolutionized the treatment of glaucoma and arthritis, making drugs
> that once cost hundreds of dollars per drop available for a few cents
> per gram. He figured out ways to use soybeans for everything from food
> to fire extinguishers. His face graces a postal stamp and his work on
> physostigmine in treating glaucoma has been declared a national historic
> chemical landmark by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest
> scientific society.
>
> These achievements are all the more remarkable given the circumstances
> of Julian's life. Born in 1899 in Montgomery, Ala., he was barred from
> the college preparatory program in the public high school. Nonetheless,
> Julian gained admittance to DePauw University in Indiana, a
> predominantly white school that accepted African American students. As
> he left the family home to pursue his ambition to become a chemist, his
> grandfather, a former slave, waved goodbye with a three-fingered hand -
> the two missing fingers had been severed as punishment for learning to read.
>
> Julian worked his way through DePauw by digging ditches and waiting
> tables at a fraternity and in 1920, he graduated at the top of his class
> with a Phi Beta Kappa key. Eager to earn an advanced degree, his
> professors discouraged him, saying he would have great difficulty in
> pursuing his profession. After graduation, Julian joined the faculty of
> Nashville's historically black Fisk University. Later he moved to
> Massachusetts and enrolled in Harvard University, where he earned his
> master's degree in 1923. Denied the teaching fellowship that customarily
> led to a doctorate at Harvard, he received a Rockefeller Grant and
> enrolled at the University of Vienna in Austria where he received his
> Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1929.
>
> Returning to the United States in 1931, he taught at Howard University
> in Washington, DC, another historically black school, then returned to
> his alma mater, DePauw, where he completed his landmark work on the drug
> physostigmine in 1935. Physostigmine was used to preserve sight by
> lessening the build-up of pressure caused by glaucoma, and it had only
> been available from its natural source, the Calabar bean.
>
> Though the achievement earned Julian worldwide acclaim, DePauw declined
> to appoint him to its faculty. Disgusted, he left academia and joined
> the Glidden Company in Chicago (today best known for its paints) as head
> of its soy products division. Julian used his knowledge of chemistry to
> make a wide variety of products from soybeans, including sex hormones,
> other steroids, and foams to extinguish oil and gas fires. In 1948, he
> developed a new way to synthesize the hydrocortisone used to treat
> rheumatoid arthritis - the method most widely used to this day. By the
> time he died in 1975, his research had resulted in more than 160
> separate patents.
>
> As one of his tributes, the U.S. Postal Service recognized his
> contributions to science and issued a 29-cent Percy Julian stamp in
> 1993. The Julian stamp was part of a black heritage series that also
> recognized W.E.B. DuBois, Sojourner Truth, Jackie Robinson, and Martin
> Luther King, Jr.
>
> The American Chemical Society, of which Julian was a member, honored his
> synthesis of physostigmine by designating it a National Historic
> Chemical Landmark. This ACS program honors milestones in the history of
> chemistry and Julian was honored in ceremonies at DePauw on April 23,
> 1999.The ACS encourages African American and other minority students to
> study chemistry through the ACS Scholars program. Since its inception in
> 1995, the program has provided more than 750 students with scholarships
> of up to $2500 per year. Scholarship applications for the 2000-2001 year
> are now being accepted through March 1. For more information contact the
> Society, toll-free at 1-800-227-5558, ext. 6250, or visit the ACS
> website at www.acs.org/minorityaffairs. Further information about Julian
> and the ACS Landmark program is available at
> http://www.acs.org/landmarks/julian/index.html.

In article <48D49E3B.63941F73@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>, Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
>
>Buckaroo Banzai wrote:
>
>> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
>> news:48D488E3.F290B36E@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
>> >
>> >
>> > DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
>> >
>> >> #1. Still waiting for it!
>> >
>> > Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
>> > peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
>> > Barack Obama!
>>
>> Sorry Tim, your name was the first I read on this idiotic post. I was about
>> to plonk you but I checked a little further. And having said that, I know
>> you didn't start this idiocy. Having said that, in regard to your reply, I
>> couldn't disagree with you more. Your inclusion of B.O. is *SO* premature.
>> Which is half my problem with the guy. If you could reply with a decent
>> list of legislation this Senator has passed, I might consider his
>> qualifications. The only problem is that you can't. And that's not your
>> fault... but hell, could he do any worse than McCain? I wish I could say
>> no, but McCain is such a disgrace to conservatives, I'm torn between giving
>> it another try with this flip-flopper, and the most liberal voting Senator
>> in the House. Ah, either way, we're screwed.
>
>I suggest considering Ralph Nader (Independent) or Bob Barr (Libertarian).
>There is no need to restrict ourselves to the two major parties.
>
Ralph "evil eye" Nader???? Bwaaaahhahaha

Andrew Halliwell wrote:

> Buckaroo Banzai <blisteringlogic@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > news:48D488E3.F290B36E@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >>
> >>
> >> DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
> >>
> >>> #1. Still waiting for it!
> >>
> >> Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
> >> peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
> >> Barack Obama!
> >
> > Sorry Tim, your name was the first I read on this idiotic post. I was about
> > to plonk you but I checked a little further. And having said that, I know
> > you didn't start this idiocy. Having said that, in regard to your reply, I
> > couldn't disagree with you more. Your inclusion of B.O. is *SO* premature.
> > Which is half my problem with the guy. If you could reply with a decent
> > list of legislation this Senator has passed, I might consider his
> > qualifications. The only problem is that you can't. And that's not your
> > fault... but hell, could he do any worse than McCain? I wish I could say
> > no, but McCain is such a disgrace to conservatives, I'm torn between giving
> > it another try with this flip-flopper, and the most liberal voting Senator
> > in the House. Ah, either way, we're screwed.
> >
> >
> Besides, Tim listed only 4? Is peanut butter really such a "boon" to
> society? Might I add...
> Sammy Davies Jr, Denzel Washington, Lenny Henry, Eddie Murphy, Ray Charles,
> Stevie Wonder, Micheal Jackson (hey, most of his stuff around and before the
> thriller era was good before he turned white and weird), Richard Pryor,
> James Earl Jones....

Dodger's great Jackie Robinson.

Tim Bruening wrote:

>
> DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
>
>
>>#1. Still waiting for it!
>
>
> Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
> peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
> Barack Obama!

1.

GMAN wrote:

> In article <48D49E3B.63941F73@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>, Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Buckaroo Banzai wrote:
> >
> >> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> >> news:48D488E3.F290B36E@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > DAVIS the DUMMY wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> #1. Still waiting for it!
> >> >
> >> > Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (who did miracles with
> >> > peanuts and potatoes, IIRC), Frederick Douglass, Presidential candidate
> >> > Barack Obama!
> >>
> >> Sorry Tim, your name was the first I read on this idiotic post. I was about
> >> to plonk you but I checked a little further. And having said that, I know
> >> you didn't start this idiocy. Having said that, in regard to your reply, I
> >> couldn't disagree with you more. Your inclusion of B.O. is *SO* premature.
> >> Which is half my problem with the guy. If you could reply with a decent
> >> list of legislation this Senator has passed, I might consider his
> >> qualifications. The only problem is that you can't. And that's not your
> >> fault... but hell, could he do any worse than McCain? I wish I could say
> >> no, but McCain is such a disgrace to conservatives, I'm torn between giving
> >> it another try with this flip-flopper, and the most liberal voting Senator
> >> in the House. Ah, either way, we're screwed.
> >
> >I suggest considering Ralph Nader (Independent) or Bob Barr (Libertarian).
> >There is no need to restrict ourselves to the two major parties.
> >
> Ralph "evil eye" Nader???? Bwaaaahhahaha

How did he get that nickname?