Franklin also got the French to donate buttloads of gunpowder to the American cause, without which America could not have fought, period. He was also a big buddy of Priestly, whose experiments and books led to the French (Well, Antoine Lavoisier, who was in charge of the Gunpowder Commission) reinventing the way…

This reminds me of Lincoln's purported reaction to the complaint that Grant was a drunkard: "Let's send a few cases of whiskey to my other generals. Maybe that will get them to do as well as Grant."

according to Sleepy Hollow he once tried to create a Frankenstein type monster out of soldiers and indians to fight the headless horseman

I like the theory about Franklin being a British spy and member of the Hellfire Club.

They've had that covered for years, it's called Poo Flinging. The monkeys in the zoo taught the telecommunications industry everything they know.

Wow, one more country to add to the list of "countries shafted by the US 'intelligence' efforts"...

The quoted passage seems to be treating emulation and imitation as disttinct processes. If this is so, what is the difference between them?

We should be breeding all primates with a purpose like the Russian Fox project. Same with athletes. We khan do it Dr Zaius!

But to be fair to Franklin, every major objective of the mission was accomplished, with primarily Franklin being the driving force.

Terrible movie. Brilliant comedy sketch. Bravo!

Anyone who does THIS is a security risk.

Wow. So a drunken pussy hound was a little lax in his professional life? I'm quite surprised.

This is a smear campaign entirely orchestrated by Ichabod Crane.

"Three men may keep a secret if two of them are dead."-Ben Franklin

Amen. And I despise the mediocrity that is Geoff Johns and almost all the New 52 (love the adventures Hercules in Drag, aka, Wonder Woman).

Flashpoint

That pun was so good that it hurts.

A million years ago when the trailer was in theaters and the narrator said "Yor, the hunter from the future" a friend yelled "I am not!". Hilarity ensued.

I'll just gently add *orange lens on a servo swings into place over his eye* between "what do we do?!" and "We die."

The Last Starfighter