- Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual. Born in Great Britain, he lived in America, having migrated to the American colonies just in time to take part in the American Revolution, mainly as the author of the powerful, widely read pamphlet, "Common Sense" (1776), advocating independence for the American Colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain. - John Prine
John Prine (born October 10, 1946, in Maywood, Illinois) is an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s. Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. His grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis, and Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago. - Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (April 26, 1710 - October 7, 1796), Scottish philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. The early part of his life was spent in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he created the" 'Wise Club' "(a literary-philosophical association) and graduated from the University of Aberdeen. He was given a professorship at King's College Aberdeen in 1752, … - Ed O.G.
Ed O.G., also known as Edo G, born Edward Anderson in 1971, is a hip-hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts. In 1991, Ed O.G. put out a highly-esteemed album with his then-group Da Bulldogs, entitled "Life of a Kid in the Ghetto." It featured a Boston-local hit, "Be a Father to Your Child," as well as, "I Got To Have It," which was sampled later by Mary J. Blige on the track "Ooh". The group was dropped from Mercury Records in 1993. - Kevin Zeese
Kevin B. Zeese is President of Common Sense for Drug Policy . He is one of the nation's foremost authorities on drug policy issues. He has worked on a wide array of drug related issues ( Curriculum Vitae ) since he graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1980. He is the author of Drug Testing Legal Manual , Drug Testing Legal Manual and Practice Aids and co-author of Drug Law: Strategies and Tactics , all three published by Clark Boardman Callaghan . - George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (November 4 1873 - October 24 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher who was educated at Dulwich College and went on to study, and later teach, at the University of Cambridge. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and (before them) Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of the Analytic tradition in philosophy. - Conde McGinley
Michael Conde J. McGinley, (1890-1963) editor of a semimonthly paper called "Common Sense", brought briefly to the nation's attention by his involvement against the nomination of Anna M. Rosenberg, which led to an investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Michael Conde McGinley was born Oct 13 in Norman, Oklahoma, the son of Irish immigrant Connell B McGinley (1852-1941) and his wife Catherine. He was the eldest of three surviving children. - Norman Malcolm
Norman Malcolm (1911 - 1990) was an American philosopher. He was born in Selden, Kansas. After earning a Harvard doctorate, he joined the Princeton faculty in 1940. During his first term at Cambridge in 1938, he met Ludwig Wittgenstein and attended Wittgenstein's lectures on the philosophical foundations of mathematics throughout 1939. Malcolm remained one of Wittgenstein's closest friends, and his memoir of his time with Wittgenstein, published in 1958, … - Peter Unger
Peter K. Unger (born 1942) is a contemporary American philosopher and professor at New York University. His main interests lie in the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind. Unger has written a defense of profound philosophical skepticism and claims that many philosophical questions cannot be definitively answered. - Marcello Cividini
Italian pioneer in Direct Marketing, works at Corriere della Sera up to 1979. Fund raiser and database builder for many United Nations Agencies. Now founder and CEO of Coupon Line a company dedicated to revolutionary targeting technique in retail chains. Journalist and Teacher in Direct Marketing at Master in Brand Communication in Venice Ca' Foscari and Brand Marketing Strategy in Milano Politechnic University. China Partners is a new marketing venture to develop Italian food business in China. - Leighton Smith
Leighton Smith is a talkback radio host based in Auckland New Zealand. He is on air, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and midday NZST on foreign-owned media conglomerate, Newstalk ZB. He always starts his show with a monologue of a few minutes discussing his thoughts on recent events and setting a few potential discussion topics for the talkback part of his show. - David Solway
David Solway (born 1941) is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent. He is a member of the Jubilate Circle and formerly professor of English Literature at John Abbott College. He lives in Hudson, Quebec. David Solway is renowned for his metier both as a poet and as a teacher, for his common sense, skepticism, flamboyancy and polemical outspokenness, especially in defence of Zionism. - Keith Olsen
Keith Olsen, born in a small town in South Dakota then moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota at the age of 12, received a very midwestern cultural education grounded in common sense and defined by reality. As he became more and more interested in music, both classical and the pop music of the time, he was lucky enough to earn some valuable experience in a couple of the only recording studios in the Minneapolis area. - Joel Cummins
Joel Nathaniel Cummins (born 1973, Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, and founding member/keyboardist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. He formed the band along with Brendan Bayliss, Mike Mirro, and Ryan Stasik in December 1997 and remains with the band to this day. Cummins and Mirro were members of University of Notre Dame band Stomper Bob, who split around the same time as another local band, Tashi Station (which included Bayliss and Stasik). - Max Abraham
Max Abraham was a German physicist. Abraham was born in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk in Poland) to a family of Jewish merchants. Attending the University of Berlin, he studied under Max Planck. He graduated in 1897. For the next three years, Abraham worked as Planck's assistant. From 1900 to 1909, Abraham worked at Göttingen as a privatdozent, an unpaid lecturing position. Abraham developed his theory of the electron in 1902, … - Franz Antel
Franz Antel (born June 28, 1913) is a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies (romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and "K.u.k. films" all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. - Lisa
"my job is to keep your ass from getting blown up". - Stephen Solomon
I was born July 7th. I went to Edgewater High School (class of 05'). I am going to UCF now. At some point I want to do some service in the Marines. There's a lot of stuff I want to do in life. My major is Business, with a minor in Economics. I'd like to own my own business one day. I'd like to learn to be a pilot. I'm into a bunch of different hobbies. I like playing the piano, shooting, weight lifting and anything having to do with comic books. - Mike Curry
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Nothing. - Virgilio Morales
I am Virgilio the lion, a born revolutionary. As long as Dominicans are not free, I will fight. - Jason
- Marc Gaynor
Marc is a member of Family Hominidae, order Primates, charachterized by erect posture, a member of the only extant species; Homo Sapiens; ethnic hybrid... Possessing a developed brain, with a capacity for abstract reasoning, communicates by means of organized speech and record information with symbolic systems. Be careful, Marc is currently experiencing mid-life enthusiasm. - Common Sense
just a lil clarification right here.. this is NOT Rashid Lynn. This is simply a page dedicated to the ILLest from the Chi. You know, since there's pages for Pharell Williams, Chad Hugo, Qbert, etc., I was wondering how come there ain't no Common Sense anywhere? not even a lot of heads got him on their favorite music list. so i was like wtf. this guy can break, freestyle, write, dope ass delivery and voice.. none of ya'll can f*ck with Rashid. aiight... peace. - Ian Melling
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As an accomplished sales leader, I have achieved seven-figure revenue growth, international market penetration and successful product launches for leading global corporations during my career. - Thomas Paine
I quote John Adams: "History is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine. I know not whether any man in the world has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than he. Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.". - Ian Barr
My job is boring, but it allows me afford my hobbies. I spend my days playing guitar and recording music. - Melissa
Hello World! Its the number one and only... Melissa Pluger.. Yay! Arent I amazing. Well lets cut to the chase shall we. I live in Murphy, NC and its not too shabby. I used to reside in a small town called Homestead, FL. There are only too many souls dear to me in that place. Its where I learned to walk, talk, and fly. - Emanuel
My work:. - Tim
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I am 18 years old and I am currently working at Costco Wholesale, its a cool job but I am hoping to move to bigger things. I am a great guy to hang with, I like all types of sports like Basketball(Which is my favorite) football,soccer,bowling. I will try something once, i am an ambitious guy who is always looking to better himself.I am not really a party person but I will go if you ask me. - Natalie Stovall
i love alot of things and ppl. dancing on balconies is one of them. i still need a tan.lol. and i hope to, after a million years in school and i career, have alot if kids. but they will prolly be adopted cuz i will be like 60 years old and genetic mutation will be more prominant. - Raul Amaya
ALLIES:. - Pat
got 2 spots on new lock flooded with rock. - Aka Thomas Crown
- Tony Schaffer
I am a 21 year-old living in Sandusky Ohio, trying to make it through college. I play music and write music, and will be playing throughout the area so check my calendar to see when the next gig is! If you like acoustic music then you WILL like what my friends and I have to offer.
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