Best President

Since the Worst President topic was so popular, I would like to see what presidents people do like.

My favorite is Thomas Jefferson. He had already established himself as one of the greatest Americans ever before he even became president. His response to Shay's Rebellion, I think, set him apart from the other founders as he continued to support the right of the people to resist tyranny even after independence from Britian was won, proving that his convictions did not change after power was transferred to the US gov. While he was president, of course, he made the greatest real estate deal in history, the Louisiana Purchase. Without war, he expanded the US drastically. The change from 13 colonies to a continental nation was virtually accomplished by Jefferson alone.

What are the elements?

The classical elements of fire, earth, air, and water have been replaced in modern times with the periodic table of elements in the minds of most. Are the ancients dead wrong, or are we misinterpreting their meaning? In order for something to be an "element", it must be the simplest part of a system, indivisible. None of the 4 elements meets that criteria in a literal sense.

The classical elements are therefore obviously symbolic, if they have any validity at all. So what do they symbolize?

I kind of think they are "macro" symbols which represent multiple things. One almost perfect correspondence is in the 4 states of matter; Air=Gas,Water=Liquid,Earth=Solid,Fire=Plasma. But an even bigger idea would be Fire=Will,Earth=Matter,Air=Information,Water=Change, because those could be seen as primal elements. Any other ideas?

Flying Saucers : Yay or Nay?

I would like to know what people think about flying saucers. Are they real? If so, who makes them?