IN> Edison's Lightbulb (was Franklin's Kite)

[Josh Krutt]

> It must be stated that Edison is both a celebrated mortal inventor as
> well as a beloved Saint of Lightning.

Sir, I must disagree.  The former is true; the latter, not so.  Edison
has earned his place in the Bank of Mammon.  Edison's genius was not
inventing - indeed, his true genius was advertising.  He and his
friend Ford made a fellow inventor's life hell - and out of jealousy.
Tesla is still livid about this - he has often complained to Jean of
Edison's fame in the mortal world.

Edison, for his part, spends most of his time trying to keep Mammon
from turning him into a statue or otherwise making him 'more
valuable.'