My 5 idols

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25 Mar 2009, 11:07 am

I am taking the term "idols" in the sense of this post as people on earth that I admire. These are usually thought of as entertainment or inventive people.

1. Robert Shaw----------late actor who portrayed Captain Quint in Jaws

2. Harry Traver----------late roller coaster designer/builder (legendary)

3. The Three Stooges---(ok I am cheating here, "three for the price of one")
So much of old humor is not funny anymore, but the Stooges
never seem to go out of date. (That is my opinion).

4. Robert Moog----------late inventor of the Moog synthesizer

5. Walt Disney-----------(they all seemed deceased don't they?) no description necessary
Walt kept amusement parks alive in the 1950s when they were dying.

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25 Mar 2009, 11:09 am

I admire people who still have faith even though they've been through absolute hell. I've become a total cynic.

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25 Mar 2009, 12:06 pm

Alan Dershowitz

Joseph Stiglitz

Larry Page

Steve Jobs

Rahm Emanuel

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25 Mar 2009, 12:11 pm

Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Galileo Galilei

Johannes Kepler

Tycho Brahe

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25 Mar 2009, 1:33 pm

ThisisjusthowItalk wrote:

Alan Dershowitz

Joseph Stiglitz

Larry Page

Steve Jobs

Rahm Emanuel

I love Rahm! I just saw him on CNN. Very charismatic.

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25 Mar 2009, 3:05 pm

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Michael Jordan
3. The Rock
4. Adam Sandler

I don't idolize these guys but I would have butterflies in my tummy if I met any one of them.. I have crushes.

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25 Mar 2009, 3:12 pm

George Carlin, Bob Marley, Barack Obama, My dad, and my grandpa

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25 Mar 2009, 4:54 pm

Fnord wrote:

^ I see you had no room for Grigori Efimovich Rasputin.

:roll:

And quite sexist too...Elizabeth Bathory had some interesting staff management skills....or maybe she's too small scale. I firmly believe she inspired Margaret Thatcher though..also fitting in quite well with the tone of the prior list but perhaps she was too easy going (and democratically elected ) to make the top 5?

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25 Mar 2009, 5:03 pm

Ligea_Seroua wrote:

Fnord wrote:

^ I see you had no room for Grigori Efimovich Rasputin.

:roll:

You know? Queen Isabella doesn't get enough credit for her despotic genocidal reign. I guess it gets eclipsed by the whole "Columbus Discovering America" PR coup.

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25 Mar 2009, 5:15 pm

MmeLePen wrote:

ThisisjusthowItalk wrote:

Alan Dershowitz

Joseph Stiglitz

Larry Page

Steve Jobs

Rahm Emanuel

I love Rahm! I just saw him on CNN. Very charismatic.

And sexy.

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25 Mar 2009, 5:31 pm

In no particular order......

Albert Einstein

Jim Morrison

Russell Crowe

Mickey Mantle

Ricky Carmichael

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25 Mar 2009, 11:16 pm

1. My TKD instructor

2. Robert F. Kennedy

3. Noel Gallagher

4. Paul Weller

5. Brian Phillips (current favorite radio DJ)

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26 Mar 2009, 5:18 pm

Quote:

1. Iosif Stalin

2. Vladimir Lenin

3. Megas Alexandros

4. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

5. Adolf Hitler

You sir, have just went from paranoid crazy guy, to total d*bag troll.

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George Carlin, Bob Marley, Barack Obama, My dad, and my grandpa

This isn't a critisism, but isn't there some irony in having a man who advocated detached cynisism, and a man advocating dedicated hope, both on your list?

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27 Mar 2009, 10:26 am

chasingthesun wrote:

1. My TKD instructor

2. Robert F. Kennedy

3. Noel Gallagher

4. Paul Weller

5. Brian Phillips (current favorite radio DJ)

I LOVE PAUL WELLER! What's he doing these days?

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27 Mar 2009, 10:28 am

metelz wrote:

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George Carlin, Bob Marley, Barack Obama, My dad, and my grandpa

This isn't a critisism, but isn't there some irony in having a man who advocated detached cynisism, and a man advocating dedicated hope, both on your list?

I think its awesome! Yin and yang. We should all have lists like that! Plus some family and a totally inspirational musician. Best list here. (Although, I might substitute John Lennon for Bob Marley - just in terms of catalogue size.)

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27 Mar 2009, 11:37 am

1.)Dag Nasty early "punk" rock band.

2.) Benoit Mandelbrot

3.)Sherman Alexie, writer and poet supreme

4.)Quanah Parker, who helped me find my identity as a Texan. Being a Texan means a lot to a Texan, and we all have our own Texas hero, patron, idol however you want to say it.

5.)Laura Pleasants, a very nice lady and talented musician in guitar, vocals, and songwriting.
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