The 50 Most Loathsome Americans (2011)

[Paul in Qatar]

Oh happy day! Here it is! It is finally out! Ever since Esquire gave up on the Dubious Person Awards, I look forward to this each year.

Here is the link: http://buffalobeast.com/?p=9585 Visit at your own risk.

[Alice The Goon]

Good- I've been looking for them to put this out all month. Thanks for letting us know!

All last month, I mean- today's the first.

[Argent Towers]

Konservatives r teh evil.

Boring.

I don't think anyone on that list doesn't deserve to be on it, but really, it's like 85% conservative politicians. WE KNOW that nobody likes these assholes. WE GET IT. Surely there have to be some other people to fill out the list.

[Paul in Qatar]

It is remarkable how many of the names are just on the edge of my memory.

[Max the Immortal]

Before reading it, I'm predicting that they did the "#1: You" thing (again).

[Max the Immortal]

Oh, good, they finally changed it up.

[Sudden Kestrel]

I was pleased that he included that nitwit Drew Pinsky, although I think the pseudomedical field could use a whole list all to itself.

[drewtwo99]

Koch brothers at number 1 is a good call. A very good call, considering almost no one even realizes who they are or what they've done.

[Snowboarder Bo]

Good list. Parts of it made me ashamed, parts of it made me mad, but there was also a bunch of stuff that made me Let's go to the quarry and throw stuff down there.

I did think 50 was a lot of entries tho. Couldn't he whittle it down to just the most loathsome 47 or something?

[joebuck20]

Originally Posted by Argent Towers

Konservatives r teh evil.

Boring.

I don't think anyone on that list doesn't deserve to be on it, but really, it's like 85% conservative politicians. WE KNOW that nobody likes these assholes. WE GET IT. Surely there have to be some other people to fill out the list.

Yeah, I don't really get the inclusion of Tim Tebow. Regardless of how you feel about his religion, he seems like a decent guy and hasn't been embroiled in any scandal or accused of anything particularly unsavory.

[Argent Towers]

And Sarah Palin? Jesus, who gives a fuck? She's so totally irrelevant. It's like they said, "guys, we HAVE to make sure we get EVERY conservative politician on here."

It's just like the BBQ Pit. It seems like two thirds of all pittings are some conservative figure. Look, I don't like them either. But it's BORING.

[panache45]

Let's see if I understand this: Steve Jobs was just slightly less loathsome than Jerry Sandusky? Does anyone actually take this crap seriously?

[Jragon]

So basically anybody that more that had more than one national news articles dedicated to them this year are the scum of the earth?

[mhendo]

Originally Posted by panache45

Let's see if I understand this: Steve Jobs was just slightly less loathsome than Jerry Sandusky? Does anyone actually take this crap seriously?

Tell me about it.

Jobs should be at least up at #3.

[Cicero]

Address:
http://buffalobeast.com/?p=9585

Trend Micro has confirmed that this website can transmit malicious software or has been involved in online scams or fraud.

So much for looking. Was J Edgar Hoover there?

[Intergalactic Gladiator]

Yep, it got blocked for me at work as well for the same reason. Hope everyone's OK.

[Ellen Cherry]

Originally Posted by Intergalactic Gladiator

Yep, it got blocked for me at work as well for the same reason. Hope everyone's OK.

I broke the link. Caveat clicktor.

[Nancarrow]

Originally Posted by Max the Immortal

Before reading it, I'm predicting that they did the "#1: You" thing (again).

No, but the '#50: Me' thing raised a laugh.

[Baker]

Any such list that doesn't have Fred Phelps, of WBC infamy, is no good.

[Ludovic]

Maybe they're DNFTT.

[dropzone]

"42) Ed Schultz: Crimes: Called Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham a “right-wing slut,” when everyone knows she’s a right-wing cunt."

Well, there's that. And it's a bit of fun every year.

[Cicero]

Well, not to hijack Paul in Qatar's thread, but seeing we can't view it, can we make a list of our own? Maybe without politicians (unless of course they have been jailed, or corrupt, or being a jerk on these boards.

I guess for everyone we nominate, someone will have some sympathy. So I will kick it off with someone who seems to have no saving graces:

1. Babyface Nelson.
2.

[Paul in Qatar]

I have oft thought we could get a nice list of 50 Alarming Americans going in November or December for a 1 January 'publication.' It would be amusing, or at least diverting. But I fear this is not the time nor the place for a publishing project.

Besides, Nelson is dead. That LA schoolteacher has to have a place on our list.

[lshaw]

When I saw the title, I instantly thought of Larry Ellison and maybe Mark Hurd. Then I looked through the list and saw Steve Jobs. Wow it is like the Lousy Personality Trifecta of Silicon Valley. Ok, not really. Anyway from what I hear, they are all great pals. Birds of a feather...

[C. Montgomery Burns]

Hey! Let's take gratuitous juvenile swipes at conservatives! That's a totally original and hilarious idea that nobody has ever thought of before! Look, most of these people probably do suck, but let's stop pretending that there aren't enough liberal dickweeds of equal standing is deceiving themselves.

[Ludovic]

Originally Posted by C. Montgomery Burns

but let's stop pretending that there aren't enough liberal dickweeds of equal standing is deceiving themselves.

There aren't enough liberal dickweeds of equal standing. Which doesn't mean that peppering the list with the same predictable names is going to be entertaining all the time, unless you rename the list "stupidest things the same 50 conservative politicians did this year". Which would be more entertaining to the readers because they'd know what they'd be getting.

[hajario]

This year's is not nearly as witty as the list from years past. Was it a slow year or do they have a new writing staff?

[C. Montgomery Burns]

Originally Posted by Ludovic

There aren't enough liberal dickweeds of equal standing. Which doesn't mean that peppering the list with the same predictable names is going to be entertaining all the time, unless you rename the list "stupidest things the same 50 conservative politicians did this year". Which would be more entertaining to the readers because they'd know what they'd be getting.

There are a huge amount of liberal dickweeds. Some liberals just don't want to see the people on their side that way. Conservatives want to lecture everybody on what to do, liberals want to look down on non-liberals as stupid. Yes, before anybody says anything, these are gross generalizations. I know that.