# 100 People Screwing Up America: Know Any Of Them? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019 "2006-02-17T22:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/41 "2006-02-21T23:23:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I heard him on the radio. He said he was liberal his whole life, but feels that the Democrat party has abandoned people who disagree, but don’t hate, Geroge W. Bush. That would explain why _Bias_ came out in 2001… oh wait. I guess I believe this guy about as far as I can throw him. Say what you will about Jimmy Carter- I have no idea how he’s making America more selfish, vulgar or cynical. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/42 "2006-02-21T23:50:12Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > We _are_ talking about Bernie Goldberg here, remember? Dunno who he is. > [@](#): > > - The guy’s a wanna-be right-wing shill who wishes he was as famous as the other right-wing shills who eclipse him.\* Still dunno who he is but at least now what he is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/43 "2006-02-22T01:00:30Z")
It is not like I could give them a call and meet for a beer, but I have shook hands/or been introduced to: Jesse Jackson, Julian Bond, Howard Dean and Barbra Streisand. And I am 100% sure none of them would ever remember meeting me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/44 "2006-02-22T01:30:38Z")
[Moderator Underoos On]Try to remember that this is a poll, not a political discussion. Thank you.[/Moderator Underoos On] ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/45 "2006-02-22T03:24:22Z")
Pardon the oblivious moment, and I’d never even heard of the book before this thread… but why are some of the names non-names? ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/46 "2006-02-22T03:52:09Z")
Guy Valella #94. OK, I don’t know him personally, but he was a NY state senator. MY SO knows him, when his identity was stolen Guy Valella (or Guy Valellas office) helped him get everything straightened out with all the differnt New York City agencies. I guess he’s on the list for getting arrested for taking bribes or some similar politician thing. You can click on the names of the people on the list and it gives background info. I guess Barbara Kingsolver is on the list because she wrote about the wives of miners in Arizona in 1983. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/47 "2006-02-22T16:26:15Z")
I was in the second or so row for a speech by **#4 Jesse Jackson** , and I shook his hand. I bought a book from **#15 Ted Rall** at the [Small Press Expo](http://www.spxpo.com/) in 2004. We chatted a bit, but he wouldn’t remember me. I’m a semi-regular reader of **#52 Markos Moulitsas** ’s website. I don’t think that should count. **#74 Katha Pollitt** and I were both regulars of Slate’s long-departed NewsQuiz feature. About a month ago my wife spotted the question-mark car driven by **#99 Matthew Lesko** as we were tooling aorund Bethesda, but I missed it. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/48 "2006-02-22T16:32:26Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > I used to have regular sex with a #85 (pre celebrity but post dumb). > > If anything it made my life BETTER. > > That list is stupid. How many people imediately went back to the list to see who 85 was? Oh, just me? Anyway, then I thought back and I have a #85 in my past too. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/49 "2006-02-22T16:46:22Z")
I’ve met Noam Chomsky, Lee Bollinger, and Harry Belafonte (they certainly wouldn’t say they know me, though!). All of the meetings were in work situations, which strikes me as funny now that I see all three names together. I also know three of the 101 Most Dangerous Professors, or whatever it is that David Horowitz is calling them. I know several more people who are seething because they didn’t make that list. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019/50 "2006-02-22T16:48:27Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > **#74 Katha Pollitt** and I were both regulars of Slate’s long-departed NewsQuiz feature. Man, I’m not remembering any of these until other people post them. I met her the same way I met the other people I’ve mentioned. I sent her a few of my clips and she complimented my writing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-people-screwing-up-america-know-any-of-them/345019.md?page=2)