Plus he’s worth a bundle of points. 
He probably is, now…
Your logic is sound.
Yeah, but aren’t we more than certain that he has, or will receive, a death sentence somewhere? I mean, if he hasn’t pissed up the top 8 enough, there are what, 185 or so other countries left? Probably an even 200 if he pisses of BofA, BP, and others.
I’ve yet to visit the site, but I would figure the people he names are probably worse off than he is.
But, good topical pick, either way. And if you excuse me, I will run to the shoulder so the stampede can now join your bandwagon.
So they CAN Exist in the same place at the same time!
Oh it was mental? Drat.
Ok, last and for all : I figured it was a Funny Anneurism moment, as the entire game thought Edwards had 3 weeks left at least. That the entire bubble grew and popped in less than 24 hours should be noted, and I thought that Funny Anneurism was the best fitting trope.
More on **Julian Assange
**
I have a feeling I don’t fully understand 3f. However, As I type, he is under arrest and well, I don’t think anyone would argue he is not a political. [Of his own crusade, or whatever his notion is.]
And as I said before I think 7 will get him. I guess as worded you can still select him, but I don’t really see the, heh, point.
If Someone goes out Via #7, does the pick still count on Quantity not Quality?
Someone is either eligible (for everything), or not at all.
With respect to political prisoners, that would mean that they are imprisoned for political reasons. I don’t think sexual assault counts as political.
You can still get points for the death of someone under sentence of death if their death is via natural causes or extra-judicial means (e.g., beaten to death by a guard).
Considering the VERY high likelihood (IMHO) that Mr. Assange might be on the receiving end of a CIA or MI:6 bullet before all is said and done, he’s a good pick.
Do we have rules for what happens if a pick is not under a death sentence at 1/1/11 but manages to get convicted, sentenced to death and executed by 12/31/11? For example, if, say, Julian Assange pisses off Kim Jong-Il, who sends out some North Korean agents to grab him, drag him off to Pyongyang for a show trial, find him guilty of something, then have him shot by a firing squad. Would the people who picked him get the points because he wasn’t on death row when the Pool started, would he be discarded and everyone’s first alternate would move up, or what?
Man, that’s the kind of scenario that keeps me up nights. And what if the Mole People are the ones that do this instead of the North Koreans?!? It’s enough to drive a man to drink!!
It doesn’t matter if they were arrested or charged when you picked them. If they are executed, they don’t count.
The subject came up early in the Iraq war, as when I was writing my list it was conceivable that Saddam Hussein (in hiding at the time) could be arrested, tried, sentenced and executed before the end of the following year. Word from the top was that it wouldn’t count because his death was via state-sanctioned execution.
So is Aretha Franklin the new Elizabeth Edwards?
I like this suggestion.
Otherwise, it’s a bit like “let’s play a ‘guess-the-number-I’m-thinking-of’ game. By the way, the answer is 7”
And I’m saying give the world a week. I didn’t know if Political Prisoner was a euphemism for anything. A, excuse the pun, politically correct term for a regular citizen that is a victim of the state. Tibet. Not that I know anything about that. But again, that’s what was was nagging at me earlier.
After a year of tragically forgetting to enter in time, I’m back with my themeless list of the old and infirm:
Fidel Castro
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Annette Funicello
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Judith Krantz
Robert Loggia
Gina Lollabrigida
John McLaughlin
Gerald McRaney
Nolan Miller
Vidal Sasson
Elizabeth Taylor
Alternates:
Dick Clark
Liza Minelli
Too late to edit, but I wanted to correct to Vidal Sassoon and Liza Minnelli.
Exhaustive research has given me next year’s winning list:
Desmond Harrington (actor on Dexter)
Ariel Sharon (comatose politician)
Colonel Bob Sheridan (boxing announcer)
Michael Douglas (actor)
Dick Cheney (heartless droid)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (cancerous supreme court justice)
Martin Rayner (sick actor playing Broadway role of sick character)
Bishop John Steinbock (will God save him?)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (Eva was funnier, but is already dead)
Aretha Franklin (rumors or pancreatic cancer)
Mike Heimerdinger (NFL asst. coach)
Harley Hotchkiss (Calgary Flames owner)
Gordon Murray (Lehman Brothers director and author)
Alternates:
Ali Khamenei (Iran Supreme Leader )
Orlando Thomas (former NFL player)
Larry King (radio/IV interviewer)
In the uninteresting format:
Desmond Harrington
Ariel Sharon
Colonel Bob Sheridan
Michael Douglas
Dick Cheney
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Martin Rayner
Bishop John Steinbock
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Aretha Franklin
Mike Heimerdinger
Harley Hotchkiss
Gordon Murray
Alternates:
Ali Khamenei
Orlando Thomas
Larry King
Updated list due to the completely selfish passing of Elizabeth Edwards 4 weeks early.
Come on, Aretha, hang in there.
Michael Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Steve Jobs
Connie Newton Needham
Jason Becker
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ariel Sharon
Jerry Lewis
Peter Tork
Dick Cheney
Aretha Franklin
Margaret Thatcher
Elizabeth Taylor
Chris Christie
Roger Ebert
Bob Barker
Hey! All of you off this bandwagon. We need to change the sign!