Who do I admire list

[Renal Shutdown]

K, here's my two cents..

Politics:
Bill Clinton - he might have screwed up, but he cares.  9/11 he was in New York quick, doing what he could.  Georgie Boy wouldn't have done the same.
Jimmy Carter - he was a peanut farmer.

Music:
The Who - all four, for redefining rock.
Sonic Youth - all four, for redefining it again.
Wes Borland - suffered being in Limp Bizkit, just so he could release his own stuff, like Ginormous Penis Laser.  As far as I know, it flopped.

Films:
Peter Jackson - pre-LOTR, when he had absolutely no budget but managed to make the films look incredible.
David Niven - only worked to pay for his various habits.
Humphrey Bogart - the *original* rat pack.

TV:
Monty Python - redefined comedy.
Adam and Joe/Antoines de Caunes - they don't if anyone watches, as long as they have a good time.
The Kids in the Hall/Sledgehammer/Red Dwarf - couldn't fault them if I tried..  (well, except RD near the end).

Family:
My Grandad - worked when he felt like it, drank all the time, had to put up with my Nan, cope with various illnesses..  but still *always* had a smile on his face.
My mum - the amount of crap she's had to put up with over the last 23 years.

Friends:
Mr. C and Oniichan - made me what I am today.

[Vel]

I mostly admire myself, but I also admire :
Sports:
Krasimir Balakov
Michael Owen
Pete Sampras
Jelena Dokic
Actors:
Sean Connery
Mel Gibson
Harrison Ford
Jennifer Aniston
Music:
Mark Knopfler
Meat Loaf
Madonna

[Las Naranjas]

What took Dokic so long to tell her dad to fuck off?

[Dmitri]

Well, several people here have cited a man who deployed troops against the Suffragettes [lets see you get the vote now bitch!], as well as striking unionists. A man who through his own folly and arrogance in a leadership he got only by right of birth, led thousands of men to death in the Dardanelles and who advocated chemical warfare against the Mesopetamian tribes (now Iraq) as a way of making them subservient to the Mandate.

Damn you Albert Einstein! Damn YOOOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!

[Barcik]

Chris Jones.

[Nacho]

Barcik.

Edit: And Sharon and Mazen if they finally bring the f*ck*d peace! Damn, I´m tyred of that 50-year deadly match!

[Helm]

i wouldn't stake my life on it, but from what i remember it was Descartes who said cogito ergo sum...

Yes. A nice poem, that is.

While we're listing comic artists, i absolutely have to mention Enki Bilal.

For starting out as a moebius immitator, he sure grew into his own. I like most of his work too.

[Vel]

I dunno, LasNaranjas.
But that Bernildi man looks like the devil himself.

[plasticman]

i wouldn't stake my life on it, but from what i remember it was Descartes who said cogito ergo sum...

Yes. A nice poem, that is.

While we're listing comic artists, i absolutely have to mention Enki Bilal.

For starting out as a moebius immitator, he sure grew into his own. I like most of his work too.

agreed.
from what i've heard, bilal is gonna direct a movie soon. i'm curious about the result


and i'm not very fond of the "discours de la méthode".
never trust a guy who pretends to prove the existence of god...

[DGMacphee]

I'd like to make an amendment to my list.

Most of you probably already know, but I'm studying journalism -- and over the course you get an understanding on some of the history of journalism.

The two guys I'm adding to my list are 'Chris Masters' and 'Phil Dickie' -- You probably have never heard of these two guys, but I admire their work.

Both investigated into organised crime in my state of Queensland during the 80s and found various links between mob bosses and member of the police force.

Phil Dickie worte a series of articles on illegal casinios and brothels while the Police Department denied it.

Chris Masters made a documentary called 'The Moonlight State', which dealt witht he same issues.

Both men faced threats from the police and crime bosses, yet they managed to bring about one of the biggest political inquiries -- The Fitzgerald Inquiry.

The result of this inquiry was they found there was corruption in Queensland, the police were involved, the Police Commissioner (Sir Terry Lewis) was jailed, and the Premier of the state, Sir Joh Bjeke-Peterson, had no clue that this was going on.

Not only that, but it was also found that Sir Joh didn't even understand things such as the separation of powers (demonstrated with his use of the police force as his own private army -- thus earning him the title 'The Hillbilly Dictator)

With all this politcal tension, he resigned.

It was a way tougher situation than Watergate and, even though things aren't perfect now, I do have some hope of a legitimate and honest career in journalism.


As an interesting note: Queensland made prostitution legal a few years back -- Ironic, isn't it?

[Barcik]

Interestingly, I have seen a program about investigating journalist Jack Andersson on History channel just today. His research has shown links between the Mob, Fidel Castro and the JFK assassination.