REAL MEN
Ralph Nader- You've got to love a guy who will run for president while refusing to support his party's platform, accept campaign contributions, or appear on TV.
(Editor's note: Overheard at a conference on Microsoft that year by yours truly: when asked if he owned a personal computer, Mr. Nader responded, "Oh, God, no. I don't go near the things.")
Michael Moore- For taking the piss out of our society while not losing his sense of humor- that's not always easy to do, but the only way to do it and remain sane.
(Editor's note-- the whole "rumpled guy with the baseball cap" thing is getting old)
Abner Louima- For taking a plunger up the a** and not being afraid to tell the world about it.
(Editor's note-- Louima was a Haitian immigrant who was the victim of police brutality. We did not realize at the time that this did not qualify as torture.)
Chris Rock- For talking about things us "crackers" can't talk about, and for pointing out that our problem with the n-word is that "it's the only thing in the world that the average white man cannot use at his discretion."
Muhammad Ali- Just watch "When We Were Kings." White America didn't know how to deal with him.
Fidel Castro- He wore fatigues way before they were cool.
(Editor's note-- we were really talking about the young, spotty-bearded revolutionary, not the one currently on life support, although you have to give him, and the beard, credit for sticking around.)
That guy who wrote that book "The Missionary Position" a few years ago, which dissed Mother Theresa. That took balls. (editor's note- his name is Christopher Hitchens)
(Editor's note-- the previous editor's note was from the previous editor.)
(Additional editor's note-- after inexplicably becoming a stooge for the Bush administration, we were pleased to see Mr. Hitchens tap into his old cohones for his latest, "God is Not Great.")
MEN WITH RUGS
(in alphabetical order)
Marv Albert
Howard Cosell
Charles Grodin
Charlton Heston
Burt Reynolds
William Shatner
Frank Sinatra (not that we have a problem with that!)
(Editor's note: apparently, if our sources are correct, this list should now include Msr. Vincent Barbarino, "the Boy in the Bubble" himself, although we'd have to update the title to "Men with Mesh.")
http://education.makemeheal.com/index.php/Travolta,_John
(Editor's note to self: you may want to look into this.)
