Comments on: Vote!! It’s the Most Influential Living Unitarian Iron Cage Death Match of Death!!™

By: James

James — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:08:57 +0000

Went ahead and voted for Olbermann, to bring his total up to a product of two primes. So nobody screw it up, okay? ;) (Well, two more votes would bring it up to a prime, and two more would at least get a musical reference… Got a ways to go after that before any other mathematically interesting numbers.)

And for the record, I’m choosing to go with the following definition of influence: “an emanation of occult power held to derive from stars.” No, wait, that’s not it. “Power exerted over the minds or behavior of others.” Which, of these contenders, Olbermann seems to be the one whose, erm, star is in ascendence. That, and like I said before, he can probably kick their butts in a throwdown.

By: h sofia

h sofia — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:24:10 +0000

Maybe this is a generational thing but I barely know who Pete Seeger is, and even less of what he is doing. I don’t have cable so I had no idea who Olbermann was until a few months ago when I kept seeing his name come up on UU blogs. Even still, I thought he was a sports reporter from ESPN. (Still don’t know why I thought that). Now I do know about the good vibrations company and think it’s pretty cool that Joani Blank is a UU. Maybe she is responsible for more births (or preventing more births) than anyone else mentioned so far!

By: chutney

chutney — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:01:15 +0000

I found it here with some references.

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:57:21 +0000

I hear people all the time say that Matt Groening is a UU but where? And don’t say Springfield either. I went with Pete Seeger because he’s actually out changing things and talks about being a UU.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:58:02 +0000

Olbermann all the way!

By: John Rutter

John Rutter — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:19:56 +0000

Tim Berners-Lee. How could anyone have more influence over more lives.

By: chutney

chutney — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:59:07 +0000

I just added Seeger. (I added myself as the fifth write-in.)

If you wanted to vote for Seeger but already voted for someone else, you can cast a new vote by going to this page from a computer with a different internet connection. (The poll software logs IP addresses to prevent vote flooding.)

By: Lois Reborne

Lois Reborne — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:53:34 +0000

Pete Seeger definitely. For living UU values his whole life, speaking truth to power over and over and never giving up, for writing and singing songs that have inspired millions.
( I voted for Tim before I caught on to the write thing and don’t seem to be able to undo the vote.Sorry!)

By: chutney

chutney — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:20:55 +0000

If Al can joke about it, so can I. And so can you.

By: Donna Rowe

Donna Rowe — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:17:59 +0000

Now you need only two more votes to write Pete Seeger in. My vote is for him.