David Seabrook
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Thoughts on the most annoying list:
Glenn Beck - He's one of the few people in this country who's more pscyhologically unstable than me, and that's not a good thing. He's so delusional, he went on a standup comedy tour because he thinks he's funny. Worse, there are enough people out there who made his tour a success because they think he's funny. What's so great about watching a middle aged man with psychological problems have an emotional breakdown day after day?
Bonnie Bedalia - Once again, it appears as if a profile with a low vote total crossed that 40-vote threshold onto the least annoying list, and promptly had dozens of annoying votes dumped on it, propelling the vote total on the year well above 60%. This has happened frequently this year. It's no wonder that only profiles with 4-digit vote totals (or higher) have been on the least annoying list for the last three months--the ones with lower vote totals don't stay on the list for more than a few minutes before they're rapidly voted off.
Greg Maddux - Maddux is one of those rare elite professional athletes who managed not to annoy me, so I think he's an undeserving choice for the most annoying list. A first ballot Hall of Famer for sure!
Thomas Jefferson - Another unusual inclusion on the most annoying list. His life has been the source of controversy lately; a scholastic book publishing company in Texas believes history books have too much of a 'liberal' slant, so with approval of the Texas School Board, history is going to be re-written from a more conservative perspective. Thomas Jefferson was cut from a list of figures who inspired the Revolutions of the 1700s and 1800s because Texas conservatives didn't like him for coining the term 'separation of church and state.' Well, Texas did elect George W. Bush governor, so education was clearly never a priority there to begin with. 
Clarence Thomas - I think it's interesting that he is the most controversial selection we've probably ever seen for a Supreme Court nomination, but, the Republicans in the Senate essentially gave him a free pass because he's one of their own. The last couple of days, we've seen the mighty GOP fiercely attack nominee Elena Kagan. What's so controversial about her that she has to face a higher level of scrutiny than Clarence Thomas?
Simon Fuller - Even though the quality of contestants on 'American Idol' this past season wasn't spectacular, and Simon Cowell is leaving the show, and it's tiring to hear the contestants sing the same songs from the 'approved' list year after year, I'll probably still watch 'American Idol' next season for lack of alternative programming. I just hope that the focus of the show goes back to finding the best singer, and not the best 'artist.'
John Fitzgerald Kennedy - He's lucky he was President at a time when the media kept the President's private life a secret. With the numerous affairs he 'allegedly' had, could you imagine the media circus those affairs would've created today? It's also interesting that his legacy is closely associated with civil rights, when civil rights was an issue he kind of skirted around for political purposes. It was Lyndon B. Johnson who signed milestone civil rights legislation into law, and Robert Kennedy who was an outspoken advocate for civil rights.
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