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January 1, 2005
My Dead Pool Roster
Here are my picks for the Dead Pool:
1. Pope John Paul II - born in 1920 - he's the Pope.
2. Ted Kennedy - born in 1932 - Senator and drunk
3. Cher - born in 1946 - supposedly a singer
4. Fidel Castro - born in 1926 - evil dictator
5. Michael Moore - born in 1954 - makes pretend documentaries.
6. Dick Cheney - born in 1941 - Vice President
7. Mick Jagger - born in 1943 - Rolling Stone
8. Ted Turner - born in 1938 - TV mogul and all around rich guy.
9. Paul McCartney - born in 1942 - former Beatle
10. Victor Yushchenko - born in 1954 - President elect of the Ukraine
(he looks bad after that poisoning!)
11. Richard Pryor - born in 1940 - comedien and actor
12. Walter Cronkite - born in 1916 - former news anchor
13. King Fahd - born in 1923 - King of Saudi Arabia
14. Kofi Annan - born in 1938 - UN Secretary General
15. Gerhard Schroeder - born in 1944 - German Chancellor
In 2004, I only got one right - Yassir Arafat. Maybe this year I'll do a little better, but I have to admit that numbers 2, 5 and 14 are sort of wishful thinking.
Posted by Beth at January 1, 2005 6:53 AM
Comments
LOL! "He looks kind of bad after that poisoning!". :) He was the first guy I thought of, but unless he gets assassinated, I think he has a couple more years until the poison finishes him off... I think...
Posted by: Boudicca at January 1, 2005 7:47 PM
Addtions to the 'wishful thinking' list:
John Pilger
Robert Fisk
Just google either name... if you don't know them already.
Posted by: Kathy K at January 1, 2005 8:07 PM
Actually, according to medpundit, people who keep talking about the "near-fatal dioxin poisoning" don't really know what they're talking about; those who've died could have died from associated compounds (dioxin is usually present in chemical cocktails), and dioxin by itself is 'merely' extremely nasty to the body while it lasts. She theorizes that the poisoning was a way to show Yuschenko that the poisoners can get to him at any time— a nasty thought.
She also commented on a practice of using olestra to treat dioxin poisoning. Fascinating stuff.
Posted by: B. Durbin at January 2, 2005 11:00 PM