Funny list! The only one who doesn't belong on there is Hugo C. Because he nationalized First World assets in his country, and dared to form an independent alliance with other central and south american countries, he is consistently vilified in the West. I can think of a *much* better choice for the presidential a-hole, anyway...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@...> wrote: > > Browsing in the high-falutin' section of > my local book shop today I came across this: > > "Assholes: A Theory" by philosopher Aaron James > http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4884 > > Sounds like fun. (But alas it's cheaper online so my > local shop may loose out). > > (BTW what's the difference between an asshole and an > arsehole? Does one get published, and the other not? Or > are we, as so often, divided by our common language?) > > From a review on Amazon: > > "James classifies a-holes by type, including the boorish > a-hole (Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore), the smug a-hole > (Richard Dawkins, Larry Summers), the a-hole boss (Naomi > Campbell), the presidential a-hole (Hugo Chavez), the reckless > a-hole (Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld), the self-aggrandizing > a-hole (Ralph Nader), the cable news a-hole (Neil Cavuto, > Keith Olbermann), and the delusional a-hole (Kanye West, > Wall Street bankers). James covers the spectrum from liberals > to conservatives in his search for a-holes and applies his > test with, I think, a nonpartisan outlook." > > Also looking promising and about my tribe: > "How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and > the Quantum Revival" >
