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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:23 AM
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Name something or someone American that proves we aren't all just part of a mindless idiocracy
Edited on Tue Jul-13-10 11:56 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
In other words, proof that we have more to offer the world than just reality television and KFC Double Down Sandwiches.

I'll start:

Garrison Keillor
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:24 AM
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1. Steve Jobs. And, for that matter, Bill Gates.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:27 AM
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2. Carl Sagan
Neil DeGrass Tyson. Jon Stewart. Stephen Colbert.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:28 AM
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3. Insufficiently qualified subject line.
I think we are all part of a mindless idiocracy.

Keillor, though, is valiantly defending us against the barbarians.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:30 AM
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4. Rachel Maddow, Michelle Obama, Laurie Anderson...
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cbdo2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:37 AM
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5. Matt Taibbi
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:42 AM
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6. Sen. Al Franken
Suck it, O'Really?!
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:49 AM
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7. David Foster Wallace (RIP) n/t
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:50 AM
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8. Doctors Without Borders
Edited on Tue Jul-13-10 12:04 PM by Tuesday Afternoon
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:56 AM
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9. They're French actually.
Edited on Tue Jul-13-10 11:56 AM by BurtWorm
Originally, anyway.

Medecins sans frontieres.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:57 AM
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10. I think the American culture of conservation qualifies
:)
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 12:38 PM
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11. The Monkees. nt
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jp11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 01:02 PM
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12. Norman Borlaug
Stephen Colbert
Jon Stewart
Jimmy Carter
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 04:36 PM
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13. Howard Dean
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