The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived

[DeltAlum]

Naturally, a lot of radio folks were talking about this list recently.

I was listening to one woman DJ trying to comment who said, "I don't know who this Big Brother is." Is that Mr. Orwell rolling over in his grave?

She also really didn't understand "Rosie the Riviter" as being a highly successful and important propaganda tool. She assumed that "Rosie" was simply a symbol of womens liberation.

My late mother actually did work in an aircraft factory riviting the wings on fighter aircraft during WWII.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

I was listening to one woman DJ trying to comment who said, "I don't know who this Big Brother is." Is that Mr. Orwell rolling over in his grave?

Where has that woman been. Everyone knows that Big Brother is the guy at CBS who puts people in a house over the summer and watches their every move.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Where has that woman been. Everyone knows that Big Brother is the guy at CBS who puts people in a house over the summer and watches their every move.

Oh. My mistake. I thought we were talking about the obligitory big brother who is the bane of every young girl on TV sitcoms.

[ann.coulter2]

Does Karl Rove really exist, or is he just some imaginary whipping boy?

"This is an unusual election in that the media have not even waited for the polls to open before declaring the results. Indeed, the Associated Press was forecasting a Democratic "landslide" as early as May. And since we all know that everything in the papers is true, if the Republicans end up winning, or at least holding their majorities, it can only mean that Karl Rove stole the election." By JAMES TARANTO