What living people whom you've not met would you most like to?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

and have a real conversation (an hour or more) with? In no particular order mine:

HH The Dalai Lama (the only person on earth to whom I grant that honorific)
Howard Dean
George McGovern
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese musician, and a genuine genius)
David Lynch
Barack Obama
Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Buddhist equivalent of HH The Dalai Lama)
Robert Fripp (Founding member and driving force of King Crimson)
Auu Sang Suu Chi
Sora Aoi (beautiful JAV star)
Daevid Allen (Austro-British jazz-rock musician)
Werner Herzog (German film director)
Jacques Pepin
Mario Batali
Garrison Keillor

Yeah, I have eclectic tastes and this represents a small fraction of the fascinating and diverse people this world has to offer.)

If Skinner or one of the other mods feels the need to relocate this to the Lounge, you do so with my complete approval and understanding.

[noamnety]

1. A few come to mind

Ana Belen Montes
Daniel Ellsburg

[flvegan]

2. Some from your list, plus others. First, Dennis Kucinich.

HH, most certainly.

Thich Nhat Hanh, absolutely.

Also...

Peter Singer
Capt. Paul Watson
The Beastie Boys, but especially MCA and Mike D
Tim McIlrath, of Rise Against
All of the Rage Against the Machine guys
Lee Priest (bodybuilder)
Carl Yastrzemski my boyhood idol
Jonathan Papelbon and Josh Beckett from the Bosox
Nolan Ryan
Angus Young
Peter Criss

I'm very lucky in that I've met a good number of those I'd admire like this.

[emilyg]

5. Stephen Hawkins and

Queen Elizabeth. By all means the Pope.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

6. Yaz is a mighty cool choice

In his Triple Crown year of 1967 he and Jim Lonborg led the Impossible Dream Sox to a last-weekend of the season pennant over my beloved Twins. Paradoxically, the Sox have been my second favorite team ever since. I still wonder what Tony Conigliaro could have been had he not been beaned.

[grantcart]

3. If I also get to choose the location of the meet

Osama Bin Laden in NYC

It would allow me to express some sentiments I have and able to pick up the $ 20 million as well.


But as for people to actually talk to your list is very good.

Probably would add Axelrod and Plouffe

on edit

Senator Franken

[underseasurveyor]

4. Dennis Kucinich

Neil Young
George Galloway
Sean Penn
Keith Olberman
Jon Stewart
David Attenborough
Certainly Barack Obama
and last but not least

Stephen Colbert

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

7. Brain fart in not mentioning Dennis

and I suspect KO would be more than a few laffs and insights over dinner and drinks. :silly:

[underseasurveyor]

9. Many of the ones I'd REALLY want to talk to are gone

The top two on that list would be John Lennon and that wonderful guy in your avatar, Paul Wellstone. And unfortunatly I'd have to add Carlin to that list now:cry:

I miss those guys SO much :-(

Can you imagine what Paul Wellstone would be doing and saying if he were still alive? He'd be swinging the BIG hammer.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

10. So Sad, so true

Two politicians have made me want to swing sledgehammers for change. The first was Robert Kennedy. The second was Paul Wellstone. I loved them both as brothers. What is so sad is that the system Dwight Eisenhower, whom I revere, warned us against, killed them both.

Peace on you.

[underseasurveyor]

12. I humbly accept your Peace on me

and return it two fold back on you:loveya:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

13. Most humble thanks

For all the poison spilled here, this is still a great site for progressives and people who give a damn,. :hug:

[orleans]

8. can't think of anyone. n/t

[Popol Vuh]

11. Martin Sheen

Dennis Kucinich
Hugo Chavez
Zack de la Rocha
Tommy Chong
Evo Morales
Johnny Depp
George Galloway
Cynthia McKenney
Maxine Waters
Michael Tsarion
Jordan Maxwell

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

15. That would be a fun dinner table

And i think that Maxine and George would hold the reins, with Dennis sniping at all from the sidelines, in his Jeffersonian fashion,

Peace and love

GoBama!

[Hekate]

14. What a great list you have. Mine is shorter, but I'm sure it could be longer...

HH Dalai Lama
Thich Nhat Hanh
Barack and Michelle Obama
Pete Seeger


:hi:
Hekate

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

16. Ooh, Hekate, Pete Seeger is a

wonderful choice. Have you heard "The Weavers at Carnegie Hall 1962"? We audiofreaks revere that album and not just for the astonishingly real sound!

[Hekate]

23. I have the vinyl album, that's how old I am. Love it. nt

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

24. Yup Got the original Vanguard vinyl ( at a dear price)

and the Acoustic Sounds reissue from the original tapes. Cost an arm and a nut for these copies on LP. The original Vanguard was $150-300 back in the days when I had disposable income and bought it. Well worth the investment. At least of if have mega LP playback equipment.

[ColbertWatcher]

17. This was a hard one...

Oliver Stone

Spike Lee

Ang Lee

Barbara Ehrenreich

Dr. Oliver Sachs

Sasha Baron Cohen

Jimmy, Roslyn and Amy Carter

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Garry Kasparov


I would have loved to have Hedy Lamarr there too, but she's dead now.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

19. You have have an excellent sense of humor

and a gracious spirit. The Carters are an excellent choice and may I add Chelsea Clinton, who has grown into a highly intelligent, educated and beautiful young woman.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. I was going to include Dr. Colbert, but I don't want to jinx it. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

29. I'd like to add 2 more...

...Tony Kushner and Aaron Sorkin.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

18. Such an obvious omssion is beyond my excuses

Nelson Mandela should be in my top three. He and Mikhail Gorbachev were the greatest human beings of the second half of 20th Century; Feel free to insult my idiocy and add them to my list. D'Oh!!

[underseasurveyor]

21. Oh my your right

Nelson Mandela

:spank:

He just had a birthday too, yesterday. What a beautiful man.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

22. Paddle me more! I deserve it!

:dunce: :) :pals:

[beevul]

25. My sporadic list...

In no particular order...

Richard and David attenborough

Austin Stevens

Stan Lee

Jordan

Sig Hansen

Phil Harris

Dick Heller

Brian Schweitzer

Bill Richardson

Rob Halford

Emmitt Smith

Marion Barber III

Bud Grant

Will Smith

Patrick Stewart

Bill Cowher

Barry Sanders

Tony Romo

Brett Favre

Terri Irwin

My biological mother and father

Kent Hrbek

Jack Morris

Dan Rather

Mr. T

Muhammad Ali

Tommy Chong

Steven J cannell

Bolo Yeung

Bruce Dickinson

Ann Wilson

Leonard Nimoy

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits

Bill "grumpy" Jenkins

Shirley Muldowney

Steven Hawking

John Glenn

Neil Armstrong (go rosenbloom!! - highly obscure, and quite a funny story in itself...i'll explain if anyone asks)

Gene Wilder

Steven Tyler

R. Lee Ermey

James Earl Jones

Nichelle Nichols

Avery Brooks

Michael Dorn

Majel Barrett

Don Henley

Joe Montana

Dawn Wells

Morgan Freeman

Chris Rock

T.O.

Bill Mumy

Mira Furlan

Hank Williams Junior

Jackie Chan

[dddem]

26. I would like to meet, so I can say thank you, to the following:

John and Elizabeth Edwards.
Al and Tipper Gore
Paul Newman
John Cusack
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins
The Dixie Chicks
Ruby Bridges.

[cobalt1999]

27. Richard Dawkins & Jimmy Carter n/t

[dysfunctional press]

28. can i bring a gun?

if so, i could probably think of a few...