Interesting People I Admire and Think Make Society Better

bob_2 · 04-28-09 12:03 pm

MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman Hosts of the Discovery Channel Hit Show Bio So. You're minding your own business, filling up your gas tank, when your cell phone rings. Hmmm. Should you answer it? Because you've heard you shouldn't use cell phones near gas stations since they can produce small sparks that can ignite big fires. But wait. Could that actually be true? Sounds like a job for MythBusters! It's a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. Each week special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take on three myths and use modern-day science to show you what's real and what's fiction. That's right, they do more than explain how something may or may not be scientifically possible. In their entertaining live performance, the MythBusters duo discuss myths, and experiences from their show and their 30+ combined years experience in the invention/technology field. <a href="http://www.premierespeakers.com/mythbusters/bio" target=_top>http://www.premierespeakers.com/mythbusters/bio</a>

bob_2 · 04-28-09 12:07 pm

Anderson Cooper Host of Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN So you thought I would never admire someone that follows the Larry King Show. Well think again. Anderson is a joy to watch, informative, and Fox would be fortunate to have him on their "Fair and Balanced" channel: Bio: Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, an unconventional, wide-ranging weekday news program on CNN. Mr. Cooper, who joined CNN in December 2001, served as CNN's weekend anchor before moving to the 7 pm hour in March 2003 following the war in Iraq. Since joining CNN, Mr. Cooper has anchored major breaking news stories, including the network's overnight coverage of the war in Iraq, as news of the military conflict was unfolding live during the day in Baghdad. Mr. Cooper also anchored much of CNN's live coverage of the D.C.-area sniper story and the coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion. For "America Votes 2004," he moderated a democratic presidential candidates forum the network jointly sponsored with Rock the Vote. With a background as a war correspondent for Channel One News, Anderson Cooper was sent to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to report on the U.S. military conflict and to Qatar where he reported on the testing of CENTCOM's new mobile headquarters. More recently, Mr. Cooper interviewed Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide shortly before a 2004 revolt. Before joining CNN, Mr. Cooper was an ABC News correspondent and host of the network's reality program, The Mole. Mr. Cooper anchored ABC's live, interactive, overnight news and interview program, World News Now as well as providing reports for World News Tonight, 20/20 and 20/20 Downtown. Previously, Anderson Cooper was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, reporting primarily for World News Saturday/Sunday. Mr. Cooper joined ABC from Channel One News, where he served as a reporter and producer. During that time, he was a chief international correspondent, reporting and producing stories from Bosnia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa and Vietnam. He also reported national stories that were broadcast over the Channel One News school television network and seen in more than 12,000 classrooms nationwide. Anderson Cooper has won several awards for his work, including an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABC's coverage of Princess Diana's funeral; a Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the Bosnian civil war; a Bronze Telly for his coverage of famine in Somalia; a Bronze Award from the National Educational Film and Video Festival for a report on political Islam; and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism for his 20/20 Downtown report on gay high school athlete Corey Johnson. Anderson Cooper graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a BA in political science. He also studied Vietnamese at the University of Hanoi. <a href="http://www.premierespeakers.com/anderson_cooper/bio" target=_top>http://www.premierespeakers.com/anderson_cooper/bi o</a>

bob_2 · 04-28-09 12:13 pm

Sean Hannity Host of "Hannity" on Fox News and "The Sean Hannity Show" on ABC Radio Yeah, I know, you expected this one from me, well, he is the second most listened to radio show host in America only surpassed by Rush Limbaugh, the "Doctor of Democracy". Bio: BioSean Hannity is a multi-media superstar, spending four hours a day every day reaching out to millions of Americans on radio, television and internet. The Sean Hannity Radio Show has over 500 affiliates nationwide and counting. Sean is heard by roughly 13.5 million loyal listeners a week making him the second most listened to talk show host in America, according to Talkers Magazine. Hannity has been the recipient of 2 Marconi Awards for Nationally Syndicated Radio Host of the Year and is a three-time consecutive winner of the Radio & Records National Talk Show Host of The Year Award (‘03, ’04, ‘05). Sean is an accomplished author with two #1 best-sellers. His first book, “Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism,” rode the NY Times best seller list for a remarkable 17 weeks. Hannity’s more recent book, “Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism,” debuted at #1 on the NY Times best seller list and held strong for five consecutive weeks. Sean has the unique ability to reach out and connect with his audience proven during his highly successful “Hannitization of America Tour,” which brought hundreds of thousands of like-minded Americans together. He has visited markets big and small from coast to coast since his syndication in 2001. Sean’s Freedom Concerts began in 2003 to raise awareness and funds for The Freedom Alliance, a charity which provides scholarships to the children of slain U-S military personnel. In 2007 the concerts grew into 5 massive events resulting in over $10 million for The Freedom Alliance and were attended by over 60,000 people in Atlanta, San Diego, Dallas, Cincinnati, and New Jersey. A gutsy talk-show host who always lands on the “right side” of the issues, Hannity is the host of the #1 9PM prime-time cable debate show Hannity & Colmes. The executives at Fox were so confident in Sean’s ability to attract viewers that the #1 cable news network asked Sean to launch a solo program. “Hannity’s America” kicked off on January 7, 2007 and immediately captured the #1 prime-time cable slot at 9PM on Sundays. Sean Hannity’s energy, charisma and Reagan conservatism has scored high points with audiences and critics alike as he continues to be one of the hottest commodities in media. <a href="http://www.premierespeakers.com/sean_hannity/bio" target=_top>http://www.premierespeakers.com/sean_hannity/bio</a>

bob_2 · 04-28-09 12:18 pm

Glenn Beck <ul><li>Popular host of radio and TV <LI>New York Times bestselling author <LI>2008 Marconi Radio Award </li></ul> Yeah, I know another conservative, and Mormon too, how did he get on my list???? Read and listen to his show and find out!!! Bio Glenn Beck's "The Glenn Beck Program" three hour radio program is currently America's third highest-rated national talk show. As the newest member of the Fox News Channel, he recently launched his television program aptly titled "Glenn Beck". Glenn Beck, 2008 Marconi Radio Award winner, is the host and star of the nationally syndicated radio talk show "The Glenn Beck Show". His program sets a new standard for the talk radio format. Heard on over 300 stations and syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, it is presently the third highest-rated national radio talk show among adults ages 25 to 54. The daily discussion is focused on the news of the day - politics, society and current affairs. As the newest member of the Fox News Channel, his news format program launched in January of 2009 is one of the fastest growing TV shows in cable news. Known for his quick wit, candid opinions and engaging personality, he daily attracts millions of viewers and listeners. Beck made his television debut in May of 2006 on CNN Headline News with his self-titled topical talk show and quickly soared in popularity. Within one year, ratings in all demographics increased by double digits. He enjoyed a 65 percent increase in total viewers and an unprecedented 85 percent jump in the 25-54 demographic. In addition, he joined ABC’s Good Morning America as a regular contributor. Beck is the author of three New York Times Bestseller List titles. His first #1, "An Inconvenient Truth", was released in November 2007. His newest book, "The Christmas Sweater" peaked at #1 on two separate occasions in the fall of 2008. He is also the founder and editor of the entertainment magazine "Fusion". Glenn Beck made his radio debut at the age of 13 in Seattle, and grew up in nearby Mount Vernon. After graduating high school, he secured jobs as a Top 40 DJ at stations from Baltimore and Houston to Phoenix and New Haven, CT. Unfortunately, at the age of 30, Beck lost his passion for radio – and everything else – as he was consumed by alcoholism and drug addiction. It was only after he came to terms with his past and remained sober that his life found a new direction. Beck discovered new love (his second wife, Tania), religion (he was baptized Mormon), and a new vision of his career – he would pursue talk radio. After his sobriety and life reversal, Beck received a call from an agent interested in representing him. Only days later, he received an offer to host his own talk radio show on WFLA-AM in Tampa, Florida. Despite inheriting the 18th placed position, his new program landed the #1 position in his first year. Within 18 months, Premiere Radio Networks, America's leading radio syndication company, offered Glenn a national syndication opportunity. In January 2002, "The Glenn Beck Program" debuted on 47 stations. Today, the show is heard on over 300 stations and on XM satellite Radio. Glenn is married with four kids and resides in New York City.

bob_2 · 04-28-09 12:20 pm

Ben Stein Actor and Former Presidential Speech Writer Anybody? Anybody? How can you forget this guy's role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The monotone, the bored kids faces, the Bueller? Bueller? .... Bio Ben Stein (Benjamin J. Stein) was born November 25, 1944 in Washington, D.C., (He is the son of the economist and writer Herbert Stein) grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and attended Montgomery Blair High School. He graduated from Columbia University in 1966 with honors in economics. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1970 as valedictorian of his class by election of his classmates. He helped to found the Journal of Law and Social Policy while at Yale. He has worked as a poverty lawyer in New Haven and Washington, D.C., a trial lawyer in the field of trade regulation at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., a university adjunct at American University in Washington, D.C., at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. At American U. He taught about the political and social content of mass culture. He taught the same subject at UCSC, as well as about political and civil rights under the Constitution. At Pepperdine, he has taught about libel law and about securities law and ethical issues since 1986. In 1973 and 1974, Ben Stein was a speech writer and lawyer for Richard Nixon at The White House and then for Gerald Ford. (He did NOT write the line, "I am not a crook.") He has been a columnist and editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal, a syndicated columnist for The Los Angeles Herald Examiner (R.I.P.) and King Features Syndicate, and a frequent contributor to Barrons, where his articles about the ethics of management buyouts and issues of fraud in the Milken Drexel junk bond scheme drew major national attention. He has been a regular columnist for Los Angeles Magazine, New York Magazine, E! Online, and most of all, has written a lengthy diary for ten years for The American Spectator. He also writes frequently for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, op. ed. and almost every other imaginable magazine. He has written and published sixteen books, seven novels, largely about life in Los Angeles, and nine nonfiction books, about finance and about ethical and social issue in finance, and also about the political and social content of mass culture. He has done pioneering work in uncovering the concealed messages of TV and in explaining how TV and movies get made. His titles include A License to Steal, Michael Milken and the Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation, The View From Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Days, Hollywood Nights, DREEMZ, Financial Passages, and Ludes. His most recent book is the best selling humor self help book, How To Ruin Your Life. Ben Stein has also been a longtime screenwriter, writing, among many other scripts (most of which were unmade ) the first draft of The Boost, a movie based on Ludes, and the outlines of the lengthy miniseries Amerika, and the acclaimed Murder in Mississippi. He was one of the creators of the well regarded comedy, Fernwood Tonight. He is also an extremely well known actor in movies, TV, and commercials. His part of the boring teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was recently ranked as one of the fifty most famous scenes in American film. Starting in July of 1997, he has been the host of the Comedy Central quiz show, "Win Ben Stein's Money." The show has won seven Emmies. He appears regularly on the Fox News Channel talking about finance. He is currently a celebrity judge on the CBS hit, Star Search. Ben Stein is also at presently at work on a detective show for CBS. He lives with his wife, Alexandra Denman ( former lawyer,) his son, Tommy, four cats and two large dogs in Beverly Hills. <a href="http://www.premierespeakers.com/ben_stein/bio" target=_top>http://www.premierespeakers.com/ben_stein/bio</a> (Message edited by Bob_2 on April 28, 2009)

neal · 05-02-09 2:41 pm

As the old saying goes... Newspapers are written by smart ugly people. TV is done by beautiful stupid people. Radio (your favorite) is done by stupid ugly people. *** Most of your selections seem to fit nicely. Except Stein who isn't even smart enough to stay out of the view of cameras.

bob_2 · 05-02-09 5:48 pm

TTTHTFAL What a smuck!!!!

neal · 05-08-09 9:01 am

What a smuck!!!! Why resort to Yiddish slang when you have yet to master the correct spelling of Kunadiun? Or do you have an account at Charles Swab?

neal · 05-08-09 9:06 am

Beck... I see he is calling the government "evil" and "Lucifer". A couple years ago he said we should pray for the government. Conclusion? He was asking his audience to pray for Lucifer!

renie · 05-08-09 11:27 am

Bob, tell this dumb old gal what TTTHTFAL means. renie

john8verse32 · 05-08-09 1:39 pm

if you copy and paste it into Google, you'll get... "talk to the hand..the face ain't listening" which is net lingo for saying I'm not listening to you, so just "text" it to me.... as constantly used by a poster here whose name Bob shall remain unspoken....(haha = lol)...it conveys a certain disdain and rejection of even paying attention to the other party.... is is hardly a positive way to convey a willingness to be part of the conversation.... more explanations here? <a href="http://www.nationaltextingregistry.us/why-texting/" target=_top>http://www.nationaltextingregistry.us/why-texting/</a> nd this txtg stuf is gunna dum down the Eng lang....

renie · 05-08-09 3:08 pm

Thanks John. I'm relieved. I was afraid it might be a bunch of four-letter words that you wouldn't be able to translate. Never a dull moment. renie

bob_2 · 05-10-09 2:27 am

Ask Neal, he has not protested the acronymn, so he knows. Anyone can look up the acronymns used online. Neal just likes to use the obscene ones, eh Neal. I assure you, Irene mine is clean as the driven snow. Check it out here: <a href="http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php" target=_top>http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php</a> It would be too easy to just give you the answer. Besides, you might come up with your own acronymn by wading through this list. Another intesting site is: <a href="http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/chat_acronyms.php?S" target=_top>http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/chat_acronyms.ph p?S</a> Be careful the obscene ones can get you banned for a period of time.

renie · 05-10-09 3:49 pm

Bob, I was just joking about you using off-color acronymns. I honestly couldn't see you really doing so. I won't try any acronymns. My old memory is too bad to remember them. But you go for it!!!!!! renie

bob_2 · 05-11-09 12:42 am

Did you find the one I was using? Some people our age might not understand the contemporary, "talk to the hand". I know it was a bit new for me when I recently heard it, I had to have someone demonstrate it before I understood it.

neal · 05-11-09 8:51 am

Ask Neal, he has not protested the acronymn, so he knows. Again, Bob makes a speculative statement as if it were a fact. I didn't know, hadn't looked it up, and didn't care to know. Why would I waste my time looking up acronyms that you post Bob? I can't even think of one reason.

john8verse32 · 05-11-09 11:33 pm

Why would I waste my time looking up acronyms that you post Bob? 1)simple curiosity 2)part of our education into netlingo 3)to check his accuracy, spelling and especially his capitalization..... 4) to catch him sliming around in the gutter in order to 5) call the forum police on HIM the next time he cries foul and complains....<img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/messages/13/1224.jpg" alt="">

neal · 05-13-09 10:20 am

From PZ's blog: <blockquote>Ben Stein and I have something in common Category: Academics • Creationism • Personal Oh, Ben Stein, I shake my fist at you in rivalry. The infamous apologist for Republican criminality, idiotic economics, and creationist inanity got to present a commencement address to a famous university. As it happens, I'm going to be out of town for a few days now — I'm off to deliver a commencement address myself. Yes, it's another travel day for me, I'm afraid. Should I be jealous? Stein got to speak at Liberty University. I'm speaking at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. I might be a teensy bit ahead. After all, this is what Richard Dawkins had to say: <blockquote>"Many of the questioners announced themselves as either students or faculty from Liberty, rather than from Randolph Macon which was my host institution. One by one they tried to trip me up, and one by one their failure to do so was applauded by the audience. Finally, I said that my advice to all Liberty students was to resign immediately and apply to a proper university instead. That received thunderous applause, so that I almost began to feel slightly sorry for the Liberty people. Only almost and only slightly, however."</blockquote> That's a difference between Stein and myself. I'm the one speaking at a proper university. Posted by PZ Myers at 6:32 AM</blockquote> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/ben_stein_and_i_have_something.php" target=_top>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/ben_ste in_and_i_have_something.php</a> <img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/clipart/biggrin.gif" border=0>

neal · 05-22-09 12:05 pm

I see that Stein went and gave the commencement address at Liberty University. Today, I see that 'Liberty' University has disbanded the club for Democratic students. Says the Democrats are against christian principles. <a href="http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lu_pulls_plug_on_democratic_club/16172/" target=_top>http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/ lu_pulls_plug_on_democratic_club/16172/</a> <img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/clipart/happy.gif" border=0>...<img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0>...<img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/clipart/biggrin.gif" border=0>...<img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/clipart/rofl.gif" border=0>

neal · 08-07-09 11:19 am

Ben Stein Bennie is as unethical as they come but the New York Times didn't already know that? Apparently not, as they have fired him for being unethical. Maybe he could sue them on the grounds that he was unethical when they hired him and knew it.<blockquote>Pitchman Ben Stein Gets Economist Ben Stein Fired at the New York Times By Ryan Tate, 5:56 PM on Thu Aug 6 2009 Ben Stein's TV ads for a scuzzy "free" credit product have finally caught up to him: The New York Times has fired Stein as a Sunday business columnist for violating ethics guidelines. Stein was pilloried online for his endorsement of the bait-and-switch operation, which offers a free credit score but charges an outrageous $30 per month to see the credit report behind the score. As Reuters blogger Felix Salmon pointed out, consumers can get a free online report under federal law.</blockquote> <a href="http://gawker.com/5331835/pitchman-ben-stein-gets-economist-ben-stein-fired-at-the-new-york-times" target=_top>http://gawker.com/5331835/pitchman-ben-stein-gets- economist-ben-stein-fired-at-the-new-york-times</a>

neal · 08-07-09 11:58 am

Bennie being interviewed for Trinity Broadcast Network:<blockquote>Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed … that was horrifying beyond words, and that’s where science — in my opinion, this is just an opinion — that’s where science leads you. Crouch: That’s right. Stein: …Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people. Crouch: Good word, good word.</blockquote> <a href="http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/ben-stein-science-le.html" target=_top>http://boingboing.net/2008/05/01/ben-stein-science -le.html</a>

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