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Started by jimmy olsen, November 12, 2009, 05:17:11 AM

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Capetan Mihali

#30
November 12, 2009, 04:14:28 PM
What an inane project.  They should have just filled those pages with Sudoku puzzles or knock-knock jokes or something more socially valuable.
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Jacob

#31
November 12, 2009, 04:26:08 PM
What makes Bloomberg the 20th most powerful person in the world?  It's not like there aren't 100s of other billionaires and being the mayor of a major metropolitan conglomoration is powerful in that region but does it really mean much outside of it?  There are other big urban areas in the world and none of their mayors seem to be on it.

I concur with everyone else - this list is pretty damn silly.

Capetan Mihali

#32
November 12, 2009, 04:29:21 PM
Quote from: Jacob on November 12, 2009, 04:26:08 PM
What makes Bloomberg the 20th most powerful person in the world?  It's not like there aren't 100s of other billionaires and being the mayor of a major metropolitan conglomoration is powerful in that region but does it really mean much outside of it?  There are other big urban areas in the world and none of their mayors seem to be on it.

I concur with everyone else - this list is pretty damn silly.

Bloomberg demonstrated his prowess by overturning the basic democratic safeguards of the City of New York and getting himself a third vanity term, a feat not even Giuliani could manage.   :rolleyes:
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DGuller

#33
November 12, 2009, 04:30:02 PM
Quote from: Jacob on November 12, 2009, 04:26:08 PM
What makes Bloomberg the 20th most powerful person in the world?  It's not like there aren't 100s of other billionaires and being the mayor of a major metropolitan conglomoration is powerful in that region but does it really mean much outside of it?  There are other big urban areas in the world and none of their mayors seem to be on it.

I concur with everyone else - this list is pretty damn silly.
How many mayors are required to visit Israel regularly?

Eddie Teach

#34
November 12, 2009, 04:35:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on November 12, 2009, 04:30:02 PM
How many mayors are required to visit Israel regularly?

Excluding mayors of towns in the Levant and including Bloomburg, zero.
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#35
November 12, 2009, 05:28:41 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 12, 2009, 04:29:21 PM
Bloomberg demonstrated his prowess by overturning a fundamental restraint on the right to vote for the candidate of one's choosing of the City of New York and getting himself a third vanity term

Fixed,
and thank god for it.
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Camerus

#36
November 12, 2009, 07:04:22 PM
What a retarded list.

Maximus

#37
November 12, 2009, 07:08:22 PM
IMO this isn't a very useful list.

DGuller

#38
November 12, 2009, 07:09:48 PM
This list was probably created by people with real power, for the purposes of misdirection.

CountDeMoney

#39
November 12, 2009, 07:36:23 PM
Quote from: Warspite on November 12, 2009, 06:45:30 AM
What are the founders of Google doing so high up? What "power" do they really have?

Everybody knows they'd be lower if they played in the PAC10.

CountDeMoney

#40
November 12, 2009, 07:41:32 PM
Quote11    Pope Benedict XVI   Pope    Roman Catholic Church

The Pope? At 11? That's not even BCS eligible!  :mad:

Ed Anger

#41
November 12, 2009, 07:42:56 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 12, 2009, 07:41:32 PM
Quote11    Pope Benedict XVI   Pope    Roman Catholic Church

The Pope? At 11? That's not even BCS eligible!  :mad:

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jimmy olsen

#42
November 12, 2009, 08:02:30 PM
Quote from: Jacob on November 12, 2009, 04:26:08 PM
What makes Bloomberg the 20th most powerful person in the world?  It's not like there aren't 100s of other billionaires and being the mayor of a major metropolitan conglomoration is powerful in that region but does it really mean much outside of it?  There are other big urban areas in the world and none of their mayors seem to be on it.

I concur with everyone else - this list is pretty damn silly.
The same reason they voted Silvio so high, he's a media kingpin. As members of the media they value that very highly.
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Eddie Teach

#43
November 12, 2009, 08:10:34 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 12, 2009, 07:41:32 PM
Quote11    Pope Benedict XVI   Pope    Roman Catholic Church

The Pope? At 11? That's not even BCS eligible!  :mad:

The pope would be ranked higher if you went to mass and voted for pro-life candidates.  :P
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Neil

#44
November 12, 2009, 08:15:44 PM
Obama at #1?  He isn't even the most powerful political figure in North America.

About the only power Obama has is the power to convince blacks to vote against gay rights.  Not a bad power, but not great.
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