Huffington Blog Meme: I Got Tagged

eRobin from Fact-esque has tagged with the the latest meme: Who would be your top 5 people, living or dead, that you'd want to see blog? eRobin stuck with famous people (see her post for reasons why and to learn how the meme started) so I will too.

1. Group blog by Madison and Hamilton: These two were the primary authors of the Federalist Papers, loved so dearly by the far right. They're cited to justify policies that I find inconsistent with their writings, so I'd be pretty interested in reading their thoughts on politics today.
      
   
2. Bill Clinton: Love him or hate him, the guy is a master politician and a real policy wonk. I wish I could know what he really thinks about the internal arguments in the Democratic party, social security, the war on terrorism, the depletion of the social security trust fund and the disregard for the deficit.
   
   
3. Alice Walker: For the lyricism, the wisdom, the reminder to keep your feet on solid ground and the invitation to let your heart soar. I would read her for the balm her writing offers to tired minds and the hope it offers to tired hearts.
   
   
4. Simone de Beauvoir: She was smart, interesting, thoughtful, and willing to tackle the tough subjects. She probably wouldn't tackle current events, but I'd love to see her random musings on the idea that we were attacked because "they hate freedom", on the infusion of religion into politics, on the arguments over who has real morals. I have no doubt that her thoughts would extend my own understanding of the world. Just read these quotes and you'll see what I mean.
   
   • A God can pardon, efface, and compensate. But if God does not exist, man’s faults are inexpiable.
   • In order for men to become indignant or to admire, they must be conscious of their own freedom and the freedom of others.
   • The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
5. Jane Austen: You need a break from the heavy and hard charging stuff and Jane Austen is my favorite non-living author. I love her writing, her wit. If she had a blog I'd read it every day.

Okay, that's it. Now.... who do I get to tag? Mmmm, I'm tagging David at ISOU,  Tas at Loaded Mouth, and Kathy at What Do I Know. Oh, and as co-author here, I'm hoping Marjo pipes up about her fave five.

Comments

[eRobin]

I love the group blog idea. First rule of group blogging eighteenth century politicians: no duels. I forgot Jane Austen - she'd be great. Alice Walker may blog anonymously! One never knows ...

[tas]

Ack, I knew I would get tagged with this...

[KathyF]

Wow, this bug's already travelled across the Atlantic! I'll do my best.

[Mick]

As might be expected, all your picks are wonderful but Jane Austen is brilliant. If ever there was a writer born to blog (other than Twain and maybe Thurber), it's Jane.

Now Rob's got me wondering if maybe Alice Walker is blogging anonymously. I understand that Tom Wolfe wouldn't want to lower himself to do this even tho it's right up his alley (so to speak), but Alice and other writers just might: Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon (I wish I'd thought of him before), Norman Mailer, and Carrie Fisher would all be naturals at this form--for different reasons, of course.

Interesting question, Dylan.

[KathyF]

Done. Though I'm mad you got Jane Austen first!

[candy]

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