Eco-tastic celebrities, politicians and even CEOs made Time magazine's 100 "people who shape our world."
Former Vice President Al Gore was included in the "Scientists and Thinkers" category. Hmm...he's not a scientist so would that make him a thinker? Just call him Al-istotle.
Actor and green activist Leonardo DiCaprio, Virgin Airlines' Richard Branson (who has offered a $25 million prize for a solution to global warming), talk show host Oprah Winfrey, and media personality Brian Williams also made the list.
Celebrities were well represented: Cate Blanchett, who marched in protest of global warming in Sydney, Australia; George Clooney, who made the cover of Vanity Fair’s 2006 “Green Issue”; and “Light Green” musician John Mayer who advocates changing one thing each year. Others included Brad Pitt, who has worked with Global Green on “sustainable” building, and Oprah Winfrey, who recently handed out compact fluorescent light bulbs to her audience.
And don’t forget politicians who argue for carbon caps, taxes and all manner of green regulations, like Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.
And there were even more.
H/T Ecorazzi
Editor at Large
Comments Policy
So, I'm the editor of Time ma
May 4, 2007 - 11:34 ET by ThisnThatSo, I'm the editor of Time magazine, and this list is pushed under my nose for approval. I sit there and think about it, and ask myself all sorts of questions... then sign off on it.
Hmmm....Don't see many (R)s o
May 4, 2007 - 11:51 ET by Ryeguy5049Hmmm....Don't see many (R)s on the list. Gee I am shocled.
Oooh, oooh, I know, I know.
May 4, 2007 - 12:16 ET by NiftySwellOooh, oooh, I know, I know...He would ask, "Why are there simply too many centrists and moderates on the list and not enough hypocritical nut job activists?"
Am I close- Do I win anything?
I'm a little worried about yo
May 4, 2007 - 18:08 ET by ThisnThatI'm a little worried about you, Nifty -- with responses like that, you could very well take my Time magazine editor job away from me.
Why isn't President Bush on t
May 4, 2007 - 12:16 ET by rimskyWhy isn't President Bush on the list?
rimsky, you must have misse
May 4, 2007 - 12:25 ET by MightyMouthrimsky, you must have missed this from yesterday...
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Yep.. missed it. Thanks,
May 4, 2007 - 16:15 ET by rimskyYep.. missed it. Thanks, MM. Time is a joke. The Leader of the Free World ISN'T influential, in their minds. Their minds are deseased.
The ViewI can't believe that
May 4, 2007 - 12:27 ET by whatajoyThe View
I can't believe that Rosie made Time's influential list - were they high? Rosie hasn't influenced anybody! But that's not what I wanted to rant about on here. When Barbara was telling the audience on The View that Rosie was listed on Time's list, she did it in a backhanded compliment kind of way. She mentioned Rosie being listed and then she said that she had written to Time about Rosie, but then she changed it after Rosie made the announcement she wasn't going to be returning on The VIew - interesting. Wonder what she changed. Would love to see the first draft on that.
Then Barbara focuses the reset of her monologue on who didn't make it onto the list and listed herself first, then paused, then listed other journalists. Rosie's reaction was like - sorry you didn't make it on the list, and Elisabeth stated it might be because Barbara and other journalists who didn't make it on the list can't give their true opinion on things - needing to be fair and balanced when reporting news, but that didn't seem to justify the reason Barbara wasn't added to Time's list.
I don't know. It just seemed to me that Barbara is jealous of Rosie. She mentions Rosie being listed like a good thing, but then focuses the rest of the segment on her not being listed. Wah, wah, wah! Poor wawa. Kind of like when she wanted sympathy from the audience when she was held up from walking home because of the Presidential motorcade and she complained that Bush isn't King and that she should be allowed to walk home because she's journialistic royalty.
And another thing on that episode a couple days ago, Elisabeth mentioned she was invited to the presidential state dinner. Barbara had to intervene and tell her and everyone else that she's been to that before, how it's a big deal, an honor, and started to tell her how things are done there, policies, procedures, orders of events, dress codes, and how she should laminate the menu, etc. It's like no one else at that table can have a good experience without Barbara raining on their parade acting like it's no big deal, she's been through it first, yadda, yadda, yadda.
I'm glad Rosie is leaving the View, but wa wa needs to go too. She's not relatable, likable or respectable. She's all holier than thou and she acts like her crap doesn't stink. SHE should leave The View.
----------------------------------
Oh, um, it's Thursday, but Dwight thinks it's Friday. So...keep that going.
The fact that so many “gree
May 4, 2007 - 14:26 ET by Dave HighThe fact that so many “green” people made Time’s most influential list is not at all surprising. Since the vast majority of Americans accept that global warming is a developing threat http://www.alternet...., it would stand to reason that there are far fewer deniers on the list. Besides, when was the last time a person with their head stuck deep in the sand was considered to be “influential?”
Regards, Dave High
If the vast majority of Ame
May 4, 2007 - 15:23 ET by NiftySwellIf the vast majority of Americans believe it then it must be true. Excellent argument, totally swayed everyone with that one. I guess that ends the debate-oh wait, there isnt even a debate because everyone agrees.
My bad.
People who stand up against the majority when it comes to religion, civil rights, accepted scientific fact like say...spontaneous generation a couple hundred years ago were idiots and unwilling to accept the fact that flies come from rotting meat or that the sun doesnt revolve around the earth or that a good bleeding isn't necessarily a great method for addressing anemia. These are all 'stuck in the sand' un-influential people that had no bearing on our society today. Thanks for clearing that up for us. Let us know where to register and pick up our 'Al Gore' marching order packets to report our neighbor dissenters so they can be sent to re-education camp.
NiftySwell:Does your moniker
May 4, 2007 - 16:15 ET by Dave HighNiftySwell:
Does your moniker describe a tidal ‘surge’ resulting in great surfing, or something more personally intimate? Regardless, I was only making the point that since global warming deniers are so underrepresented in the general populous that indeed they would also be underrepresented in any poll of influential people. I too have stood up against the majority. I was against the invasion of Iraq when 70 percent of the population bought the Bush line of lying propaganda. Did you buy it? Do you still buy it? Is your head still in the sand?
Regards, Dave High
Most of the politicians run
May 4, 2007 - 17:27 ET by NiftySwellMost of the politicians running for office voted for it- Republican and Democrat. Some want to pull out and some want to ensure that the population is not run down by the warlords and forces that came in and killed thousands the last couple of times we pulled out after going in. I did agree that after our jets were shot at repeatedly and the UN resolutions were ignored that something had to be done. Hillary, Kerry, Gore, and many others made fantastic points about how we had to go in and remove this dictator and his weapons of mass destruction from the country. However, I was not in favor of staying any longer than we had to or in disbanding the military that was keeping order at the time. I felt we won the war when tanks were rolling down the street in front of the building that Baghdad Bob was in screaming 'the Americans are not here!'
Why in order to declare victory does it require us to create a country that is just going to vote against us in the UN anyways?
Since we are making assumptions, can I assume you were against the invasion of Afghanistan, as well?
I have followed the green movement for some time, have fluorescents installed in my house, bike whenever I can, and recycle like a good American should. I dont believe in carbon credits- trees after all cause global warming. I dont believe CO2 is nearly as relevant as cloud cover, water vapor, or solar activity which are difficult to model predict or measure forward. I think the current movement is just a show by a bunch of hypocritical jet set hollywood and political types that have found the latest way to scare up votes and tax money. So I find the Time Magazine selection pretty ridicuous and self serving. (see I got back on the tracks when you tried to derail!)
I love your condescension and 'know better than the rest of us attitude'- please dont change a thing or alter your opinions whatever you do-we love you just the way you are.
The earth is flat. The sun
May 4, 2007 - 21:48 ET by dahliatraversThe earth is flat. The sun and planets revolve around Earth.
Actually, despite the efforts of AGW disciples to suppress the evidence and run from the science, it is becoming more and more clear that there are serious flaws with the Holy Theory. And more people are saying so. So if there even is a consensus in the public, as Dave High says, it is starting to erode. (And the "consensus" among scientists even faster.)