Who is your HERO except Queen member?

1. my wife and son
2. my father
3. the late, great John Wayne
4. Jack Nicholson
5. Anyone playing for the New England Patriots/Boston Red Sox - esp Tedy, Tom, Manny, Curt
6. Bono

Sonia!!! ;-)

Nelson Mandela
My parents
Batman

chipmunk....she knows why


and anyone else who made a possitive impact on my life.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

I think Mother Teresa deserves a mention here, too.

Do you mean Teresa Orlowski or Mother Theresa? ;)

Eric Arthur Blair.

Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
George Harrison
Tom Petty
Jimi Hendrix
Bill Gates
Sony Corp.
Shigeru Miyamoto

I really admire Valeria Piassa Polizzi.

u mean my hero, or the_hero?

Hero?

Jeff Foxworthy....

Admiral James Stockdale

He was in a POW camp for 7 1/2 years, and he refused to take part in propaganda broadcasts, to the point where when they planned to film one of them he bashed himself in the face with a stool to disfigure himself. Then to prove that he was not afraid to die for his fellow prisoners he slit his wrists with a shard of glass... This convinced the North Vietnamese to lay off the POWs in the Hanoi Hilton. This is also what Stockdale got the Medal of Honor for. He was also a Naval Academy graduate! And earned four Silver Stars.

Mr.Jingles wrote:

Rabid Wolverine wrote:

I'm sure people will give me some real shit for this one but oh well. President George W. Bush, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Axl Rose, Ronald Reagen, Rush Limbaugh, Jim Tressel, Woody Hayes, Ican't think of any others at the moment. Now all I ask is that you respect mine like I respect yours please, that's with all sincerity.

I see some replies questioning your respect towards Bush, but that's not the one I have a problem with. In fact Bush seems quite a respectable person compared to this guy...

My problem is with Rush Limbaugh who happens to be a shameless homphobic racist who does nothing but spread lies, rumors, and exaggerated comments about anyone he hates. Not to mention that he's a complete hypocrite who has claimed that anyone who uses drugs should be punished to the fullest extent of the law and be sent to Holland or any country where drugs are legal, and yet Rush Limbaugh himself is addicted to prescription drugs and was involved in a case where he was found to be buying prescription drugs illegally.

In a few words, Rush Limbaugh hates anyone who is not white, conservative, christian, republican, or straight.

Perhaps you should put Hitler on your list.

Don't forget anyone who dislikes his tie collection ;)

Yeah, I may be conservative but I can't stand Rush. He's just a blowhard.

And besides Stockdale (though Stockdale is my #1, besides my dad that is): in no particular order

- Phil Collins
- John McCain
- Jeremiah Denton (another famous POW, blinked out "TORTURE" in Morse Code on camera)
- Everett Alvarez (longest held POW in North Vietnam)
- Smitty Harris (POW who invented the POW tapcode)
- John Lennon
- Brian Epstein
- George W. Bush
- Max Cleland
- Syd Barrett
- Karl Rove
- Eugene McCarthy
- Condoleeza Rice
- Thomas Eagleton
- Dick Cheney
- J.K. Rowling
- Michael Crawford
- Ryan White
- Clarence Thomas
- Cynthia Lennon
- the Emperor Claudius
- Don Francis (the guy from And The Band Played On)
and
- Mandy :)

People who I admire for everything they stood for...

Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Lincoln, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Now people who I admire for their talent (and in some occassions their personality)...

MUSICIANS
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
George Harrison
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson (when he wasn't so fuckin' weird)
Axl Rose (as a person a complete fuckin' asshole)
Slash
Eddie Van Halen
Elton John
Billy Joel
Aerosmith
Metallica
Depeche Mode
Muse
Juanes
Fito Paez

ATHLETES
Pele
Diego Maradona (despise his personality completely)
Johan Cruyff
Zinedine Zidane
Luis Figo
Michael Jordan
Shaquille O'Neal
Lance Armstrong
Jesse Owens

ACTORS, COMEDIANS, DIRECTORS, ANIMATORS AND WRITERS.
Robert DeNiro
Al Pacino
Samuel L. Jackson
Gary Oldman
Morgan Freeman
Liam Nesson
Ian McDiarmid
Anthony Hopkins
Chris Rock
Bill Maher
Jon Stewart
Conan O'Brien
Tracy Ullman
Steven Spielberg
Peter Jackson
James Cameron
Frank Darabont
Christopher Nolan
Francis Ford Coppolla
George Lucas (despite Jar Jar Binks)
Matt Groening (The Simpsons)
John K (Ren & Stimpy)
Seth McFarlane (Family Guy)
Trey Parker & Matt Stone (South Park)
Chuck Jones (Animator)
Hayao Miyazaki (Animator)
The whole team of Pixar Studios.
Stephen King

i think i will add to my list...

lance armstrong--for what hes endured and how he overcame, great over all story.

and why i didnt say this before..anne frank

i visited her hiding area in amstradam last month and i can honestly say, that her story was one that was both sad and full of courage.
they say that in order to understands ones struggle, one needs to walk in their steps.
well, i didnt walk in her steps, but i walked where she stepped, and i can honestly say that the situation that she and the others indured would be one that would break most peoples spirits.
i say, may we always remember heros like her and the others who hid, and may we never get the oppertunity to ever have to look for this type of hero again.