Thinkprogress.org has made their list and checked it twice…NAUGHTY: Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA), for attacking incoming Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to Congress... NICE: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), for still wanting to be friends with Rep. Virgil Goode.
NAUGHTY: The 109th Congress, for doing nothing... NICE: The 110th Congress, for promising to work five days a week.
NICE: Nancy Pelosi, for becoming the first female Speaker of the House... NAUGHTY: The Capitol, for having no women’s restroom in the Speaker’s office.
NAUGHTY: Maf54... NICE: NetNanny.
NAUGHTY: President Bush, for refusing to see Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth... NICE: Participate.net, for giving teachers 50,000 free copies of An Inconvenient Truth that “were rejected by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) after apparent pressure from Exxon and oil industry advocates.”
NAUGHTY: The 109th Congress, for failing to raise the minimum wage and allowing it to fall to its lowest level since 1955... NICE: Voters in Ohio, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, for raising the minimum wage.
NICE: Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, for not subjecting America to two hours of O.J. Simpson... NAUGHTY: Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, for subjecting America to a three-hour Bill O’Reilly Christmas marathon.
NAUGHTY: Right-wing preacher Ted Haggard, for buying meth... NICE: Right-wing preacher Ted Haggard, for throwing out the meth before he used it.
NAUGHTY: Rush Limbaugh, for falsely accusing Michael J. Fox of exaggerating symptoms of Parkisnon’s disease — and then refusing to apologize... NICE: Michael J. Fox, for speaking out about the need for embryonic stem cell research and not giving “a damn” about Rush Limbaugh.
NICE: Tom DeLay, for engaging Americans by starting a blog... NAUGHTY: Tom DeLay, for having someone else ghostwrite his blog.
NICE: William Cullen, for inventing the refrigerator... NAUGHTY: Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA), for using his refrigerator to store $90,000 in cash.
NAUGHTY: The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), for causing cervical cancer... NICE: The Food and Drug Administration, for approving Gardasil, the first HPV vaccine.
NAUGHTY: “Experts” at the Exxon-funded Competitive Enterprise Insitutute, who say that “the best policy regarding global warming is to neglect it.”... NICE: The state of California , for doing something about it.
NAUGHTY: Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), for blaming everyone but himself for his legal problems.... NICE: The federal district court, for blaming Bob Ney.
NAUGHTY: Larry King, for never using the Internet.... NICE: You.
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