Really? These 100 People?

Did anyone catch the Daily Show with John Stewart Wednesday night? He had as a guest Bernard Goldberg, author of the new book "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America : (and Al Franken Is #37)". This is the third book by Goldberg, a former CBS News correspondent. His first was 2001's "Bias," about liberal leanings of the media, especially his former employer CBS and the "Rather-Gate" scandal. It was followed by "Arrogance," also about the "liberal" media. Mr. Goldberg obviously has a "bias" of his own.

Here's the top ten

1. Michael Moore, love him or loath him, he's produced some of the finest documentary films ever.
2. Arthur Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times
3. Ted Kennedy, 9 term Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, army veteran
4. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow/Push Coalition, ordained Baptist minister
5. Anthony Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
6. Jimmy Carter, WHAT?!?! America's 39th President, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, vocal supporter and spokesperson for Habitat for Humanity, architect of the 1978 Camp David Accord, naval veteran. You've got to be kidding me.
7. Margaret Marshall, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court
8. Paul Krugman, author, economist, past faculty member at Yale, MIT and Stanford, current faculty member at Princeton, New York Times editorial writer
9. Jonathan Kozol, teacher, author, founder of The Campaign for America's Future
10. Ralph Neas, President and CEO, People For the American Way

Wow, these are the top ten people screwing up America? The "liberal" media, a documentary film maker and a peanut farmer? Not corporations polluting our waters and skies? Not CEOs picking the pensions of their employees? Not elected officials leading us into unsound, foolhardy wars for made up reasons? Where's Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Bob Novak, Karl Rove, Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott, Ann Coulter, Bill Frist, Tom Delay, Bill O'Reilly, NRA president Charlton Heston? Surprisingly, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton don't make the list at all. More on this book as my thoughts progress.