vote in the skippy survey

posted by mimus pauly

who are the 100 greatest americans of all time?i'm still mulling over some of the details and regulations, but the voting works like this:1) pick and rank who you believe are the three greatest americans of all time. the first-place pick scores 4 points, the second-place pick 2 points, and the third-place pick 1 point. why am i scoring it this way? just to show that, under certain conditions, 1 is greater than 2 + 3. (;-P)2) you may also pick up to three additional honorary great americans. these won't be awarded any points, but they will count as votes. (universities give out honorary degrees, why can't i do something similar? [details still a bit sketchy here])3) one voter, one vote. period. this is a democratic survey, and i don't want any ballot-box-stuffing shenanigans -- i will be keeping tabs. how?4) no anonymous votes allowed. if you can't supply me with a url and/or an e-mail address, your vote will not be counted. if you don't have a url and are skittish about revealing your e-mail address on the internet, then the best i can suggest is to drop me a line with your picks. not only will i not blab your e-mail address to anyone else, i will forget what it is by the time i consume my next square meal -- you'll be happy to know that i suffer from swiss-cheese memory syndrome.and 5) if you are a conservative and/or republican and you fear that my final survey results will be heavily slanted toward the left (too many john kennedys and bill clintons, not enough ronald reagans and awols), then let your conservative and/or republican colleagues know about this survey and encourage them to participate. as long as they (and everyone else) follow the basic ruled i've just outlined, i'll be happy.