Biggest influences on you.

[Vepres]

Political Figures
Joe Scarborough
Newt Gingrich
Ron Paul (though I don't much like him now, I did at one time, and I still like many of his positions)
Ross Perot (looking back, obviously I wasn't in to politics at the time )
George Will
Benjamin Franklin

Business Leaders
Henry Ford
Jim Sinegal (CEO of Costco)

Scientists
Charles Darwin

Philosophers
The Buddha
Socrates

Books
1984 by George Orwell (bigbigbig influence)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Comedians
John Stewart
Lewis Black

Misc.
Various people I know personally who are poor (basically all of them had self-destructive attitudes towards life, save the disabled ones)