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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:22 PM
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I vote for Pvt. Lynndie England to be Time's Person of the Year
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 02:22 PM by BurtWorm


She summarizes the glory that is the American enterprise in 2004 better than anyone.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:22 PM
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1. I second that!
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:37 PM
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4. I third!
She and her actions speak so well of what America has become.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 09:18 AM
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20. Epitomizes Rummy's glory. I fourth
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:40 PM
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6. I nominate Army Spc. Thomas Wilson
Army Spc. Thomas Wilson, for example, of the 278th Regimental Combat Team that is composed mainly of citizen soldiers of the Tennessee Army National Guard, asked Rumsfeld in a question-and-answer session why vehicle armor is still in short supply, nearly three years after the war in Iraq.

"Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmor our vehicles?" Wilson asked.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/08/rumsfeld.troops.ap/
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:42 PM
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7. If heroism were honored it would make sense.
But when Bremer, Tenet and Franks win "Medals of Freedom" for what THEY did on behalf of the Iraq enterprise, it makes more sense to honor England for her role in the war this year.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:45 PM
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8. BTW... is Time still taking votes?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:46 PM
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9. I don't think they actually take votes.
But it cwould be interesting if they got flooded with requests to make England their person.
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snacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:31 PM
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2. Oooooh, good idea. n/t
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:37 PM
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3. or the tennessee nat'l guardsman who spoke up to rummy
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:38 PM
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5. An example of unusual American heroism.
:thumbsup:
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 02:49 PM
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10. My vote was for Rove
But there are just so many others out there that personify the current state of America, and England certainly is one of them.

She most certainly illustrates WHY WE FIGHT.

I'm reconsidering my choice.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 03:20 PM
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11. These pictures make me sick, but what is even sicker
is that they were so STUPID to take them.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:39 PM
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13. Time's Man of The Year is NOT an award of Honor.
IT NOT GIVEN TO HONOR SOMEONE!!!!!!! It is a made to the biggest newsmaker, for good or evil, of the year. Some previous MOTYs have been Hitler & other dictators. Once an entire generation was the MOTY. And once computers were MOTY.

Sorry, but England has not been that big of a story.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 09:36 PM
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16. Lynndie England stands for the state of America's image in the world
in 2004. I think she and Graner could share the title.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 08:29 AM
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19. It doesn't matter what she stands for.
The MOTY is NOT about what you stand for. It is about how big a newmaker you are. And she just wasn't that big of a newsmaker.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 02:00 PM
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22. Abu Ghraib was big news.
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 02:03 PM by BurtWorm
It's a turning point in the way the world--in particular Iraqis--view American use of its power. Before Abu Ghraib, it was understood that, while the Americans were screw-ups in Iraq and that they were screwing with conventions of how long states can hold prisoners without explicit justification, the US was essentially a "civilized" nation. After Abu Ghraib, it has been understood that the US is in steep decline morally, if not politically, to the point where calling it "civilized" is a gross overestimation.

Silverhair, don't get your nose too bent out of shape over this. I don't give a shit who Time puts on their cover. Do you? ;)
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 09:24 PM
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14. My vote goes to Ronaldinho!
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Tinoire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 09:27 PM
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15. I'm with you. These should be plastered everywhere anyway n/t
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:29 PM
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17. Janet Jackson for Time's Person of the Year



For video, see Teatgate, on The Daily Show:
http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.jhtml?reposid=/multimedia/tds/helms/helms_8095.html&setplayer=real_media
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Tinoire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:36 PM
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18. Not a good idea. That would get the Freepers all hot and stuff
I have it on good authority that they're not used to seeing female breasts. Their brains can't handle it and they implode.

A little fun and games torture during a war zone however is ok. It's time to rub their faces in what they've done.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 09:43 AM
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21. Lynndie is the NEOCON Wet Dream girl
She rocks---

Just imagine how she tied her used KOTEX pads to the POWs Faces !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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