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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:28 PM
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Cindy Sheehan will win the Time magazine person of the year
There is no one else even in the running.

Don
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:30 PM
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1. I heard Mother Nature was top on the list.
Seriously.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:37 PM
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7. And there's a good case that "Nature" had an enormous impact in 2005. NT
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dennisnyc Donating Member (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 02:21 PM
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24. I heard Mother Nature as well. I think on CNN, but Cindy deserves it!
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 03:28 PM
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28. At least it's a woman. n/t
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:31 PM
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2. Don't be too sure - Brownie did do a heckuva job, ya know!
Seriously, it would be great if she won it.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:31 PM
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3. Fitzgerald? n/t
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:33 PM
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4. Nope. It's gonna be someone from Corporate America
either CEO of GM, Waggoner. Or maybe Oil guy or Walmart person. I just know it.

Corporate Facsism has been truly entrenched now. Time for some of those "captains of industry" to be rewarded.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:38 PM
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10. I bet Big Oil will be named "Person of the year"
Time is so conservative that I stopped my subscription. :puke:
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:06 PM
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12. Didn't GM just lay off thirty thousand suffering bastards, just in time
for Xmas???

Well, they do say their criteria is the person who most affected the world for good OR ILL...Hell, Hitler got the nod, too!
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:35 PM
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5. I hope she does, but I'm not convinced that they would give it to her
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:36 PM
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6. GO CINDY !!!
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politicaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:38 PM
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8. hear hear...
or they could give it to Oprah for her work on (insert charitable organization that yields highest ratings preferably with disabled-but-not-too-disabled kids or puppies or disabled kids with puppies).

Actually...come to think of it...Oprah is definitely getting it. Or George Bush, either one. Hey, it's Time Magazine for godsake!
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:38 PM
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9. No Chance. Too contentious.
Time is trying to sell magazines.

Who is going to be controversial enough to argue over, but popular enough to plausible?

My thinking is the nod goes to Mother Nature. Timely story that will sell a lot of copies. Hurricanes, global warming, sidebar about birdflu...lots o potential.
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bluedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:18 PM
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14. right ...........not going to happen
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DakotaDemocrat Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:05 PM
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11. Katrina n/t
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:07 PM
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13. Somehow, I doubt it...
I'm thinking it'll be either Ray Nagin or Aaron Broussard, two of the most visible faces of the Katrina relief effort.
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BlueStater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:30 PM
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15. The idea of Mother Nature being "Person of the Year" is completely idiotic
Mother Nature is a thing not a person. Good god.

As of now, it looks like J.K. Rowling will win. Can't say I'm not a little disapointed.
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 08:05 AM
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18. The Personal Computer was person of the year once.
so why not mother nature?
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Zen Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:31 PM
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16. Jack Murtha, maybe?
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:33 PM
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17. I nominated her
:patriot:
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 09:23 AM
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19. I hope she wins the Nobel Peace Prize as well
She deserves it....
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 09:28 AM
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20. She deserves it. She got the politicians to come out of their caves.
Finally, even the VichyDems are beginning to feel the heat.
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Dragonfli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 02:12 PM
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21. She's My Person of the Year
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 02:15 PM
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22. I nominate Brownie
given Time/Warner/CNN/AOL's reasoning for putting bush on the cover last year, he ought to be a shoo in.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 02:17 PM
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23. Nope. Big Dick.
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 02:24 PM
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25. He's Evil Enough...
So will it be good or evil? You chose.
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 02:27 PM
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26. Here's the official voting list
http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/index.html

She's not on it, but she should be, make comments here, register your disgust: http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/talkback.html
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 03:27 PM
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27. They have made a mockery of themselves with that pathetic list
Who Should Be Person of the Year?

TIME's Person of the Year is the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year. Who do you think fits the bill this year?

39% J.K. Rowling

15% Bono

13% Steve Jobs

11% Mother Nature

6% Lance Armstrong

5% The Google Guys

3% Condoleezza Rice

2% Pope Benedict XVI

2% George W. Bush

1% Bill and Melinda Gates

1% Rick Warren

1% Valerie Plame



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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 03:45 PM
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30. I was looking for
None of the Above
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 04:29 PM
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35. No kidding
Mr Zola & I were discussing who we thought might be on the list before I logged on this morning.

Our list went like this:

~Cindy Sheehan

~Katrina

~Fitzgerald

~Chalibi

~big oil


Cindy is not getting the credit that she deserves for changing the debate in America, which will effect the rest of the world. She was the reason that bush*s poll numbers began to drop. She was the tipping point and people began to pay better attention to what the hell is going on. Cindy gets my vote.
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 03:56 PM
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31. When did they make it open to both ends of the good/evil spectrum?
TIME's Person of the Year is the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year.

Should a potential "employee of the year" include the CEO who stole $50M from the company? Should a potential "player of the year" include the fullback who killed his wife? Should a potential "coach of the year" include one who attacked and choked one of his players?

Maybe call it "Newsmaker of the year". But certainly NOT "Person of the year".

This is just nuts.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 04:01 PM
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32. For quite a long time.
Hitler was Time's "Person of the Year" in 1938. Stalin followed in 1939.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Magazine's_Person_of_the_Year#People_of_the_Year
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 03:29 PM
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29. Seriously?
I hope so! That would be nice for her!
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 04:13 PM
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33. Yeah Cindy deserves it.
Her vigil marks the turning point of public opinion in this war. She got people off their asses.

Some others on that list did nothing. Valerie Wilson may be a fine person but she was GAGGED! Lance Armstrong rode a bicycle with George Bush. J.K.Rowling was important five years ago.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 04:21 PM
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34. I'll believe it when I see it
Maybe it's the pessimist in me, but I don't think the MSM is going to give that to Cindy. She does deserve it, but this is the MSM we're talking about.
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