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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:06 PM
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Time's Person (Entity) of the Year
Edited on Sat Dec-10-05 11:23 PM by StClone
Guess who (or what) is winning the voting. Will TIME follow suit?


http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:09 PM
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1. what a crappy list
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:21 PM
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5. Oh, no, no , no..THIS is the crappiest list by far
HERE is a crappy list..it is who Dallas Morning News readers have put on their wish list for Texan of the Year (I've listed here the ones most likely to induce projectile body fluids)..keep in mind, Karl Rove was the person who the paper made Texan of the Year for 2004, chimpass himself in 2003.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/texanofyear/stories/111305dnwebtexannoms.5915c704.html


Gov. Rick Perry
U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
First lady Laura Bush
Harriet Miers, White House counsel
Texas Comptroller and gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes




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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:25 PM
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8. First time I read that, I thought it said

"Harriet Miers, White House Cannibal"

...and for some strange reason, it made sense.
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anitar1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 03:45 AM
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24. Jeebus! They are really far gone. n/t
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VADem11 Donating Member (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:26 PM
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9. Completely agree
Most of these people did not affect the news at all. People like J.K. Rowling and Lance Armstrong may be nice but they don't deserve person of the year. The list is too americentric as well.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 10:48 PM
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15. Actually, J.K. Rowling is responsible
for millions of kids turning off the TV and the Xbox and actually reading a book for a change. In this day and age it's not easy to do.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 10:55 PM
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16. Rowlings was my pick. With the Google Guys coming in 2nd.
Edited on Sun Dec-11-05 10:57 PM by Reciprocity
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?

33% J.K. Rowling
19% Mother Nature
13% Bono
8% Steve Jobs
7% Lance Armstrong
5% The Google Guys
4% George W. Bush
3% Pope Benedict XVI
3% Condoleezza Rice
2% Bill and Melinda Gates
2% Valerie Plame
1% Rick Warren

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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:15 PM
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2. I picked Mother Nature. eom
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evirus Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:19 PM
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4. nature also
what better way to tell a president who "talks to god"...... stop lieing you sinner!
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bammertheblue Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:41 PM
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12. me too
I would be ok with J.K. Rowling winning. She's gone from being dirt poor and writing on napkins while her baby slept to being rich and successful (and remarkably not annoying).
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 11:21 PM
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19. It's got to be something about Katrina
I don't see any other choices this year.
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:18 PM
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3. More should vote for Plame
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:24 PM
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6. Funny. I don't see Cindy Sheehan on that list.

Given the amount of press she generated, I find it just a tad... odd, don't you?
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:25 PM
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7. dubya is beating Valerie Plame?
That is just plain NUTS.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:31 PM
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10. go Bono!
but seriously, given the tsunami and katrina, it would be hard to argue for anything other than mother nature affecting the news more

but time doesn't give out the award for that reason anymore. it's treated as more of an honor (which i why they copped-out and chose rudy over osama in 2001)
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:33 PM
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11. They need to pick Katrina survivors (and those who perished)
Anyone else they pick doesn't come close to deserving it as much as these people.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 11:42 PM
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13. J.K. Rowling is ahead now. BTW, I voted for Mother Nature. Moran was
only at 4%. Most others were ahead of him.
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grateful581 Donating Member (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 10:38 PM
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14. their choices suck
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 10:58 PM
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17. J. K. Rowling is still ahead! Gave my vote for Mother Nature. N/t
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 10:59 PM
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18. Nothing Against JKR
I mean, the woman is my role model. But her contribution to this year (even with the new book and movie) pales to the other people and entities on the list. Personally, I want to see the Destroyer Goddess on the cover of SLIME.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 11:24 PM
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20. yes. crappy choices
33% J.K. Rowling


19% Mother Nature




13% Bono


8% Steve Jobs




7% Lance Armstrong


5% The Google Guys




4% George W. Bush


3% Pope Benedict XVI




3% Condoleezza Rice


2% Bill and Melinda Gates




2% Valerie Plame


1% Rick Warren



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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 11:25 PM
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21. How about, simply: The People of New Orleans?
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drhilarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-11-05 11:30 PM
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22. Stories about wizards and magic are a fun diversion...
but when mother nature is trying to tell you to wake the fuck up concerning the damage we are causing, then there is no time to be distracted.

ps. I do, in fact, like Harry Potter...but c'mon.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 12:35 AM
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23. why is J.K. Rowling ahead?
mother nature definitely has this one hands down.
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Raydawg1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 03:51 AM
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25. I voted for Bono....
Edited on Mon Dec-12-05 03:52 AM by Raydawg1234
because I am also a musician, and would like to become an activist if my career takes off
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 03:56 AM
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26. Time's Time Has Run Out...Overhyped and Boring
Anyone actually remember anyone who won these goofy "awards". All this hype...whose gonna have their mug on the cover...as though Time gets to decide who and what was important in the past year. Spare me.

It used to be that I could avoid this mess by not buying that rag of a magazine that week...now I have to flick channels to get away. :yawn:
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