and Time's Person of the Year is...

Never heard of it before, but seems someone influencial...

whistlelock said:

Bernanke!

For his roll in the next Great Depression or recession or swindle or whatever the hell just happened.

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most awesome freudian slip ever!

Main Entry: roll
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rouler, roller, from roele wheel, rowel & roule roll
Date: 14th century

7 : to rob (a drunk, sleeping, or unconscious person) usually by going through the pockets;

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This has the odd odor of one fox declaring another fox the "Supreme Protector of the Henhouse."

I have never seen such a cock-and-ball-washing in all my days.

This is fucking horrific. I guess Bernie Madoff came in second?

My understanding is that Time's Person of the Year is about influence; it's not necessarily an applause. And to my mind, he's the right choice for this year when it came to influencing the world, starting with the US economy. . . .

I saw this early this morning. Thanks, Whistlelock. Your thread has outpaced the whiskey I was drowning in to forget.

Bastard.

i'll see your ben and rise you a tiger...

Woods voted top athlete of the decade

By DOUG FERGUSON (AP) – 4 hours ago

Even after a shocking sex scandal that tarnished Tiger Woods, it was tough to ignore what he achieved on the golf course.

He won 64 times around the world, including 12 majors, and hoisted a trophy on every continent golf is played. He lost only one time with the lead going into the final round. His 56 PGA Tour victories in one incomparable decade were more than anyone except four of golf's greatest players won in their careers.

Woods was selected Wednesday as the Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press in a vote that was more about 10 years of performance than nearly three weeks of salacious headlines.

Just like so many of his victories, it wasn't much of a contest.

Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member editors since last month. More than half of the ballots were returned after the Nov. 27 car accident outside his Florida home that set off sensational tales of infidelity.

Well, in all likelihood, Woods only screwed a dozen or so people this year. So, he's still in the running for awesome.

dclary said:

I have never seen such a cock-and-ball-washing in all my days.

This is fucking horrific. I guess Bernie Madoff came in second?

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Hey, DC, "person of the year" is not always synonymous with "good, nice, did great things for everyone and made sunshine shoot out of their forehead."

I mean, remember this POTY?

http://thirdreich.net/AH_Man_of_Year.html

PS: Before anyone shouts "Godwin! Godwin!" I would like to say that I am NOT

REPEAT

NOT! NOT NOT NOT NOT!

Comparing this POTY to Hitler. It is simply to state precedent.

I think he did.

Anywho, we'll see. If this guy saves the economy or whatever the hell he was supposed to do, then he will be a cheering and happiness POTY. If we spend the next decade with our hobo suits on, eating our shoes, then we'll know that he was one of the sadness and mean POTY.

Zoombie said:

Hey, DC, "person of the year" is not always synonymous with "good, nice, did great things for everyone and made sunshine shoot out of their forehead."

I mean, remember this POTY?

http://thirdreich.net/AH_Man_of_Year.html

PS: Before anyone shouts "Godwin! Godwin!" I would like to say that I am NOT

REPEAT

NOT! NOT NOT NOT NOT!

Comparing this POTY to Hitler. It is simply to state precedent.

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At the time of the award, Hitler had done great things toward bringing Germany back from the grave they'd dug themselves with that whole WWI fiasco, Zoombers.

But to punctuate how bad picking Bernanke was this time, it would be akin to picking Hitler as man of the year in 1942.

William Haskins said:

Woods voted top athlete of the decade

By DOUG FERGUSON (AP) – 4 hours ago

Even after a shocking sex scandal that tarnished Tiger Woods, it was tough to ignore what he achieved on the golf course.

He won 64 times around the world, including 12 majors, and hoisted a trophy on every continent golf is played. He lost only one time with the lead going into the final round. His 56 PGA Tour victories in one incomparable decade were more than anyone except four of golf's greatest players won in their careers.

Woods was selected Wednesday as the Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press in a vote that was more about 10 years of performance than nearly three weeks of salacious headlines.

Just like so many of his victories, it wasn't much of a contest.

Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member editors since last month. More than half of the ballots were returned after the Nov. 27 car accident outside his Florida home that set off sensational tales of infidelity.

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What a crock.

-15 Grand Slam singles titles;

-21 Grand Slam finals overall, and 17 of the last 18;

-22 consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances;

-237 consecutive weeks (about 4 1/2 years) ranked No. 1;

-24 consecutive victories in tournament finals;

-65 consecutive victories on grass courts;

-56 consecutive victories on hard courts.

Who dat?

dclary said:

At the time of the award, Hitler had done great things toward bringing Germany back from the grave they'd dug themselves with that whole WWI fiasco, Zoombers.

But to punctuate how bad picking Bernanke was this time, it would be akin to picking Hitler as man of the year in 1942.

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He did change the world even more by 1942.

And the article of 1938 spent a lot of time talking about how Hitler was a bullying, agressive dictator that armed his country to the teeth...

I'm actually surprised that Time didn't go with Palin.

I'd have gone for that guy.

You know the one.

The guy who did things.

Bernanke does look good next to the rogues gallery of past winners:

1938....Adolph Hitler
1939....Joseph Stalin
1942....Joseph Stalin (again!)
1971.... Richard Nixon
1972....Richard Nixon & Henry Kissinger
1974....King Faisal
1978....Deng Xiaoping
1995....Newt Gingrich
2000....George W. Bush
2004....George W. Bush
2007....Vladamir Putin

whistlelock said:

Bernanke!

For his roll in the next Great Depression or recession or swindle or whatever the hell just happened.

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Thank you for reminding me why I canceled my subscription to TIME.

The person(s) of the year should have been the Tea Baggers.

Woof said:

Bernanke does look good next to the rogues gallery of past winners:

1938....Adolph Hitler
1939....Joseph Stalin
1942....Joseph Stalin (again!)
1971.... Richard Nixon
1972....Richard Nixon & Henry Kissinger
1974....King Faisal
1978....Deng Xiaoping
1995....Newt Gingrich
2000....George W. Bush
2004....George W. Bush
2007....Vladamir Putin

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Not to quarrel... oh, what the hell... wasn't Nixon's for his diplomacy and opening talks with China?

robeiae said:

I'm actually surprised that Time didn't go with Palin.

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She quit her job, got into a stupid fight with David Letterman and sold a shitload of ghost-written books. What's so great about that?

It's not like she won a Nobel Peace Prize or anything...

Shadow_Ferret said:

Not to quarrel... oh, what the hell... wasn't Nixon's for his diplomacy and opening talks with China?

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It probably was, but like so many on the list, he turned out bad. Anyway, as was said earlier, Time's Person of the Year is chosen because they're the most newsworthy or controversial person of that year, not necessarily the nicest one.

nighttimer said:

She quit her job, got into a stupid fight with David Letterman and sold a shitload of ghost-written books. What's so great about that?

It's not like she won a Nobel Peace Prize or anything...

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They don't always pick "great" people. I figured they'd pick her as some sort of instigator for the wild-eyed right wing tea bagging monsters, or some such thing.

But it's just a magazine. It's not like the Time Person of the Year means anything, really. Just there to sell magazines (which, I think, would have been better served by picking Palin).

robeiae said:

But it's just a magazine. It's not like the Time Person of the Year means anything, really. Just there to sell magazines (which, I think, would have been better served by picking Palin).

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The Person of the Year has almost always made an impact internationally. Palin's influence--or lack of it, is confined to the United States.