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 Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:10 Post subject: Time Magazine's Person of the Year--2004
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:14 Post subject:
What a surprise.
I completely disagree.
What a surprise.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:15 Post subject: Re: Time Magazine's Person of the Year--2004
AWESOME! 
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:18 Post subject:
good for him. I understand Rumsfeld was nominated but turned it down.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:26 Post subject:
I think it should have been David Ortiz
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:41 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | I think it should have been David Ortiz
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Or Johnny Damon.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:41 Post subject:
I was surprised as well, but even more so when i saw Michael Moore's name mentioned as a possibility (and Mel Gibson's. What is up with nominating entertainers?)
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:48 Post subject:
| MastrBrewr wrote: |
Or Johnny Damon. |
or Johnny Depp. 
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 11:48 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | I was surprised as well, but even more so when i saw Michael Moore's name mentioned as a possibility (and Mel Gibson's. What is up with nominating entertainers?) |
both MM and MG had big impacts, but W had the greatest impact and was the most talked about person all year. I think he suprised a lot of people with his margin of victory.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 12:04 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | What a surprise.
I completely disagree.
What a surprise. |
Like it matters (I mean Time having a MOTY, not you, Kid), but who would you have chosen? Nobody comes to mind that stood out.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 12:07 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | Like it matters (I mean Time having a MOTY, not you, Kid), but who would you have chosen? Nobody comes to mind that stood out. |
I personally think that Time should not be considered any sort of authority or high level reading material...it's not like the MOTY is the Nobel Prize or something. To me Time is no better than People magazine.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 12:08 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | Like it matters (I mean Time having a MOTY, not you, Kid), but who would you have chosen? Nobody comes to mind that stood out. |
My thoughts too. Didn't they have OBL or Saddam as MOTY once? What difference does it really make? And, it was a big news year for GWB, I don't disagree with the choice, just for lack of someone else more newsworthy (I assume that is the basis for their choice).
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 12:17 Post subject:
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I personally think that Time should not be considered any sort of authority or high level reading material...it's not like the MOTY is the Nobel Prize or something. To me Time is no better than People magazine. |
I don't think it is on par with the Nobel Prize. Its an issue that they have been doing for a long time. Much like the SI Sportsmen of the Year or any other magazines best of _______
and I think Time is more a news magazine where People is an entertainment medium
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 12:19 Post subject:
| phillycat wrote: | | I personally think that Time should not be considered any sort of authority or high level reading material...it's not like the MOTY is the Nobel Prize or something. To me Time is no better than People magazine. |
I am a subscriber, and agree that Time is political People.
g'dawg: I'm voting for Artest. Second vote goes to the dude who invented that Hardee's monsterburger.
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Posted: 12/21/04 - 12:21 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: |
I don't think it is on par with the Nobel Prize. Its an issue that they have been doing for a long time. Much like the SI Sportsmen of the Year or any other magazines best of _______
and I think Time is more a news magazine where People is an entertainment medium |
I didn't mean to imply that you thought it was on par with the Nobel Prize...I was just trying to get the point across that Time is on the same level as People...they are both owned by the same company and do things to sell magazines. There really is no true value in who they deam Person of the Year.
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