Time names US soldiers People of the Year
Sunday, December 21st, 2003 - 2:09pm
An excellent and not very political choice if you think about it.
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Excellent choice.
I have a cousin over there and things like this make a huge difference to our soldiers, according to him.
I think it is a bad choice. Not that our fighting men and women do not deserve it, but that Time is giving another cop-out. It is like naming the City of New York in 2001. It should have been UBL in 2001 and Saddam this year.
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
I can see UBL, but other than say ""Nope, no WMD''s"" and disappear from sight, what did Saddam do this year?
Reagan understood that the key to peace was never arms control. Security had nothing to do with the number of weapons, it had everything to do with the intention and power of those who possessed them. - Charles Krauthammer
Caused us to go to war.
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
An excellent choice, I agree (though quite honestly the whole Man/Woman/People/Lunchmeat of the Year thing is trite).
Politically, it''s also a very safe choice. Count the number of politicians (regardless of political affiliation) which have robotically mouthed the words ""I support the troops"".
Even Dean has said words to that effect, and he has (in my opinion) very little in common with the average soldier.
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I''m very surprised Time copped-out and didn''t award it to Bush. I mean, I think it''s a touching tribute to the soldiers, but at the same time love him or hate him, Bush has been at the forefront of world opinion, diplomacy, conflict, and news all year. I figured he had it locked.
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
I agree, I mean they gave it to Hitler - so giving it to Bush should even sit well with the ""Bush is Hitler"" crowd.
Reagan understood that the key to peace was never arms control. Security had nothing to do with the number of weapons, it had everything to do with the intention and power of those who possessed them. - Charles Krauthammer
See, everybody would have been happy!
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
But if the ""Bush is Hitler"" crowd is right they would give it to the same man twice! That would be pretty cheap, so they had to choose another one.
EDIT: Spelling (where''s my coffee)
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I think a lot of attention has been given to soldiers and it''s not a cop out. We followed them during the Iraq war, and hear how many die or get wounded each day. They should have gotten it in 1943 as well, oh well.
I''ll tell you when Time copped out. When they named the Computer the man of the year. That was lame. I''m waiting for when they turn it into the Person of the Year and ultimately, the News Item of the Year.
If you chose the most influential person each year it would always be the American President, the most powerful person of the world.
By the way, has a German other than Hitler ever made Time Magazine''s man of the year? Did Einstein or Golda Meir? I''m just curious.
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Technically, wasn''t Hitler Austrian?
I started my own blog so when I feel the need to make an ass out of myself, I won't have as far to go.
indeed. Worst. Import. Ever.
No hay banda!
So it only took one foreigner to take over Germany? I thought France was bad.
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Well at least Hitler had some opposition in Germany. That, plus the fact that productivity didn''t skyrocket once the Nazi party took control.
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Just more evidence that socialism doesn''t work...
Reagan understood that the key to peace was never arms control. Security had nothing to do with the number of weapons, it had everything to do with the intention and power of those who possessed them. - Charles Krauthammer
""Bush is Hitler"", that''s so funny.
Bush is just a muppet, the people behind him are the problem.
"A 'critic' is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased - he hates all creative people equally." - Robert Heinlein
bin Laden should have gotten it for 2001. He is, without question, one of the most influential men this century.
Bush is Hirohito.
Do me a favor Dirt, try to contribute a little more than one liners.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
Please delete my posts.
Is Time''s ""Man of the Year"" supposed to be a worldwide thing, or only valid for the US?
I bought the issue, and it''s actually pretty good, nice stories from soldiers. I agree with Elysium - Bush should have been it. And Osama, back in 2001 - that was a total cop-out. Saddam? Who cares.
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I loved the Today interview about this. Katie Couric is such an idiot.
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