Person of the Year - 2005

[Keystone Phil]

We are about a month away. Who do you think it will be?

[Keystone Phil]

I hate when they pick someone we don't know. I also don't like the general awards either. For example, if Time was to say "The American Bus Driver." When they picked the American soldier, I wasn't upset. I wasn't saying the soldier didn't deserve the honor. It just takes away the excitement of it all. Then again, maybe that's not what we should dwell on.

[Keystone Phil]

Has anyone ever won 2 years in a row?

I was wondering if it would be Bush, too, but it won't. To answer your question, I'm not sure. Wikipedia has an article on Person of the Year.

[Keystone Phil]

Mike Brown, definatly.

I was thinking about that actually.

[Keystone Phil]

How about the Republican leadership? Think about it - Most of the news (especially towards the end of the year) has focused around either Bush, Cheney, Rove and/or DeLay.

[Keystone Phil]

Well, realistically Bush is again the biggest newsmaker; no doubt.
But the same holds true for every year, and I don't see Time wanting to double up (in this case, triple up) on Bush.

That why they might go with just the GOP leadership (no specific mention of Bush as the lead person of the year).

[Keystone Phil]

Do you think this means that Time has it narrowed down to these people?   http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/

[Keystone Phil]

It will, unfortunatly, be Mother Nature. Just watch.

I have that feeling, too.

[Keystone Phil]

The issue will be released on December 18th - this Sunday.

[Keystone Phil]

I wonder if Terri Schiavo will get any consideration.

I was thinking about that, too. If you really focus on one person who made a big impact on politics in this country this year, Schiavo has to be considered.

If it's J.K. Rowling, I will personally murder 7 people, one for each of the Harry Potter books.

You are amazing, Gabu. J.K. Rowling is an evil person.

[Keystone Phil]

I know you don't like Harry Potter, but isn't this taking it a little too far?

Do I really believe Rowling is evil? No. That was an obvious joke. But do I hate Harry Potter? Absolutely.

[Keystone Phil]

iraqi voter = person of year => not possible.

I never thought about that and if you ask me, it's not impossible. I'm just going to wake up Sunday morning, find out that it's Mother Nature, buy the issue anyway and move on. It's such a stupid pick though.

[Keystone Phil]

The Iraqi voter will not be it for the simple reason that people voting in Iraq is no different than people voting in all the other vast amounts of countries in the world with free elections.

Newsflash - Iraq was the center of attention this year and elections there are a bit different from those in countries like the U.S.

[Keystone Phil]

"Man" is a generic term and doesn't necessarily mean a person with with a penis.

Okay, I'll go tell Melinda Gates that she's a fabulous man.

I bet she's really offended when she is considered part of mankind, too.