View Full Version : Top Ten Finalists for Time's Person of the Year 2013
Listed alphabetically:
Bashar Assad, President of Syria
Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
Ted Cruz, Texas Senator
Miley Cyrus, Singer
Pope Francis, Leader of the Catholic Church
Barack Obama, President of the United States
Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Edward Snowden, N.S.A. Leaker
Edith Windsor, Gay rights activist
http://poy.time.com/2013/12/09/top-ten-finalists-for-person-of-the-year/#ixzz2n0K1j4mn
And so it goes...
Richard
I'm somewhat surprised that Putin didn't make the list. :munchin
I'm somewhat surprised that Putin didn't make the list. :munchin
Or Mandela??
:munchin
or Rooster Monkburn (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/365823/tsa-seizes-sock-monkeys-toy-gun-andrew-johnson)
How about Rooster Monkburn for President?
Vastly different reasons for each selection.
The only one that just makes me shake my head is M Cyrus.
I guess Rob Ford's shenanigans were a little too late to make the cutoff.... :D
Red Flag 1
12-09-2013, 17:20
Vastly different reasons for each selection.
The only one that just makes me shake my head is M Cyrus.
While she shakes everything else:eek::D.
I concur with the thought of Mandela, he has never been named. Putin made it in '04, Current POTUS '08 & 12, Whistleblowers (Snowden) '02.
Vastly different reasons for each selection.
The only one that just makes me shake my head is M Cyrus.
I know, right? MiCy- but not LiLo or GaGa.
Surely woulda thought Tebow or that sissy that got bullied in the NFL, or the guy that bullied him would have made it.
Or Coach Biliema.
NurseTim
12-09-2013, 21:15
What? No George Zimmerman? No Paris Hilton? Fidel Castro? Hugo Chavez? Pol pot? Mao? That N. Korean fella?
I didn't bring up GZ because I think he's bad, rather because the powers that be do.
spherojon
12-10-2013, 14:01
What? No George Zimmerman? No Paris Hilton? Fidel Castro? Hugo Chavez? Pol pot? Mao? That N. Korean fella?
I didn't bring up GZ because I think he's bad, rather because the powers that be do.
What about the giant elephant in the room, Paul Walker?
Leozinho
12-10-2013, 14:48
What? No George Zimmerman? No Paris Hilton? Fidel Castro? Hugo Chavez? Pol pot? Mao? That N. Korean fella?
I didn't bring up GZ because I think he's bad, rather because the powers that be do.
Relax.
People have misunderstood since 1938 that Time's Person of the Year is not for the best man of the year, but rather the person that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."
Looks as if Time has picked Pope Francis as their "Person of the Year."
Looks as if Time has picked Pope Francis as their "Person of the Year."
You know, I was strolling down the Champs Elysees with Pope Frank right before Thanksgiving this year, and I overheard some chick ask another young lady, "Who's that walking with Dusty? Looks familiar..."
mark46th
12-11-2013, 11:00
Well, The Times has made odd choices from time to time_
1938 Adolph Hitler
1939 and 1942 Joseph Stalin
mark46th
12-11-2013, 11:02
My nomination for person of the year would have been Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Do dead ambassadors count?
My nomination for person of the year would have been Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
That makes two of us. :mad:
You know, I was strolling down the Champs Elysees with Pope Frank right before Thanksgiving this year, and I overheard some chick ask another young lady, "Who's that walking with Dusty? Looks familiar..."
*SIGH* .... Oh Deer.
Oh sorry .... too soon? :munchin
My nomination for person of the year would have been Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Do dead ambassadors count?
That makes two of us. :mad:
Make that three .... :mad:
*SIGH* .... Oh Deer.
Oh sorry .... too soon? :munchin
lol It ain't over 'til it's over, Stunt Man. :D
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pontiff who won hearts and headlines with his humility and common touch, was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2013, the magazine revealed Wednesday on TODAY.
http://www.today.com/news/pope-francis-named-times-2013-person-year-2D11723759
Richard
[I]Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pontiff
Richard
He doesn't really strike me as a Jesuit. :confused: (Pun slightly intended. ;))
Pat