Time magazine recently named Vladamir Putin Person of the Year.
Say What?
Is this the same Russian president that had the leader of an opposing party, chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov, thrown in jail for protesting without permission and chanting antigovernment slogans?
Is this the same Putin who threw democratic standards out the proverbial window and, quite transparently rigged his re-election?
Is this the same Putin who has steadily increased control of the media to manipulate public opinion?
No. Fuck That.
So as of now, I’m taking nominations for the People’s Choice, Person of the Year.
Just write your nomination in the comments section. I will aggregate the results and then we’ll have a vote. Only one nomination is needed to get on the list.
Note: Do not nominate Ron Paul or any other american presidential candidate. If one of them wins the election, s/he might qualify, but right now they’re just campaigning, and their effect is mostly limited to the US.
Edit: see here for more evidence of Russian election rigging
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G. Kasparov
Your mom.
Michael Vick
I nominate the Spears family. Who else, besides the president, has gotten more media attention than that family?
we had a fieldday with that on digg, I saved the best comments on my site.
Michael Moore
I completely agree that Putin is a terrifying dictator, but i recently learned that most people mis-interpret what it means to be “Man of the Year” and that it probably has more to do with your impact on the world, than being a good person.
Case in point, Hitler was man of the year in 1939 (http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19390102,00.html)
Hobo Bill.
You guys are ok! The INTERNET is out of controll. But that is ok. Dumb pople are always going to be there. Sorry that is the way it going to be. When we made the NET we only made it for good. It just took off. It was fun. Really the bad guys are always there and we have to go after them. So there are going to be a NET police. You and I know that. The free ranginge in not goning to always be there due to the ding-dongs and we have to stop that stuff. We know that is true. Freedom will win and the family has to teach real values too. So much for me tell that story. Now guys let’s do good. See you soon.
Peace love and rock-in-roll. I’ll be back The DON from the OC