...doesn't that mean that, using Time's line of reasoning, Andrea Yates, the Houston woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub in their home should be....

[size=4]Mother of The Year[/size=4]

Eric The(ThinkAboutIt!'GreatestImpact'Etc...)Hun[>]:)]

What? Have they named him MOTY?

Not yet, but considering all the 'buzz' just the hint that he might be MOTY is making the story a sure-fire winner for them!

Can you imagine the masses in Islamdom reacting to the fact that a great(?) American journal has referred to their 'hero' as the MOTY?

It would be the absolute worse thing for Time to do - talk about giving air and comfort to the enemy in time of war...

Eric The(ABullet&APorkBloodbathForOne,Please)Hun[>]:)]

Wow. If they have the ignorance to do that, and at this point I wouldn't put anything past them, the boycott potential is great and wide. Think of all the companies that are owned by AOL/Time Warner!

'If they have the ignorance...'? Of course they have a virtual lock on it, for the media not only buys printer's ink by the barrels, but [b]abject ignorance[/b] in bulk quantities, as well! [>]:)]

[b]STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES![/b]

They should be boycotted out of business just for considering it.  What do you expect from anti-gun AOL?

I thought they renamed it to "Person of the year." They do feature women on occasion.

Av.

Check this out Avalon1 -
[url]http://www.time.com/time/special/moy/moypast.html[/url]
It's Time Magazine's website for MOTY, for past years. [>]:)]

Time has never made a dead man MOTY, Looks like we only have a few weeks to take him off the eligibility list

Hun..

Bitchn'! Looks like Time hasn't caved into the PC crowd yet.

Av.

If he get's person of the year...

DDOS Attack on time.com all year until the next one is chosen.  Keep time.com DOWN all year. I don't know how to do it, but I am sure out of the millions of pissed off people someone will.

In the real world, tear every cover you see so it won't get purchased...

It is sick of them to attempt to profit of this man.  Truly sick.

Based on Time's standards he is MOTY. I don't like it either but no one has had more of an impact this year than he. You could even argue for man of the decade, etc. Man of the last century would have to be Hitler, IMO, and he was MOTY twice. People got plenty pissed about that as well. That's my 2 cents.
Now flame me, flame me! Shit its damn cold up here today and I could use a little heat.

Jeez, people.  'Man of the Year' isn't necessarily a good thing.  It's basically saying this person played a very important role in events of the year.  Note that that isn't 'good' role.  Just significant.  I'd say Bin Laden qualifies.  The famous as well as the infamous have been MOTY before.

Does anyone still read that magazine?  I don't think I've looked at a copy in ten years.

No kidding.  The newsweeklies are a fricking joke now.  Not to mention subtly biased and with awful writing, with a strictly American point of view and focus.

The only newsweekly worth reading is The Economist.  It has it's own biases, but it presents them openly and supported by reasoned arguments and evidence.  It covers international issues much more in depth and actually cares about the world's point of view.  But it does so without being anti-American.  Which is awfully refreshing these days.  

Yeah, such wonderful people as Kissinger, Stalin, and Hitler have been named Man of the Year. Bin Laden and his Islamists have changed the world.  For the worse.  

Time?  Who reads that piece of socialist crap?

Eddie

Then I stand by my original statement - If Osama Bin Laden is Time's MOTY simply because of the [b]impact[/b] he's made, the Andrea Yates deserves to be Mother of the Year!

Simple.

Just disregard any positive connotations that you may have about what 'anything' of the year might mean.

[b]I can't think of any woman who's had a greater impact on the lives of her children, then Andrea Yates![/b]

Eric The(DoYou'GetIt'?)Hun[>]:)]

Can't argue with you there Eric! [:D]

Who reads Time? Morons that's who! And, by a magical coincidence, the same type of people who write it: Morons!

I'll stick with The New American.

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Business People of the Year

Kenneth Lay, Chairman and chief executive:
Sold 1.8 million shares for $101 million

Jeffrey Skilling, former chief executive:
Sold 1.1 million shares for $66.9 million.

Andrew Fastow, former chief financial officer:
Sold 561,423 shares for $30.4 million.

Jeff McMahon, chief financial officer:
Sold 39,630 shares for $2.7 million.

Lou L. Pai, chief executive of Enron Accelerator:
Sold five million shares for $353 million.

Kenneth D. Rice, chief executive Enron Broadband Services:
Sold 1.1 million shares for $72.7 million.

Rebecca P. Mark, vice chairwoman and director
Sold 1.4 million shares for $79.5 million.

Ken Harrison, director and former chief executive, Portland General Electric:
Sold one million shares for $75.2 million.

Mark A Frevert, chief executive of Enron Wholesale Services:
Sold 830,620 shares for $50.2 million.

Robert A. Belfer, director and member of executive committee:
Sold one million shares for $51 million.

Stanley C. Horton, chief executive Enron Transportation Services:
Sold 734,444 shares for $45.4 million.

Joseph W. Sutton, vice chairman:
Sold 614,960 shares for $40 million.

Clifford Baxter, vice chairman:
Sold 577,436 shares for $35.2 million.

Joseph M. Hirko, chief executive, Enron Broadband Services:
Sold 473,837 shares for $35.1 million.

Richard A. Causey, chief accounting officer:
Sold 197,485 shares for $13.3 million.

James V. Derrick, general counsel:
Sold 230,660 shares for $12.6 million.

Mark E. Koenig, vice president:
Sold 129,153 shares for $9.1 million.

Cindy K. Olson, vice president:
Sold 83,183 shares for $6.5 million.

Steven J. Kean, director:
Sold 64,932 shares for $5.1 million.

John H. Duncan, director:
Sold 35,000 shares for $2 million.

Richard B. Buy, chief risk officer:
Sold 54,874 shares for $4.3 million.

Michael S. McConnell, president, Enron Global Markets:
Sold 30,960 shares for $2.3 million.

Norman P. Blake, director:
Sold 21,200 shares for $1.7 million.

Joe H. Foy, director:
Sold 31,320 shares for $1.6 million.

J. Mark Metts, vice president and director:
Sold 17,711 shares for $1.4 million.

Charles A. LeMaistre, director and member of compensation committee:
Sold 17,344 shares for $841,768.

Robert K. Jaedicke, director and member of audit committee:

Sold 13,360 shares for $841,438.

Ronnie C. Chan, director and audit committee member:
Sold 8,000 shares for $337,200.

Wendy L. Gramm, director and audit committee member:
Sold 10,256 shares for $276,912.

With such insight in today's market they were able to profit from the success of Enron

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Why would naming him MOTY be inappropriate? It's not a title given to the best or greatest, just the person who has had the greatest impact.

Consider that:

1. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Haile Selassie, and (barf) FDR were all named back in the 1930's, why is this any worse?

2.The man is responsible for the worst attack EVER on U.S. soil. 3 months later, it's all people ALL OVER THE WORLD are talking about. The guy has had a HUGE impact this year worldwide, even if it's a bad one.

If he is chosen I believe it would be a good choice.