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Time Person of the Year: The Protester
Time Magazine ^ | December 14, 2011 | Time Magazine

Posted on 12/14/2011 5:15:54 AM PST by John W

No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square, it would incite protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. In 2011, protesters didn’t just voice their complaints; they changed the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2011review; manoftheyear; occutard; ows; protester; teaparty; timemag
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To: John W

Egyptians are now free to burn Coptic churches to the ground. All over the Middle East, demoncracy has triumphed, thanks to the protestor. Demoncracy marches on in America, too, at demonstrations on Wall Street, in Philadelphia, now even at ports all over the West Coast. Let Free-dumb ring!

And if any Jooo! in Judah and Samaria should dare raise a hand in anger, be it at a police officer, soldier, or Arab assailant, that is of course a different matter, having nothing whatever to do with demoncracy triumphing. They will be dealt with, decisively and heavy-handedly.


101 posted on 12/14/2011 2:39:53 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Diplomacy is war by other means.)
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To: John W

1914 Time Person of the Year: The Assassin.

No one could have known that when a Serbian gunmen shot the Crown Prince of Austria dead in a public square, it would incite a conflagration that would topple despots and start a global wave of upheaval. In 1914, assassins didn’t just shoot crown princes; they changed the world.


102 posted on 12/14/2011 2:44:16 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Diplomacy is war by other means.)
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To: John W

They still publish “Time”?


103 posted on 12/14/2011 2:56:46 PM PST by Captain Quirk
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To: 3catsanadog

“.....they stopped after the 2010 Republican takeover of the House.”

And we’ll be back for the 2012 election! ;-)


104 posted on 12/14/2011 3:17:18 PM PST by Humidston (For the first time in my adult life I FEAR my government.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

none of the MSM try to be fair now.

They are so warped in their hatred of anything which they do not go along that they cannot see how pathetic they have become for many and yet as their sales go down their viewership goes down and their try’s at radio fail they still do not get it.

WE WANT THE TRUTH not your frigging opinions and bias


105 posted on 12/14/2011 4:03:09 PM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman.Trolls get a life, I HATE OUR BIAS LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: nuconvert

They havent even changed their underwear....


106 posted on 12/14/2011 5:00:20 PM PST by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
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To: Travis McGee

All they proved was that they aren’t unemployed....they are unemployable.

Bell curve educated , slack jawed, mouth breathing, dumpster diving, unwashed, bottom feeder products of a failed liberal agenda they still try and promote as valid and effective. All they did was put more strain on limited urban budgets .

I don’t hire em, won’t hire em. They can’t DO anything productive. They are incapable of a days hard work shy of bitchin and whining that what others work for they are entitled to part of.

Doom on em all..... I hope their legs grow together .


107 posted on 12/14/2011 7:46:33 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Tax-chick

Self Esteem?

Oh no TC that fell the moment they went to the free clinic after leaving the occupy camp to find out they had this interesting thing called an STD.

I find it quite funny.


108 posted on 12/14/2011 9:35:12 PM PST by Morgana (Rent this Space....Cheap)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Aptly put and thank you.


109 posted on 12/14/2011 10:17:52 PM PST by Joya (http://www.angelsonassignment.org/why_aoa.html)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Did you forget the major Tea Party Obamacare protesters in your list?


110 posted on 12/14/2011 11:03:27 PM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: CAluvdubya

Time Magazine. What did you expect?

I am surprised they didn’t choose the turd the protester laid on the cop car. Not that there is much difference between the two.

Sigh... nothing surprises me much anymore.


111 posted on 12/15/2011 12:22:53 AM PST by Ronin (If we were serious about using the death penalty as a deterrent, we would bring back public hangings)
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To: Stosh
Can’t wait for someone to photoshop the Time cover to feature “The Protester at the Police Car”.

I was going to go with Astroturf, but your idea is better.

112 posted on 12/15/2011 2:54:35 AM PST by bIlluminati (Don't just hope for change, work for change in 2011-2012.)
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To: bIlluminati

I knew somebody would get to it:

http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/12/14/time-magazines-desire-for-total-irrelevancy-closer-to-fruition-with-2011s-person-of-the-year/


113 posted on 12/15/2011 5:30:43 AM PST by Stosh
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To: John W

I don’t see a word about the guy who started the Arab Spring on Facebook, Wael Ghonim, which translates as “useful idiot.”

Oh, and what about Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, which translates as “America-hating lunatic”?

No, it’s all about the author’s wonderful trip to the Middle East talking to God knows who.


114 posted on 12/15/2011 5:52:20 AM PST by firebrand (It's almost too late.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Amen. And the many right-wing protests from 2000 to 2006 that we organized or took part in.


115 posted on 12/15/2011 5:56:17 AM PST by firebrand (It's almost too late.)
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To: Morgana

I don’t think contracting an STD affects their worldview at all. It’s just Society’s fault, the same as everything else that happens. People who can claim with a straight face that they were “victimized” when they took on $150,000 of student loans won’t bat an eye at blaming The Man for a case of herpes.


116 posted on 12/15/2011 5:57:41 AM PST by Tax-chick (Just let the people vote.)
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To: 3catsanadog

I know quite a few people who would be surprised to know that the tea party has stopped.


117 posted on 12/15/2011 6:03:58 AM PST by firebrand (It's almost too late.)
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To: bgill

It still got counted when they charged their advertisers.


118 posted on 12/15/2011 6:12:00 AM PST by firebrand (It's almost too late.)
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To: John W; All

OWS -—> overall cost to communities where they squatted, $13 million, closed businesses, forced overtime for police action...Never got permits, arranged for sanitary services, etc etc etc...

Tea Party Rallies -—> cost to communities where the rallies were held...$0 to a profit, for local businesses and communities, they cleaned up after themselves, got the proper permits per ordinances/laws...Porta-Poties galore and minimal police presense...(at least at some of the rallies I dropped in on...)

Time Magazine...Useful for bird cage liner...And for OWS toilet paper...


119 posted on 12/15/2011 8:26:27 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus' sayin')
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To: ILS21R

ILS21R wrote:
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Hmmm...set myself on fire or poop on a cop car. I think I’ll...
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Too bad this mangy, filthy, flea-infested protester didn’t have an issue of Time or Newsweek Magazine with him to wipe himself. That’s about all those rags are good for anymore.


120 posted on 12/15/2011 8:45:01 AM PST by DestroyLiberalism
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