[SE Mom]

I swear I was SURE this was Scrappleface.

Unbelievable.

[patriciaruth]

That about sums up the year.

A fool gets the Nobel Peace Prize, and a murderer is Time’s “Person of the Year.”

[Deo et Patria]

Read the full transcript of the interview with Vlad. It really is some of the funniest stuff that I’ve ever read. He definitely is not shy about expressing himself.

[subterfuge]

Is the cover going to have his pic with his shirt off?

Or will it be the one where he’s kissing a little boy?

[OESY]

The Decline in advertising and editorial pages in Time, Newsweek and U.S. News:

They must be doing something wrong. Too bad they can't figure it out themselves.

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[Brandie]

I would have loved to have it be General Petraeus. Or maybe John Bolton a favorite also of mine. I know, neither one would be on Time’s list.

[FreedomCalls]

What exactly did Putin do? Everything they ascribe to him is a direct result of high oil and gas prices. No matter who was in charge, the results would have been no worse, and certainly better in many cases. Russia's main federal highways are still mud holes, impassable during the frequent rain. The infrastructure in any city other than Moscow and St Pete is crumbling. Manufacturing is at an abysmal state. Their prime exports are raw materials -- the sure sign of a third-world country. He hasn't set up a system of political succession -- Russia's long-standing biggest weakness. The only thing he has accomplished is to co-opt all the major news organizations so that he personally can take credit for any positive result of the high energy prices. I guess we'll have to add Time to that list.

[omega4179]

I put my real name on the record with Time magazine, lets show them Americans do not look at this as anything but praise of a dictator.

http://time-blog.com/talkback/poy2007.php

[G8 Diplomat]

Yeah, I guess someone who tries to bring the country back to Soviet times, extends his term so he can slowly push communism back on the populace, and poisons the opposition with polonium is right up Time’s ally, isn’t it.

[Earthdweller]

If this doesn't prove we are swarming with commies I don't know what does.

Do any of the good little kiddies still hate the "conspiracy" guy McCarthy?

Come on comrades! Raise your mindless little hands!

[bray]

What, did Ahmacrazyraghed & Kim Dung ILL bow out??

Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops

[Steve_Seattle]

I thought I knew modern history reasonably well, but there are 10 Times MOY I never heard of:

Walter Chrysler - auto magnate?
Owen Young
Pierre Laval
Hugh Johnson
Mrs. Wallis Simpson - philanthropist?
James Byrnes
Mohammed Mossadegh - sounds familiar, but I can't place him.
Harlow Curtice
Dr. David Ho
Andy Grove

[RobFromGa]

TIME has sunk to a new low. But at least they aren’t afraid to show how their minds work.

[Texas Eagle]

I was shocked to hear Time magazine named Putin its POTY.

I didn't know Time was still in publication.

[OPS4]

Time is and always has been a Communist RAG!

As has The New York Times and thier media cohorts.

The problem really has exploded now that congress is
loaded with them and the leader of the DNC Howard Dean is in control of the Communist party line.

Putin is in deed rebuilding a Communist Dictatorship, and would love for the United States to set up a counter part.

SO the Communist Press members here in the United States will be doing everyting to weaken this Country so we can be set up to duplicate the events in Russia.

The number one candidate for the Commies is Hillary Clinton, and they will be promoting her right along side Putin.

We must expose the truth between now and the final day of voting, or we will be on the road to total take over.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[opus86]

Putin - Former KGB guy who's now Time's "Man of the Year"

Bush - Torturer

[SunkenCiv]

Richard Stengel, Time's managing editor, said the 2007 honor went to the Russian leader "for an extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability."

Y'know, stability -- that thing that doesn't matter if the dictator is non-Marxist or is pro-US.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Just in case you didn’t see this....get a load of this! What a steaming pile of mule muffins!

[PurpleMan]

That’s OK. The Telegraph named Petraeus “Man of the Year”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=AA4OSBQXNV5A3QFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/12/30/nperson130.xml