Persons of the year 2005

[anthrax]

...according to Time:

Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono

 

[nycgirl]

That's who they picked.???

They are getting very PC with their choices.

 

[anthrax]

That's who they picked.???

They are getting very PC with their choices.

Time's list of "People Who Mattered" in 2005 ran the gamut from President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to a fictional villain, a spy and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Along with Darth Vader, CIA agent Valerie Plame and Pope Benedict XVI, Time tapped:

# Plame's husband, former diplomat Joseph Wilson

# Texas Rep. and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

# Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

# Apple computer chief Steve Jobs

# New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

# U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald

# British Prime Minister Tony Blair

# Google's Larry Page and Sergey Brin

# Chief Justice John Roberts

# Peace activist Cindy Sheehan

# Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

# "Commander in Chief" star Geena Davis

# Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican.

# Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada

# Rapper Kanye West

# Teen golfer Michelle Wie, who turned pro in '05.

 

[nycgirl]

I just read that.

Bono has been on that cause for years. What happened this year that made him person of the year?

 

[anthrax]

I just read that.

Bono has been on that cause for years. What happened this year that made him person of the year?

He deserves it
BTW he was also nominated for Nobel Peace Prize yearlier this year

Bono was one of the organizers behind this year's Live 8 concerts in nine cities worldwide. The concerts were aimed at getting the leaders of the world's nations leaders to come to the aid of impoverished Africa. They did so at the G8 summit, agreeing to double aid to Africa to $50 billion by 2010 and cancel the debts of the poorest nations.

"Bono charmed and bullied and morally blackmailed the leaders of the world's richest countries into forgiving $40 billion in debt owed by the poorest," the magazine said.

 

[nycgirl]

Ahhh. I see. Yes, he does deserve it.

I still think they are getting PC with their picks. None of the picks for this decade reflect the negativity (on an international scale) that is going on in the world. Osama should have been person of the year for 2001 (especially, since Hitler was person of the year and Stalin was person of the year twice).

 

[anthrax]

Ahhh. I see. Yes, he does deserve it.

I still think they are getting PC with their picks. None of the picks for this decade reflect the negativity (on an international scale) that is going on in the world. Osama should have been person of the year for 2001 (especially, since Hitler was person of the year and Stalin was person of the year twice).

Hitler was person of the year in 1938
At that time he was considered a "good guy"

 

[rsnoble-im-back]

I vote for myself for being able to put up with all this bullshit.