Time Magazine: Person of the Year 2004
Eagles rather than doves nestle in the Oval Office Christmas tree, pinecones the size of footballs are piled around the fireplace, and the President of the United States is pretty close to lounging in Armchair One. He’s wearing a blue pinstripe suit, and his shoes are shined bright enough to shave in. He is loose, lively, framing a point with his hands or extending his arm with his fingers up as though he’s throwing a big idea gently across the room.
Wonderful!
I had heard rumblings earlier this year that Time would announce “bloggers” as the Person(s) of the Year — however, I think that was just the pajama people being hopeful. Personally, I always think that during war time – American soliders and their families should be named Person(s) of the Year. However, naming President George W. Bush to this does encompass all of that, and more. He fought a helluva campaign and won in a country that is so divided on some pretty major issues such as war, terrorism, national security, taxes, education and health care.
He has stood hard and fast on his policies – - love him or hate him, you always know where this man stands.
An ordinary politician tells swing voters what they want to hear; Bush invited them to vote for him because he refused to. Ordinary politicians need to be liked; Bush finds the hostility of his critics reassuring. Challengers run as outsiders, promising change; it’s an extraordinary politician who tries this while holding the title Leader of the Free World. Ordinary Presidents have made mistakes and then sought to redeem themselves by admitting them; when Bush was told by some fellow Republicans that his fate depended on confessing his errors, he blew them off.”
An extraordinary man!
Interview with the President
The Rove Warrior
Don’t Call it a Dynasty
The Benetton-Ad Presidency
Galleries & Graphics: A President’s Life
Path To Power: President’s Family Tree
Paying Homeage: The President visits wounded troops
People Who Mattered: People Who Made the News
In Memorandum: People who Died in 2004
46- and….
lee – sorry. i had picked them in my pool for you.
and damnit MN just squueked by peejz.
oh well, we are guaranteed to be in (probably just one game of) the playoffs.
Sorry about the Lions too; at least your game looked more even!
against who?
46 – well there’s your problem right there.
at least you won, when was it – in the 80′s?
i recognize the provlem – i’ve been a Red Sox fan all my life.
yeah, i need to leave in about an hour or so.
At least the Packers lost too; that way there’s only one person I can think of here who can give me (us) a hard time!
Houston, peejz.
54-You can’t see it, but I’m sticking my tongue out at you…
56 – shesh, they haven’t lost YET! still some time, but need 2 scores…
lions & jaguars & bears, o my.
uuuggghhh! Oh well. Are you excited about the party?
Yeah peejz, the Texans. It was horrible!
How was the church breath K?
and if brett can throw to someone in a GREEN uniform, we may be able to pull through.
Hey don’t count him out yet!
Time’s running out K
63 – that’s christmas eve…packers at vikings – my sister and i convinced everyone to go to church the day before
jesus said he understood.
okay, i need to go get dressed up and messed up…
have good nights, guys!
60 – that was actually almost funny, shi
66 – you could show a little SUPPORT.
Drive safe!
Thanks peejz – the place is only about 2 minutes from me!
Man, and ARIZONA is even winning? Did hell freeze over?
68-I would rather we all baske in misery together! When the Packers win I have to take a lot of shit from a LOT of people! Not just the few on this board; my brother and my best friend to name a few. So it’s just better for me if the Pack loses…:grin:
argh, this dude just NAILED fergusen…i hope he’s okay…
JERK!
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“Favre” fifth on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction list
Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The book “Favre” about Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, his career and his family is listed the No. 5 best seller on The New York Times list of hardcover nonfiction.
i wonder how many notches it will fall after this game?
73 – i guess i didn’t really need the menu.
still too many posts, peejz?
It was almost a comeback.
And the book is very good, thanks. He’s an all-around good guy, win or lose.
NOW I am leaving.
I am back. Had an awesome time! Got my Christmas gift – a gorgeous ornament and 1700 in cash. I have worked for the company for 5 months, so the bonus was really cool!!!!
Merry Christmas K! That is a wonderful gift. I collect ornaments, so I actually was more excited about that than the check!:smile:
40. Shiloh, Sunday is for God, what is monday for, the ACLU? Ha!
Just had to throw that in there.
congrats K.
and Merry Christmas to all and god bless the President of the United States of America.
God Bless.
Wow, $1700 after five months! You must be doing a great job K! Congrats
I can usually add that much to my credit card debt in five months…
Sorry about being mean to the Pack; I suppose I should just suck up the abuse (since I usually deserve it) and be supportive
thanks to peejz and kilo.
82 – thanks lee, i was surprised. the cool thing is, that is net, not gross…so no taxes. i can definitely use it right now!
you can pull for them on friday, how is that?
83 – Ok, but only for you, K. And I can’t let my brother or best friend know I’m rooting for Green Bay; I’d never hear the end of it
I just got my own sorta bonus; I went to my grad school interview, and we spent the time talking about how they were going to finance me up to 50%. Whether I was accepted or not was never an issue! The secretary’s running my paperwork to admissions by hand and I should be able to register for classes in a couple days. I even had a choice of offices! They want me bad
Congrats, Lee!!!
Way to go Lee! “Go smart people!”
I spent some time on your site, and came away, once again, feeling stupid.:lol: Way above my head.
Thanks guys!
TAC – the number one rule of scientific writing is that the quality of the paper is directly proportional to the number of people you can confuse. Bonus points if you can confuse a professor
Were you on my homepage or the digital demo room website?
87 – i went to both places and was first confused, then more confused!
congragulations on your success!
I’ll make professor some day!!!
Plus thanks for visiting the site; my boss gets thrilled when the “guest” counter keeps rolling…
Are you trolling for hits now?:lol:
I never really thought of it that way. All I wanted to do was show off how big my brain is
The Ayatullah Khomeini was Man-of-the-Year. Stalin was Man-of-the-Year — twice, just like Bush.
If you read the article, Bush got re-elected President while being repeatedly wrong:
For sharpening the debate until the choices bled, for reframing reality to match his design, for gambling his fortunes”and ours”on his faith in the power of leadership, George W. Bush is TIME’s 2004 Person of the Year. “
Keep cheerin’. It’s a long way down…
dg, so nice of you to put Charman Mao’s little red book long enough to grace us with you pittiful comments.
You should be proud that Stalin was a 2 time awardee. You also forgot to mention that FDR was one also.
F you commie scum.
I have the Solution.
pitiful, sorry
the man of the year seems to be positioning education further & further away from those who need the opportunity most…Students to Bear More of the Cost of College
ollege students in virtually every state will be required to shoulder more of the cost of their education under new federal rules that govern most of the nation’s financial aid.
people are being left behind
more tax cuts anybody?
RE: #93
TAC has gazed into the abyss. . .
*Have ya knawed on Rummy’s septar lately?
wow.. you mean some f-ing pampered 19 year olds might actually have to shoulder some of the costs of their own educations? LIke the rest of us? who served in the military, took out loans, worked part-time jobs…..the horror.
Let’s see, SOME 19 year old heros are manning machine guns and fighting muslim animals, yet $hitloh seems only concered with the ones who may or may not have beer money after buying textbooks….yeah… he loves this country.
typical liberal…… blame the president…blame white men..blame congress…blame anyone.
Don’t f-ing heap any actual burden on the ever-narrowing shoulders of American youth to f-ing fend for themselves, maybe actually learning the value of education…….oh no, not when we can GIVE it away….
you dick.
Power is what drives the megalomaniac. You strive towards increasing your power and wealth, by any means necessary. There are only two classes of people in your world: those who are weak and those who do not deserve the power they have.