Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2005

[davewitley]

Caius Marcius wrote:
>
> Time is providing its readers with a chance to vote online for 
their
> pick as "Person of the Year."
> 
> Someone we all know and love is currently *way* out in front (46% 
at
> the time I'm posting this, compared to 14% for the No. 2 contender)
> 
> 
> http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/

Well, that is the most bizarre poll I have seen in a while!

Why only a dozen mainly jejeune contenders?  Why Bono but not 
Geldof?  Why Mother Nature at all, but then why not Lord Voldemort 
or the Flying Spaghetti Monster?  Who is Rick Warren?  Where are the 
*interesting* people like Hugo Chavez and Pat Robertson?  Or my 
personal favourite comedian, Silvio Berlusconi?

I'm glad Steve Jobs is there since, no saint though he is, he 
probably is making a difference to people who prefer music-related 
extortion to be only moderately exorbitant.

I'm particularly disappointed that I can't vote for Michael Gambon, 
who has done so much to revive a moribund OT-Chatter list.

David