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Time Person Of the Year Pick 'Em

More indulgence than the rag probably warrants, but this is low hanging blogfruit.

You'll notice on the magazine's website that the first 3 unofficial nominees are all Occupy Wall Street characters (the 1%, the 99%, and the "anonymous" tent-dweller who hopes his Guy Fawkes mask does truly make him as clever, worldly, and hiply anti-establishment as he imagines).  And yet no nod to the ubiquitous OWS tent city rapists?  An unexpected oversight.

I think (of the 30+ candidates offered), the serious contenders are Gabby Giffords, Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, Paul Ryan, and "Arab Youth Protestors".  Not "serious" in the sense that they're necessarily the most deserving of an "award" that seeks to identify the most news-influencing individual, but "serious" in the sense that Time is most likely to name them.  None more so than AYPs.  If they were to name Mohamed Bouazizi individually, it might be a decent call.  But Time seems to be favoring these collective and/or abstract "persons" lately.

The collective who should win, but won't (because it would return some of the luster on loan to the President), is of course Seal Team 6.

Who's your pick (both for most likely to win and most actually deserving)?

Update:  Oh, Time editors, you've outdone yourselves.  An abstract "person" representing two collectives.  Arab Youth Protestors and Idle Hipster American Protestors share in the honor.

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Time Person Of the Year Pick 'Em

More indulgence than the rag probably warrants, but this is low hanging blogfruit.

You'll notice on the magazine's website that the first 3 unofficial nominees are all Occupy Wall Street characters (the 1%, the 99%, and the "anonymous" tent-dweller who hopes his Guy Fawkes mask does truly make him as clever, worldly, and hiply anti-establishment as he imagines).  And yet no nod to the ubiquitous OWS tent city rapists?  An unexpected oversight.

I think (of the 30+ candidates offered), the serious contenders are Gabby Giffords, Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, Paul Ryan, and "Arab Youth Protestors".  Not "serious" in the sense that they're necessarily the most deserving of an "award" that seeks to identify the most news-influencing individual, but "serious" in the sense that Time is most likely to name them.  None more so than AYPs.  If they were to name Mohamed Bouazizi individually, it might be a decent call.  But Time seems to be favoring these collective and/or abstract "persons" lately.

The collective who should win, but won't (because it would return some of the luster on loan to the President), is of course Seal Team 6.

Who's your pick (both for most likely to win and most actually deserving)?

Update:  Oh, Time editors, you've outdone yourselves.  An abstract "person" representing two collectives.  Arab Youth Protestors and Idle Hipster American Protestors share in the honor.