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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-12 07:56 AM
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TIME magazine's Man of the Year is President Obama. nt
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-12 08:55 PM
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1. let's hope he continues living up to that title. he's done some really good things for rights, and
pushing the health care debate to the forefront the past 4 years, and it needed to be, but my fingers are crossed about the concern of him capitulating too much on the fiscal cliff. Social Security is not the problem - fat cat contracts at the octagon (instead of saying the P word! lol), for all those companies who make millions off war contracts are the prob, as is a heavily reduced tax burden on the wealthy compared to 40 years ago.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-20-12 03:45 AM
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4. Happy holidays!
Edited on Thu Dec-20-12 03:46 AM by No Elephants
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-12 09:44 PM
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2. You're wrong, per borowitz: Time Names Mitt Romney Man of the Year
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NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In an extraordinary gesture of recognition for a losing Presidential nominee, Time magazine today named former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney Man of the Year 1912.

In a press release explaining its decision, Time’s editorial board wrote, “Even though his quest for the Presidency was unsuccessful, Mr. Romney’s ideas about foreign policy, taxation, wealth inequality, and women’s rights typified the year 1912 as no one else has.”

In giving Mr. Romney the nod, Time said that he beat out such other candidates for Man of the Year 1912 as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Edward Smith, captain of the Titanic.

“It was very close between Romney and the Titanic guy, but we gave it to Romney because it took him slightly longer to sink,” Time wrote.

Mr. Romney could not be reached for comment, a spokesman said, because he was travelling around the world visiting his money.


Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/12/time-names-mitt-romney-man-of-the-year-1912.html#ixzz2FYY28TtY
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-20-12 03:36 AM
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3. In my defense, "Barack Obama" & "Mitt Romney" sound so similar and
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the two men look so much alike that mistakes like that one are almost unavoidable.

However, I ready admit that I make tons of mistakes and typos.

Hope your move and your holiday season are both progressing well.
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