December 14, 2011
— Ace
Time claims they're honoring "The Protester," not Occupy per se, and this general-purpose protester includes all protesters.
It just so happens Time decides protesting is cool when a bunch of car-shitters are doing it.
In 2009, Time had the same opportunity to pick “the protester” when the protests were the Tea Party and Iran’s Green Revolution, which followed from Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, and so on. Who did they pick? Ben Bernanke. When the Tea Party movement actually delivered results at the ballot box in 2010 in a historic midterm drubbing of Barack Obama’s Democrats — they lost 68 seats, the worst outing since 1938 — they could have hailed The Protester then, too. Who did they pick? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.So they’re a little late to “the protester” story in terms of real impact. And what impact has “the protester” actually had in 2011? Has the Occupy Movement, such as it is, had any kind of ground-breaking impact on politics in the way the Tea Party did in 2010 and still does in this cycle? Not even close...
This doesn't matter. Why do I fall for it? Why am I falling for this stupid liberal stunt by a stupid and low-influence glossy magazine?
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Posted by: grognard at December 14, 2011 09:21 AM (NS2Mo)
That would definitely look better in a kilt.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 09:21 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Occu-pooper at December 14, 2011 09:23 AM (136wp)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:23 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: mallfly at December 14, 2011 09:23 AM (bJm7W)
Posted by: tasker at December 14, 2011 09:24 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: TexBob at December 14, 2011 09:24 AM (51Nv7)
Ace, did you ever think this guy was just throwing down the 'check wipe'?
Perhaps he gambled, but wasn't sure that he lost?
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2011 09:24 AM (O61DO)
They DID have a real impact: on crime statistics. Rapes, deaths, drug abuse, robberies . . .
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 14, 2011 09:25 AM (Agn5J)
Time magazine was mainly read in waiting rooms, but with cell phones and i-Pads available as time killers, who bothers to read month old news analysis anymore?
Posted by: kbdabear at December 14, 2011 09:25 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at December 14, 2011 09:25 AM (ZS2uo)
Posted by: mallfly at December 14, 2011 09:26 AM (bJm7W)
Posted by: LOLOccupier at December 14, 2011 09:26 AM (O61DO)
Because pissing on their rapidly cooling corpse is pleasurable? Just guessing.
Posted by: joncelli, who always wanted to say that at December 14, 2011 09:26 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 14, 2011 09:27 AM (Agn5J)
Because you're a crypto-misogynist-Romney-supporter.
Or something.
If I had to give a serious answer- it's because, as much as we'd like to believe otherwise, Time is still at least somewhat relevant. If they're giving praise to someone we despise, and didn't give us the same honor when it actually would have been appropriate, it's understandable to feel a little angst.
Of course, the only time I'm even aware of Time Magazine is when I happen to catch the news in my car, or here at the HQ.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:27 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Your Dentist's Magazine Rack at December 14, 2011 01:22 PM (2PTT7)
My dentist carries a magazine called Garden and Gun. His office is the only one where I read the mags--usually I just surf on my iphone.
Posted by: stace for Rick Perry at December 14, 2011 09:28 AM (lYlx9)
Did Time even consider the Japanese people?
They endured an earthquake, an ensuing devastating tsunami, and nearly had a nuclear catastrophe.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 09:28 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 14, 2011 09:28 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 14, 2011 09:28 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at December 14, 2011 09:28 AM (C2//T)
People with skills, get on that...
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 14, 2011 09:28 AM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:30 AM (8y9MW)
Because you know Di would have been one of them, she was the 99 percent!!!
This of course will be written by Chelsea Clinton, the meteor flying above her generation, who gets the zeitgeist of our age !!
Posted by: Tina Brown at December 14, 2011 09:30 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Wall-E at December 14, 2011 09:31 AM (48wze)
So, Mittens picked up the vaunted Delaware Wiccan endorsement.
Mittmentum : Cast the Fever Spell!
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2011 09:31 AM (O61DO)
OWS has been a total failure. They know that.
So the left and reporters(i repeat myself) have to tie OWS to a more successful group, specifically the Arab Spring.
The Arab Spring at least topled governments, whereas the OWS has accomplished none of its goals.
Posted by: Ben at December 14, 2011 09:32 AM (wuv1c)
I would think the workers at the Fukishima Reactor should have won this stupid and trivial award.
Posted by: Ben at December 14, 2011 09:33 AM (wuv1c)
The Arab Spring at least topled governments, whereas the OWS has accomplished none of its goals.
I wonder if Obama would go quietly if OWS tried to topple his regime?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 14, 2011 09:34 AM (Agn5J)
The lefty students are finding out that after Egypt is "cleansed" of Coptics, they're next.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 14, 2011 09:34 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 14, 2011 09:34 AM (O61DO)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2011 09:36 AM (1Jaio)
It doesn't take much digging to find that the SEIU/ACORN bunch along with Obama 2012 and the DNC is funding them through The Alliance for Global Justice and Amalgamated Bank
And I didn't even have to watch Glen Beck with his charts to discover that
Posted by: kbdabear at December 14, 2011 09:37 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:37 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at December 14, 2011 09:37 AM (Sh42X)
Posted by: joncelli, who always wanted to say that at December 14, 2011 09:38 AM (RD7QR)
So, Mittens picked up the vaunted Delaware Wiccan endorsement.
Mittmentum : Cast the Fever Spell!
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2011 01:31 PM (O61DO)
Well...we turned the other candidate into a NEWT...
Posted by: Deleware Wiccan Political Commitee at December 14, 2011 09:38 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at December 14, 2011 09:39 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Michael Smerconish at December 14, 2011 09:39 AM (Agn5J)
Why am I falling for this stupid liberal stunt by a stupid and low-influence glossy magazine?
Liberal media dominance used to drive up my blood pressure. Because they had real, unquestioned influence.
Now? Not only do they have waning influence, but desperate, transparently political stunts like this simply draw attention to the fact that they are pandering to a shrinking left-wing demographic.
Posted by: CJ at December 14, 2011 09:41 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 14, 2011 09:41 AM (Agn5J)
Hey, thanks you made me smile, thinking of how the Muslim Brotherhood will get an ass whipping they so soundly deserve...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at December 14, 2011 09:42 AM (136wp)
Posted by: joncelli, who always wanted to say that at December 14, 2011 09:42 AM (RD7QR)
>>>Egypt's next move is a straight-up military dictatorship, followed by savage repression of the Muslim Brotherhood -- and Time won't notice.
That's actually a best case scenario.
Posted by: Ben at December 14, 2011 09:43 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 14, 2011 09:44 AM (pXuAG)
Posted by: The 99% who receive mail addressed to Occupant at December 14, 2011 09:44 AM (C7ATr)
>>>wholeheartedly agree with this decision if it will get me guest hosting for Chris Matthews again.
Ha, I hate Smerconish. I don't know why. He isn't influential and probably 99.9% of the country has no idea who he is.
He's a Arlen Specter Republican. Event Snarlin Arlen has gotten off the Obama band wagon.
Posted by: Ben at December 14, 2011 09:44 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: joncelli, who always wanted to say that at December 14, 2011 01:38 PM
Recent elections gave the MB and the even worse Salifists a working majority of 65 percent
The military is the only thing keeping the Coptics alive for now.
Time isn't noticing that either
Posted by: kbdabear at December 14, 2011 09:45 AM (Y+DPZ)
TIME: In the 1960s in America they marched for civil rights and against the Vietnam War; in the Â’70s, they rose up in Iran and Portugal; in the Â’80s, they spoke out against nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Europe, against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, against communist tyranny in Tiananmen Square and Eastern Europe.
Yeah, remember all those American protesters marching in support of The Greatest Global Struggle of the 20th Century, to end communist tyranny?
Me neither.
Posted by: CJ at December 14, 2011 09:45 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 09:46 AM (VndSC)
You're force-fed CNN at airports and other waiting areas.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 14, 2011 01:25 PM (Y+DPZ)
That's why I bought one of these. It's a hoot! Makes lib heads explodey. Seriously, it's really fun. You won't believe the lib frustration you can stoke when you cut them off from their broadcast lifelines of smug arrogance and conservative-directed hate. Brings a new and added dimension of fun to airport terminals and bars..
Posted by: Jazz at December 14, 2011 09:48 AM (syGwn)
Ha, I hate Smerconish. I don't know why. He isn't influential and probably 99.9% of the country has no idea who he is.He's a Arlen Specter Republican.
He's a "conservative" in....Philadelphia talk radio. I think that's what drives his stances, keeping his radio gig safe.
Posted by: CJ at December 14, 2011 09:50 AM (9KqcB)
The Time person of the year is selective company. They don't let just anyone hacve that award. The protesters have obviously sold out and are now part of the 1%.
Posted by: Pedro at December 14, 2011 09:50 AM (NHNJt)
Posted by: Theresa at December 14, 2011 09:50 AM (nAvCW)
Posted by: Seth at December 14, 2011 09:51 AM (e6MoS)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 14, 2011 09:51 AM (+lsX1)
Yeah, as I was reading this my thoughts ran to, "why even bother to give this any extra publicity?" It's no different than some two-bit health magazine publishing a poll of the hottest women EVAR! with Jennifer Aniston at the top of it. I understand the gut desire to vent, though, which is why you fell for it.
Posted by: holygoat at December 14, 2011 09:57 AM (XnwWl)
Posted by: BuckIV at December 14, 2011 09:57 AM (AtjNL)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at December 14, 2011 09:58 AM (oif6Y)
Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at December 14, 2011 10:05 AM (+inic)
Now if only they would name Lara Logan Time's Woman of the Year. Then we could have long, fawning pieces about the Man and Woman of the year's upcoming nupitals.
They are getting married, right?
Posted by: The Libyan Street... at December 14, 2011 10:06 AM (NBj0d)
It doesn't take much digging to find that the SEIU/ACORN bunch along with Obama 2012 and the DNC is funding them through The Alliance for Global Justice and Amalgamated Bank.
The purpose was to get the electorate to quit focusing its frustration on Obama and to redirect it to "the 1%" in order to mitigate the losses Obama was seeing to his poll numbers. I even believe that Obama used the phrase "the 1%" when demanding tax increases before the #OWS losers began their antics.
There is absolutely no doubt that this movement was bought and paid for in order to help Obama win a second term in spite of his poor performance by any metric - certainly by the metric that many past presidents have been judged by (the economy).
Posted by: Alec Leamas at December 14, 2011 10:08 AM (mg08E)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 14, 2011 10:12 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Jon in TX at December 14, 2011 10:15 AM (lRqIF)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chique) at December 14, 2011 10:15 AM (21lBC)
Can we please have an expiration date for that photo? It reminds me a little too much of Dinkins-era New York.
Posted by: Matt at December 14, 2011 10:20 AM (90w0O)
Posted by: John Galt at December 14, 2011 10:27 AM (9NQ6I)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 14, 2011 10:29 AM (dp+c+)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 14, 2011 10:30 AM (dp+c+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 14, 2011 10:30 AM (4q5tP)
That's not a Time Magazine, that's a piece of sh...ooooooh, I see what you did there!
Posted by: Kensington at December 14, 2011 10:38 AM (Z7toi)
Or inflated scrotum guy. He's got moxy, and the Spanish Pox, but mostly, the Pox.
Posted by: toby928© at December 14, 2011 10:39 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: wiseup at December 14, 2011 10:41 AM (j/wD+)
Posted by: Nash Rambler at December 14, 2011 10:53 AM (C7ATr)
Why am I falling for this stupid liberal stunt by a stupid and low-influence glossy magazine?
At least The Nation is considerate enough to use absorbent, comfortable-against-the-squeekhole newsprint rather than that glossy, nearly-waterproof finished paper that Time & Newsweek uses.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 14, 2011 10:53 AM (G+B5p)
There is a very bad word to refer to you by, but I have not yet thought of just the right one...
Posted by: Mike James at December 14, 2011 11:13 AM (E5gnO)
Posted by: wheatie.....aka ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at December 14, 2011 11:16 AM (HvKWW)
Posted by: blindside at December 14, 2011 11:42 AM (x7g7t)
Posted by: Lee at December 14, 2011 11:43 AM (RtwOA)
How come we haven't seen any Tea Party's since Occupy?
Tea Party is scared of occupiers !
Posted by: Tebowwow at December 14, 2011 04:47 PM (sYrJ8)
Posted by: Alexander Girard ebook at December 14, 2011 05:04 PM (JLm0C)
Glossy magazine?
Hardly. Time and Newsweek have been de-contented down to brochures. Which, considering that they're pretty much just DNC pamphlets anyway, makes sense.
If they wanted to name a group, how about Seal Team Six, the guys who actually killed Bin Laden?
Or how Steve Jobs? Or Gabby Giffords?\
No. Tuberculoid car-shitters it is!
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