When Time refused to make Osama Bin Laden Person of the Year in 2001...this particular award lost all credibility.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aha7dayF3enc&pos=9 > > "Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben > Bernanke< > http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Ben%0ABernanke&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1 > > > was > namedPerson of the > Year< > http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946375_1947251,00.html > > > by > Time magazine< > http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946375_1948023,00.html > >today > for leading the most-powerful, least-understood government force shaping > our lives, Managing EditorRichard > Stengel< > http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Richard+Stengel&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1 > > > said. > > Bernanke, 56, the first Fed chairman to be chosen for the annual > recognition, was picked for his efforts to shepherd the U.S. out of the > biggest economic slump since the Great Depression, Stengel said on NBCs > Today show this morning. > > The chairman led the largest expansion of the central banks power in its > 96-year history, as the Fed pumped more than $1 trillion into the financial > system and cut interest rates to historic lows. > > He was the great scholar of the Depression, and he saw what looked like > another depression coming and he decided he would do whatever it takes to > forestall that, Stengel said. And I think he did. It could have been a > lot > worse; there were things he could have done better. One of his > responsibilities is to put full employment in society and he hasnt really > stepped up on that. But in terms of influence and how the economy went this > year, Bernanke wa > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
