To: stockman_scott who wrote (154769 ) 12/24/2004 4:51:14 PM From: marcos Read Replies (2) | Respond to Time magazine has also had nazi sympathiser Lindbergh, Stalin, Nixon, Hitler, Reagan and Khomeini as their Man of the Year, so it's not meant to serve as an honour, or be necessarily cheering them on .... the selection is simply, who in their view had the greatest effect on humanity in that year en.wikipedia.org 1965: William Westmoreland ' - oh gag me with a shovel, geez - but see, there's an example of it being the degree of the man's effect, not a statement as to its positive quality .... to canadians of course '65 would be Lester Pearson, who took away our old red ensign in that year ... but also, kept our military out of Viet Nam -While in office, Pearson resisted American pressure to enter the Vietnam war. Pearson spoke at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1965 while visiting the United States and voiced his support for a negotiated settlement to the Vietnam War. When he visited US President Lyndon Baines Johnson at his Texas ranch hours later, Johnson reportedly grabbed Pearson by the lapels, lifted the prime minister off the floor, shook him in frustration, and shouted, "You pissed on my rug!" 'en.wikipedia.org story.news.yahoo.com
