NOT JUST THE MACACA OF THE YEAR
Tilting The Balance
Time magazine's choice of "You" as its Person of the Year is not only a lame cop-out, but about two years late.
Salon has a much better choice for its Person of the Year: Shekar Ramanuja Sidarth, the South Asian volunteer for Senator Jim Webb to whom former Senator Allen referred as "Macaca."
Sure, his happenstance stumble upon instant fame may make him the Indian American Forrest Gump of 2006.
But Sidarth didn't just tilt the balance of power in Congress with his camcorder; the article points out that he represents much more. And I approve of its message.
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