It's Barbie! Why? Well for starters, she's a doll. And no, not just because she looks so sweet but because she's an actual doll made out of whatever they make dolls out of. And Barbie came into this world in 1959! That's 64 years ago and in that time there have been one billion, that's billion with a B, Barbie dolls sold! That means a billion little girls all over the world played out their dreams with Barbie. And, Barbie has been everything from a doctor to a lawyer to an Astronaut. In fact, Barbie made it to the moon four years before Neil Armstrong did! And, while the original and standard Barbie is the one pictured above there is every kind of Barbie, in all kinds of skin tones and there is even a Barbie in a wheelchair. So, there's a Barbie for everyone.
Now some of you might be saying, she's not real! She's not a person! But then they made a movie about her, where the Barbie doll becomes a real woman! And, there's a little speech in the movie where one of the characters explains the difficulty of being a real woman. It's kind of silly and funny but James Cameron said of the speech. "You basically sum up thousands of years of female dilemma in one minute." And, James Cameron in case you didn't know made the movie 'Titanic' and the Avatar movies too. And, those movies made billions! That's Billions with a B, just like Barbie. In fact the movie Barbie grossed over 1.4 billion dollars. So, who are we or you to argue? And, as all these other sites weigh with who they think was the person of the year, just ask, how much did they make?
Okay, okay this is a joke. Barbie is not a real person. Of course in this age of unbridled narcissism and staged events everywhere you look, you might ask, is any thing we view real anymore? With all the images popping up on the various screens, can we tell the difference between people selling us stuff and people who are actually doing something of value?
Well yeah. And, our real person of the year is the IDF, as in Israeli Defense Forces. When their nation was attacked, they answered the call. They are defending their homes, their families and their liberty with the skill and courage, that would make any nation proud. They are also paying the price. And, they are for real.
Anyone out there who tells you some nitwit celebrity or politician is their person of the year, well... Like Barbie at the top of this page, its just a joke.
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