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Leaders & Revolutionaries

Time Shame list - for failing to recognize these.

[1] The Catholic Pope, leader of 1.3 billion people, didn't make list. Pro-abortion, pro same sex, Catholic reprobate Ted Kennedy, alcoholic and Mary Jo drowning partner, did.

[2] Sarah Palin, First Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, most quoted person of 2008,campaign speech with largest viewer ratings didn't make list of leaders

[3] Benjamin Netanyhu re-elected Prime Minister of Israel didn't make list

[4] Muslim Extremist president of Iran Mahmaoud Ahmadinejad, whose nuclear quest threatens world, didn't make list.

[5] Socialist/communist extremist Hugo Chavez, renegade leader of Venezuela didn't make list

Those who did make the list are as follows:

5-Muslims * Barack Obama, Muslim Leader of United Socialist States * Ashfaq Kayani, Muslim Military of Pakistan * Nouri al-Maliki, Muslim Leader of Iraq * Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Muslim Leader of Indonesia * Norah al-Faiz, Female Muslim Leader, Saudi Arabia

4-Major Socialist-Leaders * Barack Obama, Muslim Leader of United Socialist States * Nicolas Sarkozy, French Leader * Angela Merkel , German * Gordon Brown, English

4-Minor Socialist-Leaders * Christine Lagarde, Socialist Voltaire disciple * Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Socialist Economist * Edward Kennedy * Hillary Clinton * Wang Qishan, Military Communist Vice-Premier * Xi Jinping, Military Communist Vice-President

2-Renegade Very Minor Politicians * Thomas Dart, Socialist Cook County Sheriff, defies Law > > SADLY, Christian Conservative Sheriff Joe Arpyao didn't make list * Boris Johnson, Mayor of London Military Positions* David McKiernan, US liberal Military leader > > SADLY, Christian Conservative General David Patreaus didn't make list * Avigdor Lieberman, Jewish Leader for Israeli Defense

One Mexican Leader * Joaquín Guzmán, Mexican Drug-Lord One African Leader * Paul Kagame, Leader of Rwanda, written by Rick Warren

Builders & Titans

* The Twitter Guys * T. Boone Pickens * Ted Turner * Tessa Ross * Carlos Slim * Brad Pitt * Meredith Whitney * Suze Orman * Lauren Zalaznick * Timothy Geithner * Nandan Nilekani * Stella McCartney * Jamie Dimon * Sheila Bair * moot * Alexander Medvedev * Alan Mulally * Robin Chase * Jack Ma * Bernie Madoff

Artists & Entertainers

* Rush Limbaugh * M.I.A. * Sam and Dan Houser * Kate Winslet * Werner Herzog * William Kentridge * Penélope Cruz * Lang Lang * John Legend * Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio * Gustavo Dudamel * Jeff Kinney * Tavis Smiley * The View * Zac Efron * Tina Fey * Tom Hanks * Jay Leno * A.R. Rahman * Judith Jamison

Heroes & IconsHeroes & Icons

* Sarah Palin * Michelle Obama * Chesley B. Sullenberger * Richard Phillips * Seth Berkley * Michael Eavis * Leonard Abess * Hadizatou Mani * Rick Warren * Van Jones * Somaly Mam * Rafael Nadal * Suraya Pakzad * Jeff Bezos * Tiger Woods * George Clooney * Brady Gustafson * Sister Mary Scullion * Oprah Winfrey * Manny Pacquiao

Scientists & ThinkersScientists & Thinkers

* Nouriel Roubini * Amory Lovins * Jon Favreau * Dambisa Moyo * Dan Barber * Yoichiro Nambu * Roland Fryer * Martin Lindstrom * Barbara Hogan * David Sheff * Steven Chu * Paul Krugman * Connie Hedegaard * Daniel Nocera * Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller * Nicholas Christakis * Doug Melton * Paul Ekman * Shai Agassi * Nate Silver Avigdor LiebermanBy Benny Morris

The new Israeli and American administrations may be on a collision course. And the co-navigator of the Israeli ship of state is Avigdor Lieberman, the Foreign Minister, who heads the right-wing Yisrael Beitenu (Israel Is Our Home) party, the main partner of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud in the new coalition government.

On April 1, Lieberman told his Foreign Ministry staffers (and the world), "If you want peace, prepare for war." He added, provocatively, that Israel was not bound by the Annapolis framework of November 2007, when Israeli, American and (moderate) Arab leaders agreed that the Palestine-Israel problem would be solved on the basis of a two-state settlement.

Lieberman, 50, was born and grew up in the Moldovan capital, Kishinev, the site, in 1903 and 1905, of iconic anti-Semitic pogroms. He immigrated to Israel in 1978 and is a resident of the West Bank settlement of Nokdim. At times in the past, he has contemplated a two-state solution, even suggesting that Nokdim could be uprooted in exchange for "real peace." But whatever his true beliefs, the Palestinian issue may well soon be irrelevant. The fractured Palestinians, with the Islamist Hamas party setting the tone, are far from ready for a two-state settlement. The issue that is currently, explosively on the table — and will increasingly dominate regional and international agendas — is the Iranian nuclear program. Lieberman believes (as do Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak) that Iranian acquisition of nuclear bombs will mortally threaten Israel's existence.

Though a question mark hangs over Lieberman's prominence in Israel's decision-making (he is under investigation for corruption), he will be one of the most vigorous advocates of a pre-emptive Israeli strike to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities should Western diplomacy fail to curb the Iranian project. With Barack Obama bent on placating the Muslim world and talking with Tehran, here too are grounds for an Israeli-American rupture.

Morris is the author of One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict

Ashfaq Kayani

By Admiral Mike Mullen

I don't remember all the details of my first meeting with General Ashfaq Kayani, the Pakistan army's Chief of Staff. But I do remember thinking, Here is a man with a plan, a leader who knows where he wants to go. He seemed to understand the nature of the extremist threat inside Pakistan, recognized that his army wasn't ready to meet that threat and had already started working up solutions.

So far he's done everything he told me he would do. He said he would provide the Frontier Corps with material support and strong leaders. He did it. He said he would send more Pakistani army troops to the northwest border region. He sent nearly 2,000. He said he would use those troops to go after alQaeda and extremist groups in Bajur and the Swat Valley. They have mounted several operations in just the past few months.

There's much more to do, of course. But I also think it's important to look at what Kayani hasn't done. For starters, he hasn't let the army meddle in politics. Kayani helped foster a peaceful outcome to last year's constitutional crisis, but he did it in a way that was totally in keeping with his military responsibilities. He also hasn't let tension over the involvement of Pakistan-based militants in the Mumbai terrorist attacks spin out of control.

General Kayani, 57, commands an army with troops fighting in what President Barack Obama has rightly called the "most dangerous place in the world." He's lost more than 1,000 soldiers in that fight. He knows the stakes. He's got a plan.

Mullen is Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

Christine LagardeBy Timothy Geithner

Rarely do the names Descartes and Voltaire emerge during a debate on global economic policy. But when they do, it often means Christine Lagarde is using philosophy to drive home a sophisticated point about the markets.

As the first female Finance Minister of any G-8 nation, Lagarde knows well what it takes to break down barriers. In France she has tirelessly pursued intelligent reforms of the economy with a no-nonsense approach. And with her counterparts in the G-20, she has forcefully advocated for greater adherence to international standards, ensuring a race to the top rather than the bottom.

Historic moments, like the financial crisis we are living through today, require extraordinary figures to take extraordinary action. For Lagarde, 53, that mandate builds upon a lifetime spent championing shared economic prosperity through a robust transatlantic relationship. Whether in Chicago, where she led Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest law firms, or in Paris, where she has worked to confront a deteriorating market, Lagarde excels. It is no coincidence that despite being one of the first countries to face this crisis, France is showing considerable resilience.

As president of the New York Fed and as Treasury Secretary, I've met Lagarde a number of times. In each encounter, her lightning-quick wit, genuine warmth and ability to bridge divides while remaining fiercely loyal to French interests have been a source of admiration. In capitals around the world, as governments collectively seek economic recovery, undoubtedly there is shared appreciation that in Paris sits Christine Lagarde.

Thomas DartBy Judge Abner MikvaArticle ToolsPrintEmailSphereAddThisRSSYahoo! Buzz

The title sheriff does not conjure up visions of a warm, fuzzy humanitarian. The Sheriff of Nottingham made Robin Hood's life miserable just because Robin was trying to redistribute the wealth in Sherwood Forest. Sheriff Thomas (Blind Tom) O'Brien of Cook County in Illinois had perfectly good vision, except he could never see any of the illegal gambling that pervaded the county during his tenure. But the current Cook County sheriff, Thomas Dart, is giving a new image to the office.

In the autumn of 2008, Dart, 46, announced he would not carry out any more evictions tied to the large number of foreclosures in Cook County. It was a bold move since the sheriff's duties specifically include the obligation to enforce writs of eviction. Not all the judges whose writs he was refusing to execute shared his sense of outrage, and some of the banks and others seeking to evict the occupants of the foreclosed properties threatened to hold him in contempt of court. A complaint was filed with the state board that disciplines lawyers. Dart decided to stonewall all criticism.

"Most of those people being evicted had been given no process," he said. "This was the best way to get people to the table to start solving these problems rather than throwing kids out on the street."

It worked. After a few weeks, the courts hammered out a plan with the sheriff. Before eviction writs can be enforced, it must be shown that the people to be evicted have been told why it is happening and given an opportunity to solve the problem.

Dart is serving evictions again, but very few of them. And so much for the image of sheriffs as all gun and no heart.

Mikva is a retired chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

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