{"id":136524,"date":"2012-12-31T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=136524"},"modified":"2014-05-18T18:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T22:36:57","slug":"pbh-best-of-rest-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/cultural-correspondent\/12\/31\/pbh-best-of-rest-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Prose Before Hos&#8217; &#8220;Best Of The Rest&#8221; In 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BEST PICTURE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Animal Picture Of The Year: Rolling On The Floor Laughing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROFL.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Animal Photo\" width=\"560\" height=\"369\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROFL.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ROFL-200x131.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Meme Of The Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pepsi.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Political Meme\" width=\"560\" height=\"762\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pepsi.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pepsi-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pepsi-440x600.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports Picture Of The Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SportsPicture.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Sports Photo\" width=\"560\" height=\"457\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SportsPicture.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SportsPicture-200x163.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beach Picture Of The Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Concordia.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Beach Photo\" width=\"560\" height=\"406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Concordia.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Concordia-200x145.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vladimir Putin Picture Of The Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Putin.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Putin Photo\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Putin.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Putin-200x149.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hurricane Sandy Picture Of The Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HurricaneSandy.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Sandy Photo\" width=\"560\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HurricaneSandy.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HurricaneSandy-200x147.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Images courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/\">Time Magazine<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>VIDEO CATEGORY<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Non-\u201cGagnum Style\u201d Video Of The Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zd7c5tQCs1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marketing Of The Year:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/316AzLYfAzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspirational Sports Speech Of The Year: Indianapolis Colts head coach and leukemia survivor Chuck Pagano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QDYi5u7csJM<\/p>\n<p>Pagano resumed coaching duties on December 24 and will coach his upstart Colts in the NFL playoffs next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naval History Lesson Of The Year: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GK3ORgw-h_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Professor-In-Chief schooling the Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the 3rd debate, and sinking any Romney poll bump after the president\u2019s listless first debate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceremony Fail of the Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MR18Pzbf-nY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Arab Shooting Championships organizers accidentally played the Kazakhstan national anthem parody from Sasha Baron Cohen\u2019s movie \u201cBorat\u201d as Kazakh shooter Maria Dmitrienko was awarded gold. <\/p>\n<p><strong>And 2012, As Told By Google:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xY_MUB8adEQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>PERSON OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UPS<\/h2>\n<p>Please see our 2012 Person of the Year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/cultural-correspondent\/12\/27\/2012-person-of-year-vicky-soto\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>President Barack Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/barack-obama.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Barack Obama\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/barack-obama.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/barack-obama-200x149.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We believed in\u00a0Barack Obama\u00a0when he said\u00a0<em>we<\/em>\u00a0were the ones we were waiting for in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>But in 2012, we were still waiting. When \u201cshovel-ready\u201d, we learned, didn\u2019t always mean \u201cshovel-ready\u201d. Unemployment still hovered in the 7\u2019s%. That iconic Obama \u201cHope\u201d poster? Donated to a museum. By lobbyists. <\/p>\n<p>And \u201cChange\u201d looked a lot like the same old. To liberals, the change was too slow. Obama achieved healthcare reform, yes, but he compromised too much with a Republican party he did not need to compromise with.<\/p>\n<p>To conservatives, the change was too great. Obama flirted with socialism as he expanded government in an unprecedented spending spree. He was a black Jimmy Carter who kowtowed to foreign leaders and forgot America\u2019s greatness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/obama-bow.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Obama Bow\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/obama-bow.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/obama-bow-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But Mitt Romney couldn\u2019t buy \u201clikability\u201d. And he couldn\u2019t hide \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/19\/opinion\/19romney.html?_r=0\">Let Detroit Go Bankrupt<\/a>\u201d op-eds from Michigan and Ohio TV rooms. <\/p>\n<p>Karl Rove and Sheldon Adelson couldn\u2019t shake Middle Class Americans\u2019 core feeling: we like the guy. We re-elected President Obama to a Nate Silver-forecast electoral landslide (332-206). <\/p>\n<p><center><strong> * * * * * * * <\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t give Obama enough credit. Or maybe Obama doesn\u2019t do it himself.<\/p>\n<p>One of the great early mysteries of the Obama Presidency is why the master orator cannot trumpet his own accomplishments. Obama The President still speaks well. Magnificently, even. But the content is muddled. True, \u201cStimulus Package\u201d and \u201cfiscal cliff\u201d don\u2019t roll off the tongue as easily. And it\u2019s easier to attack by speech than to defend.<\/p>\n<p>But Obama lost something when he assumed office. The man of Change changed. He lost the vim and vigor that inspired Americans in the first place. He teased liberals with old swagger every so often. Obama shushed Republicans with a simple \u201cI won\u201d in the early weeks of his presidency. He finally rammed healthcare reform through. But those were rare outbursts in an otherwise cerebral presidency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as though Obama thought he could stop campaigning when he became president. Less than one out of ten Americans knew they received a tax cut under President Obama, according to a New York Times\/CBS News Poll.\u00a0One third thought their taxes rose. One-fifth of Americans (and climbing) believe Obama is a Muslim. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/obama-muslim-sign2.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Obama Muslim\" width=\"560\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/obama-muslim-sign2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/obama-muslim-sign2-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats don\u2019t know how to celebrate,\u201d quipped retired Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd. The president led one of the most unheralded first terms in modern political history. He cautiously steers our nation out of the Great Recession while a hapless Congress fiddles as Athens burns. He ended the Iraq War, our nation\u2019s third-longest, in 2011, and will end the Afghan War, our longest, in 2014. He ensured Americans could not be dropped for a pre-existing medical condition\u2014not because it was politically-convenient, but because it was right. <\/p>\n<p>But each time the volume was dialed down. The achievements were met not with fervent applause but relieved sighs. The bills were water-downed, wonkish thousand pagers after months of Washington grind-it-out gridlock. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pelosi-boehner.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Boehner Pelosi\" width=\"560\" height=\"366\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pelosi-boehner.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pelosi-boehner-200x130.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But President Obama achieved all this while having to tangle with an extreme-right Republican party, the likes of which Washington had never seen before. Where \u201ccompromise\u201d was a dirty word. Where believing in man-made Global Warming and evolution were disqualifiers (See: Huntsman, Jon).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/23913159\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"America&#039;s Tomorrow\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But timing was always President Obama\u2019s thing. And if 2008 was about \u201cChange\u201d, 2012 was about \u201cChanging Demographics.\u201d Obama presided over an inflection point in American demographics. He presided over a 2010s when America\u2019s minorities and youth voters discovered they weren\u2019t such a minority anymore. <\/p>\n<p>Obama ushered in a younger, more liberal Supreme Court that will cement a women\u2019s right to choose, and a gay man or woman\u2019s right to marry whom they wish.<\/p>\n<p>Because \u201cThe Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, but It Bends Toward Justice\u201d. Because \u201cGM is alive and Osama Bin Laden is dead!\u201d Because timing was always his thing, President Obama is our Person Of The Year Runner-Up. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner Up #2: Malala Yousafzai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fifteen months ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban on a school bus in Pakistan\u2019s Swat Valley. Fifteen months later, it is the Taliban silenced as Malala Yousafzai blossoms into a global ambassador for education. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/malala-yousafzai.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Malala Yousafzai\" width=\"560\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/malala-yousafzai.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/malala-yousafzai-200x107.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runner Up #3: Psy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2002, the Korean citizen Park Jae-sang smashed a stage to protest the American military. In 2012, the Korean artist known as Psy taught Britney Spears the \u201cGangnum Style\u201d dance on Ellen\u2019s stage. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZmkU5Pg1sw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The difference ten years and 1,049,094,923 Youtube views makes. <\/p>\n<p>Psy made \u201cGangnam Style\u201d to immortalize the glitz and glamor of Korea\u2019s Beverly Hills. \u201cGangnam Style\u201d made Psy a music immortal. <\/p>\n<p>MTV hailed Psy as the first artist to parlay a YouTube video into global superstardom. The Yale Book of Quotations named \u201cOppa Gangnam Style!\u201d as one of 2012\u2019s quotes of year.<\/p>\n<p>Next up for Psy? A follow-up video. In English. <\/p>\n<p><center><strong> * * * * * * * <\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention:<\/strong> The 47%, Big Data, Felix Baumgarter (Red Bull 24-Mile-Up-Sky-Diver), James Bond in <em>Skyfall<\/em>, The Higgs Boson Particle, Hillary Clinton, Xi Jinping, Marissa Mayer, Nate Silver, Kate Upton, Ai Weiwei<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dishonorable Mention:<\/strong> The 2nd Amendment, Sheldon Adelson, Bashar al-Assad, <em>Citizen\u2019s United<\/em>, Congressional Deadlines, Mohamed Morsi, Greece, Replacement Refs, The Republican Debates, Mitt Romney  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Category: North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kim-jong-un-satire.jpg\" alt=\"Best Of Rest 2012 Kim Jong Un\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kim-jong-un-satire.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kim-jong-un-satire-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Chinese newspaper falsely reported the North Korean dictator was selected People Magazine&#8217;s 2012 Sexiest Man Alive (not actor Channing Tatum). A month later, North Korea&#8217;s state-run Korea News Service announced Time Magazine named Kim Jong Un as 2012\u2019s Person of the Year (not President Obama).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEST PICTURE Animal Picture Of The Year: Rolling On The Floor Laughing Political Meme Of The Year:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":549,"featured_media":136531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prose Before Hos&#039; &quot;Best Of The Rest&quot; In 2012<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Because sometimes all we need is an outlandish photo of Vladimir Putin and some Romney schooling to seal the year off right.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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