Give me a break. How many times have numerous FReepers posted comments about Ted Kennedy's driving skills and bridges, even though he hasn't driven anybody else off a bridge into a body of water since Mary Jo? We just can't help but cling to that old bit of news. Folks will joke about the river on fire in Cleveland as long as there is anybody around who remembers it.
“Give me a break. How many times have numerous FReepers posted comments about Ted Kennedy’s driving skills and bridges ... “
Bad example. Teddy was a scumbag who went unpunished in a case of murder. Most here wished nothing good for Ted, including me.
Yeah, the river burned 41 years ago. And I remember the dead fish all over the place. Today, my dog swims in, and drinks out of that very same river. My dog is 10, has been swimming in the river for at least the last 5 years. No, she doesn’t have 2 heads, 3 eyes, or 12 legs. The liberal media in attempt to villianize industry in Cleveland, pronounced the river AND lake Erie dead in the 1970s. Gee, the libs were wrong about an environmental issue, go figure?
Propogating the story as if it were true today, is hurtful to Cleveland. Do you wish ill on Cleveland the same way FReepers wished nothing good for Ted Kennedy?
I get it. I know things will be joked about. If it’s kept in the context that it’s the long ago past, no harm no foul. To dredge that story up, (pun intended), and use it as if the river were still a stinking mess, damages the image of a city that doesn’t need any further tarnish.
Some things just aren’t funny. Or maybe everything’s funny? Wanna hear some Palin jokes?