Posted on 02/01/2006 8:28:28 PM PST by RushCrush
I've no idea who this woman is...
Good actress and a cutie, even with her extra weight. I myself carry at least 60 extra pounds but I don't have MS, thank God.
Politics and do-goodism and serious illnesses simply do not mix well.
That is not a picture of someone who has fallen on "hard times".
It is a picture of a fat woman. To see the before and after is so sad...
It reminds of going to high school reunions and trying to guess who is the next to die.
crap, I forgot that was her on star trek. She played Roberta Lincon, Gary Seven's secretary.
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Yes and yes. She was very hot in the Star Trek.
Her medication may have caused her to bloat up. I haven't seen her in a while and it is a shock. I have a friend who has MS and her medication has not caused her to gain weight. Who knows? Also, wasn't she the wife of the John Denver character in 'Oh, God"?
She was also Dreyfuss's wife in "Close Encounters".
Isn't it about time we drop the "Such and such celebrity doesn't like prime rib so we all hate them" schtick?
I don't expect Ted Kennedy to act in movies.
I don't expect your average airhead celebrity to know politics.
Come to think of it, I don't expect Ted Kennedy to know politics either!
Just seems some 15 minute famer will say something and everyone expects Drudge's sirens to go off.
Advancing age has a lot to do with it. Simply put, the proverbial bloom is off the rose. It happens to all of us to a greater or lesser extent. Most of us have to work very hard to stay trim and fit as we age. Poor health can compromise the best efforts.
One of the great things about America is that we are a raucous, devisive bunch with a lot of divergent opinions, yet somehow we manage to pull together when it's needed, and hold elections without tanks in the streets. Hells Bells, I married a Democrat, but managed to swing her over after 20 years of gentle nagging. Politics is not where you live.
People with MS are usually given steroids among other things.Steroids effect the pituitary gland which,in turn causes noticeable increases in appetite.
It's highly unlikely that she can be blamed for her weight gain.
Sickness and disability can make one feel separated from society, helpless, lonely, frustrated, unappreciated and unloved. Desperation or frustration may be mistaken for arrogance.
I, for one, will not support the United Way for many reasons, not the least of which is the pressure I have felt from employers. Instead, I do give as generously as I can to organizations whose work I admire and support.
Compassion cannot be mandated by law, but it should be highly valued by each of us. Some conservatives seem to feel that callousness is a badge of true conservatism. I feel it's just a badge of a small spirit. Meanness is not a conservative value.
I like Teri Garr. Like you, I'm sorry about her MS. So, she's liberal. In Hollywood, is that a big surprise?
Try the Internet Movie Database link above.
You're getting PM..(in a second)
Sorry, Pubes, but if Teri was so hell bent on demanding compassion in an effort to fuel her views, she might have said something in 1983, when she was first diagnosed.
And I'm curious to see what some of the posters on this thread actually look like. Actually, I DO know what some look like, and their fatness can't be attributed to anything other than sheer gluttony.
Also, I saw her about a month ago on one of the morning shows when she mentioned her book and her illness. Politics never came up. So your "but compassion, when demanded, is simply a disguised attempt at coercion, no matter how well intended." statement holds no water.
She's the only star I've ever been told I resemble...as she's gotten older and fatter, so have I. :-(
Actually, that was Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles.
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