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ESPYs' tribute to Tillman will be time to tune out
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 7/13/2004 | Carol Slezak

Posted on 07/13/2004 8:18:29 AM PDT by GallopingGhost

Afew things I need to get off my mind:

Tom Cruise will present a tribute to Pat Tillman during the ESPY Awards. You remember Tillman, who quit the NFL to join the Army Rangers and was killed in Afghanistan earlier this year. You remember Cruise, who in lieu of a box-office hit will happily reach millions of homes via ESPN.

Words I expect Cruise to use during the Tillman tribute: hero, courage, warrior.

Sentiments I don't expect Cruise to express during the Tillman tribute: unjust war, his poor widow, what was he thinking?

Remind me not to watch.

cslezak@suntimes.com

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To: GallopingGhost
"un-just war" in Afganistan? Your kidding, right?

Only one grammar nerd point: "You're," vice "your." A common mistake; better written as "You are", anyway.

Sorry, I'm an editor and that jumped right out. Otherwise, a great response.

21 posted on 07/13/2004 8:31:57 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: GallopingGhost

I read the rest of her stuff. She's awful. She's like the last hour of a bad 4-hour sports talk radio show.


22 posted on 07/13/2004 8:32:02 AM PDT by AmishDude
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To: GallopingGhost

Double bump.


23 posted on 07/13/2004 8:33:08 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: GallopingGhost

Double bump.


24 posted on 07/13/2004 8:33:11 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: GallopingGhost
It's become blatantly obvious that the Dims can't differentiate between Iraq and Afghanistan. Their knee-jerk reaction is "Bush's War! Bush's War!" They're parrots.
25 posted on 07/13/2004 8:33:17 AM PDT by atomicpossum (I give up! Entropy, you win!)
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To: dead
I hope Marshall, Will, and Holly go on a routine expedition to beat her ass.

This has been bugging me for nearly 20 years...I just purchased season one of LotL on DVD, and I never could figure out why the words to the opening went like that..."Marshall, Will, and Holly"...the father's name was RICK. Their LAST name was Marshall. Given that, the words don't really make sense.

26 posted on 07/13/2004 8:33:40 AM PDT by TheBigB (When Woody Allen and Soon-Yi are in bed together, does he ever yell, "Who's your daddy?!")
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To: Mr. Bird

"What do you expect from a female sportswriter?"

You beat me to it and I suppose I'll be scourged for saying this, but why isn't she writing a cooking column and leaving the sports writing to a MAN? I will now duck under my desk.


27 posted on 07/13/2004 8:34:37 AM PDT by beelzepug (V: May the force be with you . R: And also with you.)
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To: GallopingGhost; All

I was thinking the other day...wouldn't it be nice if as many fans as possible show up for opening day this September with Tillman #40 jerseys on...a sea of white throughout all NFL stadia as a tribute to that remarkable guy.


28 posted on 07/13/2004 8:35:51 AM PDT by Pharmboy (History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
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To: newzjunkey
I still believe the Media overplayed his sacrifice as a play on his celebrity while other fallen war heros are all but ignored.

Which is made all the more sad because Tillman himself did his best to make himself just one of the troops, even refusing the Army's request to use his enlistment for recruiting and promotional purposes.

29 posted on 07/13/2004 8:37:23 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: beelzepug

Make sure you bring a copy of ESPN the Magazine with you so you can catch up on all of the WNBA news.... :^)


30 posted on 07/13/2004 8:41:05 AM PDT by Mr. Bird (Ain't the beer cold!)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Only one grammar nerd point: "You're," vice "your." A common mistake; better written as "You are", anyway. Sorry, I'm an editor and that jumped right out. Otherwise, a great response.

Oops. I should have caught that one. My 7th grade english teacher would be very disappointed.

31 posted on 07/13/2004 8:44:00 AM PDT by GallopingGhost
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To: TheBigB
I just purchased season one of LotL on DVD...

You've GOT to have one hell of a DVD collection. 8^)

32 posted on 07/13/2004 8:46:24 AM PDT by AngryJawa (The Original Grumpy Gen-Xer)
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To: AngryJawa

Eclectic, to say the least. :) I also purchased season one of WONDER WOMAN at the same time. Debra Winger in the Wonder Girl outfit jump-started puberty for me. ;)


33 posted on 07/13/2004 8:48:33 AM PDT by TheBigB (When Woody Allen and Soon-Yi are in bed together, does he ever yell, "Who's your daddy?!")
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Only grammar nerds use semi colons in there they're their responses.
34 posted on 07/13/2004 8:50:53 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO City...)
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To: GallopingGhost

bump


35 posted on 07/13/2004 8:50:55 AM PDT by VOA
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To: GallopingGhost

There must be a typo in her name as I'm SURE it's spelled SLEAZY!!!

36 posted on 07/13/2004 8:51:55 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: GallopingGhost

These liberal scumbag “journalists” continue to amaze me.

They deride and undermine the very military that fights, protects, and dies, so that they have the freedom to deride and undermine.

Their stupidity and ignorance is of biblical proportion.


37 posted on 07/13/2004 8:52:24 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: dead

ROFL


38 posted on 07/13/2004 8:53:55 AM PDT by 91B (God made man, Sam Colt made men equal.)
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To: GallopingGhost

GG, you did a great job. The question I have is, why is Tom Cruise doing this? Seems like it would be more appropriate for Bill Bidwell or someone with the Arizona Cardinals who was a teammate of Pt Tillman. This is, after all, a sports oriented show.


39 posted on 07/13/2004 9:33:57 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!!)
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To: Rummyfan; All

(COLLATERAL?).

A white maniac with a gun holds a black cab driver hostage as he goes on a rampage? What filth.


40 posted on 07/13/2004 9:57:31 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Kerry: how can we trust him with our money, if Teresa won't trust him with hers!)
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