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15 Who Had Their 15 Minutes of Fame
Time Magazine ^
| December26, 2005/January2,2006
| REBECCA WINTERS KEEGAN
Posted on 12/19/2005 7:52:29 PM PST by StACase
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To: StACase
I would disagree here. Danica Patrick is getting far more than 15 minutes.
I would say that she gets 15 minutes minimum every night in many boys bedrooms with her poster over their bed.
I also believe Danica will have some postive results on the auto racing circuits in the years to come. She looks like she has staying power, much like many guys fantasize about their staying power with her.
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:04:58 PM PST
by
Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
(Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
To: Future Snake Eater
What is this? I hadn't heard about that...
I hadn't either so I loooked it up and found:
Drugs, not deities
Rick Warren's book on finding the meaning of life through God, "The Purpose Driven Life," has been a New York Times bestseller for 151 weeks and counting. It got some unsolicited press in March when 27-year-old Ashley Smith told police investigators that she was released as the hostage of Brian Nichols - the man suspected to have killed four people during a shooting rampage in an Atlanta courthouse - by talking to him about her faith and reading passages from Warren's book aloud. However, when Smith did what anyone in her situation would do - write a book about her ordeal and go on Oprah to promote it - she revealed that giving Nichols methamphetamine may have been more instrumental in her liberation than anything he garnered from Warren's book.
Smith told Oprah (but not the police investigators) that since she wasn't able to provide Nichols with the marijuana he requested during the seven hours he held her captive, she instead offered him some crystal meth from her stash. Truly, though, the night was a blessing threefold: Smith said it led her to the realization that she was a drug addict. Nichols discovered for the first time the euphoria of snorting a highly volatile, toxic substance. And sales for "The Purpose Driven Life" increased substantially. Amen.
aspentimes
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:15:22 PM PST
by
StACase
To: StACase
In the rearview mirror, objects often look smaller than they did when we passed them. Lots of people were thrown--or threw themselves--into the spotlight this year, many of whom we will never see again....
______________________
It is the doppler effect on fame. Once they are out of sight their noise diminishes dramatically.
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:17:51 PM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(Here come I , gravitas in tow.)
To: StACase
I don't know any of the people on this list, but I do know that the "15 minutes" are up for these:
Sheehan
Joe Wilson
Valerie Plame
John Murtha
Susan Sarandon/Tim Robbins/the whole "Film Actors Guild"
Michael Moore
John F'n Kerry (he just doesn't know it yet)
and I'm sure there are many more
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:18:12 PM PST
by
hsalaw
To: StACase
I've got three:
Al Franken
Arianna Huffington
Al Gore
Merry Christmas, All...
To: StACase
The Lord works in mysterious ways?
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:24:01 PM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
(The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
To: StACase
So, who's missing? Coward Dean
Hari Kerry
Tom Cruise
Brittany Spears
Kofi Annan
Hillary
I could go on and on, but I won't.
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:35:35 PM PST
by
Randy Larsen
(I BELIEVE CONGRESSMAN WELDON!!!)
To: Amos the Prophet
It is the doppler effect on fame. Once they are out of sight their noise diminishes dramatically.LOL, ain't that the truth!
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:46:34 PM PST
by
jennyp
(PILTDOWN MAN IS REAL! The evolutionist's story that Piltdown was a hoax is the REAL hoax!)
To: StACase
Kanye West
Kathleen Blanco
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:55:44 PM PST
by
Getready
((fear not...))
To: StACase
THE UNDERWEAR MAN SANDY BURGLAR
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posted on
12/20/2005 12:24:07 AM PST
by
rkbliss
To: JennysCool
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posted on
12/20/2005 12:24:49 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(Non-Y2K-Compliant)
To: StACase
So, who's missing?
Natalee Holloway is still missing.
I think, her mother, Beth Twitty will be added to this list before long.
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posted on
12/20/2005 3:23:57 AM PST
by
SR 50
(Larry)
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