BE HERE, OR BE NOWHERE!
Posted on 01/29/2007 2:30:44 PM PST by Tarkus2040
No problem here.
LOL! And I thought I was addicted to my HDTV!
That's just wrong on so many levels. The product of many nightmares. EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!
Good night!
Rudy might be worth a look if he says all the right things about the WOT. He did pretty good cleaning up the streets of N.Y., handled the 9-11 attack pretty good too.
I imagine we're in for some more 9-11's so it behooves us to have the right person in power. McCain acts too unstable to be trusted with the reins of this country, but he still beats the alternatives if he's the last GOP man standing.
Conservatives have been sold out, we need to concentrate on taking back the House and Senate.
Hey, I'm all for the rights of guns! The right to be fired at criminals and Islamofascists, especially! Good comparison with Ahnold, though.
Best. Tagline. Ever.
Thanks, but I wonder if it only makes sense when you see that they all have the same haircut and highlights. LOL!
They might as well be clone troopers. LOL!
At this point, I'd settle for Superman to rotate the earth backwards, therefore reversing time before the 80's and Reagan's amnesty for illegals. Ah, those were the days. The care-free days of my youth.
Attack of the Drones
Haven't heard anything from a couple of infidels lately.
lol
No. Not really.
I don't kid about these kinds of thing. No bond is broken over a horse, as you dryly suggest. However, a bond is broken over the callously sarcastic and obviously ignorant treatment by Michael of the death of a horse.
Now, I'm going to try to explain how I feel in this computer room here that is very cold and I am a slow and lousy typist. But, I really want you to understand what I have to say if I'm going to again try to explain it.
Firstly, did you see my post # 105? If not, check it out.
Here goes:
FR is a great site, but one of the bad characteristics of it is the intractability and the thin skin of folks on threads like Rush's, Hannity's, and now this one (to a lesser degree). It is truly amazing how the people on these specific talkshow host threads cannot deal graciously with the slightest criticism of their "hero".
If you have read my post # 105 you will see much of what Michael did.
Over the years, I had come to highly respect the KNOWLEDGE about various subjects that Michael had accumulated over the years. It was a great part of his "charm". So, for him to come across yesterday so ignorantly (literally) concerning the injuries over the past months of Barbaro was totally disgusting and very surprising and very disappointing.
Not only did he not even know how to pronounce Barbaro's name (no big deal), but he scoffed at the seriousness of the injuries. He even went so far as to deride the decision to put the horse down, and to wonder why horses often have to be put down when they break their legs. He acted like he had no idea of the science of matter.
He questioned the motives of the owners, owners who have been totally honorable and GOOD throughout these long painful months. The efforts by the medical team to try to save this great animal were heroic and beyond excellent.
If Michael is going to speak about a subject as heart-wwrenching and serious as this, mock the injuries that he obviously knew NOTHING about, he should have done his homework or have the decency to shut his mouth.
More than anything Michael came off as just another loud loutish slug who feels he has to make fun of a tragedy. To me it was the worst behavior I ever heard from a talkshow host who I had respected. It was very disappointing to hear Michael talk like he did after liking him so much over the years because of his warm feelings for his own dog and other animals.
I do not respect him now, not at all.
For a man of his great intelligence to do what he did just illustrated a very ugly side of his character.
If his people should read this thread, or if he gets the drift on how UGLY he spoke yesterday on the subject of Barbaro, then he comes back on the show this evening and apologized to his audience, that would be a step in the right direction.
But for now, he's just another sarcastic, caustic, and cruel loser like so many other smart-mouths in the media and all over our jaded and crass society.
lol
No. Not really.
I don't kid about these kinds of thing. No bond is broken over a horse, as you dryly suggest. However, a bond is broken over the callously sarcastic and obviously ignorant treatment by Michael of the death of a horse.
Now, I'm going to try to explain how I feel in this computer room here that is very cold and I am a slow and lousy typist. But, I really want you to understand what I have to say if I'm going to again try to explain it.
Firstly, did you see my post # 105? If not, check it out.
Here goes:
FR is a great site, but one of the bad characteristics of it is the intractability and the thin skin of folks on threads like Rush's, Hannity's, and now this one (to a lesser degree). It is truly amazing how the people on these specific talkshow host threads cannot deal graciously with the slightest criticism of their "hero".
If you have read my post # 105 you will see much of what Michael did.
Over the years, I had come to highly respect the KNOWLEDGE about various subjects that Michael had accumulated over the years. It was a great part of his "charm". So, for him to come across yesterday so ignorantly (literally) concerning the injuries over the past months of Barbaro was totally disgusting and very surprising and very disappointing.
Not only did he not even know how to pronounce Barbaro's name (no big deal), but he scoffed at the seriousness of the injuries. He even went so far as to deride the decision to put the horse down, and to wonder why horses often have to be put down when they break their legs. He acted like he had no idea of the science of matter.
He questioned the motives of the owners, owners who have been totally honorable and GOOD throughout these long painful months. The efforts by the medical team to try to save this great animal were heroic and beyond excellent.
If Michael is going to speak about a subject as heart-wwrenching and serious as this, mock the injuries that he obviously knew NOTHING about, he should have done his homework or have the decency to shut his mouth.
More than anything Michael came off as just another loud loutish slug who feels he has to make fun of a tragedy. To me it was the worst behavior I ever heard from a talkshow host who I had respected. It was very disappointing to hear Michael talk like he did after liking him so much over the years because of his warm feelings for his own dog and other animals.
I do not respect him now, not at all.
For a man of his great intelligence to do what he did just illustrated a very ugly side of his character.
If his people should read this thread, or if he gets the drift on how UGLY he spoke yesterday on the subject of Barbaro, then he comes back on the show this evening and apologized to his audience, that would be a step in the right direction.
But for now, he's just another sarcastic, caustic, and cruel loser like so many other smart-mouths in the media and all over our jaded and crass society.
By the way, I have no liking of horse racing. It pretty much sickens me.
If these people have the need to see horses run, go out and watch them gallop around a field or a meadow.
And if they need to race them, keep the silly jockeys off their backs...... let the horses run by themselves.
;-)
me neither, I was wondering how 'tek was.
"I understand. I feel the same way. Barbaro's valiant and determined nature truly touched me. Dr. Richardson and the Jackson's love for him came through in every interview and in every photo that was taken. After a time it almost felt as though I knew the dear boy. Wish I had."
"I suppose it can be argued that every generation has a horse that touches the hearts of millions of people. I can't speak to that. What I do know is that I loved and admired Barbaro from afar. I think I always will."
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Be well ..........
Cynical, ego-driven, know-it-all, moody, aging, raging, nostalgic, .....you can go on and on.
I'm not gonna ridicule you're anger over Mike's comments, or your affection for the horse (I didn't hear the whole show, but got the gist of it) but for me Mike was really talking about the owners. (rightly or wrongly) It sounded like Mike was speculating over what he saw as rich fatcats making money (one way or the other) off this animal.
Mike's cynicism and general disdain for "richies" combined with your heart-felt affection for this story seems to have hit a big nerve with you.
Mike has a big mouth, so for me it's no big deal for someone to vent like you have, if you feel the need.
BTW, I too cannot stand Sharapova's screaming; there otta be a law....
Tek's on a long "vacation."
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