Kudos to the FR community for spending relatively little time on the Anna Nicole Smith train wreck. However, there are some bad cultural conclusions which can be drawn, sadly, from the media's obsession with this.
John / Billybob
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To: Congressman Billybob
just a microcosm of life in America.
To: Congressman Billybob
I happened to see some of it when I started dinner early yesterday....
I could have enjoyed the insanity of it, especially when the lawyers started yelling at one another, except for the fact that a baby will reap the destruction that comes at the end of this train wreck.
That said, there's nothing like a good trial on tv to get a lot of hand sewing done, and good company from the tube... ;-)
28 posted on
02/23/2007 5:54:52 PM PST by
pinz-n-needlez
(Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
To: Congressman Billybob
Kudos to the FR community for spending relatively little time on the Anna Nicol Smith train wreck...
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If only. There is a ANS thread with over 15,000 posts.
32 posted on
02/23/2007 6:28:06 PM PST by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: Congressman Billybob
John, You have to go a little easier on Judge Arthur Fonzarelli. Heeeeyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
Nevermind that there is a double death, if not a double homocide, involved here. As we decide if we want to vacation in the Bahamas, keep Aruba in mind here. As long as Judge Fonz gets his tv show, I guess that all will be made legal in this mess.....
38 posted on
02/23/2007 7:12:54 PM PST by
ErieGeno
To: Congressman Billybob
Ever since ANS's death, I haven't been able to stomach any of the 24 hour news outlets. If they're not obsessing over ANS, they're obsessing over Britney Spears. I detest our celebrity culture.
39 posted on
02/23/2007 7:41:25 PM PST by
randita
To: Congressman Billybob
I've been casually following the case and wondering if anybody involved, with the possible exception of Dannielynn, isn't completely messed up.
40 posted on
02/23/2007 7:45:33 PM PST by
RichInOC
("Out! Out!"--St. Dogbert)
To: Congressman Billybob
Same thing, different era; Bread and Circuses
43 posted on
02/24/2007 5:54:54 AM PST by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: Congressman Billybob
I appreciate your perspective on this. I shied away from the ANS stuff (like I do on most nearly all sensational "news") but noted with my untrained eye the distinct lack of professionalism of the "judge".
I dig the "herding cats" reference too! ;'}
44 posted on
02/24/2007 2:38:57 PM PST by
rockrr
(Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
To: Congressman Billybob
I regard this as desecration of the dead. There is an unseemliness to all this I find deeply offensive. Can't we just let the dead rest in peace? Apparently not when they have an outsized estate at stake.
46 posted on
02/24/2007 3:06:18 PM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Congressman Billybob
It was bizarre, all those men crying, one of them even fainted didn't he? If any of them cared about her they would have a funeral for her.
48 posted on
02/24/2007 7:26:34 PM PST by
Aquamarine
(Without Victory there will be no Peace.)
To: Congressman Billybob
He rambled. He repeated himself. He talked at length arriving at no known point. There are people who have microphone syndrome. Confronted with a microphone, they fall in love with the sound of their own voices, and start talking interminably about essentially nothing.
Frankly, that sounds like some very intelligent but sadly dope-addled (cocaine, I think) people I've run across. Fried brains tell no coherent tales.
I note the main thread about Anna's death has more than FIFTEEN THOUSAND POSTS and a quarter million views. UNGH--I have yet to even visit it--and plan to continue to avoid it. A gentleman must draw the line somewhere. Boundaries, you know....
50 posted on
02/24/2007 9:40:15 PM PST by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: Congressman Billybob
Like Watching a Train Wreck I thought this was an article about the 2008 Republican presidential "frontrunners."
51 posted on
02/26/2007 10:11:30 AM PST by
EternalVigilance
("Liberalism": Now in two delicious Party Flavors!)
To: Congressman Billybob
Congressman Billybob:
You have just highlighted the major reason I no longer subscribe to cable television or read any major newspapers for that matter.
Regarding the Smith matter, this was something that should have been kept out of the headlines and off the airwaves; regardless of the circumstances, grieving is private.
The MSM (and Fox News) seemed to have hit an all time low.
53 posted on
02/26/2007 1:58:35 PM PST by
T Lady
(The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
To: Congressman Billybob
Ive seen judges who were characters, or fancied themselves as comedians. But, Ive never before seen the likes of Judge Seidlin. If he'd seen judge Robert Payne from the Federal Court in Richmond, VA, he'd be able to add crook to his list.
54 posted on
02/26/2007 2:02:08 PM PST by
fso301
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