Posted on 02/28/2009 7:19:17 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude
Broadcasting pioneer Paul Harvey dies at age of 90
CHICAGO – Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.
Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available.
Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.
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RIP Paul, Good Day
God rest you Paul Harvey. I’ll miss hearing the rest of the story.
He was a true champion. I loved listening to him. Sad. Go in peace, dear Paul. Now you know the ‘rest of the story.’
I loved the rest of the story as well.
I really liked listening to him.
If I were the devil, I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world; I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's effort, instead of God's blessings; I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the other way around; I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue; I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to leadership; I would make it legal to kill unborn babies; I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it convenient; I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that the life of animals is valued more than human beings; I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was grounds for a lawsuit; I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I would get sports heroes to advertise them; I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the mind of every family member with my agenda; I would attack the family, the backbone of any nation. I would make divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so does the nation; I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and movie screens, and call it art; I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their lifestyles should be accepted; I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who call themselves authorities and refer to their agenda as politically correct; I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, and the Bible is for the naive; I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional; Hmmm... I guess if I were the devil, I'd leave things pretty much the way they are. Good day.
Looking forward to “the rest of the story”.
Peace
Wow, when did he write this—could be headlines 2009 :(
He’s being kicked in the dirt over at DU.
In a cold unfeeling world. He exuded warmth and friendliness.
I think it was 2005.
I will miss that man.
Me? I just want to putter around in my wafer fab.
He always had the “father figure” appeal.
He seemed to give off that aura of ‘Good’
The more of the old world that slips away. The less I like what’s left behind.
Rest in peace Paul.
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