Posted on 03/04/2010 9:47:52 AM PST by RummyChick
To Beckysueb: It would have been a terrible blow. You posted based on the assumption of the thread. Understandable. The nutty professor made an azz of himself. Assuming him to be a leftist reactionist who hates rapid communications, I listed his prank in:
Close Encounters with the Loony Left [link-list]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464035/posts?page=2
traderrob6: “The neglected fact here is the absolute HUGE and SERIOUS (spelled correctly) ramifications of this story had it been factual. There is no single retirement, bar Obama himself, that would have the national repercussions of this story had it been true. The soul of any great rumor is the magnitude of it’s import, in that respect this was a gem. Blame only those that perpetuated it and not those that were initially concerned.”
Wow!
Thread posted at 9:47:52.
Your post: 9:50:21.
Less than 3 minutes. Good job!
When I said Fox reporting it now, I meant Fox was talking about it. I didn’t say they said it was true. I only said they were reporting it. That is what sent me to FR to find out more. I repeat I DID NOT SAY THAT FOX SAID IT WAS TRUE. I got called stupid or something like that for saying Fox was reporting it. I guess I was the messenger. This story is yesterdays news and I am getting tired of trying to explain myself over a simple comment. One of these days I will learn to keep my comments to myself.
I didn't pay any attention to who I was responding to. I really could care less if I was the first to respond to something. I scanned the thread and didn't see anything about Fox. All I saw was people wondering if it was true or not. I was simply trying to send info I thought people would want to know. Frankly being first to say something was the furthurest thing from my mind. I was in a total panic yesterday. This is all so silly.
If you wanted to send info you thought people would want to know, then fine. Next time, do so. Define “it.” If “it” was that the story was false, say so, instead of panicking the hell out of everyone else even worse.
It ain’t rocket surgery. ;)
So I was responsible for panicking the people, huh? Wow. I think my post came somewhere in the 3rd or 4th page of posts and everyone was cool calm and collected till they read my post, huh? Just wow. My deepest apologies for upsetting everyone.
I didn’t say everyone. But I wasn’t alone.
You come off like somebody who was educated *cough-cough* in a public high school after 1975. If so, it’s not your fault. You should have stated what was being said on Fox.
The thread discussion up until your post was mainly of two veins: one, panic about the report; two, eventual speculation and hope that it was an unreliable source or a hoax. You replied to a post that was bemoaning the fate of our country and referred to the Fox report news item/announcement as “it.” Looking back, I see that I was not the only person alarmed by your post because you were, in essence, confirming the report by stating that Fox was reporting “it” now, in reply to somebody bemoaning the bad news. It goes like this:
*first, the headline, from Drudge: “Joe Died”
*then, the discussion, from all, including FReeper “Bob”: “Oh, my God! We’re doomed!”
*next, hesitancy, from some: “Maybe they’re wrong? Maybe Joe isn’t dead? It might be a bad source. We need another source!”
*last, the reply to FReeper “Bob”, from beckysueB: “Fox reporting it now.”
“it” refers back to FReeper Bob’s exclamation of doom. Even if you meant to refer to the discussion about the source being defective, nobody has any way of knowing that you meant it was a defective source/false story because YOU DID NOT STATE WHAT FOX WAS REPORTING.
Why don’t you just admit you goofed, learn from it and do better the next time by slowing down and being more concise? Instead, you’re spinning yourself silly to make stupid, implausible excuses for your error. We could have been done with this long ago if you weren’t overly sensitive and/or too stubborn and/or unwilling to see the problem with your post.
We’ve already seen that this past year.
320 posts later.
Tell me about it. Our government is trying to bankrupt this country, for the purpose of installing a 3rd world tyranny.
I believe that, too.
FYI, I had 4 kids by 1975. And it seems like you are the one who won’t let it go. You are the one who wants to be right. Fox reporting “it” means Fox reporting what we are discussing. Got it? And I don’t see how people could have panicked anymore than they already were. I am tired of replying to you. I will not read anymore of your posts. Have a good evening.
You seem like the type who may well have had 4 kids by 1975 and still have been in high school. I’ll just note that, like Bill Clinton when he got hammered for lying in court, “it” depends on what the meaning of “it” is to you as the mood and spirit move you at any given moment.
See ya’! :)
Get a life.
Wow! Impressive riposte. So original. (rolleyes) But I bet you thought longer and harder reaching for that one as you did for your original idiotic post that started this.
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