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Sunderland "reality" show preplanned before Abby's misadventure
Posted on 06/13/2010 7:22:19 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
From another thread: “Mrs Sunderland, who is pregnant with the family’s eighth child...”
Maybe Mr. Sutherland ought to go on a solo sail around the world and give the Mrs. a rest.
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posted on
06/13/2010 7:56:23 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: toldyou
"Thanks for the thread..first time I heard of it. Im not surprised though!"
You're welcome, I have to give credit to the source from which I grabbed "just the facts". I didn't link it quite right so it didn't appear in my first post. I just stumbled on the guy and his article, the facts he relays are pretty obvious.
Is Abby Sunderland just another reality TV scammer?" by Andy Martin. His site:ContrarianCommentary.com
To: LibFreeOrDie
That should be Mr Sunderland.
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posted on
06/13/2010 7:57:42 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: GatorGirl
VERY interesting. Balloon boy II.
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posted on
06/13/2010 7:58:33 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: LibFreeOrDie
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:00:13 PM PDT
by
Crim
(The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
To: Crim
>> So much for this not being a publicity stunt...
Funny... I don’t see any of yesterday’s Abby worshipers on THIS thread.
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:06:16 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: LouieFisk
Let’s not diminish her skills or achievement, however. She was the youngest to round the Cape of Good Hope solo and got halfway around the world. Very impressive.
But the outcome was almost inevitable due to the timing (not only the winter aspect but the fact she only owned the boat for three months before her departure and two of those months were spent tricking it out with sponsorship logos and retrofitting the gear) and the parental pimping unforgivable.
They deserve as much attention as Octomom has garnered. Pretty much none. Let each of their other six kids try to beat each other to be the youngest. This bunch is about as loathsome as it comes.
Besides, the book has already been written. Lionheart, the Jesse Martin story.
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:06:47 PM PDT
by
GatorGirl
(Eschew Socialism!)
To: Nervous Tick
“Funny... I dont see any of yesterdays Abby worshipers on THIS thread.”
Not even when they are getting pinged to show their faces...
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:09:04 PM PDT
by
Crim
(The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
To: LouieFisk
These parents are lower than whale poop. I wish the authority that recognizes records in sailing would make the boat put up bond for any cost related to rescue or admin expense for a country. Plus require 18 years old as the entry level.
I am so frosted about this. Sending your kid to her potential death is child abuse in the first degree. The kid failed, was behind schedule, put in for repairs and was then advised by her father to continue the march. Put those parents in a Dingy in the middle of the Southern Ocean in Winter. Let's see what hero's they are. That girl was facing weather worse that what crashed her for the next two months.
Honor the rescuers. The fishing boat crew that got her lost production, and the captain, almost his life. Fell into the water. I'm hot about this.
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:11:55 PM PDT
by
Pit1
(Not illegal immigrants. They are CRIMINAL BORDER CROSSERS.)
To: spectre
Betcha it's not reported there are many teens who have asked their parents if they could sail around the world solo...And their loving parents said "no".."Dad," I said, "I want to go to the moon."
... This is the third line of Chapter 1 of a book which I'm sure is familiar to many.
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:13:24 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: org.whodat
Indeed, I'm waiting with bated breath for comment from all those suckers who thrilled to believe this kid's "brilliant seamanship skills" enabled her to defeat 90 foot rogue waves and return alive!
To: hinckley buzzard
I’m amazed at the number of people that think we need to have children risk their lives to support their parents. It not the 1600âs, the 1500âs the 1700âs, are the 1800âs. We don’t have children doing slave labor anymore, third world countries do.
To: Nervous Tick
I kind of irked some supporters but I was right. There is always the other side of the story.
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:25:10 PM PDT
by
MamaB
To: hinckley buzzard
thrilled to believe this kid's "brilliant seamanship skills" enabled her to defeat 90 foot rogue waves and return alive! She didn't. She failed and good people bailed her butt out. She didn't defeat anything.
Read some of the worlds finest sailors at this site. Many rail against the hair-brained scheme.
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=102689&st=2600
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:28:18 PM PDT
by
Pit1
(Not illegal immigrants. They are CRIMINAL BORDER CROSSERS.)
To: DJ MacWoW
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:29:38 PM PDT
by
toldyou
(Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
To: MamaB
>> I kind of irked some supporters but I was right.
I seriously irked some Abby supporters. The whole idea that if you don’t worship this young fool and her parents for what she did, then you aren’t really a conservative — that REALLY got under my skin!
FRegards
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:30:25 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: Crim
Wow, that's some thread. With all the kool aid drunk on that one, no wonder they are obsessed with being "pants-pissers." Really something. Wonder how they feel now that the truth comes out and they find they were all worshipping "Balloon Boy II?"
To: LibFreeOrDie
Maybe he should be "dismasted" for awhile.
To: hinckley buzzard
Well right now the effort is to save face with distractions and assclownery...
Some of them already have alot invested...
When I screw up I just admit it and move on...ego is a terrible thing to live on...
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posted on
06/13/2010 8:35:50 PM PDT
by
Crim
(The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
To: Pit1
I don't disagree. I was reacting to the histrionics on a thread from yesterday. "Congratulations and great work"--for this? Sheesh.
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