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ABC news anchor Peter Jennings has lung cancer
ABC News-Drudge ^ | 4-5-05

Posted on 04/05/2005 8:05:50 AM PDT by waynebobo

Edited on 04/05/2005 8:16:38 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Lazamataz
Here's my take on things: Humans are humans, and you are either empathetic and loving towards other humans, or you are cold and have a hardened heart. If the person is not a monster like Stalin or Hitler, or even Dahmer, then no man should take glee in another's suffering.

Harpu's post didn't convey any sense of 'glee' that I detected........

481 posted on 04/05/2005 4:27:10 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Lazamataz

Thanks for being the first to reply on this thread.

Godspeed, Peter Jennings.


482 posted on 04/05/2005 4:28:04 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: harpu
Do I feel as one human being to another that I'm sorry this man has lung cancer.............yeah.

Do I think God is the custodian of life............yeah.

483 posted on 04/05/2005 4:28:55 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: waynebobo
I heard Jennings had quit cigarettes 10 years ago. That is scary. I have always been a non-smoker, but my husband was a very heavy smoker and 3 years after he quit he still had a lung collapse and ended up having half of it removed.

My 22 year old son just started smoking this year. What an idiot!

484 posted on 04/05/2005 4:29:41 PM PDT by Vicki (Truth and Reality)
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To: Lazamataz

Let's beat on harpu (frowning)


485 posted on 04/05/2005 4:33:10 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Lazamataz

"According to an Associated Press report, Jennings, 66, has been feeling ill for the past several months and was replaced Saturday on coverage of the pope's death by anchor Charles Woodruff."

That was on WorldNetDaily (and, I guess, AP). I wonder what his doctors have been looking at "the last several months"? Or did he not see them until recently? Probably the latter. In either case, bad move.


486 posted on 04/05/2005 4:42:52 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: 2banana

I think he has dual citizenship. Believe he became a U.S citizen within the last two years.


487 posted on 04/05/2005 4:44:25 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Lexinom
Peter was indeed a smoker, who quit many years ago.

He stopped 10 years ago (which is nothing considering he smoked probably for 50 yrs)...which makes him definitely predisposed. He shouldn't be even a little shocked to now have lung cancer. If I were guessing...he's got the aggressive type and he'll be dead within 9 to 24 months. Peter Jennings will soon be history.

There is a local doc here in Houston that has an excellent treatment for lung cancer and his patients live w/out chemo or radiation.

488 posted on 04/05/2005 4:47:47 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: StAnDeliver

Jennings is so hard charging and ambitious in career even at his age of 65-66.. Only went to high school, is Canadian but made his way to the top. His cancer will be the same but I wish him luck and that I'm wrong


489 posted on 04/05/2005 4:51:02 PM PDT by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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To: shield

My guess is same. Gone within a year.


490 posted on 04/05/2005 4:52:04 PM PDT by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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To: dennisw

Looks like Ted Koppel won't have to jump to CBS to get an anchoring gig after all.


491 posted on 04/05/2005 4:53:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: waynebobo

Good luck to him and support for his family


492 posted on 04/05/2005 4:55:15 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
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To: dfwgator
Looks like Ted Koppel won't have to jump to CBS to get an anchoring gig after all.

No one who looks like Alfred E Newman can become a network anchor. Aside from that, he's a pompous ass same as Canadian Petah.

493 posted on 04/05/2005 4:57:23 PM PDT by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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To: Boundless

He's now an American citizen.


494 posted on 04/05/2005 4:58:51 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: harpu

What's that supposed to mean?


495 posted on 04/05/2005 5:00:15 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7

If he was, that makes it 10 times worse.
You know he would have quit in a second because it isn't politically accepted in the circles he travels in. The fact that he may have been a smoker says alot about how hard it is to quit smoking. I, too, hope he has a successfuly recovery.


496 posted on 04/05/2005 5:01:25 PM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: SlowBoat407; All

I have a better idea.
We should all send him get well cards from Free Republic ; )


497 posted on 04/05/2005 5:03:03 PM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: fanfan

My brother broke his leg up in Canada on a business trip recently and he got excellent care. I've heard that Canadian healthcare is either abysmal or excellent.


498 posted on 04/05/2005 5:03:47 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: knuthom

Someone said this am (on Rush? Rush himself?) that he smoked quite heavily earlier in his life, and then had quit about ten years ago. Sorry it's vague.


499 posted on 04/05/2005 5:06:31 PM PDT by bboop
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To: Lexinom
The interesting paradox is, he is now a much better candidate for state-ordered starvation/dehydration than Terri Schiavo was.

OH MY HOW TRUE....dehydration with lots of morphine is what's done for terminal cancer patients.

However, if Peter has got any good sense whatsoever...he should be investigating an excellent chinese herbal treatment....he should not be only listening to conventional docs ;o(...sorry they don't have the answers. With the chinese herbal treatment even if he's stage 4 that herbal treatment will give him lots more time than chemo. Otherwise...he's toast.

500 posted on 04/05/2005 5:06:57 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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