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Williams a comic force, versatile actor
The Washington Post ^ | 8-11-14

Posted on 08/11/2014 11:27:24 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles

NEW YORK — The question from a fan in a Sirius XM interview last year was innocent — what do you think you’d be doing if you didn’t become a comedian? — and within seconds Robin Williams was impersonating physicist Stephen Hawking getting a lap dance at a strip club.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obituaries; obituary; robinwilliams; suicide; williams
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1 posted on 08/11/2014 11:27:24 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

I’m not kicking this man or his family while they are down.


2 posted on 08/11/2014 11:33:17 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: AlmaKing

Don’t worry

Plenty here to do it in your stead.


3 posted on 08/11/2014 11:50:21 PM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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To: AlmaKing

Yes, you should go ahead and pretend that he’s just a super cool dude who just f*cked his family over big time. No big deal right?

He drove a stake through the hearts of his wife and children, the people closest to him in his life and you and the Leftist media wanna pretend that: “Hey man, it’s all good dude”.

Excuse me while I puke.


4 posted on 08/11/2014 11:51:03 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (To be a Liberal is to be anti-American, by definition.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Robin Williams viciously mocked Governor Sarah Palin during one of his so-called “comedy” appearances. His seething hatred for her is typical of the leftist, communist mindset. As far as I’m concerned, Robin Williams is dead to me. So be it.


5 posted on 08/12/2014 12:03:10 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Does his insurance pay out for a suicide?


6 posted on 08/12/2014 12:18:17 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: AlmaKing

Suicide is contagious. Troubled people will read these glowing stories and think maybe suicide is an answer after all. They can end their pain and be remembered fondly.

It’s better to remind people of the truth about the pain suicide causes families.


7 posted on 08/12/2014 12:20:12 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

The grave dancers are out in force.


8 posted on 08/12/2014 12:22:06 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: wardaddy
It would seem that de mortuis nil nisi bonum is not operative around here, that's for sure.
9 posted on 08/12/2014 12:26:56 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles
Yes, you should go ahead and pretend that he’s just a super cool dude who just f*cked his family over big time. No big deal right?

While I was not a fan of Williams, it's for his family to judge whether he f*cked them over big time, not anyone else. It might be that his wife and adult children look back on their time with him with gratitude and love, and an understanding that he finally succumbed to the mental disease of depression.
10 posted on 08/12/2014 12:34:44 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: re_nortex

Robin Williams viciously mocked Governor Sarah Palin during one of his so-called “comedy” appearances. His seething hatred for her is typical of the leftist, communist mindset.


Oh, nooo!!! He mocked Sarah Palin!!!

“USO on Robin Williams’ Death: ‘He Will Be Sorely Missed’ “

“Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams, 63, who died Monday in California, was also known for his work with the United Service Organization, a nonprofit that works to lift the spirits of U.S. troops. In this role, Williams performed for American troops stationed in Afghanistan, Iraq and, in one of his most memorable appearances, in Kuwait.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/robin-williams-death/uso-robin-williams-death-he-will-be-sorely-missed-n178256

http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-williams-kuwait-2014-8

But never mind that. He mocked poor iddle Sarah Palin. Well, boo hoo. She deserves to be mocked.


11 posted on 08/12/2014 12:36:58 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Tell me about it.

The guy was a massive USO supporter and donated much of his prodigious talent to charitable causes. He had his demons to contend with for sure.

RIP.

http://americanmilitarynews.com/2014/07/robin-williams-gets-huge-uso-tour-surprise/


12 posted on 08/12/2014 12:44:52 AM PDT by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles
Reagan would never have spoken that way.

You are an ungracious clod.

13 posted on 08/12/2014 12:51:55 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: chessplayer

Got a little hypocrisy going on do you?

Palin deserves to be mocked but Williams doesn’t...


14 posted on 08/12/2014 12:53:25 AM PDT by DB
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To: chessplayer

I’m with you !


15 posted on 08/12/2014 1:03:25 AM PDT by sushiman
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To: chessplayer

Why does Sarah Palin deserve to be mocked, but Williams is to be left alone?

I feel sorry for whatever pain he felt. I feel sorry for the family’s loss. But I will not join in the “let us all make him a saint” crowd. I hate it when people put the dead on a pedestal.


16 posted on 08/12/2014 1:04:27 AM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: mindburglar

that Williams went ‘over there ‘ , repeatedly , and made our troops laugh and relax a bit means a lot to me . I am sure for some of them , Williams was the last comedy routine they ever saw or heard in their lives . That is significant . Like Bob Hope . God bless him for that much alone . All USO entertainers are volunteers . No one makes them go . They do it from the heart , all politics aside .


17 posted on 08/12/2014 1:15:59 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

“I see a lot of people yelling for peace
but I have not heard of a plan for
peace. So, here’s one plan.”

1) “The US will apologize to the world for our “interference” in their affairs, past &present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those “good ole boys”, we will never “interfere” again.

2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don’t want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.

3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We’ll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They’re illegal!!! France will welcome them.

4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don’t like it there, change it yourself and don’t hide here. Asylum would never be available
to anyone. We don’t need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.

5) No foreign “students” over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don’t attend classes, they get a “D” and it’s back home baby.

6) The US will make a strong effort
to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.

7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don’t like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)

8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not “interfere.” They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given
to the army. The people who need
it most get very little, if anything.

9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don’t need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.

10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us “Ugly Americans” any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it or LEAVE...Now, isn’t that a winner of a plan?

“The Statue of Liberty is no longer
saying “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.” She’s got a baseball bat and she’s yelling, ‘you want a piece of me?’ “
Snopes LIES....A....LOT


18 posted on 08/12/2014 1:33:57 AM PDT by therapsida (tThats a group now?)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

So much for wanting to make people laugh. WTH?

I’m sorry he’s dead & hope that he is with God, but I wasn’t really a fan.


19 posted on 08/12/2014 1:46:20 AM PDT by KGeorge (Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Probably. Some don’t, but most have a time limit on the suicide clause, usually a year.


20 posted on 08/12/2014 1:56:38 AM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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