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CaptJTK - Jul 01, 2009 - 01:51 AM
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Am I only one who thinks the media is way over the top with all this Michael Jackson coverage? Every news broadcast, telvision news magazine, radio station, newspaper, magazine, tributes, concerts, etc. Enough already. We all know the guys dead, and there's nothing new to tell. So drop it until there's something new. Personally, I'm waiting to see the autopsy report. I'll admit I never thought much about the guy, too many questions and accusations for my taste.

With all the stuff going on in the world, the sham elections in Iran, the withdrawl of troops from the urban areas in Iraq, the violence in Pakistan, North Korea bolstering their nukes with accusations against the US, what are we doing talking about Jackson nonstop?

Sorry, I just don't get it.
littlestar - Jul 01, 2009 - 01:57 AM
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Remember the Hoopla for Anna Nicole Smith ?
CaptJTK - Jul 01, 2009 - 02:02 AM
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Same deal, I didn't get it then either.
littlestar - Jul 01, 2009 - 02:35 AM
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It keeps the mind off of worries...like, When am I gonna get a job?...How will I get the kids new shoes?...Am I gonna Lose my Home?...that kinda stuff.

Propagandizing works many different ways
AquinasWI - Jul 01, 2009 - 02:58 AM
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I'm with you on that, though it doesn't surprise me in the least.

The media is going to be orgasmic over this for a long time.

I feel bad that Farrah got the shaft on this. Billy Mays too, but he never would have gotten extensive coverage anyway.

The guy undeniably had OODLES of talent, but his absolute trainwreck of a life, plus the nasty possibilities of things he may have done....I don't understand how he has such legions of rabid fans anymore.

In part I think it's just the cult of personality/flock mentality. It's kinda sad.

What do I know? I hate most celebrities Smile
Gornman - Jul 01, 2009 - 03:33 AM
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I agree with the overkill, but there is one angle they'll NEVER take...

The US PREZ is black Idea
The best golfer in the world is black Idea

Why was MJ trying to be white? Shocked
CaptJTK - Jul 01, 2009 - 03:44 AM
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You may have touched off a powderkeg with that one. I'm interested to see what others have to say.

I know Quincy Jones wasn't too happy with Michael's transformation, but Spike Lee said tonight that that's water under the bridge.....
Gornman - Jul 01, 2009 - 03:57 AM
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It's amazing isn't it?

I ask a question here, that everybody's thinking, but the media
won't touch it Idea

Our media can no longer even feign objectiveness.... Idea
rdb - Jul 01, 2009 - 05:06 AM
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There is "passing as white" which was done to try to avoid prejudice and discrimination. That is a problem for quite a few families. It's what I discovered about my ancestors- some American Indians tried to pass as white if they could (in many cases just so they would survive). I've also heard of people who "tried to be" a race that they were not- and I've met people adopted into tribes because they were far more comfortable in that culture than in the one they were raised in. So, in my eyes, that may not have the stigma that it would for someone else. I don't think that is the case with Michael Jackson.

I also remember that Michael was diagnosed with Vitiligo- a skin disorder that I've known about- every since I read "Black Like Me" many years ago (when I was a kid). I've also known a couple of people over the years with vitiligo - and it's devastating. Michael Jackson wasn't trying to "be white" or trying to bleach out his skin- he LOOKED like someone with Vitiligo. (Not all types of Vitiligo look alike, but he looked like one of the people I knew several years ago with the disorder- skin texture and so on. The skin looked "off" in some way that I have trouble describing- but when I saw the pictures of him later in life the first thought was that he had the disorder- and then learned that he had actually said that he did.)

He also had Lupus, which is also bad bad news. It can be mild, but Lupus also is known to kill. In fact, that makes me wonder about what killed him...
littlestar - Jul 01, 2009 - 06:24 AM
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Are you trying to describe the Vitiligo skin texture as Dead Fish like...or drowning victim like?
I've seen it too, when I worked at Everly Wheatley Funeral Home....

It may have explained the deterioration of his nose...the surgery wasn't done just to make it look more Anglo, as some think. The loss of pigmentation in his skin was causing patches too, so the laser work was to try and even out the obvious perimeters and the Oxygen capsule helped with the healing and microbial control. Lupus will often cause blood sugar disorder, vertigo, tinnitus, Menieres Disease, BAD arthritic pain in joints and tendons...so that can explain the often wobbly,or silly,gait that he would get. I heard awhile ago that he was starting to have seizures too....
We may never know all, as he tried desperately to keep all of his Health Problems a secret. He would rather people think he was just weird, rather than really ill...because THEN he wouldn't have been allowed to do concerts and DANCE.

I think he preferred to live a shorter amount of time and do what he loved, than to be protected from it and live longer missing it.

THERE...I just did Media Overkill myself.... Embarassed
Gornman - Jul 01, 2009 - 07:31 AM
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Wow, you worked that hard to explain away, something so easy
to see?
Cat - Jul 01, 2009 - 07:45 AM
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I never thought it was my business what Michael Jackson looked like, or how he walked, talked, ate, etc. His appearance is no one's business but his own, and he could do whatever he felt he needed to do either because of his health, or just because he felt like it.

But, if he did not outright molest children, he did confess, at least, to totally inappropriate behaviour with him. I'm sorry, but the fact that he died doesn't change that. I enjoyed most of his music, but I cannot, and will not, excuse his actions with kids.
shatrules - Jul 01, 2009 - 01:03 PM
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I think it's that Michael Jackson died so suddenly and so soon when he was due to go on his comeback as well as his final tour and that he's the biggest pop star in the world and that's why he gets all this media coverage.The media is overkill indeed because it overshadowed the others that passed away before him:Ed McMahon,Farrah Fawcett,Billy Mays and Fred Travalena,which we should not forget.Michael was bigger than big,in spite of his outrageous,personal demons and his notorious court troubles.That's the price of fame,fortune and power.As for me,my interest is in his music which is his legacy.R.I.P.
AquinasWI - Jul 01, 2009 - 01:36 PM
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Cat wrote:
I never thought it was my business what Michael Jackson looked like, or how he walked, talked, ate, etc. His appearance is no one's business but his own, and he could do whatever he felt he needed to do either because of his health, or just because he felt like it.

But, if he did not outright molest children, he did confess, at least, to totally inappropriate behaviour with him. I'm sorry, but the fact that he died doesn't change that. I enjoyed most of his music, but I cannot, and will not, excuse his actions with kids.


A-friggin-men!

It amazes me that legions of people, who would otherwise revile a potential child molester, give him a free pass.
morgram - Jul 01, 2009 - 03:42 PM
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Gornman wrote:
I agree with the overkill, but there is one angle they'll NEVER take...

The US PREZ is black Idea
The best golfer in the world is black Idea

Why was MJ trying to be white? Shocked
You nailed that one right on the button, Gorny. The other nite I watched the beginning of the BET Awards and, of course, the first speaker was some half-assed rap artist and he starts off with "Michael Jackson was a BLACK man...HE belonged to US! WE just SHARED him with everyone ELSE." Quite a revelation, I always thought it was Jackson's own idea to share his talent with the rest of the world. AT EVERY CONCEIVABLE OPPORTUNITY those on the left JUST LOVE to interject racial politics. Last week within less than 2 hours after it being reported that Michael Jackson had died, you had Sharpton delivering a phony sounding diatribe supposedly lamenting Jackson's passing and how alot of people who trashed Jackson while he was living were now praising him. I'm surprised he didn't mention Fox News by name. As far as overkill, the 24/7 news networks have been overkilling for many years now. I remember what it was like before the 9/11 attack. Hour after hour, minute after minute for many weeks, their single-minded fixation with Gary Condit. 12 hours after the attack, WHO'S Gary Condit? The mass media has been wallowing in overkill for years...and it's not just that. It's their overall demeanor. Most of them come across as Hollywood gossip reporters instead of journalists. I've been sick of our mass media for years.
morgram - Jul 01, 2009 - 04:21 PM
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morgram wrote:
Gornman wrote:
I agree with the overkill, but there is one angle they'll NEVER take...

The US PREZ is black Idea
The best golfer in the world is black Idea

Why was MJ trying to be white? Shocked
You nailed that one right on the button, Gorny. The other nite I watched the beginning of the BET Awards and, of course, the first speaker was some half-assed rap artist and he starts off with "Michael Jackson was a BLACK man...HE belonged to US! WE just SHARED him with everyone ELSE." Quite a revelation, I always thought it was Jackson's own idea to share his talent with the rest of the world. AT EVERY CONCEIVABLE OPPORTUNITY those on the left JUST LOVE to interject racial politics. Last week within less than 2 hours after it being reported that Michael Jackson had died, you had Sharpton delivering a phony sounding diatribe supposedly lamenting Jackson's passing and how alot of people who trashed Jackson while he was living were now praising him. I'm surprised he didn't mention Fox News by name. As far as overkill, the 24/7 news networks have been overkilling for many years now. I remember what it was like before the 9/11 attack. Hour after hour, minute after minute for many weeks, their single-minded fixation with Gary Condit. 12 hours after the attack, WHO'S Gary Condit? The mass media has been wallowing in overkill for years...and it's not just that. It's their overall demeanor. Most of them come across as Hollywood gossip reporters instead of journalists. I've been sick of our mass media for years.
You know, it's a real shame that the left has such an ugly side to it because there are hundreds of millions of people wordwide, of all races and ethnicities, who want to pay homage to Michael Jackson because of the extraordinary musical entertainer that he was...but unfortunately, all some on the left see in the passing of Michael Jackson is an opportunity to feed their hate by using the event to take petty potshots at whitey. It is disgusting, sickening and infuriating.
littlestar - Jul 01, 2009 - 06:43 PM
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AGAIN...you make it Political?...I hate to tell you this, but it seems it isn't the LEFT that are making negative statements.... I talked about a Human Being...Not Black, Not White, Not Left, Not Right....you all go ahead ...I'm done....
morgram - Jul 01, 2009 - 08:21 PM
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littlestar wrote:
AGAIN...you make it Political?...I hate to tell you this, but it seems it isn't the LEFT that are making negative statements.... I talked about a Human Being...Not Black, Not White, Not Left, Not Right....you all go ahead ...I'm done....
I just described what I heard the other nite at the beginning of the BET Awards, LS. I didn't make that up...so I don't know what YOU'RE talking about. Smile Smile Smile
Seamus - Jul 01, 2009 - 08:41 PM
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morgram wrote:
morgram wrote:
Gornman wrote:
I agree with the overkill, but there is one angle they'll NEVER take...

The US PREZ is black Idea
The best golfer in the world is black Idea

Why was MJ trying to be white? Shocked
You nailed that one right on the button, Gorny. The other nite I watched the beginning of the BET Awards and, of course, the first speaker was some half-assed rap artist and he starts off with "Michael Jackson was a BLACK man...HE belonged to US! WE just SHARED him with everyone ELSE." Quite a revelation, I always thought it was Jackson's own idea to share his talent with the rest of the world. AT EVERY CONCEIVABLE OPPORTUNITY those on the left JUST LOVE to interject racial politics. Last week within less than 2 hours after it being reported that Michael Jackson had died, you had Sharpton delivering a phony sounding diatribe supposedly lamenting Jackson's passing and how alot of people who trashed Jackson while he was living were now praising him. I'm surprised he didn't mention Fox News by name. As far as overkill, the 24/7 news networks have been overkilling for many years now. I remember what it was like before the 9/11 attack. Hour after hour, minute after minute for many weeks, their single-minded fixation with Gary Condit. 12 hours after the attack, WHO'S Gary Condit? The mass media has been wallowing in overkill for years...and it's not just that. It's their overall demeanor. Most of them come across as Hollywood gossip reporters instead of journalists. I've been sick of our mass media for years.
You know, it's a real shame that the left has such an ugly side to it because there are hundreds of millions of people wordwide, of all races and ethnicities, who want to pay homage to Michael Jackson because of the extraordinary musical entertainer that he was...but unfortunately, all some on the left see in the passing of Michael Jackson is an opportunity to feed their hate by using the event to take petty potshots at whitey. It is disgusting, sickening and infuriating.


Funny Morgram, I don't think I see anything leftist in what you highlighted. Perhaps it was a poor word choice in that the rapper was obviously an African American and he obviously was claiming MJ for African Americans... it wasn't a massive leftist statement... in fact it was a bit of truth in that MJ was originally African American... no matter how many surgeries he had to change that.
morgram - Jul 01, 2009 - 08:48 PM
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Seamus wrote:
morgram wrote:
morgram wrote:
Gornman wrote:
I agree with the overkill, but there is one angle they'll NEVER take...

The US PREZ is black Idea
The best golfer in the world is black Idea

Why was MJ trying to be white? Shocked
You nailed that one right on the button, Gorny. The other nite I watched the beginning of the BET Awards and, of course, the first speaker was some half-assed rap artist and he starts off with "Michael Jackson was a BLACK man...HE belonged to US! WE just SHARED him with everyone ELSE." Quite a revelation, I always thought it was Jackson's own idea to share his talent with the rest of the world. AT EVERY CONCEIVABLE OPPORTUNITY those on the left JUST LOVE to interject racial politics. Last week within less than 2 hours after it being reported that Michael Jackson had died, you had Sharpton delivering a phony sounding diatribe supposedly lamenting Jackson's passing and how alot of people who trashed Jackson while he was living were now praising him. I'm surprised he didn't mention Fox News by name. As far as overkill, the 24/7 news networks have been overkilling for many years now. I remember what it was like before the 9/11 attack. Hour after hour, minute after minute for many weeks, their single-minded fixation with Gary Condit. 12 hours after the attack, WHO'S Gary Condit? The mass media has been wallowing in overkill for years...and it's not just that. It's their overall demeanor. Most of them come across as Hollywood gossip reporters instead of journalists. I've been sick of our mass media for years.
You know, it's a real shame that the left has such an ugly side to it because there are hundreds of millions of people wordwide, of all races and ethnicities, who want to pay homage to Michael Jackson because of the extraordinary musical entertainer that he was...but unfortunately, all some on the left see in the passing of Michael Jackson is an opportunity to feed their hate by using the event to take petty potshots at whitey. It is disgusting, sickening and infuriating.


Funny Morgram, I don't think I see anything leftist in what you highlighted. Perhaps it was a poor word choice in that the rapper was obviously an African American and he obviously was claiming MJ for African Americans... it wasn't a massive leftist statement... in fact it was a bit of truth in that MJ was originally African American... no matter how many surgeries he had to change that.
and just why should it be necessary for anybody to claim Michael Jackson for ANYONE??? He was loved by music lovers around the world. Why isn't that enough for some people?
Stephanie - Jul 01, 2009 - 09:28 PM
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rdb wrote:

In fact, that makes me wonder about what killed him...

A murderer - probably one with an "M.D." after his name - killed Michael Jackson.

They discovered Diprivan (brand name, the generic is Propolfol) in MJ's house.

That's a med that ---
isn't found/carried in any drugstore/public pharmacy
is never even considered for uses in a private medical office... much less in a private home
only administered (properly) by an anesthesiologist and drung surgery or 'in house' surgical procedures in a shopital ICU or CCU
only properly administered via IV
never fully safely administered, even when by an anasthesiologist in an O.R.

The only way such a med got into MJ's house is having been brought in by a doctor (or, possibly, any non-doctor O.R. staff) who stole from a hospital pharmacy.

MJ himself didn't get his hands on this. Nor did he take it himself. Nor is it at all even remotely likely that he had access to a hospital pharmacy himself.
Someone got it illegally and administered it with the intent to kill. No one with access to it could possibly NOT know how immediately deadly the stuff is...

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor]Occam's Razor[/url]: MJ was murdered.



eh, I give up on the lasst hotlink
Gornman - Jul 01, 2009 - 09:32 PM
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OMG , this will never end Shocked

We'll have MJ's sighting for decades....

Gornman has left the building~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twisted Evil
Johnny_Turbo - Jul 02, 2009 - 08:42 PM
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This is starting to remind me of the controversy surrounding the Slap Chop guy (Sham Wow guy for those of you west of the Mississippi).
BB - Jul 02, 2009 - 09:02 PM
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CaptJTK wrote:
Am I only one who thinks the media is way over the top with all this Michael Jackson coverage? Every news broadcast, telvision news magazine, radio station, newspaper, magazine, tributes, concerts, etc. Enough already. We all know the guys dead, and there's nothing new to tell. So drop it until there's something new. Personally, I'm waiting to see the autopsy report. I'll admit I never thought much about the guy, too many questions and accusations for my taste.

With all the stuff going on in the world, the sham elections in Iran, the withdrawl of troops from the urban areas in Iraq, the violence in Pakistan, North Korea bolstering their nukes with accusations against the US, what are we doing talking about Jackson nonstop?

Sorry, I just don't get it.


You saved me the trouble of writing the exact same thing!
vampyregirl - Jul 02, 2009 - 10:48 PM
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The media hasn't even begun yet!!!

Wait until they televise his funeral.......

sigh.....
littlestar - Jul 03, 2009 - 06:04 PM
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She's RIGHT !!!!...it's gonna get worse....

I can't believe they are publishing photos of his Death scene....


WARNING-DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK UNLESS YOU ARE MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE WHAT YOU SEE

There is a VID on YOUTUBE with the full MAG...
Johnny_Turbo - Jul 03, 2009 - 06:12 PM
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littlestar wrote:
She's RIGHT !!!!...it's gonna get worse....

I can't believe they are publishing photos of his Death scene....


WARNING-DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK UNLESS YOU ARE MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE WHAT YOU SEE

There is a VID on YOUTUBE with the full MAG...


All this attention on Mickey Jackson and Billy Mays gets slap chopped right into oblivion. Boy, that Gratys on me.
rdb - Jul 03, 2009 - 07:24 PM
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Well, you've got to admit that all Billy Mays was- was an obnoxious, disgusting yelling salesman (something I abhore). The reaction I have to his pitches is NOT to buy the product, not even if it seemed like the greatest thing in the world.

Michael Jackson was a singer and entertainer- a world better type of skill and employment, IMO.

Littlestar- I just read that they're talking about having memorial services in other places than California. I think media circus is a good description.
littlestar - Jul 03, 2009 - 07:32 PM
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The Staples Center is going to be a MADHOUSE on Tuesday...
and dangerous too....

as for Billy....I tend to forgive the idiosyncrasies of People Lives once they walk on...they have greater bridges to cross....
DianaG - Jul 03, 2009 - 08:18 PM
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littlestar wrote:
The Staples Center is going to be a MADHOUSE on Tuesday...
and dangerous too....

as for Billy....I tend to forgive the idiosyncrasies of People Lives once they walk on...they have greater bridges to cross....


Ditto....once they are in the GReat beyond there isn't much you can do for them....

I bet that is going to be a mad house on Tuesday...They are already getting the security beefed up and reports are starting to surface before plans are even in place that people are camping out at the Staples center in California..and I hope no one gets hurt while there...

DianaG
Paul - Jul 04, 2009 - 02:03 AM
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I don't live too far from the house Michael Jackson was renting (about 2 miles) and it's been chaos in the neighbourhood since last week. Today there makeshift memorial is still there but it seems like the throngs of fans have moved to Encino surrounding the Jackson Family compound.
DianaG - Jul 04, 2009 - 03:10 AM
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Shocked

sounds like it was a mess for every one t here for a while....

DianaG
Eviva - Jul 04, 2009 - 06:14 AM
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Media always doing that. When a well-known person died, there is a big noise about that. Everyone's crying, suddenly we hear, that everybody was his friend, everybody loved him so much - and what for is all that despair? When he was a need of their friendship, of their help,of their attention, they turned their back on him, they charged him with the worst things. Now he doesen't need their hypocritical tears and all that noise... and everybody's crying, everyone is his friend. A little late, don't You think?
shatrules - Jul 04, 2009 - 02:23 PM
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I agreed completely.
Eviva wrote:
Media always doing that. When a well-known person died, there is a big noise about that. Everyone's crying, suddenly we hear, that everybody was his friend, everybody loved him so much - and what for is all that despair? When he was a need of their friendship, of their help,of their attention, they turned their back on him, they charged him with the worst things. Now he doesen't need their hypocritical tears and all that noise... and everybody's crying, everyone is his friend. A little late, don't You think?
Debb - Jul 04, 2009 - 02:31 PM
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Since I've been camping in PEI all week and just returned late last night, I've not seen a word in print or media. But I'm not surprised.

However, Sarah Palin throwing the towel... now that raised my eyebrows.
Nostromo - Jul 04, 2009 - 04:45 PM
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Debb wrote:
Since I've been camping in PEI all week and just returned late last night, I've not seen a word in print or media. But I'm not surprised.

However, Sarah Palin throwing the towel... now that raised my eyebrows.


Welcome back. Trust you had a bonne vacance.

Palin quitting was in the cards. Sounds like a kick-back scandal is about to blow up in her face. Federal investigators have seized documents from a builder who won lucrative government construction contracts in Alaska, after building new home for Palin and reportedly supporting her in other (monetary) ways. Not to mention an unflattering article in Vanity Fair that probably cleaved her heart.

N

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/feat ... alin200908
littlestar - Jul 04, 2009 - 05:14 PM
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Oh that was a GOOD article...maybe you could add it to the thread on the other side too?
Gornman - Jul 04, 2009 - 05:29 PM
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Paul, I wouldn't be anywhere near that place come Tuesday Idea
Paul - Jul 04, 2009 - 06:56 PM
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I think I may be going to the memorial service. I'll let you guys know if I am. That will be an experience I'm sure.
DianaG - Jul 05, 2009 - 02:37 PM
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Nostromo wrote:
Debb wrote:
Since I've been camping in PEI all week and just returned late last night, I've not seen a word in print or media. But I'm not surprised.

However, Sarah Palin throwing the towel... now that raised my eyebrows.


Welcome back. Trust you had a bonne vacance.

Palin quitting was in the cards. Sounds like a kick-back scandal is about to blow up in her face. Federal investigators have seized documents from a builder who won lucrative government construction contracts in Alaska, after building new home for Palin and reportedly supporting her in other (monetary) ways. Not to mention an unflattering article in Vanity Fair that probably cleaved her heart.

N

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/feat ... alin200908



This morning the FBI and PAlin's lawyers both confirmed Palin is NOT under investigation for ANYTHING. They also gave a statement that if any one tries to post or print anything that says she is under investigation for any thing by the FBI they would be sued. Period.

DianaG
littlestar - Jul 05, 2009 - 03:54 PM
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WOW..she REALLY DOES think the World revolves around her butt
DianaG - Jul 05, 2009 - 06:49 PM
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littlestar wrote:
WOW..she REALLY DOES think the World revolves around her butt


No she is just tired of all the crap that is being printed off that are false or ethics probes that cost the person nothing to issue but it cost her MONEY that they don't have time to fart around with in court...15 ethics probes were done on her by Democrats in the last year that had a vendetta against her and all were thrown out but one that she paid in FULL for with her OWN money.

Would you like it if people were bringing ethics probes against you on your job against you that you knew were false and prove it in court but you had to pay for all those court visits and lawyers out of your own pocket...15 of them in one year....????

DianaG
littlestar - Jul 05, 2009 - 07:29 PM
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I wouldn't place myself in a position to deal with that, but EVERYONE who goes into Politics KNOWS that is part of the JOB...PERIOD. You have to be Informed and Prepared for all of the Harassment, accusations and aggravation...that's the Job.

That's all I'm saying...she ISN'T a POLITICIAN

She's quick to give others crap when she sees fit, but can't take it....
that's just a waste.

You know I'm not impressed with her, but that doesn't mean I don't respect your view...
Nostromo - Jul 05, 2009 - 07:50 PM
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DianaG wrote:
Nostromo wrote:
Debb wrote:
Since I've been camping in PEI all week and just returned late last night, I've not seen a word in print or media. But I'm not surprised.

However, Sarah Palin throwing the towel... now that raised my eyebrows.


Welcome back. Trust you had a bonne vacance.

Palin quitting was in the cards. Sounds like a kick-back scandal is about to blow up in her face. Federal investigators have seized documents from a builder who won lucrative government construction contracts in Alaska, after building new home for Palin and reportedly supporting her in other (monetary) ways. Not to mention an unflattering article in Vanity Fair that probably cleaved her heart.



http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/feat ... alin200908



This morning the FBI and PAlin's lawyers both confirmed Palin is NOT under investigation for ANYTHING. They also gave a statement that if any one tries to post or print anything that says she is under investigation for any thing by the FBI they would be sued. Period.

DianaG




Thin skin. More proof she isn't fit to lead.
N
Debb - Jul 06, 2009 - 07:59 PM
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Camping in 15 deg C weather with rain most of the time... however, we did manage to take in all but 2 of our favourite activities. Had to give up kayaking in Malpeque Bay (the waves were too high) and we skipped going to Greenwich beach for a picnic. Ate dinner twice in our tent!!

However, Canada Day was great despite it being overcast... saw 3 bands, ate Cow's ice cream, had dinner on Peakes Quay as well as our usual lobster fest at Richard's in Covehead Harbor. Did much hiking in the Stanhope national park and a lot of beachcombing on Stanhope beach. Had fabulous luncheon at the Dunes in Brackley Beach and we saw Transformers II at Brackley Beach drivein (Star Trek was also on the bill but Sarah was getting tired.)

Took lots of photographs, had campfire cookouts (including the biggest scallops ever fresh from Covehead) when it didn't rain (thank heavens for that Coleman stove...), roasted marshmellows and explored the Delvay beach area. We rented a caravan but were upgraded to a Buick Enclave with 2600 free km. We brought it back 1 km over the limit!! 20c extra. The satellite XM was great during those radio neverlands from Trois Rivieres through to Moncton... llistened to a lot of comedy...

"ain't nothing longer than a Canadian highway..."




Nostromo wrote:
Debb wrote:
Since I've been camping in PEI all week and just returned late last night, I've not seen a word in print or media. But I'm not surprised.

However, Sarah Palin throwing the towel... now that raised my eyebrows.


Welcome back. Trust you had a bonne vacance.

Palin quitting was in the cards. Sounds like a kick-back scandal is about to blow up in her face. Federal investigators have seized documents from a builder who won lucrative government construction contracts in Alaska, after building new home for Palin and reportedly supporting her in other (monetary) ways. Not to mention an unflattering article in Vanity Fair that probably cleaved her heart.

N

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/feat ... alin200908
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