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Offline Tess Anderson

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Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« on: July 25, 2012, 12:39:21 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021008952

New in the sense that she was watching tv and this is the first time she's ever heard that:

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 Sports, the new opiate of the people
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Yup...

Just heard this on Current.

But reality is...people who love sports and fanatically follow LeBron James, nothing wrong with that...don't know jack of what goes on in the country and affects their lives.

This is not everybody, not by far...but we have all met friends or relatives, or both...who can regale you with stats...ask them about the ACA...go ahead...you know this and I know this. This is a perfect description.

(On tv...tell me when was the last time you heard this from a talking head? Quite frankly don't remember)

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1. New?

Old news
then she lapses into ebonics:
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71. That's why it caught my attention

Mind you, that was Current, so it almost be like it was never said due to actual reach. 
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2012, 01:27:51 PM »
I don't know why nads keeps posting. she gets beat up with every inane post.

She has got to be mentally ill. Bad attention is better than no attention. She seems to thrive on the abuse.
Just another example of why the DUmp is the DUmp.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2012, 02:50:02 PM »
Jesus that wasn't news even when the Romans were tossing Christians into the pits in the Colosseum. She must wake up every morning and think someone changes the big light bulb in the sky overnight.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2012, 02:52:03 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on July 25, 2012, 01:27:51 PM
I don't know why nads keeps posting. she gets beat up with every inane post.

She has got to be mentally ill. Bad attention is better than no attention. She seems to thrive on the abuse.
Just another example of why the DUmp is the DUmp.

Maybe she likes the attention. No matter how negative it is.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2012, 04:50:41 PM »
Dear History professor,

Sports have always been a distraction.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2012, 05:58:44 PM »
Quote from: jukin on July 25, 2012, 04:50:41 PM
Dear History professor,

Sports have always been a distraction.


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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2012, 09:24:24 PM »
On the contrary, observing professional sports has been quite enlightening for me.

For example, being a fan of the Columbus Blue Jackets has given me a clear picture on what it means to be a spectacular failure, like certain politicians ***ahem***.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2012, 10:21:47 PM »
Actually I enjoy the Olympics every time it comes around. I have an appreciation (coming within a hairs breadth of going to the Atlanta games myself) for all the hard work and sacrifice that it took just to get there. Something a primitive could never understand.

Also the games have always been peaceful with the tragic exception in 1972 and we all know who was responsible for that.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2012, 10:24:31 PM »
As I recall it was Marx that said "religion is the opiate of the masses".
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2012, 11:13:12 PM »
Current is still on the air? Wow...now I know of one of the 5 people who watch it.

I laughed when the Green Planet channel went from showing eco-friendly shows to becoming "Destination America" with shows like "The United States of Bacon".

Dirty hippies.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2012, 04:39:04 AM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on July 25, 2012, 11:13:12 PM
Current is still on the air? Wow...now I know of one of the 5 people who watch it.

I laughed when the Green Planet channel went from showing eco-friendly shows to becoming "Destination America" with shows like "The United States of Bacon".

Dirty hippies.

MMMMMMMMMMMM!

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Speaking of dirty hippies, is "Whale Wars" still on?
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2012, 05:59:19 AM »
Quote from: diesel driver on July 26, 2012, 04:39:04 AM
MMMMMMMMMMMM!

BACON!   :drool:   :yum:

Another good thing about bacon, it wards off  :mo: like garlic to Dracula.   :lmao:

Speaking of dirty hippies, is "Whale Wars" still on?
I think it is. My family's banned from watching it, though. I have some say so.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2012, 08:34:39 AM »
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Sports, the new opiate of the people

Is that so?  Cause I'm ready for some college football opiate to start pretty soon now.  :cheersmate:

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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2012, 08:40:57 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on July 25, 2012, 10:24:31 PM
As I recall it was Marx that said "religion is the opiate of the masses".

He did, but now I think that entertainment is the opiate of the masses.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2012, 08:53:59 AM »
She has almost everyone but her devout followers like FWWM, and Sabrina1 on that infamous Iggy list. Don't know how she can actually like the negative attention when she doesn't see it.

Although, I would assume she peobably looks at the posts anyway. Can't resist. I don't put anyone on ignore. It's too distracting.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2012, 09:07:00 AM »
DU, the opiate of the nadin.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2012, 03:18:13 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on July 26, 2012, 09:07:00 AM
DU, the opiate of the nadin.
It acts more like an amphetamine to nads.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2012, 04:14:48 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on July 26, 2012, 03:18:13 PM
It acts more like an amphetamine to nads.

Naw, more like PCP.   :lmao:
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2012, 08:09:25 PM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on July 26, 2012, 05:59:19 AM
I think it is. My family's banned from watching it, though. I have some say so.

For the love of God, why? Those seagoing hippies are lucky they aren't chum yet. I'm just waiting for the day all that concentrated stupid catches up with them and they all either drown or freeze.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2012, 09:04:23 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on July 26, 2012, 08:09:25 PM
For the love of God, why? Those seagoing hippies are lucky they aren't chum yet. I'm just waiting for the day all that concentrated stupid catches up with them and they all either drown or freeze.
I just can't take them.

I mean, how radical to you have to be to get kicked out of Greenpeace? That's like being too much of an anarchist for ELF.
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2012, 09:06:46 PM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on July 26, 2012, 09:04:23 PM
I mean, how radical to you have to be to get kicked out of Greenpeace? That's like being too much of an anarchist for ELF.
Or being too gay for San Francisco. :rofl:
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Re: Nadin: "Sports, the new opiate of the people "
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2012, 09:45:22 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on July 26, 2012, 09:06:46 PM
Or being too gay for San Francisco. :rofl:
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