primitive causes a flood; upsets Bostonian Drunkard's mother

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3464831

Oh my.  The things primitives think about.

Seen the light  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:46 PM
Original message

How many days would tributes to Skinner or Will Pitt flood DU if they died suddenly?
   
I have a feeling that the forum would practically have to shut down for days because of the number of people expressing their condolences for their fellow DUer.

So why would that be fine, but it's outrageous and ridiculous for NBC News to devote several days worth of coverage to a well-known personality on their network that they worked with for years? A personality that was loved by millions of people across the country?

Oh wait, both things would be fine and there are just an incredible number of rude assholes that practically make DU intolerable when someone well-known dies that they had some beef with.

It's a fairly large bonfire, so only primitives of prominence, with the original posting primitive, not a primitive of prominence, tossed in:

trumad  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:47 PM
Response to Original message

1. Because they're not hacks.
   
Nuff said.

Besides---I thought Pitt was dead?

trumad  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:49 PM
Response to Reply #2

7. Andy wasn't a hack.

nadinbrzezinski  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:48 PM
Response to Original message

3. 9.11, sorry we cannot respond, we are in mourning

sorry, but they usually have a duty to cover something strange, that most muricans have forgotten

They just told you that you, aka the little people, don't matter

Seen the light  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:51 PM
Response to Reply #8

10. I agree but...
   
The sheer volume of threads on people whining and crying about how horrible the media is for continuing to cover this story WAY outweighs any overboard coverage networks like MSNBC have given the Russert death imo.

Seems like there's a couple of dozen threads I've read about it just today...

trumad  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:52 PM
Response to Reply #10

11. Whining...
   
I gues if the truth is whining...count me in.

Seen the light  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:55 PM
Response to Reply #11

16. Is it REALLY that big of a deal?
   
The same people whining about the media overexposing the Russert death have practically crippled parts of DU over the past few days.

Shouldn't we be focused on, gee, I don't know, things like electing Barack Obama to President instead of obsessing over the media obsession story?

seemslikeadream  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 05:55 PM
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15. DID THEY LIED US INTO A WAR DID THEY CONSPIRE TO KEEP THE TRUTH FROM US?
   
ARE THEY NATIONALY KNOWN "JOURNALISTS" WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE US UNBIAS INFORMATION, DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE LYING SONS OF A BITCH? WHAT THE **** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

seemslikeadream  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:06 PM
Response to Reply #19

22. Sorry peace13 for yelling
   
I can't believe someone would pose such a stupid question, when Skinner Elad and Earl have given us the opportunity to discuss how evil the M$M is. And the chance to find the truth cause we sure wouldn't have found it on the TV or from Mr. Tim

jah bless i and i

after which some really stupid flashing icon

Raven  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:07 PM
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23. LISTEN TO ME! JUST ****ING LISTEN TO ME!!!!!
   
I am Will Pitt's mother. I don't love to see posts about his death...but..,.I will tell you what I would do if he passed away and I was still on this earth (God forbid). There would be none of this self masterbating shit, none of it. I would ask folks who loved him or respected him to turn their grief into action...to do something, anything, to make this Country the place he wanted it to be. NO TESTIMONIALS. NO TEARFUL REMEMBERANCES, just a little action, that it. And, if somebody wanted to say something about him, I would ask them to write it and send it to me. I think Will would be happy with this. And now, I am sufficiently creeped out...I think we should go on to the more pressing things facing us.

PS:I have a feeling, or hope this is true, that Tim Russert's wife had no say in the spectacle that we have witnessed.

seemslikeadream  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:19 PM
Response to Reply #23

26. I am so sorry you had to witness this
   
Absolutly uncalled for, I think the thread should be deleted

Love and peace to you

after which another really stupid blinking icon

Seen the light  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:51 PM
Response to Reply #23

35. My apologies
   
I was just trying to think of well-known members of this community and your son popped to mind.

I didn't mean to offend you or make you uncomfortable or anyone else that knows him.

Raven  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:55 PM
Response to Reply #35

38. I wasn't offended, I was trying to get a point across about constructive mourning although I admit it creeped me out a bit because you just don't like to think about those things. But absolutely no offense taken. I understand your point and I was trying to make my own.

annabanana  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 07:37 PM
Response to Reply #38

43. You are a 100% doll.
   
I would love to bump into you in person some day.

seemslikeadream  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:23 PM
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28. This thread should be dleted or locked
   
This is ****ing out of line

WilliamPitt  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 07:41 PM
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44. Everyone would have three business days to speak their piece.

You know, I "heard" on the grapevine some time ago that the Bostonian Drunkard's voice is changing.

And then only a few days ago I saw the same news on the internet.

Anybody know if this is true?

[JohnnyReb]

You know, I "heard" on the grapevine some time ago that the Bostonian Drunkard's voice is changing.

Well.......is it smoking, drugs, booze or hormones causing that?

[Ralph Wiggum]

You know, I "heard" on the grapevine some time ago that the Bostonian Drunkard's voice is changing.

Well.......is it smoking, drugs, booze or hormones causing that?

Being hit by a brick? 

 

[RobJohnson]

44. Everyone would have three business days to speak their piece.

 

[franksolich]

Well.......is it smoking, drugs, booze or hormones causing that?

I have it on medical authority that when one reaches middle age, having drank too much and smoked too much, it changes the voice, weakens it.  Apparently it's noticeable.

[Dixie*Darling]

...

You know, I "heard" on the grapevine some time ago that the Bostonian Drunkard's voice is changing.

And then only a few days ago I saw the same news on the internet.

Anybody know if this is true?

Finally going through puberty?  Should last three business days ...

[Wineslob]

Well.......is it smoking, drugs, booze or hormones causing that?

I have it on medical authority that when one reaches middle age, having drank too much and smoked too much, it changes the voice, weakens it.  Apparently it's noticeable.

I may actually have a friend who, without knowing it, is confirming this.
I've known him since the late 70's. All that time he's always smoked. Drunk to excess, etc.... It's led to a rather un-glorious life. He's probably been through, spent recklessly actually, well over a million dollars....cash, on booze (Scotch is a fav), women (the kind that take your money and run), etc. He now has nothing to show for it. Except for one thing. When he occasionally calls me, his voice has changed. It's now whispy, and weak sounding. Might be an explaination?

[franksolich]

I may actually have a friend who, without knowing it, is confirming this.

I've known him since the late 70's. All that time he's always smoked. Drunk to excess, etc.... It's led to a rather un-glorious life. He's probably been through, spent recklessly actually, well over a million dollars....cash, on booze (Scotch is a fav), women (the kind that take your money and run), etc. He now has nothing to show for it. Except for one thing. When he occasionally calls me, his voice has changed. It's now whispy, and weak sounding.

Might be an explaination?

According to medical authority, it probably is.

Too much booze weakens the voice, and remember, the Bostonian Drunkard being middle-aged now, has downed quite a bit.

I was under the impression such a voice might sound weakly guttural and raspy, but not being able to hear, I have no idea.

Surely there's somebody around who's heard the Bostonian Drunkard, before and now.

[Chris_]

Raven  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-16-08 06:07 PM
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23. LISTEN TO ME! JUST ****ING LISTEN TO ME!!!!!
   
I am Will Pitt's mother. I don't love to see posts about his death...but..,.I will tell you what I would do if he passed away and I was still on this earth (God forbid). There would be none of this self masterbating shit, none of it. I would ask folks who loved him or respected him to turn their grief into action...to do something, anything, to make this Country the place he wanted it to be. NO TESTIMONIALS. NO TEARFUL REMEMBERANCES, just a little action, that it. And, if somebody wanted to say something about him, I would ask them to write it and send it to me. I think Will would be happy with this. And now, I am sufficiently creeped out...I think we should go on to the more pressing things facing us.

PS:I have a feeling, or hope this is true, that Tim Russert's wife had no say in the spectacle that we have witnessed.

WTF???

No wonder the Boston Drunkard is so screwed up in the head.  I can almost picture the environment that poor SOB (emphasis on B) grew up in.  She is undoubtedly one of those self-absorbed long-gray hair hags that is clinging to a few years, 40 years ago, of borderline importance.  She no doubt inculcated this into the BD from his childhood and infused him with a sense of Self Importance, despite the fact he has never done anything of substance and is still just a substiture HS teacher.

I can't imagine my Mom (God rest her soul) even THINKING like this much less saying it out loud (as it were).

I have a new sympathy for the BD.

[Chris_]

And, she is too stupid to spell masturbate correctly.

She was too busy looking at her son's picture and doing it to spell it correctly.

[BlueStateSaint]

And, she is too stupid to spell masturbate correctly.

Strangely, this is the first thing that I caught, too . . .  :innocent: