Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 15:06:48 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote in news:Xns96C36334BEEB8joiwhnanri@66.26.32.8: > weirdwolf wrote in > news:Xns96C32B9A985F9r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: > >> John Iwaniszek wrote in >> news:Xns96C2E940491E7joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>> news:Xns96C2DACBD390Ejoiwhnanri@ 66.26.32.8: >>>> >>>>> It's time he was plastinated and put on a shelf. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Why? >>>> I mean give us a clue, I don't even get Brit tv let alone whatever >>>> passes >>>> for entertainment over there. >>>> Ted >>>> >>> >>> Have you ever seen the Martin Short parody of a talk-show host? LK >>> is indistinguishable from the parody. >> >> Oh dear, I've not seen the sketch,(never ben to impressed with >> short,) >> but I think I can have a guess at the contents. >> >>> It would be funny if he wasn't >>> asking shell shocked Katrina survivors what they plan to do with the >>> rest of their lives. It's only been 1 day. These people fled with >>> the clothes on their back. They can barely conprehend how to find >>> their next meal, much less what they are going to do 6 months from >>> now. >> >> I see somebody stated that it was America's tsunami. I know people >> have >> been killed and homes lost but blimey over react much? I know hundred >> odd dead but there was warning and the U.S. has a hell of a lot better >> response and rebuilding facilities. >> Ted >> >> >> > > The people I've heard quoted saying that are people who were directly > affected, so I hesitate to judge. > They are still alive. When they are going up and down the beaches for days afterwards picking up the corpses of their family and neighbours like a chap I talk to perhaps I might see their point. > There well probably be thousands, if not tens of thousands, dead from > this. It's not on the scale of the tsunami, but there's no arguing that > it's bad. Ah forgive me for being a heartless bastard but I gave little sympathy for the terminally stupid. They had warnings in advance and shelters and the opportunity to fuck off. Just what is it that makes people think it's a good idea to stay and look after your widescreen tv in the face of a category 5 storm? It won't be thousands, a few hundred maybe. Still a shitty thing to happen but people will rebuild and get over it. > Meanwhile, Dear Leader found time to cavort with a stringed instrument > while Orleans drowned: > > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/capm10208301856 > I could quite easily see him playing "the tide is high" by blondie... but I see him more as a beach boys fan. So what numbers are you going to pick John? Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .