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| Aug 3rd, 2005 07:21 PM | ||
| kahljorn | A letter writing campaign would be great, just send a letter to every senator or something bitching about how horrible President bush is and the rest of the government. spread the addresses around the internet. Most people are probably too lazy, though. | |
| Aug 3rd, 2005 04:40 PM | ||
| Preechr |
How many times do I have to tell you? Activism is for schmucks! The only thing that produces any sort of real, tangible results is posting one's opinion on the inner-net. I push a button, and my deepest, most heart-felt emoticons are forever enshrined within the hallowed archives of I-Mockery, to be treasured and cherished by all. Now THAT's doing something. Dick Cheney can kiss my ass. HAH! |
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| Aug 3rd, 2005 04:33 PM | ||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
I think that concern is one in the same. I know, hell, we all know that there is something MUCH more important to report on when we see a cable news station covering every white female who goes missing somewhere. What do you want, a letter writing campaign? 
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| Aug 3rd, 2005 04:02 PM | ||
| Preechr |
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Isn't that why we enshrined freedom of the press in the Constitution? I think rather than wonder why the media has taken to serving the LCD viewer while abandoning it's intended mission we should be worried about what's being allowed to happen while the press is asleep at the wheel, blitz-covering random minutia. But that's just me. |
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| Jul 28th, 2005 04:17 AM | ||
| Schwinny |
They're bringing the topic up again. Whoever went missing in Aruba is supposedely dead, and they want us to care more by brining it back up with evidence that we could care less about. |
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| Jul 27th, 2005 01:35 AM | ||
| Yggdrasill |
Now that I know who she was I wish I could forget about it but I know now i'll never forget her. She was a beautiful, strong, funny, outgoing, cheerleading honor roll all in one.  She actually looks like someone I would hate in real life so I hope they find her alive but disfigured. |
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| Jul 26th, 2005 08:11 PM | ||
| ScruU2wice |
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| Jul 26th, 2005 04:57 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Jul 26th, 2005 12:38 PM | ||
| GAsux |
You know I'm confident that that girl is either dead or being forced into prostitution in a third world country somewhere. But from the start, I'm confused about the whole thing. If Ms. Alabama was on a high school trip with adult chapperone's etc, why was she out until all hours of the night, completely unsupervised, drinking, etc? I don't understand why not a single word has been said about the morality or wisdom of allowing your teenage daughter to go on an essentially unsupervies trip to a foreign country to a resort destination known for its party atmosphere. As a parent myself, there is no way in hell I would let my daughter even go on that kind of trip. Whatever happened to family get togethers or a trip to Disneworld for graduation? Who sends their teenage daughter to a Girls Gone Wild destination, completely unsupervised? |
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| Jul 25th, 2005 09:29 PM | ||
| Yggdrasill | People go missing all the time. Is she like important or something? I always change the channel when I see Missing in Aruba in the news. | |
| Jul 25th, 2005 07:25 PM | ||
| KevinTheOmnivore | So that girl is still missing in Aruba, and it's still a crisis to Fox News and Joe Scarborough. | |
| Jun 25th, 2005 12:20 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Jun 23rd, 2005 05:50 PM | ||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
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I just fear this becoming a political thing. See I think this can become a polarizing issue. I have a great deal of faith in the partisans with microphones. Will this be a Willie Horton type of issue? Will each party have to take a "position" on where they stand on people being absolutely safe, 24/7, in their gated little communities....? I prefered the sharks. |
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| Jun 23rd, 2005 05:04 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Jun 23rd, 2005 05:03 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Jun 23rd, 2005 03:36 PM | ||
| The One and Only... |
These types of stories are covered because the media likes to focus attention on individuals. It makes the stories more personal. It's kinda like when Stalin said that a single death is a tragedy, and a million deaths is a statistic. People just don't quite care as much when they can't attach themselves, and that means a drop in the one thing the media really cares about: ratings. |
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| Jun 23rd, 2005 02:26 PM | ||
| Yggdrasill | That's the last time I stay up all night listening to the DVD commentary that is oh so full of info. Insomnia + DVD commentary = insanity | |
| Jun 23rd, 2005 12:37 PM | ||
| Emu | What? | |
| Jun 23rd, 2005 11:25 AM | ||
| Yggdrasill |
Here in Idaho there was a triple homocide with two children kidnapped(I'm sure they were killed elsewhere) this summer. The news interviewed a family member who was in prison and that was the end of that. But yay! They are still missing, more news to come i'm sure. I can't believe they were looking for that boy scout for so long because he kept hiding! *BREAKING NEWS* The letters b, c, d, j, q, w, x, y, and z are currently missing in the samoan alphabet. Michael Jackson could not be reached for comment. But in real news a girl almost got abducted I think yesterday in Oregon. She's ok but at least she got flashed to make the story more juicy. Just remembered, my step mom once lectured me once about child abductions and such. She did it in a warning way like "Don't you be doing none of that!" holy crap i'm still typing ok i'll stop i'm so sleepy. |
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| Jun 23rd, 2005 01:15 AM | ||
| ScruU2wice | summer of the shark | |
| Jun 22nd, 2005 11:58 PM | ||
| El Blanco | Feel free to go fuck yourself. | |
| Jun 22nd, 2005 11:22 PM | ||
| KevinTheOmnivore | Maybe Tampa should sign DeJean..... | |
| Jun 22nd, 2005 03:47 PM | ||
| El Blanco | Off the fucking Devil Rays. And they gave up 11. Randy Johnson got chased by the fourth. | |
| Jun 22nd, 2005 03:42 PM | ||
| GAsux |
You can't hardly turn on the tv without catching something about little Ms. Teen America who tragically met her demise, probably anyway, wihle going on an unsupervised trip to a resort island full of alcohol and dirty humping. My parents wouldn't have let me stay in our own home alone overnight when I was 17, much less pay to fly me to a tropical island where I could drink and fuck all I wanted without having to worry about anyone telling me what to do. If that girl was black, or fat, no one would be talking about what a tragedy it is, they wouldn't be sending search parties all over the island, etc. They'd say, damn, that sure sucked. Anyway, the Yankess scored 18 runs in an inning last night...... |
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| Jun 22nd, 2005 03:33 PM | ||
| AChimp |
You gotta find someone who's only interested in dueling banjos with you. 
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