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Jennifer D. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:04:07 -0000

Ashton Kucher. What a genius. Jesus.

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BreakerBaker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:41:49 -0000

I didn't mean that she wasted her life. I meant that it's depressing that somebody who had a career that spanned four decades was forever dogged by a role she played for less than a year in her 20s. That even today, the first line of her obit has to refer to her as a Charlie's Angel. You may not find that depressing. I do.

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LCrawfty — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:30 -0000

Thanks for pointing this out, it also reminds me of Susanne Sommers who's husband/manager basically convinced her to leave "Three's Company" because she wasnt getting paid enough, meaning he wasnt getting paid enough, and she could go off and be a big movie star. You could look at these stories and see them as relics of another era, but they really prove the impact of feminism.

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Tim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:14 -0000

If that's depressing, then what should I make of my eventual demise? Chances are, few if any people will remember any of my professional accomplishments. That's not a 'pity me' statement, it's just that I don't think of my life as being about my work.

Who knows? Maybe she did get the larger prize, just not the one she was looking for in 1979. I hope so.

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sv — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:20:32 -0000

And, during this particular extended episode, the governor seriously shirked his duties to the people of his state, so it isn't entirely private anyway.

What i meant is just that i can imagine some personal stuff about myself becoming public, and although i don't think i'd be very angry with people for looking into it if i were a prominent and/or public figure responsible to lots of members of the public, i also would cringe at something that personal being made public. i didn't need to see the man's love letters to his mistress - i was being a bit of a gossip.

okay, i'm over it. it's not that big of a deal. it's out there, i looked at it. anyway hope they all turn out okay.

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BreakerBaker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:17:33 -0000

She was only on that show for a year. Left the show with an eye on the larger prize. Thirty-five years later, she's principly remembered for that one season of work. That's depressing.

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BreakerBaker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:13:09 -0000

Personally, I've never been big on respecting the private lives of politicians.

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peep — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:13:02 -0000

Farrah Fawcett dies. This bit from her obit is amazing to me

She appeared in four episodes of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” whose star, Lee Majors, she had married in 1973. When Ms. Fawcett was cast on “Charlie’s Angels,” she had a clause written into her contract that allowed her to leave the set every day in time to prepare dinner for Mr. Majors.

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Josh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:12:39 -0000

Sorry about that, I remembered some sort of head explosion, but you're right.

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cdev — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:11:47 -0000

Hmm...I'm thinking something...Mark Sanford, perhaps subconsciously, did what he did in response to the stresses of his political potential - this was an act of self-sabotage as a means of self-preservation.

To wit: review mentally our current President's personal dilemma at being now, irrevocably, a citizen stripped of many of the many most basic and personal merits that American freedom affords. Seemingly this condition will persist until his demise, natural or otherwise.

Anyone?

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sv — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:08:06 -0000

i feel bad having read that, it wasn't for my eyes. i admit i went to TPM and read them and even tried to find a picture of the woman. ugh. what am i doing. i dont even have a connection to SC. not saying the man's actions weren't very wrong in a number of ways, just saying that i violated the golden rule on this one.

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BreakerBaker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:54:30 -0000

I know! Unless by the Cosby Show he's also including A Different World. I mean, the connection there is pretty obvious: Show debuts in 1987. Obama enrolls at Harvard Law in 1988.

I've also got a whole slew of facts that prove Abraham Lincoln killed John Kennedy. Did you know that both their vice presidents were named Johnson!?!?!

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D-Sel — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:50:33 -0000

As usual, the Onion got here first.

http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/do_we_really_want_another_black

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BreakerBaker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:45:09 -0000

I think it has to be pointed out that, while a bit too showy (no doubt to impress the lovely, dear Maria), Mark Sanford's prose is occasionally kind of nice in those emails.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:44:56 -0000

Totally. And it's fucking moronic and unoriginal. How many people have said this now? It's sort of lazy-ass insight that people who talk too much think of as original.

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dmf — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:40:31 -0000

A. Coulter may be predicting, hoping?, that Obama is literally attacked by folks from the left but she must have missed this bit of prophecy:

[Wiley] Drake [former SBC second vice president] said June 2 on "The Alan Colmes Show" that unless Obama repents, he is praying that God will kill the president. Drake said he believes that is what happened to slain abortion provider George Tiller, who was shot to death while attending church in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday, May 31.

Describing the interview on "The Wiley Drake Show" on Crusade Radio June 3, Drake said Colmes invited him on the program because someone had asked him about his initial response to news that Tiller had died.

"I've been a Baptist pastor for a long time, been in the pro-life fight, been face-to-face with Tiller, told him about Jesus, and I've seen many, many others tell him about Jesus over and over and over again," Drake said. "And I've seen horrific things that go on in those death abortuaries -- and that's what they are -- and so my initial response to those people, they said, 'Well what was your response,' and I said, 'Well, in all honesty I have to just respond directly and say I am glad that he's dead.'"

In the Fox interview, Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., called Obama "a usurper" and claimed he is "not an American-born citizen." Challenged for referring to the president as "B. Hussein Obama," Drake denied calling him that because it makes him sound like a Muslim. "I call him that because it's his name," Drake insisted.

Accused of holding views on the fringe of American culture, Drake acknowledged: "It is a fringe point of view, and I take that as a badge of honor. I am on the fringe."

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Col. Mike — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:33:08 -0000

Let's not forget President Camacho!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnve-2iyRgM

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LCrawfty — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:27:05 -0000

That makes as much sense as "That 70's Show" paving the way for teenagers smoking pot in their basements.

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Col. Mike — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:24:28 -0000

For the record, Michael Ironside did not explode at the end of Scanners. He merely absorbed his brother/foe's nervous system.

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Dave — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:22:42 -0000

Wasn't Morgan Freeman president in the crappy movie "Deep Impact?" Didn't that movie come out before "24?"

Le Sigh.

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CK — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:14:31 -0000

Robin Givhan of the Washington Post wrote an article about Michelle Obama and Claire Huxtable. It's interesting and related to your head explosion: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061803999.html

Also, Denis Haysbert - who played David Palmer on 24 - claimed that his role as the black president on 24 paved the way for Barack Obama:

As far as the public is concerned, it did open up their minds and their hearts a little bit to the notion that if the right man came along… that a black man could be president of the United States.

Let that sink in for a second!

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Polywogy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:03:10 -0000

I've been thinking about the story of the two mothers in "Every Black Man's Eyes" and the comments about it. (I tend to read these things too late and by the time I get there everyone has moved on.) I'm thinking about the difference between "human" and "humane" - both of which often seem to be referred to as "humanity." I think when I read TNC's post, I was thinking "human" (i.e. what we are, warts and all) but perhaps others might read it as what I would call "humane" (an aspiration of humans to be the best part of ourselves). If history tells us anything, it is that people are sometimes humane and sometimes inhumane -- and both are very much part of being human.

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Josh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:31 -0000

Last night, on Twitter, Ashton Kucher said that, in many ways, the Cosby Show paved the way for Barack Obama. My head exploded like Michael Ironside at the end of Scanners.

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HintonHelper — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:53:37 -0000

I ate way too many Stallone Cuts on my third coffee break...