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According to a transcript released early, Ferguson began his monologue by saying how tonights show was going to be a little bit different. Obviously the news of today is so horrendous that it would seem insensitive at best to say Its a great day for America, so I wont be starting the show with that tonight. he said. Is anyone else sick of this sh**? I seem to have to say that too often.
People say to me Craig, your job is to make people laugh at the end of the day. And I think, yes, thats true, but Ive never professed to be any damn good at that. And, the thing is, people want their mind taken off it. And I think, well ok, if you want your mind taken off it, you know, watch a cartoon or a video or something. I understand it, its perfectly acceptable. I dont think its a terrible thing to not want to think about it, but I cant not think about it.
Also, I have a personal connection with the city of Boston. I have some history there. I have family there. When I became an American citizen in 2008, I spoke at Faneuil Hall on July 4, at the invitation of Tommy Menino who is the mayor of Boston, and one of the more colorful characters in American politics . Ive been there for the Fourth of July many times and every cop in Boston looks like Im his brother My first stand up special in America, I shot it in Boston. I like that town. Im appalled by this thing and when I watch it on these streets that I know, its horrifying.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/15/craig-ferguson-on-boston-attack-is-anyone-else-sick-of-this-sh/
KT2000
(20,583 posts)he informed the people who hired him that he had to tell the truth - and he does.
Cha
(297,285 posts)heart.
olddots
(10,237 posts)crim son
(27,464 posts)And he appears to be a human being as well.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)Friend.
ffr
(22,670 posts)I'm already wondering if it was someone protesting the tax deadline or someone that didn't make the cut for the marathon or some combination of haters after athletes or Boston & taxes or tea parties...
Hug the ones you love and make every moment count. You never know what's coming next.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)I thought they would run a repeat.
Love Craig.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Not suggesting that any bombing is worse than any other. Or that this is less devastating than a hellfire missile hitting a funeral, or just a home. But, if one is "sick of this shit", can't they at least acknowledge that, well, the US visits this shit on others on a daily basis and refuses to even admit it does it?
This bombing might not have anything to do with the ME.
I hope the perpetrators are found, convicted, and sentenced.
But more than that, I hope that all countries and organizations that involve themselves with that shit - STOP - because it's an endless round of repercussions.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)I think of all the ways to harm and maim other human beings, a remote detonated bomb is the most cowardly imaginable. Its also the sickest and most perverse. Somewhere, in the moments after those blasts, there was someone, another human being, that triggered the destruction - from a safe distance - to get some kind of sick, twisted sense of fulfillment from the act. They probably were ecstatic as the chaos reigned and the screams filled the streets.
When that person (or persons) is caught, I hope that they are brought to true justice and forced to live with the consequences of their decision. I hope that they are spared nothing but death. The responsible parties to these acts of cowardice do not deserve a quick death or a humane one. They deserve to die of illness, painful, slow and malignant...the same as their souls.
delrem
(9,688 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Suck it up, or change the entire world.
delrem
(9,688 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)I doubt they just "sucked it up" and I know they didn't change the entire world.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)At one point or another, any Empire can no longer rule their world.
Ask the Greeks or the Romans or the Nazis or the English.
And, soon, ask us and in a few years, the Chinese (again)
Empire comes before the fall.
Kinda like pride.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)but eventually, everything falls.
Kinda like life.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)crim son
(27,464 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)There is no way to please some critics.
ecstatic
(32,707 posts)There are no words. Some sick asshole(s) turned what was supposed to be a triumphant event into a tragedy. I'm becoming less sad and more furious with each new incident.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)His rant on how these are terrorists and not soldiers risking their lives in some grand scheme was spot on.
Reminded me of why I like the man. Thanks for the heads-up.