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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:14 PM
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Bill Cosby accused of sexual assault
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 05:53 PM by Bluebear
Canadian woman says he gave her pills to knock her out and fondled her.

WHDH news/Boston

on edit:
"In a statement from Cosby's publicist, Cosby's attorney said, "the charges are categorically false and we have no further comment."
Another attorney for Cosby said the comedian hasn't been contacted by police and if he is, he will cooperate. According to event organizers, Cosby canceled a planned appearance in Cleveland today, citing undisclosed personal reasons."


details here...

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4113118/detail.html?rss=phi&psp=news
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:14 PM
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1. link please
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mrstick Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:14 PM
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2. This is like the 4,000 time, I frankly don't care
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:15 PM
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5. OK sorry I hadn't seen it reported
So sorry.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:17 PM
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9. I haven't seen it reported anywhere
So I don't know what that poster is talking about.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:18 PM
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12. Phew.
The TV news broke in with breaking news. I thought amongst all the hooplah over the King I had missed it.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:17 PM
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11. So you're spreading malicious rumours?
That's all I can figure.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:19 PM
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16. I had thought I was better thought of here
The news reported it. It is out there, and thought people would be interested. I shan't make the mistake again.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:22 PM
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22. You're fine Bluebear
People just have to be rude. You posted it exactly the way that it should be posted. Not in LBN, but in GD where it can be discussed until more facts are known.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:25 PM
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24. You just said you hadn't seen it reported.
Now you say the news reported it.

??????????
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:27 PM
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27. Lay off me will you
Does my original post mention a news source? Yes. Do I want it to be true? No.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:31 PM
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33. I was looking for a LINK. I missed your news source in doing so.
I am sorry.

But I saw two contradictory statements from you, even if that's not how you meant it.

It was apparently a misunderstanding.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:33 PM
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37. Good deal
When I said I hadn't seen it reported I was responding to someone who said it was the "4000th" time.

The allegations are serious what with the drugs and all. It sounds fishy to me but there it is.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:27 PM
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28. Good Lord
What is the problem? Must they spell out every single word? In other words, they hadn't seen it reported before now after someone else had said it was like the 4,000th time. Good gracious.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:32 PM
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34. Can I misunderstand one person at a time, please?
Bluebear's doing a fine job explaining himself to me.

Thank you.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:33 PM
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38. I'm glad you all straightened it out
Bluebear and I posted at the same time.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:35 PM
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39. Now let's all have a beer.
:toast:
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candy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:43 PM
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50. I heard it too---CH 7,Boston about 25 minutes ago.n/t
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:15 PM
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3. Seriously?
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:15 PM
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4. Another Rethug groper
Ironic, isn't it? Seems, more often than not, that it's the party of so-called moral values (or the people who belong to it) that turn out to be immoral and unethical. :evilgrin:

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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:16 PM
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7. Actually he's a Democrat.
Also, this story has no merrit!
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:20 PM
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17. I Remember Him In 00 Campaigning In WV With Al Gore...
Doing his best to rescue the state for US...
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:26 PM
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26. He's a DINO, IMO
Conservative, at best.

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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:30 PM
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32. Why Is He A DINO?
Is he anti choice?

Is he anti gay rights?


Is he anti afffirmative action?
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:36 PM
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41. he's pro status quo
and that's enough for me.

Really, I don't ask that anyone believe what I believe about him, just stating my opinion.

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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:32 PM
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35. Hardly
Prosecutors didn't seek the death penalty for his son's killer because Cosby asked them not to. That's not something even a lot of liberals would do. He's no conservative.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:36 PM
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43. I Guess He's A DINO Because He Believes Folks Should
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 05:37 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
Conform To Middle Class Norms...


But by that definition Dennis Kucinich is a DINO
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:50 PM
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51. what can I say...
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 05:53 PM by ixion
I'm a non-conformist. :-)

Am I pro Middle Class values (whatever that means)?


Nope, I guess you could say I'm not.

I think it's fine that people want to live like that, just don't force me to.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 06:08 PM
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55. Be who you want to be, just CONFORM to getting your facts straight.
Pretty please :-)
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 06:21 PM
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56. okay, I'll say this again
it is MY OPINION (not a fact).

I base that opinion on things I've read about him, particularly when he was on the Cosby Show, but there's so much more.

Maybe he's not a registered repug, but I don't consider him progressive.

An individualist, yes, and for that I respect him.

Again, MY OPINION, to which I am entitled, right or wrong.

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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 02:59 PM
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60. Well, the Cos' prefers to attack black youth than the...
corporate bastards who tell the black youth that the bling bling is cool, y'see?

Besides, the Cos peddled Jello and New Coke.

DINO? Maybe... but he's after the wrong group of people; for his own understandably have ever yright to feel hopeless about the future, what with * and all.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:17 PM
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10. If Bill Cosby Is A Republican I'm Ru Paul...
I specifically remember him campaigning in WV with Al Gore in the waning days of the 2000 campaign....
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:43 PM
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49. Camille, the wife, donated to Barbara Lee
according to opensecrets.org Cmaille, the wife gave to Barabara Lee
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?Order=N&txtName=cosby&txtState=&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=&txt2000=&txt1998=&txt1996=&txt1994=&txt1992=&txt1990=&txtSoft=N
this past election cycle and previously Bill made a donation to Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2000) http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=cosby&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N
Camille has also given to Hillary and the National Leadership PAC.


Of course, as Scott McClellan once said (lol, okay every chance he gets) things have changed since 9/11.
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lalajohns Donating Member (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:16 PM
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6. Hell naw! (not Mr. Goodytwoshoes Cosby)
say it ain't so!
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:17 PM
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8. Did he use a pudding pop?
:P
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:18 PM
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13. Say it ain't so Bill
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:18 PM
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14. This is the only thing I could find and it's only about
A canceled appearance.

Entertainer Bill Cosby canceled a planned appearance for tonight at Cleveland's Music Hall, citing personal reasons.

A spokesman for Cosby, who has been traveling the country with a message of education and moral values, called event organizers in Cleveland to say that Cosby is canceling all public appearances.


http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1106217057245490.xml
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:19 PM
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15. Sounds fishy.
maybe this is retaliation for his comments on how black folks need to start actin' right.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:21 PM
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18. shouldn't all folks act right....
eom
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:27 PM
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29. sure, but he was speaking specifically to the black community
about issues he felt black folks needed to address.


it didn't go over very well, but he's kept going with it.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:36 PM
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44. cause we all know black folks don't act right.
:eyes:
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 09:38 AM
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57. Bill would like you. nt.
nt
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thedailyshow Donating Member (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:22 PM
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19. sounds very fishy
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:22 PM
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20. Bluebear, did you hear this on the local news?
This is the only thing I could find on Google news:

The Plain Dealer (subscription required...)

Bill Cosby cancels appearance here
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Entertainer Bill Cosby canceled a planned appearance for tonight at Cleveland's Music Hall, citing personal reasons.

A spokesman for Cosby, who has been traveling the country with a message of education and moral values, called event organizers in Cleveland to say that Cosby is canceling all public appearances.

"Mr. Cosby deeply regrets that he has to cancel," said Joel Brokaw, a Cosby family spokesman.

:shrug:

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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:25 PM
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23. Yes cooley on WHDH/Boston
Canceling all public appearances and personal reasons probably ties in somehow. I will be very sad if it's true and I just said 'accused' to be very clear.
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:22 PM
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21. I'd be sad if this were true.
I have always liked Mr. Cosby in his many guises--as a public figure, as a fellow jazz aficionado, and as a comic actor--although I haven't always agreed with him.
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:25 PM
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25. he cancelled Cleveland show tonight for "personal reasons"
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 05:43 PM by Algorem
http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1106255702270960.xml?eaall



Bill Cosby cancels appearance here
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Entertainer Bill Cosby canceled a planned appearance for tonight at Cleveland's Music Hall, citing personal reasons.

A spokesman for Cosby, who has been traveling the country with a message of education and moral values, called event organizers in Cleveland to say that Cosby is canceling all public appearances.

"Mr. Cosby deeply regrets that he has to cancel," said Joel Brokaw, a Cosby family spokesman.

Planning for "A Cleveland Conversation with Bill Cosby" was complete. More than 3,600 tickets had been distributed, mostly to poor and inner-city black school children and their families. http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/entertainment/1106255702270960.xml?eaall





C
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:29 PM
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30. Now that the Cobe Bryant (sp?) thing has settled down
we need something else to keep the sheep bleating in key. I wonder how you get a gig like that.

Ann Coulter touched my wee-wee!!!

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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:29 PM
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31. That sounds strange....
I'm sure he's not angel (in fact, it's known that he is no angel on the road), but Cos doens't strike me as the Ruphies type.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:33 PM
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36. This is the only thing on the WHDH news site from today to do with Cosby.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:36 PM
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42. Thank you.
I am certain they will update it as soon as they can. I am watching the actual station at this moment in time and that is where it was reported.
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candy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:35 PM
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40. Just heard it on Boston local TV----I don't believe it either.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:39 PM
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45. Thank goodness.
I mean thank goodness someone else can verify it. The report. Not the incident. Never mind. I'm going to go make spinach pie. :)
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candy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:41 PM
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47. Since I verified that it was on can I have some spinach pie?????
I looooove spinach pie !
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:42 PM
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48. Sure! Meet you at North Shore Mall in about an hour.
:)
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:40 PM
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46. I have a hard time believing this.
I would want some proof.
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:51 PM
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52. yep. anybody can be accused of anything.
doesn't necessarily make it true.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 05:55 PM
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53. Oh absolutely
Those in the public eye go through this more than we know, I'm betting.
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 06:02 PM
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54. here's a link
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 11:16 AM
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58. besides, this isn't the first time this has happened
Remember a few years back when a woman was sent to prison for trying to extort him? I'll give the Cos the benefit of the doubt on this. I guess we'll see when more info comes out.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 02:53 PM
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59. The guy is a serial philanderer
...who has a LOT of nerve going around preaching morals.
Guess immorality is ok for Big Daddy, but if you don't have money to support your adulterous ways it's NOT OK...
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