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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:38 PM
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Fuck Larry King!
I'm leaving--I swear, but in the moment of preparing to sign off that ass said something else.

Why the hell is he asking people why their loved one's did not leave. Just fuck him! That is the most insensitive shit I've heard yet. Why they didn't leave is irrelevant at this point!

Where IS that smiley giving the finger?

:rant:
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:39 PM
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1. Battle Creek......... Hello !
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:39 PM
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2. I haven't watched that ass-kisser since...
he talked to Michael Schiavo like a dog. Larry King is a piece of shit.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:40 PM
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3. I'd rather not
Answers to your questions
A; He's a terrible interviewer.
B; Perhaps he's trying to BRING to light the fact they had no money and no means of escape provided.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:43 PM
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12. lol--I think I'd worry if you responded any other way....
:D

I suppose I can consider that. I hope it is that, that he is trying to be light to, and not trying to say that they were lazy, stupid, inept, etc. I hope...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:53 PM
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33. Well, as I said
Below...if he was trying to let people think it was the victim sfault he wouldn't give them a chance to refute that, right?
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:45 PM
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16. Or he's trying to show the people should have taken care of themselves
and left like they were told to do. Nevermind they had no money or transportation and none was offered to them. It's the bootstrap theory.......do it yourself or tough shit.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:52 PM
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32. If he wanted to make people think that he would offer a forum to
refute it
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lolamio Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:40 PM
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4. He told one woman the other night that maybe there is a "silver lining."
He's an asshole.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:42 PM
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7. OMG--did he say exactly what that might be?
Edited on Sat Sep-03-05 08:45 PM by bliss_eternal
:shrug:

what is wrong with him?
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lolamio Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:44 PM
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13. He said it as he was signing off...
To a woman who was in tears as she held pictures of her missing family members. He also told her to "hang tough." :eyes:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:46 PM
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17. disgusting...
:eyes:
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:51 PM
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29. Right! "Hang tough"
Quel schmuck.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:55 PM
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36. The only way that statement would be acceptable would be if
... he qualified it by saying, perhaps bush will be impeached.
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kittenpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:47 PM
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18. he didn't come up with a silver lining! He just said there MIGHT be one.
he is a poor excuse for a human being blaming the dead and missing for not evacuating.
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Genki Donating Member (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:42 PM
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8. Smarmy Larry
Edited on Sat Sep-03-05 08:43 PM by Genki
he's an elitist snob.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:43 PM
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10. I imagine he said that
Cause whenever something of his is trashed....he gets a huge cheque from State Farm
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:50 PM
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26. He told another one to buck up or something similar
Fuck Larry, these peoples' lives have been destroyed, they did not just get a scratch on their new car or a hair perm did not turn out the way they wanted it to.

Jesus. Talk about condescending and ignorant. :eyes:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:56 PM
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37. yes, exactly thank you for saying it so perfectly.
So many of these reporters have made me want to punch them out this week.

:mad:
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:02 PM
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44. You're welcome
The smarm and false sincerity of some of these talking heads is getting rather old.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:12 PM
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52. Yes, it is. Wonder how smarmy they would be in the same
situation?

:eyes:
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:51 PM
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31. Well, maybe there is a silver "impeachment" lining...
... although I honestly doubt that that was the particular lining Ol' Eight Wives Live had in common.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:58 PM
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39. LMAO!
I swear, I can't stop laughing! Good one!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Impeachment--ah,we can dream can't we?
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MadeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:41 PM
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5. Larry King is a racist piece of shit as far as anyone's concerned.
He is the worst of CNN, and the worst of the corporate media.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:43 PM
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11. He really is a terrible journalist
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:54 PM
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35. If it hadn't been for the various resources on the show
I would have turned him off immediately. Then there was a great song by Clapton. Now Harry Connick is on.

King is lucky--otherwise I swear I would have turned him OFF. But I'll never watch this crappy show again. He sucks!
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:41 PM
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6. He reminds me of one of my neighbors who I duck from
when I see him lurking in his yard.

He needs to retire.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:43 PM
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9. Fuck Larry King!?
Ugh.
I just lost my appetite.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:48 PM
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21. Oh, Tom--I'm so sorry--
I didn't mean literally, lol! Poor precious...please take the image out of your head!

LOL!
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Princess Turandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:44 PM
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14. Over the years, they've turned that show into a pseudo-news program..
instead of the entertainment program it started out as. Larry King isn't a newsman and best suited to hosting Jack Hanna and a bunch of porcupines. (He also ain't getting any younger!)
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:59 PM
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40. Oh I know, he totally looks like Skeletor, w/glasses...!
...and suspenders!

What's up with that?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:44 PM
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15. ...for the hour
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glarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:47 PM
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19. Speaking of King, someone on there just mentioned Jimmy Carter
and his work with Habitat for Humanity....Carter is such a wonderful, good person....When you think of what he has done with his life since leaving office and think of Bush senior who has done nothing for anyone but himself....
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:50 PM
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28. Oh I know---such a GREAT man!
Nominated for a nobel peace prize...no small thing. Just an example of all the amazing work he's done!

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WiseButAngrySara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:47 PM
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20. He is such a PRICK! Just the other night he was trying to explain why
poor people living paycheck to paycheck and without a car, or not being able to afford gas, or in denial about it being 'the big one' were all legitimate reasons for not leaving! He grew up poor, from what I recall. He should remember.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:02 PM
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43. Then maybe he was trying to stress they had no other way...
but he could SAY that, as opposed to just rapid fire shooting the question out without stating specifically WHY.

Jerk.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:08 PM
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49. Are you being sarcastic?
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WiseButAngrySara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 12:23 AM
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59. No, just pointing out his changing views in a matter of 24 hours or so.
He first sympathized, and understood clearly why these poor people didn't evacuate, and tonight he sounded as if it was their fault; that they had an option.
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:48 PM
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22. Ugh.
NO thanks. :puke:
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:49 PM
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23. Here's his mugshot.
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growlypants Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:49 PM
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24. where are you going?
im headed for Canada very soon
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:03 PM
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45. I want to go up and check out Canada, too.
:hi:
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growlypants Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:14 PM
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53. Canada is great! I love that country. So much more relaxed. I have
a house in Ontario, right on the beach of Lake Erie. Moving up there ASAP
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:31 PM
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57. I'm happy for you-- Really!
I'm a bit envious, though. I need to explore the country more before deciding to leave here. But I am very open to the possibility these days. VERY OPEN!

I was on the international boards here on DU last night, asking some questions.

I'd seriously like to relocate...
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growlypants Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:33 PM
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58. Vancouver is probably the best place to live in Canada.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:49 PM
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25. SAT time, gang!
Larry King : Journalist as Chimp : President
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SW FL Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:50 PM
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27. I'm watching only because of the guests
Harry Connick Jr is on now, telling how Aaron Neville's daughter Charmaine saw an abandoned city bus during the evacuation of New Orleans, she got on and drove a bunch of people to safety. They just had a guy from Habitat for Humanity reading a letter from Jimmy Carter.
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klebean Donating Member (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:02 PM
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41. only listening for these tidbits...
Larry's doing his damnest to quell "negative" comments from his guests, but
they're getting their say said nonetheless.

Keep wondering why all those submerged school buses weren't deployed w/loud speakers telling people to get on and get out because Katrina will be catastrophic.

When I listened to Eric Clapton sing "Broken Hearted" I felt my heartbrokenedness over the shame I feel being American, under this adminstration...
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:05 PM
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46. Wasn't that a great story about Charmaine and the bus?
I was so touched by that, and by Harry. He apologized for his comments yesterday AND said he wants to personally get celebs to build houses for people through habitat!!
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:51 PM
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30. He's such an empty headed moron
Edited on Sat Sep-03-05 08:52 PM by Strawman
CNN would be hard pressed to find someone dumber to host a prime time program on a news network. Clay Aiken was just on. He sounded about a million times smarter than Larry.

My conclusion: people like dumb. He's like the Reader's Digest of TV news. He thinks and speaks in large print targeted at a lowest common denominator audience. He's senile and stupid and non-threatening. That's why people like to go on his show. He'll just kiss their asses and he seems like he doesn't even know anything about the subject he's discussing most of the time.
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:53 PM
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34. At least CNN invited Harry Connick and Eric Clapton
Made watching Eight Wives Live tolerable.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 08:57 PM
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38. It may not be what you think it is.
He may be asking the people so that everyone will know that most couldn't leave. Now they can hear the reason why.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:07 PM
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47. You're right, it could be. He just seems rather abrupt in the
way he asks, so you really don't know what his intent is. :shrug:
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:19 PM
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54. Oh, he's very abrupt with his guests and callers.
Very mean sounding. I am sure people tell him that.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:02 PM
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42. "Well, jeez Larry. The engine flooded on the Porsche, then they
dropped the Louis Vuitton bags in the muck, the poodle lost her diamond studded collar and finally . . . worst of all . . . the maid drowned and couldn't help a bit."
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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:08 PM
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48. He turned me away when he had the "Left Behind" authors on
He gave them too much respect and adoration.....it was sickening and I said, "He's history"!
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:10 PM
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51. Is King a big Christian? I'm surprised he had those guys on?
:shrug:
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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:30 PM
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56. He's Jewish
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:09 PM
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50. Great, Shriver was just on...making promises Arnie won't
want to keep!

The last thing the Fuhrer wants is more poor, minority children in his school system. :eyes:
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really annoyed Donating Member (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 09:23 PM
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55. Can't Stand Him
I just watched the show tonight to see one of my favorite celebrities. I never cared for his show.
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