Where is Mr. Rogers when we need him? - Democratic Underground

greekspeak

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Tue May-09-06 06:16 PM
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Where is Mr. Rogers when we need him?

I just caught some footage of Mr. Rogers in a senate hearing from 1969. He MELTED the senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Pastore. Mr. Rogers always made me feel good about myself. These days, who does? So what if the show was hokey or full of oversimplified platitudes? Did my generation learn anything from this man about how to treat people? That footage was only about 5 minutes long, but he had more wisdom for kids than I have heard in a long time. I'd bet the man could melt Cheney's grinchy heart.

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miss_american_pie

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Tue May-09-06 06:17 PM
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1. Oh I'm going to pretend I did not read that

Because you seriously did not call Mr. Rogers hokey. ;)

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GalleryGod

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Tue May-09-06 06:22 PM
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2. Fred was a great guy.

The Class of 1992 of the college I toiled for at the time chose Fred as their commencement speaker...I was the staff liaison to Fred. He was great. It was an incredible 36 hours in his presence.

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greekspeak

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Tue May-09-06 06:25 PM
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4. Our commencement speaker was the pres of the college

He used the same crappy speech over and again. It was a string of empty rhetoric. "Marketplace of values." I guess this meant comparing gay people to people with green hair (after all both groups are freaks and choose to be that way) and saying that if the school's non-discrimination policy was changed to include sexual orientation, then the "orientals" would want included. Give me MR. Rogers any day.

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Bunny

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Tue May-09-06 06:23 PM
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3. Mr. Rogers was one of the greatest, wasn't he?

I really liked him. Here's a pic:

I have a t-shirt with this on it:

And I have this actual t-shirt, too:

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greekspeak

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Tue May-09-06 06:26 PM
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5. Yes he was one of the great ones.

I don't beleive in such things, but I think that if there was a Heaven, he would be there fo shizzle.

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Dr Fate

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Tue May-09-06 06:29 PM
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6. that bunny looks like my fat cat. n/t

n/t

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redwitch

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Tue May-09-06 07:14 PM
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9. He was always so reassuring:

"You can never go down the drain". - Mr. Rogers

:hi:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Tue May-09-06 07:08 PM
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7. Dead. nt

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue May-09-06 07:13 PM
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8. He's still around

In times of difficulty, all we have to do is ask ourselves, "What would Mr Rogers do?"

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Tue May-09-06 07:18 PM
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10. When I was little I ADORED Mr. Rogers.

Dangit, I miss that show. I haven't seen it for literally about ten years.

:cry:

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Ravenseye

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Tue May-09-06 07:23 PM
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11. Unity Cemetery, Latrobe PA

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=rogers&GScid=46551&GRid=7216800&CRid=46551&

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woo me with science

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Tue May-09-06 07:25 PM
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12. He had great faith in children.

While everyone else was hyping it up, screaming, trying to be rollicking funny and assuming that children have 10-second attention spans, he trusted that children would be receptive to a calm voice that took the time to talk about and explain things ranging from engines to feelings.

His shows were the best.

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