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From the Bob Newhart show. He's married to Suzanne Pleshette. Lucky bastard!

You know, I'd love to weigh in on this gun control issue, but the fact that GregK is taking the liberal position and I'd be taking the conservative position is just too mindbending to allow it...

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Wow. That is pretty lame. "Exactly how does Darfur affect my pocketbook?"

I can relate. I'm one of those people who tries to show up ten to fifteen minutes early, so it's really galling when someone is consistently late. But I've quit letting it get my goat; I just add the appropriate amount of time to when they say they'll be there. And if it turns out they have to wait, well, tough shit.

Hmm. Well, so much for my career as a Bryan Ferry defender...

I don't know. Look at something as simple as the well-known German helmet of the time. Yes, it brings to mind the Nazis and their horror, but if you can divorce it's purpose and history from the object itself, it's a beautiful design. Kind of like the early Ford Mustangs in it's simplicity and appeal. I'll admit that hearing the word "beautiful" applied to icons of Nazi Germany is a bit jarring, but I can see it.

Well, jeez, I agree with him. The bastards were absolutely masterful in their presentation and design. The Nazis were absolute masters of PR and marketing. How does saying this in any way equal praising the evil they committed?

You know, I'm one of those guys who usually laughs at people who mourn the deaths of those they've never even met. It seems to go hand in hand with celebrity magazines and whatnot. But this one is really getting to me. I feel just like a close friend cashed it in...

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And a real hero!

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This is NOT to be taken as knowledgable advice at ALL, but if it was me, I'd probably wait a week or so and see if there was any change before going.

Mr. Brain Dead here got everything out at the last minute. Then noticed the check for the state sitting on the desk the next day... Fortunately, LA allows until May 15 not April 15, so there's time to correct this "duh".

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No, but beating the flaming dog shit out of Imus probably wasn't possible at the time...

Yeah, it had to happen. I started Bluebeard again today at lunch...

Wow...that's like three millenium in dog years! Congradulations to you!!

You put a smiley there, but you have a valid point. Larry Elder (among others) argues that a corporation that's racist, sexist, or otherwise bigoted in its operations is "bad for business." If you refuse to hire (for example) blacks, you're closing yourself off to potentially valuable employees; if you alienate and fail to service minorities, you're limiting your customer base. If you have even the appearance of being bigoted, you'll drive away potential costumers who will no longer give you money. The actions by CBS and NBC prove this in the Imus case. If advertisers no longer want to be associated with a known (or even just perceived) racist/sexist, then the network will lose money. And if it's bad for the networks to be associated with someone like Imus... then off he goes. I agree. And I must say, if I referred to anyone as "nappy headed hoes" at work, I guarantee I'd be out of a job a hell of a lot faster than Imus was. Free speech has consequences.

Huh? How is free speech affected? The man was fired because his sponsors bailed, not directly because of what he said. And even if it was directly because of what he said, that's something his boss is free to do as well. I believe your thesis needs a little work...

That's right, B.M.; as long as they know their place, Berigan has nothing against black folks... Hey Mark, why don't you fuck youself? Don't tell me, let me guess...if you aren't a liberal, you are a racist, right? Sorry; it's just that you were "dumping on black folks" in this very thread, so it was hard to resist...

I loved Vonnegut when I was in high school, but quickly outgrew him. Fortunately, I rediscovered his work in my forties and realized that the problem was me, not Vonnegut.