Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 wish I had a time machine to go back, What for? People will just fling rocks at you or pee in your mug of beer while your head is turned for constantly provoking them. You can get that here & now --- why travel back to 1690 or 1820 to get the same treatment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 well - I get enough of that at home - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Soooo....we got a cat here who stole an airplane, got a Section 8, lived a long life as a gay cruiser, and became a favorite of millions (and generations) of Middle Americans with one of the most bizarre announcing styles ever, and the best we can do is obsess over his politics? C'mon folks, this guy was a FREAK any way you look at it, and should be celebrated as such. In order for any "thing" to exist, it must posses a yin and a yang (and we've already had plenty of "ying-yang" jokes, thank you!). So, by necessity, if we are to have a, say, William S. Burroughs or a G.G. Allin, or anything end between on that end of Freakdom, we gots to have a Paul Harvey as well. "Open" does not exist w/o "Secret", dig? And as far as "hypocrisy" goes, hell, I don't know anybody who doesn't bitch, but I also don't know anybody who can't be bitched about either. So what if he was a right-winger? Access to the experiences of "life's rich tapestry" is not a politically discriminatory dynamic. The world's chock full of right-wingers, and you can't convert 'em all, nor can you kill 'em all. And some of them, like Paul Harvey, are actually pretty...."interesting" people. So coexistence and appreciation of the diversity therein is essential not only to survival, but to sanity as well. Paul Harvey was a freak, a character, a uniquely American character (and everything - everything - that implies). Disparage him for his politics, but also appreciate him for his freaky-ness. Because a world without freaks is a world without life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 To the extent that any of my previous posts implied the contrary, let me say I agree with Jim's sentiment about celebrating uniquely American freaks. Harvey was a self-invented original, who managed to do what he did for 60 years and signed a 10-year contract at age 82. Everything else aside, that ain't nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Damn, Jim; if you don't quit pumping up your post count with one-liners like this... Yeah, I agree as well. You know, one thing about Paul Harvey: I didn't care for his style or his show in general, but if I happened to hear him over someone's radio, I'd always move closer to hear better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 well, a freak who favored the supression and oppression of other freaks - nothing to celebrate, IMHO - Hitler was a freak, too; had strange sexual habits and strong dislikes - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 well, a freak who favored the supression and oppression of other freaks - nothing to celebrate, IMHO - Hitler was a freak, too; had strange sexual habits and strong dislikes - Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Let Paul dry out and let him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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