| 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271585] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 14:55 |
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"Kids, while we're gone, the TV's in charge. Go to bed when it tells you
to."--Homer Simpson, "Co-Dependent's Day," first aired March 21, 2004
"Study: More Parents Use TV as an Electronic Babysitter"--headline, USA
Today, May 25, 2006
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Krugman's moonbat ranting encapsulates the combination of rage and
nostalgia that is at the heart of the Angry Left. They still think they're
fighting for civil rights, a battle their predecessors won two generations
ago. They long for another Vietnam; hence the endless insistence that
Afghanistan and Iraq are "quagmires." And they fondly remember--and hope for
a repetition of--Watergate.
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271586 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 15:10 |
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Unbiquitous wrote:
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> Cheney's moonbat ranting encapsulates the combination
> of rage and nostalgia that is at the heart of the Angry Right.
> They still think they're fighting for oil, a battle their
> predecessors lost two generations ago. They long for another
> Vietnam and have given us two; hence the endless insistence
> that Afghanistan and Iraq are not "quagmires." And they fondly
> remember--and hope for a repetition of the bankrupt ethics
> of Watergate era of criminal Republican behaviour.
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271587 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 15:53 |
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"Ubiquitous" <weberm [at] polaris.net> wrote in message
news:ZJ-dnTJJhp3dD-DZRVn-rg [at] giganews.com...
> "Kids, while we're gone, the TV's in charge. Go to bed when it tells you
> to."--Homer Simpson, "Co-Dependent's Day," first aired March 21, 2004
>
> "Study: More Parents Use TV as an Electronic Babysitter"--headline, USA
> Today, May 25, 2006
>
There have been many studies about such things. The Simpsons were not the
first. They simply copy trends in society.
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271588 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 15:57 |
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Patrick Joseph Mc Namara wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" <weberm [at] polaris.net> wrote in message
> news:ZJ-dnTJJhp3dD-DZRVn-rg [at] giganews.com...
> > "Kids, while we're gone, the TV's in charge. Go to bed when it tells you
> > to."--Homer Simpson, "Co-Dependent's Day," first aired March 21, 2004
> >
> > "Study: More Parents Use TV as an Electronic Babysitter"--headline, USA
> > Today, May 25, 2006
> >
>
> There have been many studies about such things. The Simpsons were not the
> first. They simply copy trends in society.
Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
government is out looking for the guy! But I still don't get the
stadium reference.
Aaron Space Museum
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271589 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 16:27 |
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<aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1149083873.798382.95450 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
> government is out looking for the guy!
Life imitating art imitating death.
-- R Flowers
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271590 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 17:00 |
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<aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
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> Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
> government is out looking for the guy! But I still don't get the
> stadium reference.
There has been a legend for years that Hoffa was buried in the end
zone at Giants Stadium when they were building it.
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271591 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 17:16 |
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Jorabi wrote:
> <aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
> >
> > Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
> > government is out looking for the guy! But I still don't get the
> > stadium reference.
>
> There has been a legend for years that Hoffa was buried in the end
> zone at Giants Stadium when they were building it.
Xino, how many email accounts do you have?
Aaron Space Museum
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271594 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 18:39 |
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<aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
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> Jorabi wrote:
>> <aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
>> >
>> > Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
>> > government is out looking for the guy! But I still don't get the
>> > stadium reference.
>>
>> There has been a legend for years that Hoffa was buried in the end
>> zone at Giants Stadium when they were building it.
>
> Xino, how many email accounts do you have?
Who's Xino??
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271595 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 19:11 |
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Jorabi wrote:
> <aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
> >
> > Jorabi wrote:
> >> <aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
> >> >
> >> > Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
> >> > government is out looking for the guy! But I still don't get the
> >> > stadium reference.
> >>
> >> There has been a legend for years that Hoffa was buried in the end
> >> zone at Giants Stadium when they were building it.
> >
> > Xino, how many email accounts do you have?
>
> Who's Xino??
Xino is an interesting character. He first came to our attention when
he mentioned that he saw the episode where the characters referred to
Jimmy Hoffa, and then the scene switched to the football player
tripping over the lump in the turf at a stadium. "I don't get the
stadium reference." he stated. We have been teasing him about it ever
since. As you can see by my comment above. Your direct answer to my
humorous question made me think that you were either a newbie, or Xino
himself using an alias, trying to tease me.
Aaron Space Museum
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271598 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 20:46 |
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Jorabi <jorabi [at] pobox.com> wrote:
> <aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote ...
> >
> > Yeah, like that time they made a joke about Jimmy Hoffa. Now the
> > government is out looking for the guy! But I still don't get the
> > stadium reference.
>
> There has been a legend for years that Hoffa was buried in the end
> zone at Giants Stadium when they were building it.
Mythbusters did an episode where they took a ground-penetrating radar
to Giants Stadium and dragged it around the field and one section of
seats. Google it for details.
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271600 ] |
Do, 01 Juni 2006 02:20 |
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Since you got political (everyone in a newsgroup is American, right?).....
I don't have real first hand knowledge of politics on the national stage,
but I can assure you that here in Illinois, the only difference between a
Republican and a Democrat is who will get rich feasting on the tax dollars
as corruption here is simply "the way it's always been".
I doubt that the national players care half as much about the rest of as
they do about their own party.
So say "All Republicans are war mongers" and "All Democrats want to cut and
run" - If you believe that, I bet you believe negative campaign ads. All you
are doing is regurgitating the talking points of the party that you have
been sold on.
I say, IMO, that Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken, Bill O'Reilly and Michael
Moore, Howard Dean and Karl Rove are all just selling us a line, in the
hopes that they will be able to re-pay their benefactors with my tax dollars
or reap it unto themselves. To imagine otherwise is to completely ignore
basic human nature.
And now back to OFF.....
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271601 ] |
Do, 01 Juni 2006 02:27 |
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On 31-May-2006, "aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com" <aaronhirshberg [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> There has been a legend for years that Hoffa was buried in the end
> > >> zone at Giants Stadium when they were building it.
Jimmy Hoffa was actually abducted by Lord Xenu's army of psychiatrists who
brainwashed then killed him, and entombed his soul in the pyramids.
I am not making this up! You don't know the history of psychiatry, I do!
75 million years ago they destroyed the first labor uniions.
If you don't believe me ask Lord Xenu - she posts here sometimes. And she
has a RAYGUN, a silver suit and really big eyes.
The football player actually tripped over Amelia Earhart's grave. I wish I
could tell you how I know that..... But I just can't.
Yours in Jeebus (I'm a convert, too!)
nanu nanu
Gary
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271603 ] |
Do, 01 Juni 2006 03:10 |
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garrethhume [at] yahoo.com wrote:
>==
> Cheney's moonbat ranting encapsulates the combination
> of rage and nostalgia that is at the heart of the Angry Right.
> They still think they're fighting for oil, a battle their
> predecessors lost two generations ago. They long for another
> Vietnam and have given us two; hence the endless insistence
> that Afghanistan and Iraq are not "quagmires." And they fondly
> remember--and hope for a repetition of the bankrupt ethics
> of Watergate era of criminal Republican behaviour.
Lame!
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271604 ] |
Do, 01 Juni 2006 08:05 |
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"Mark Nobles" <cmn-nospam [at] houston.rr.com> wrote
> Mythbusters did an episode where they took a ground-penetrating radar
> to Giants Stadium and dragged it around the field and one section of
> seats. Google it for details.
Perhaps we should change the thread title to 'The Mythbusters did it first'
then.
I'd like to see Homer join the Mythbusters team, then there'd be so much
more death and destruction...
Paul
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #271606 ] |
Do, 01 Juni 2006 11:59 |
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"Ubiquitous" <weberm [at] polaris.net> wrote in message
news:ZJ-dnTJJhp3dD-DZRVn-rg [at] giganews.com...
> "Kids, while we're gone, the TV's in charge. Go to bed when it tells you
> to."--Homer Simpson, "Co-Dependent's Day," first aired March 21, 2004
>
> "Study: More Parents Use TV as an Electronic Babysitter"--headline, USA
> Today, May 25, 2006
>
Nothing new under the sun!
A LONG TIME ago my mom decided to go back to work to help the family
finances. She got a TV set for us boys in the hope that we would watch TV
rather than "play" around the neighborhood when she was gone. That was
back in 1951 and the TV set cost about what she took home in one month or
so.
Oh, it didn't work. It also didn't help us go to bed early. By the end
of the 50s I was a well established fan of The Tonight Show (with Jack
Parr). I also saw a LOT of old movies on "shows" with names like "Swing
Shift Theater."
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! But Darren Hayes perfected IT [message #276486 ] |
Fr, 02 Juni 2006 10:27 |
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| Re: 'The Simpsons' did it first! [message #284192 ] |
Di, 13 Juni 2006 21:35 |
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garrethhume [at] yahoo.com wrote:
>Ubiquitous wrote:
>>==
>> Krugman's moonbat ranting encapsulates the combination of rage and
>>nostalgia that is at the heart of the Angry Left. They still think
>>they're fighting for civil rights, a battle their predecessors won
>>two generations ago. They long for another Vietnam; hence the endless
>>insistence that Afghanistan and Iraq are "quagmires." And they fondly
>>remember--and hope for a repetition of--Watergate.
>
Why yes, I did.
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Krugman's moonbat ranting encapsulates the combination of rage and
nostalgia that is at the heart of the Angry Left. They still think
they're fighting for civil rights, a battle their predecessors won two
generations ago. They long for another Vietnam; hence the endless
insistence that Afghanistan and Iraq are "quagmires." And they fondly
remember--and hope for a repetition of--Watergate.
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