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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:02 PM Original message |
The Special Olympics "outrage" is why this country is failing |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh boy -- pass the salt |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm going to get a stomach-ache from all of this popcorn today.... |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're gonna need something to quench your thirst... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I will never EVER go back to teaching adult ed. n/t |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Why? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. it's fucking pitiful, eh LostinVA? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. here here!! |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. not that it much matters |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. special olympics are probably happy for the publicity. it's kinda been low on public radar lately n |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just because something isn't important to YOU doesn't mean it's not important. |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree. It's a silly game that I'm tired of being trapped into. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. yes, we were doing so well right up until that "Outrage". |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. There's more posts about the outrage than actual outrage. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. The whining about the whining |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. You're failing |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. "they do not make the best bowlers" Tell that to Kolan McConiughey |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Overreacting much? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. "The Special Olympics "outrage" is why this country is failing" |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. wow |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Your posts deserve their OWN bag of popcorn |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. And if bush had said it would you say the same thing? |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Lets put it this way |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. first chance I get |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think hiring a Special Olympics athlete would be great for Obama |
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KSDiva (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. That spokesperson basically explains is WHY the "outrage" is stupid... |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. This is precisely the point. Insensitive jokes are a part of any culture. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. The person's name was Tim Shriver |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. I mean this in the most loving possible way. Shut the fuck up. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. What an ignorant person you are! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Agreed 100%. nt |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. He obviously meant what he said; an unguarded moment. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. um... I have something to share with you. It will knock your socks off |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. He said it best |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. Rush Limbaugh was right too |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. oh |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Uh, the difference being Rush was wrong |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. But you have to admit that that "special olympics" comment was a really retarded thing to say |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes, it was insensitive. It was the token Special Olympian |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. I find the whole thing is funny since my own disabillity causes me to tactlessly honest. |
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mr1956 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. I hadn't heard about the request for a job |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. Uh no, it really isn't why this country is failing |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. As a mother of a special child I have one thing to say to you - |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Very good. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'll second that! nt |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. LittleBlue has failed |
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