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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:55 PM
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Golly, I wish Cable News had More Coverage of People Traveling
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:57 PM
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1. They must love this time of year - they can simply re-use
The Footage from Holidays Past.

Saves on having to report anything. It is even cheaper than reporting on Britney or Nicole.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:13 PM
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2. Cheer up, it will be pictures of people shopping on Friday...n/t
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:20 PM
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5. ROFL
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riverdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:12 PM
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12. You mean people getting trampled on Friday.
They always show some store, usually Wal-fart, that as it opens its doors the people in front get shoved and trampled so someone can have a $25 DVD player this holiday. Sure, it'll break by April, but those 4 months are gonna be sweet.

What're people gonna do when there's a line for something actually necessary, like food or gasoline, if this is how they behave over crapola?
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:17 PM
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3. Yeah being stuck here at home
24/7 looking after my father with dementia it makes me feel really good to continually see people who get to travel .:sarcasm:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:20 PM
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6. You are doing a very thankless job.
I know how hard it can be. Hang in there. :hug:
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:25 PM
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19. Thanks
:-)
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:34 PM
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17. Hey, Raine
Hope you are able to enjoy some of the holiday in spite of all your cares, and yes, I understand they are many.

If you ever need a place to vent and feel welcome, check out http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/mikegamble

It's an eldercare support forum.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:26 PM
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20. Thanks so much
for the link. :-)
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:33 PM
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21. Most welcome
They're a pretty scrappy bunch over there, and it's the best place I've found for just laying it all out and having people reassure you that you're not a) crazy or b) a jerk.

I post over there as Taj. Come on over and say howdy!
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:19 PM
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4. The crappy AP radio news on Air America interviewed some guy on the NJ Turnpike....
.... who had to interrupt his journey because his dog threw up in the back seat.

Double :puke: :puke:
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:25 PM
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8. I think the dog is going to be on Larry King tonight
I'm withholding judgment until I hear his side of the story.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:27 PM
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9. Teehee.....
:)
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:59 PM
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22. Nope.. the dog will walk out of the interview..on the air
:)
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:22 PM
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7. are they showing americans traveling to say that Americans
do not care how much money they spend for gas, you know how the media likes to slander us.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:54 PM
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10. Yea, CNN said gas is only up 70 cents/gallon since last year.
And that it'll only cost the equivalent of a 16 pound turkey extra this year to get to grandma's house.

What they don't say is that gas prices are up 300% since the oilman Pretzeldent took over.

Get over it America and spend, spend, SPEND!
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:09 PM
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11. Absolutely riveting footage of people standing in line in terminals
THIS is what the people who invented television had in mind. For the folks in the terminals, they probably don't need the coverage. But for the millions of us unlucky enough not to have to fly all over the country for Thanksgiving, it's absolutely vital that we see those people in the airport terminals.

Ohmigod, did that line just move? Breaking! Breaking!
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:29 PM
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16. Your relatives can call you 35 times on your cell phone now and tell you...
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 04:30 PM by tjwash
...about how they just saw a segment on "action mcnews" that showed how long the line you are currently standing in is.

Ain't modern technology wonderful?




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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:18 PM
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13. If CNN actually covered the war with the same veracity that they love to cover holiday travel...
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 04:19 PM by tjwash
...the families and friends of our dead soldiers would have stormed the White House and physically removed Bush and Cheney from office several years ago.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:25 PM
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14. the only thing worse than that is
when it snows in the NE and we're inundated with SPECIAL REPORTS about the GIANT (usually 2-4 inch) snowfalls.

Even better when it doesn't snow at all...that's an EVEN BIGGER STORY ON ACTION NEWS. Here's Cathy Miniaturegolfo standing on a dry streetcorner in Havertown, PA...
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:28 PM
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15. Not only that, but more cooking segments on all outlets!1 MORE COOKING SEGMENTS, I say!1 n/t
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 04:39 PM
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18. Nooooo, you're missing the Very Important Point!
It goes like this:

"Fred, with so many people flying by air this holiday season, does that mean flying by air is safe?"

"You bet it does, Shan'te! As a matter of fact, many of the people I spoke to in line, covered in cobwebs and their own urine, told me that America is safer than ever because of all the safer-flying-by-air features put into action by our Beloved President, George W. Bush! Nine out of 10 of these people who haven't eaten for three days and are too weak to resist multiple body-cavity searches told me they know this to be true because Fox News and the Bible tell them so! Back to you!"

:patriot:

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