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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:41 PM Original message |
21 years ago today - Bud Dwyer. Anyone remember him and what did? |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember it |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here, for those who missed it |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. EXTREME GRAPHIC WARNING FOR THE ABOVE POST |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It has a warning, you can't click the link without seeing the warning |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well at least you know I wasn't kidding about not wanting to see the link |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. BTW, I did click on the link and there was no warning |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I meant in my post, I have a warning right above the link |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Well, I just wanted to put a serious warning out there |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Being from PA I remember it |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Oh the things a kid can see staying home on a snowy day and watching live TV! |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. holy fucking shit. |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember it... |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had the misfortune of seeing this live |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You were at the event or just happen to be watching the press conference on TV? |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. I just happened to be watching it |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. yep |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. And I was lucky enough to see the station that showed the whole thing |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. oy! |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Filter song "Hey Man Nice Shot" was about this incident. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. i remember seeing that and i can't remember who breaking in from ABC news. |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. They don't give press conferences like that anymore. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. no they really don't. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. That was a major story nationwide |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And parents were freaking out that it was on the evening news |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. I vaguely recall, and never saw the footage -- but i just watched it. Heartbreaking. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. If it happened any other day other than 1/22 I probably would have forgotten it |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh my God -- a day that will live in your heart and mind forever. Sorry |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. I didn't see it and don't care to ... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. My favorite kind of republican |
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Dante_ (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. that's not really funny. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Not an attempt at "funny"; I was dead serious |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. It was a major media ethics lesson in journalism school |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Another shooting shown live on TV |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. My dad saw Oswald shot live on TV. Sunday morning. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I remember that too. Not nearly as haunting as this one, though. nt |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. I remember watching it live on ABC news. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yup. Lived in PA & saw it live; my circle called brown paper bags "Bud Dwyer holsters" for years. nm |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. suicide is a dramatic way of saying |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. It's the ultimate act of rebellion that's for sure. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yep--grew up in Pittsburgh, saw news clips of it right after it happened-- |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
36. Now that was REAL reality TV. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. I took care of someone after he tried this. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. Not from Pennsylvania but I remember it. |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
41. Yep. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yep - Bob Casey Sr was just sworn in as governor |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. Yep. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. I was in Europe (Spain) at the time.. and the video clip was the lead story on the news |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've studied the incident, but was only 1 when it happened. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. Yeah, saw that, really screwy. nt |
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