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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:43 PM
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Are you going to watch any of Reagan's state funeral?
If so, why?

I'm going to watch at least some, just because I've never seen one before.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:44 PM
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1. I have a lot of DVDs and will be catching up on my
viewing of them and reading of the various anti Bush books.

If I gave that funeral any time it would be time I would never get back. I have better things to do with it.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:44 PM
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2. I saw JFK's on television.
Even if I were not going to be at work Friday, no way I'd watch this.
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taxidriver Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:45 PM
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3. sure. state funerals are worth watching.
and we all need to hear Bush explain how the Gipper would have wanted us to go to Iraq, and never forget 9/11.
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frank frankly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:45 PM
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4. nope
i will not watch, but i hope pResident Crackhead screws up BIG. he's a timebomb about to explode...
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:45 PM
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5. Hell no! I can't wait for all this to pass. I despise the creep!
Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 08:46 PM by Mountainman
Reagan is gone. I only have to endure the right wing adulation for a few more weeks. Rest in peace Ron.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:46 PM
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6. Watching it's not the hard part

It's listening to all the crap
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evil_orange_cat Donating Member (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:47 PM
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7. I think I'll watch my cat take dumps instead...
at least that's less likely to make me puke than watching any kind of ceremony for reagan... his body should be burnt in a pit and then pissed on... once for every dollar of debt he put this country into.
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FleshCartoon Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:49 PM
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8. Dim Son's speaking at it?
I'm watching, either for pure entertainment value or to spit and sputter at the television--depends on how well he pulls off the speech.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:52 PM
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9. Dim Son's part..
will be one of the parts I won't watch. :-)
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:52 PM
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10. Fuck no.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:55 PM
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11. Not if there's any paint drying anywhere.
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BabsSong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:56 PM
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12. Saw JFK's--been there, done that and there is no way they
can make this one as hard hitting and dramatic. Maybe they can have the Bush twins in little blue coats and one of them salute when the coffin goes by---that is if she can stand up that long.
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phaed Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:02 PM
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19. That was the only one I would ever watch
The JFK is the end all be all of memorials. It cannot be exceeded in stature, solemnity or grace. I actually am surprised that Nancy is permitting this sham as the feelings between the Reagan's and Bush's are well known and not of the warm, fuzzy type. GWB will use this as an excuse to blunder through yet another attempt at public speaking and I become hideously embarassed for this country when he opens his mouth.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:58 PM
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13. After watching Kennedy's, there is nothing that can compare.
No I have work that I have to do so I can educate others about our deteriorating health care system, thanks a lot to Reagan and company, and how we can undo the harm the neo-cons set in motion.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:58 PM
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14. When and on what channel?
I might have to go to the bar to see this
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:00 PM
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15. Friday
I assume it will be on many channels.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:01 PM
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16. cool
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:02 PM
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17. No
I plan an all day Lord of the Rings fest the day it happens.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:02 PM
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18. Whatever The Daily Show has of it will sate my appetite for it.
:spank:
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:09 PM
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20. In a word, no
Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 09:09 PM by hatrack
In two words, hell no!

Some of the following activities would be time better spent:

1. Catching up on household finances with Quicken.

2. Shredding old credit card and ATM receipts.

3. Cleaning bookshelvesm taking paperbacks to the library.

4. Removing annoying bellybutton lint.

5. Washing and drying windows; washing/waxing car.

6. Running defrag and error scan programs on computer

7. Finally learning home canning and pickling!

8. Brewing a batch of beer.

9. Snipping and trimming toenails.

10. When in doubt, dust!!
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:30 PM
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25. That is funny!!! LOL n/t
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:11 PM
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21. Only a very few moments
I'm not going to go for the whole day experience, like I did with Nixon. That funeral truly felt like the end of an era. We buried a lot of demons with him.

But with Reagan, in many ways he's still with us.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:22 PM
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22. If I do it will only be to watch the interaction between the Reagans
and the Bushes.... As the pResident has pointed out, body language is important.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:24 PM
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23. Yes.
Just so I can get a glimpse of the Clinton's and the Carter's.
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Tomee450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:28 PM
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24. NO
In fact, I don't plan to watch any programs about Reagan. I am staying away from all of the cable news stations.
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:51 PM
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26. Maybe in between bowel movements.
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bagimin Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:57 PM
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27. I would but SCTV 90 just came out on dvd so its off to Best Buy
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 10:02 PM
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28. Emphatically, NO!
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 10:05 PM
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29. No I won't
but then I don't watch much TV, period.

I MIGHT read the transcript of Baby Chucklenuts' speech later, just to laugh and/or wince at his screw ups. But that's a big might.

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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 10:31 PM
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30. If a TV is on..we don't have a choice !
No..not planning to !
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 11:02 PM
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31. Why would I?
:shrug:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 11:20 PM
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32. Only if there's a drinking game involved
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sadiesworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 11:27 PM
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33. I do enjoy a little HGTV on occasion.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 11:29 PM
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34. No. n/t
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 11:31 PM
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35. no
none
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