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Saintsfan89	just some recent thoughts (NHR)	Lead	[-]
Janitor Posts: 78 (07/07/09 21:27:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I know I might catch some heat for this but here I go anyway...... Through the last few weeks many things have happened in our world. We have lost many famous people in our culture and our way of life. We lost an Angel, a King, a MVP, a secretary, a world champion, an action actor, and a beloved talk show host. However, of all these, I think that the Deaths of Michael Jackson and Steve McNair are the most shocking and untimley of the 7 recent "celebrity deaths"....Today I watched the memorial service of the greatest entertainer ever. As a musician of 10 years I think I am qualified to say that...No matter how anyone feels about the man, he was the greatest at what he did. All Christians know that there is only one being who has the power to judge and that is God Almighty, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Everyone knows this man for the issues he has had and the obsticles and hatred he has endured. I have something for you, No one except him, the accuser, and god knows what went on in 2003. I to at a point and time thought he did it, but as I looked at it the actions of the accuser and his family's history of false accusations against other wealthy people rose doubt in my mind that Michael did the crime. People fail to realize the millions and millions of dollars this man has given to the poor, the concerts and benefits he put together in the days after 9/11, and the songs and music video masterpieces he created as an artist. They think of all the bad he did instead of thinking about the good heart and non selfishnes he showed toward people. I held myself together throughout the memorial until his 11 year old daughter spoke of her daddy in front of the world. That little girl had so much courage to get up and speak on her fathers behalf, and it just tore me up to see how three young children age 12, 11, and 7 will not have a father to see or speak to or love ever again. This man was a great father and he loved his children very much. If there is any doubt about how much this man meant to his family just watch the news over the next few days her words will be there for a while along with those of his brothers Marlon and Tito. Now onto Steve McNair..His death was absolutely shocking. In my mind he did not deserve to go how he did....I can promise you from the evidence that has been presented on ESPN and the news that this indeed was a murder-suicide....They said today, that he was shot once in each temple and twice in the chest. The lady was shot int her temple and it was a contact wound. The gun found under her body had just been purchased by her two days before. This man leaves behind four sons and one of the best drives in Super Bowl history only to come up short by one yard as time expired against St. Louis. It was the Titans first season as the Titans they had come from many years as the Houston Oilers, they had created the infamous Miracle play on a kickoff in the AFC championship against Buffalo and fell on yard short of taking the Super Bowl to overtime....Steve, Michael, Farrah, Ed, David, Alexis, and Sec. Macnamara you will all be missed by us in this gret country and around the world....Rest in Peace
theOriginalBIGFAN1		#1	[-]
4th Liner Posts: 1931 (07/07/09 21:37:08) Arena Security Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It is obvious that some of us have to put to paper or page the feelings we are experiencing from time to time. This is one of those times for you.......for sure. I have been around a while. The coverage of this event seems overblown but then so was the coverage of so many lesser things. Music, entertainers and sports figures take on an added meaning to so many. We feel as though we know them. I happened upon your post as I was about to retire for the evening.....thanks for posting your thoughts. No heat should be thrown. The people named in the loss category were just that, people. Their worth to their families was immeasurable. We should respect that and allow God to sort out the rest without judgment from us. It's all over but the crying..... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!
Crustaceous		#2	[-]
4th Liner Posts: 2668 (07/07/09 22:52:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have no qualms with the way you feel. Personally, I didn't know any of the above people. It would (and will) be a tragedy to my world when the best man I ever knew meets his end here on earth. He is a man I love, respect and admire. He has led me, taught me and shaped me. He has the highest moral standards and in all the years I have never heard a curse word, seen him take a drink or fight with his beloved wife. He is a great example in the way he lives his life everyday. I will grieve profoundly when he is gone and I'll miss him terribly. I'm proud to have been blessed with such a great father. I will be crushed when and if either my mother, my wife, my kids or grandchild were to precede me in death. The loss of any of them would affect me greatly and would change my life in too many ways to think about. The loss of any of them would be tough to deal with. I miss friends that I lose along the way. Most are aquaintences but I've lost some real friends through the years and it has been tough to deal with. Right now I can think of at least two people who post here at The Swamp who I would want as pallbearers at my own funeral and to lose them would be tragic. I lost one when Steve Bartlett was lost far too early in life to cancer. That said, any of those celebrities, sports figures and entertainers who have seen their end have family and friends in their lives who they have touched personally. I had posters of Farrah in my early teens. I watched Ed with Johnny and he entertained me. Karl Mauldin, Billy Mays and Steve McNair were talented at their respective crafts. In my world, they just aren't real people to me. Grieving for a dead celeb like the outpouring for Michael Jackson seems a bit misplaced to me. My real heros are the people who live in my world. To each his own. _______________________ Don't tell people your problems. 80% of them don't care, and the other 20% are glad you have them ~ Lou Holtz "Never give up on your stupid, stupid dreams."
Saintsfan89		#3	[-]
Janitor Posts: 79 (07/08/09 00:01:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I know what u mean, these celebrities were just people I grew up listening to and watching, or saw playing football....They did not have a direct impact on me but it really is tragic how sudden they died and what they leave behind....I know if anything happened to my dad I would be so lost in this crazy world....He is my hero not only because of his 28 years of service in the USAF, but because he is my dad and that is how it should be.....I am in the process of following his lead and the family tradition of service to this country and alot of who I am is because of him and how I was raised......these 7 kids all under 15 yrs old, and will never see thier fathers again that is my main point....
BugFan4Ever		#4	[-]
4th Liner Posts: 1265 (07/08/09 05:44:19) 4th Liner Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I also agree with the feelings associated with these passings, but for all the media reporting and sensationalism my heart hurts far worse when I read the little ticker tape at the bottom of the screen that says '4 soldiers killed in Iraq', as the mainstream media has come to deem that not nearly as important. These passing media icons lived a richer lifestyle and enjoyed seeing and experiencing success guided mostly by their popularity, while the men and women of our armed forces toiled in the decay of humanity and experienced tragedy and horrors most of us will never fully comprehend. They placed mission above money, and country above self, and that earns them the opportunity to be listed as a simple numerical figure without a name. But then again, true heroes don't do what they do for the recognition. That's left to Hollywood and politicians. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
Crustaceous		#5	[-]
4th Liner Posts: 2669 (07/08/09 06:55:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Great point, BF4E. Men dying for our protection and freedoms go unnoticed while a celeb that mixed the wrong drug concoction together gets a day worth of coverage on every tv channel in the country. I echo your sentiment. God Bless our Troops. _______________________ Don't tell people your problems. 80% of them don't care, and the other 20% are glad you have them ~ Lou Holtz "Never give up on your stupid, stupid dreams."
Saintsfan89		#6	[-]
Janitor Posts: 80 (07/08/09 11:13:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Now I will say that that bugs me alot....I don't like the fact that our troops are always at the bottom of the media priority list. BF4E you are 100% right. They deserve better than they get, especially in the world today Where Freedom of Speech is taken to the extreme and people like those idiots in Topeka are showing up at military funerals with signs that say "Thank god for IEDs", "God hates American Soldiers", ect., then they have the nerve to go hide under the frist amendment and act like they did nothing wrong. I have been a part of the Patriot Guard and have come face to face with that POS Shirley Phelps Roper and I will not lie i thought about kickin the snot out of her only if there was not a cop there protecting these idiots....I pray everyday for our troops because I know when I'm done with college in 2 yrs I'll be in their shoes serving Any Time Any Place....
MUDBUG MANAIC		#7	[-]
4th Liner Posts: 2519 (07/08/09 13:15:01) 4th Liner Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Saintsfan89 wrote: Now I will say that that bugs me alot....I don't like the fact that our troops are always at the bottom of the media priority list. BF4E you are 100% right. They deserve better than they get, especially in the world today Where Freedom of Speech is taken to the extreme and people like those idiots in Topeka are showing up at military funerals with signs that say "Thank god for IEDs", "God hates American Soldiers", ect., then they have the nerve to go hide under the frist amendment and act like they did nothing wrong. I have been a part of the Patriot Guard and have come face to face with that POS Shirley Phelps Roper and I will not lie i thought about kickin the snot out of her only if there was not a cop there protecting these idiots....I pray everyday for our troops because I know when I'm done with college in 2 yrs I'll be in their shoes serving Any Time Any Place.... And of course it's pieces of $hite like this that our troops are dying for so they can do crap like that, I'm afraid if I ever come across them then afterwards I will be having to make bail!!!!!

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