More death

[Stewart Littlejohn]

Well, sorry it's been awhile, but I have been on sabbatical at the Sugar Oaks retreat center and sweat lodge in Vermont for the past six months. Let me tell you guys, it was worth it! I feel more in touch with myself than ever before- both my feminine and masculine sides (grrrrr!) have been filled to the brim with self esteem and I am ready to listen to and project empathy, to you, the gentle and misguided reader of this board.
First, though, I do have some housecleaning to do. I first must apologize for not being here for you to hear your shrill shrieks of pain and anguish, to watch you tear your garments as you heard the terrible and unexpected news that one our nation's forefathers, a true national treasure who has been and even more so now, is actually worshipped as a god by 3 million people, has passed away. Yes, Don Knotts is dead. And for those of you still grasping at the hope that this is all just a terrible hoax. I must let you down as easily as I know how, that it is the terrible truth.
And as if the world could stand another tradgedy of this magnitude, I have learned that the beloved angel Anna Nicole's son has been take up to heaven to be with Jesus and the angels as well. How could something so senseless happen to someone so full of love?
When I heard the news, I locked myself in the bathroom of the Long John Silvers I was patronizing and wept with abandon. I was finally physically removed from the establishment and thrown to the ground in the parking lot, where I continued to wail and gnash my teeth until I was forced to leave the parking lot as well. I crawled to a nearby Office Depot and curled up on a shelf behind some trapper keepers and gently sobbed for a period of three days. I am sure some of you had a similar reaction to the news and I would love to help you with your grief.
Hang in there baby
Stewart Littlejohn

[DeSoto High School Eagle]

I’m sorry Mr. Littlejohn, but all this death is getting to me. It seems that every time I turn around someone famous, not famous, someone I did or did not know is dead, dying or deceased.

When will it all end? How are we supposed to carry on? I need your help. I am thinking of taking my own life or at least the life of someone else. Perhaps, just the life of a small animal or maybe one small animal for each human death that meant something to me. I don’t know, but I am worried. So much death.

Don Knotts – dead, Peter Jennings – dead, Hunter S. Thompson – dead, Bob Denver – dead, Mike – dead, Jonnie Cochran – dead, Steve Irwin – dead, Ann Richards – dead, Red Buttons – dead, Aaron Spelling – dead, Buck Owens – dead, Chris Penn – dead, Johnny Carson – dead, Richard Pryor – dead, Rosa Parks – good riddance, Eddie Albert – dead, 50% of the Beatles – dead, Nell Carter – dead, Fred Rogers – dead, Gregory Peck – dead, Buddy Ebsen – dead.

Help us, Mr. Littlejohn, if you’re still living.

[Ron Kovic]

Here’s some death for you, Eagle-boy

I am tired of people saying 9/11 was so horrible. We all know it was horrible but people treat it as the only bad thing to have happened in this country, ever (i.e. here is an actual blog quote: “I believe the same is true about the tragic events of 9/11, indisputably the most horrific tragedy in the history of the United States). What

The 9/11 attacks killed 2,973 people. More people than that die in Indonesian earthquakes every three months. Big buildings fell down. Firefighters died. It was messy. Everyone watched. We remember. But, the most horrific tragedy in the history of the United States?

Slavery, the Great Depression, Polio, not to mention the annihilation of all the indigenous Americans (except for a few hundred selling tax-free cigarettes and hosting Reba concerts on an outdoor stage in Oklahoma).

The Civil War killed 620,000 with the Battle of Gettysburg, alone, responsible for 51,000 deaths in just three days.

Vietnam War casualties total 58,156 with another 75,000 severely disabled and 2,338 MIA.

The Pearl Harbor attack killed 2,403 and catapulted the US into WWII to eventually lose another 400,000.


But, with 9/11 there was all that dust and smoke.

[Nathan Hale]

"All that dust and smoke" and a bald eagle wrapped in a burning American flag.

[cpop]

I saw Cyndi Lauper last night.

[Pauly]

Was she dead?

[Waylon J]

Yes, she was dead, as is her husband David Thornton. Death is everywhere and starting to affect everybody. Donald Rumsfeld’s recent death – shocking. Katie Couric, Ray Combs, Olivia Newton-John, all of the Commodores, Margot Kidder, Ernest Hemmingway, William H. Massy…dead.

[milkmouth]

man this message board is dead

no pun intended