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Author Topic: President Gerald Ford has died Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-26-2006 11:11 PM                     Former President Gerald Ford died tonight at the age of 93. No, he did not fall down the stairs. Feel free to discuss, but no politics!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-26-2006 11:24 PM                     Geez! That's the second passing of a very well known public figure this week (James Brown died yesterday). You know the old saying, these things happen in threes. Pretty stunning news, even with the guy being in his nineties. I think Chevy Chase owes a lot of his own comedy career to Gerald Ford. On a kind of self serving note, my father had the honor of interviewing Gerald Ford several years ago for research on his book Goodnight Saigon, about the end of the Vietnam War. The book covered every perspective, from US political and military leaders, our servicemen (including the Marines at the Saigon Embassy when it fell) and even the views of former NVA Army and Viet Cong commanders. I thought it was pretty cool my father got to meet and interview a former President.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-26-2006 11:26 PM                  Wow! December 2006 has been a rough month for famous people dying. Peter Boyle Joseph Barbera James Brown Gerald Ford  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-26-2006 11:42 PM                       Gee-whiz! And two of them in their 90s!  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-27-2006 12:21 PM                     I say [ 12-28-2006, 04:44 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-27-2006 12:48 PM                        [ 12-28-2006, 03:58 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 12-27-2006 04:14 PM                     From a strictly historical persepctive, Will: Maybe celebrating the mans's death is a little over the top, eh? [ 12-28-2006, 03:58 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-27-2006 04:32 PM                     [ 12-28-2006, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-27-2006 04:49 PM                       quote: Will quote: Adam Feel free to discuss, but no politics! [ 12-28-2006, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-27-2006 06:37 PM                     Sorry, Adam! [ 12-28-2006, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-27-2006 07:03 PM                        quote: Mike Sapeth ... Apparently you have a problem reading since Adam's post Apparently you have a problem reading the FAQ. [ 12-28-2006, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-27-2006 07:29 PM                  OK! I "GET IT", but I'm soooo sick and tired of all the media blitz 24hrs a day on ALL the local TV and Cable news channels yapping about Ford and how great he was. Ya know, I ***REALLY*** don't care whether or not he had a hangnail back in 1976. Let's have some other news, PUHLEEZE! Yikes!  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-27-2006 08:53 PM                     THANK YOU PHIL. I'm in 100% agreement. Mr. Ford was a fine gentleman, but there is no need to go on and on about this. I don't need to see every news program devoted to Mr. Ford.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-27-2006 09:13 PM                     quote: Mark Lensenmayer I don't need to see every news program devoted to Mr. Ford. No, you don't need to see any of them, but those of us that are interested in a man that was one of 43 people to be president of this country may want to, especially those of us that were too young to be alive or remember his term. I think his life, like the life of every president, needs to be celebrated. And I have a mere suggestion, Jim. In my opinion, using a quote from Ted Kennedy doesn't exactly strengthen an arguement.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-27-2006 09:55 PM                        I'm no Ted Kennedy fan, but the speech that was written for him on Mr. Ford was right on. It was the right thing to do at the time. Moderated: This paragraph was not necessarily political in the original context, but is irrelevant due to previous political comments of other users having been removed. If you're tired of seeing every news program doing Ford features - I'd rather see stories on the life of a man who was an honorable president than the latest crap on Britney Spears' parenting skills, another racial-epithet spewing comedian or Tom and Katie's religious beliefs. As for the ban on politics in this thread - I don't see how you can not talk about politics when discussing a president of the United States. So I've made this post as non-political as possible, hopefully. [ 12-28-2006, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged

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