Ray Charles

[Gorgo]

How about a tribute to an American who actually contributed something positive to the world?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/1...s.ap/index.html

[dotcoma]

Let's go get stoned...

[bishop]

i care as much about him as i did reagan.

(i'm not much for sentimantlity)

[dotcoma]

What DO you care about?

[Gorgo]

Sentimantlity is illegal in 34 states anyway.

Originally posted by bishop, i care as much about him as i did reagan. (i'm not much for sentimantlity)

[bishop]

What DO you care about?

too many to list.. i suppose i can generalize it as - friends, family, life and country.


i'm not a big obituary guy, that's all.. when they're dead, they're dead. when my dog died, i got a new dog.

[dotcoma]

i'm not a big obituary guy, that's all.. when they're dead, they're dead. when my dog died, i got a new dog.

You should go work for the white house.

[bishop]

heh.. why's that?

[dotcoma]

They don't give a shit when people die either.

No, I agree with you. I don't want people obsessing over me when I die. It can tend to be a waste of time.

[bishop]

heh, most people don't care when people die.. humans be some indifferent animals imo.


not to divert away from ray charles (but really, does anyone care?).. all this sentimental nonsense about reagan.. my corporate masters here gave us permission, over the intercomm, to have a moment of silence for reagan at our desks today.. shortly after, they sent us this email:

To honor the memory of former President Ronald Reagan, government offices and businesses will be observing a moment of silence today at 11:30 a.m. ET. Company associates who wish to participate may do so at their desks.

can you say - lame?


a little while later, i hear my openly racist ex-boss by the television... he's BLASTING the volume at some part... i didn't watch it, but i heard the bell toll and then some sort of american song.

i'm just saying.. *oyve*

[Gorgo]

Well, it's not that I don't care, I do care when people and animals die. It's just that I can't do much about it. There is a wish that good things go on forever, though, and Ray could sing.

You're right to a point, though. People die, life goes on. But care? Yes, I care. I didn't want Reagan and his family to go what they went through the last ten years, either. They went through it using a lot of my money, I'm sure, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[bishop]

i didn't wish that situation on anyone either.. heh, but that's a different subject than this current soap opera, don't you think?

the only thing i remember about ray was his pepsi commercials.. but, i am 24, so....

[Paavo]

I have to take the cynical route too I guess. It's really not that I don't care for human lives, but the fact that people "respect" and feel sorry for someone they should - because they were famous. Why are these people any different than Joe Workingman, the truck driving man who died last month? I'm so f**king tired of people putting a price tag on life. A human being is a human being, end of story.

Now, to not get a MrVicchio-in-Reagan-thread- reaction;
Rest in peace, Ray Charles.

[bishop]

amen to that paavo.. heh, you said exactly what i was trying to say.

of course, if you're following fight club rules, in death you have a name.. his name was robert polson.

heh.

[Gorgo]

Right Paavo. Ray Charles, Ronald Reagan, they're just people. No more of a big deal than anyone else.

But on the other hand, there are going to be no more John Lennon records, no more John Belushi movies, no more Ray Charles songs. People die, big deal. They're no more important than any one else, shouldn't make any more money than any one else. All that is true. But there won't be any more. Just something to take a pause and look at once in a while. Just another blip on the screen, but a blip nonetheless.

[Compugasm]

His name is Ray Charles Robinson.