Global RIP thread

[dean]

General Norman Schwarzkopf died.

[Flashermac]

One of the good guys ...

 

"The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander's reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him that rough-and-ready moniker. But others around the general, who died Thursday in Tampa, Fla., at age 78 from complications from pneumonia, knew him as a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure who preferred the somewhat milder sobriquet given by his troops: "The Bear."

 

That one perhaps suited him better later in his life, when he supported various national causes and children's charities while eschewing the spotlight and resisting efforts to draft him to run for political office.

 

He lived out a quiet retirement in Tampa, where he'd served his last military assignment and where an elementary school bearing his name is testament to his standing in the community."

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/27/gen-norman-schwarzkopf-who-led-coalition-forces-in-persian-gulf-war-dies/

[TroyinEwa/Perv]

Dear Abby,

 

You're dead.

 

Sincerely,

 

Someone who's not

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324468104578247943685507534.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[Flashermac]

"Abby" and her sister - two ordinary Jewish girls who made a fortune telling other people how to behave. Only in America.

[acockasian]

Dear Abby,

 

You're dead.

 

Sincerely,

 

Someone who's not

 

 

That is very, very funny!

 

Have sent that to a few people today...

[Flashermac]

Her final letter:

 

 

Dear Abby,

 

My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit-card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest. Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom he has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more.

 

Also, he has gotten religious. One week he hangs out with Catholics, the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ, and then he's with the Muslims..

 

Finally, the last straw. He's demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy! Can you help?

 

Signed,

Lost

 

 

Dear Lost,

 

Suck it up and stop whining, Michelle. You're getting to live in the White House for free, travel the world, and have others pay for any vacations and everything else you want. You can divorce the jerk any time you want. The rest of us are stuck with the narcissistic, arrogant prat for four more years.

 

Signed,

Abby

[Flashermac]

Alabama civil rights pioneer James Hood dies at 70

 

 

A US civil rights pioneer who confronted racial segregation in Alabama in the 1960s has died aged 70.

 

James Hood died in his hometown of Gadsden in Alabama, a local funeral home said in an obituary notice.

 

Mr Hood was one of two black students to enter the all-white University of Alabama in June 1963.

 

Their path was blocked by then Alabama Governor George Wallace and his state troopers until President John F Kennedy intervened.

 

President Kennedy ordered the Alabama National Guard to escort Mr Hood and Vivian Malone into the building so that they could register for classes and pay their fees.

 

Mr Hood attended the university for a few months but then moved to Michigan to complete his education in order to, as he once put it, "avoid a complete mental and physical breakdown".

 

He returned to the university in the mid-1990s to complete a doctorate in education.

 

On becoming governor of Alabama in January 1963, George Wallace had promised "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".

 

In later years he underwent a complete political transformation and apologised to James Hood and Vivian Malone for his actions that day, saying he had made a mistake.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21096484

[Guy Himmaparn]

Her final letter:

 

<snip>

 

Suck it up and stop whining, Michelle. You're getting to live in the White House for free, travel the world, and have others pay for any vacations and everything else you want. You can divorce the jerk any time you want. The rest of us are stuck with the narcissistic, arrogant prat for four more years.

 

Signed,

Abby

 

 

Good one Flash!

 

[dean]

Two notable personalities in baseball died this past week. Earl Weaver, the manager of the Baltimore Orioles, died while attending one of the Orioles theme cruises. I still remember the way he argued with umpires, turning his cap around so he wouldn't accidentally strike the Ump with it and then kicking dirt on the ump's shoes. I think that he might be the only manager who got kicked out of both games of a double header. One of the greats in baseball history, Stan "the Man"Musial, died at age 92. He played 22 years and made 24 All Star teams and was the mainstay of the great Cardinal teams of the 40's and 50's (the Gashouse Gang). I don't think that he ever got his due, playing in the mid west and, overal, was a better player than Ted Williams. I hope that his relatives decide to freeze and keep his head, like poor Ted.l

[TroyinEwa/Perv]

I am drunk right now and can't be bothered to look it up but you said........he made 24 all star teams and played 22 years???? How does that work out???