Sad News From "Deadliest Catch", Captain Phil Harris dies

[spoolie]

This story is worse that those Haiti fucks...


ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show "Deadliest Catch", has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53.
Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke on Jan. 29 while the fishing vessel he captained, Cornelia Marie, was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska. The fisherman was flown to Anchorage for surgery.
The reality show, which has filmed five seasons, has been one of the Discovery Channel's most popular and depicts the crab fishing industry in the dangerous waters off Alaska.
"It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad - Captain Phil Harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end," sons Josh and Jake Harris said in a statement released by the network. "For us and the crew, he was someone who never backed down."
In a statement, Discovery Channel senior vice president Elizabeth Hillman says, "Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him."
"We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart," she said.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press, she said no additional information was immediately available Tuesday night.
Harris had seemed to be improving, and in a posting last Saturday on the ship's Web site, he was described as "talking to friends and family today; showing his greatest progress" since the stroke.
His sons wrote in a Feb. 3 posting that "No one ever said Captain Phil Harris wasn't tough. Today, dad showed some good signs of improvement, squeezing our hands and even summoning his trademark Captain's bluntness ... We are encouraged but still very cautious."
According to the ship's Web site, Harris started working on fishing boats at age 7 and started work 10 years later on a crab boat. When Harris turned 21, he ran a fishing vessel out of Seattle, making him one of the youngest to captain a vessel in the Bering Sea.
When Harris suffered the stroke, the family said a friend, Derek Ray, had flown to St. Paul to take over the role of relief skipper for the rest of the opilio crab season.
Harris' fishing vessel was based in Seattle.
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[Phil Minots]

R.I.P. Capt. Phil. :(

[usafdarkhorse]

RIP man

[Milon]

This story is worse that those Haiti fucks...

Wow, Jon you amaze me... Oh well, people will be racist forever I guess even if they say they are not... Very typical of the south anyways...

[spoolie]

Blow me Milon...you send all of your cash to that fuck hole shit stain country. Just txt 90999 or what the fuck ever, then after they have all of your money....tah dah, back to a shit stain again.

[Milon]

Hahahaha I already sent my share, regardless if it does go to "a shit stain" again won't bother me one bit... At least I know I tried for what its worth, its what we do as Americans.......... Well most educated Americans...

[sweetdee]

I didnt see that as a racist remark in all honesty. I dont give two shits for the country, not bc of the colour of their residents skin but bc like Spoolie said, its a shit stain of a country. We have too many issues at home to worry about a country that does nothing for us.

[spoolie]

So I'm uneducated because I have a valid opinion?

[spoolie]

Just like the homeless dude I help every night when I work...I will send my money to Captain Phil before I help a lost cause.

[Ventolin]

I don't think this tragedy compares to Haiti - it is sad, nonetheless.

Close to 100,000 innocent people died... regardless of wether their place of residence was financially stable or not, we shouldn't judge those people. To disrespect them in death for generalizations and stereotypical assumptions is in poor taste.

I'm not saying we should give them money, or anything like that, but what happened in Haiti is a tragedy, you can't debate that. Supporting their country isn't realistic in my opinion, but I still feel for the massive loss of life.

[sweetdee]

I don't think this tragedy compares to Haiti - it is sad, nonetheless.

Close to 100,000 innocent people died... regardless of wether their place of residence was financially stable or not, we shouldn't judge those people.

Forget the government aid, the region's problems, etc. Those people died. It is a tragedy. You can debate the money we give them or not, but to disrespect them in death for generalizations and stereotypical assumptions is in poor taste.

In that regards I DO agree with you. Haiti was a tragedy, much more so than Captain but at the same time, Ive already stated my opinion in regards to sending money.

[Milon]

I didnt see that as a racist remark in all honesty. I dont give two shits for the country, not bc of the colour of their residents skin but bc like Spoolie said, its a shit stain of a country. We have too many issues at home to worry about a country that does nothing for us.

LOL and again, WOW... Okay you personally have how many issues? Do you have somewhere to live? Have food to eat? Have clothes to wear? Oh, you have it so bad that its okay to not feel bad about thousands and thousands of innocent people that died in a natural disaster...

So I'm uneducated because I have a valid opinion?

Yes, because I see nothing valid about it... So how far did you go with your education (just wondering on a side note to hear your answer)?

I don't think this tragedy compares to Haiti - it is sad, nonetheless.

Close to 100,000 innocent people died... regardless of wether their place of residence was financially stable or not, we shouldn't judge those people. To disrespect them in death for generalizations and stereotypical assumptions is in poor taste.

I'm not saying we should give them money, or anything like that, but what happened in Haiti is a tragedy, you can't debate that. Supporting their country isn't realistic in my opinion, but I still feel for the massive loss of life.

Someone with a thing called a brain in his head WOW!!! This is a rarity to see these days... Thank you James... Well said...

[Ventolin]

Understood, I'm not trying to make reference to the government spending or the relief effort or the political bandwagon... only making reference to the 100,000 innocent people that died. Tragedy.

What people decide to send personally is their own decision. What the government decides to spend for us, is up for debate, but that isn't what this thread is about.

[spoolie]

What I have read about the country of Haiti is this...

Over 40% of the population is HIV positive or AIDS.
Over population is a bad problem.
Ruthless murderers in the gang/drug trade.
The US, DR and Haiti became countries around the same time....2 out of 3 have prospered.
They export really nothing other than coffee and cocoa, very little at that.

So Milon...show me something good about this country to defend your point Mr. Educated better than me. Or do you just feel sorry and give money for and uneducated reason?

[spoolie]

So how far did you go with your education (just wondering on a side note to hear your answer)?


This is what I'm talking about...you brought up education, but you always do and will with an argument...to back up your opinion.

This had nothing to do with education, but you're insecure with yourself not having a opinion or a thought of your own...so you talk down to people to make yourself feel better than thou. Yes you have more education..but that doesn't make you smarter.

High School 93
Driver Training School 01

[spoolie]

..........and what I find funny is that usually the minority is more racist than the majority.

[sweetdee]

LOL and again, WOW... Okay you personally have how many issues? Do you have somewhere to live? Have food to eat? Have clothes to wear? Oh, you have it so bad that its okay to not feel bad about thousands and thousands of innocent people that died in a natural disaster...

Dont act like you know my issues Milon. I didnt say I did not feel bad for the people, but do disagree with the goverment sending money to aid. I almost didnt have a place to live actually. Im very very very fortunate to be in the living situation that I am in now, it was going to be section 8 housing or my car to live in. I wear clothes that I have owned for several years. I dont go clothes shopping, even though I need new jeans badly, I have other bills to take care of first. I shop at Plato's and places with discounted items when I am able to.



As I stated before, do not pretend to know my issues Milon. A pretty piece of paper from a school doesnt cure all ignorance honey.

[Ventolin]

Actually, Haiti was once a very wealthy nation. The French prospered very well. The slaves of Haiti fought of French rule and established their own country, but their exports and goods were boycotted for years and years because European nations did not support the freedom of slaves.

The country is very poor, which leads to crime and lack of education. This also leads to more disease. Is this the fault of the 100,000 innocent people who died? Regardless, do the conditions in Haiti give us an excuse not to feel sorry for their deaths?

[Milon]

What I have read about the country of Haiti is this...

Over 40% of the population is HIV positive or AIDS.
Over population is a bad problem.
Ruthless murderers in the gang/drug trade.
The US, DR and Haiti became countries around the same time....2 out of 3 have prospered.
They export really nothing other than coffee and cocoa, very little at that.

So Milon...show me something good about this country to defend your point Mr. Educated better than me. Or do you just feel sorry and give money for and uneducated reason?

What is there to show? It's the fact of the matter that it was innocent people just like it would have been no matter if it happened here, there, anywhere... But no, people like you do not see that... It just surprises me that people can have so much hatred towards people that have done nothing to harm you as an individual...

This is what I'm talking about...you brought up education, but you always do and will with an argument...to back up your opinion.

This had nothing to do with education, but you're insecure with yourself not having a opinion or a thought of your own...so you talk down to people to make yourself feel better than thou. Yes you have more education..but that doesn't make you smarter.

High School 93
Driver Training School 01

Smarter? Who knows, more educated, yes... That's all I was stating... Insecure HAHAHAHA about what??? I don't care where in the world this happened, I would feel bad if it happened to the crappiest part of the entire world...

..........and what I find funny is that usually the minority is more racist than the majority.

Hahahaha, true or not that doesn't change anything... There is just too much racism in general, and people like you definitely don't help the cause... It's normal for republicans to be pretty selfish though, and you definitely sound republican in all of your posts...

Oh well, enough said... I hate politics so I'm stopping here but I thinks its hilarious to read about...

[Ventolin]

Hey, now... I usually vote Republican ;)

[Lunchbox]

The ole cap'n lived a hard one.

I really feel for those guys - they endure incredible hardship for the pursuit of a better life.

[Milon]

Dont act like you know my issues Milon. I didnt say I did not feel bad for the people, but do disagree with the goverment sending money to aid. I almost didnt have a place to live actually. Im very very very fortunate to be in the living situation that I am in now, it was going to be section 8 housing or my car to live in. I wear clothes that I have owned for several years. I dont go clothes shopping, even though I need new jeans badly, I have other bills to take care of first. I shop at Plato's and places with discounted items when I am able to.



As I stated before, do not pretend to know my issues Milon. A pretty piece of paper from a school doesnt cure all ignorance honey.

LOL!!!!! I didn't need to know details Dee, you are not getting the big picture... You sitting at a computer replying to this thread gives me enough information to know that you are more well off than most people in Haiti... See my point? I wasn't asking for details here, they are not needed when its obvious all of us on here (as a whole) are doing better than the average person in Haiti...

[sweetdee]

It doesnt matter whether its republican or democratic, its about idiots throwing away our tax dollars, when people here at home need help and can recieve none.

[Milon]

Hey, now... I usually vote Republican ;)

I am neutral... I try not to look so much at the party but the person him/herself...

I would have been fine with McCain winning the election, both were good candidates IMO... Either is better than what we had...

[Milon]

It doesnt matter whether its republican or democratic, its about idiots throwing away our tax dollars, when people here at home need help and can recieve none.

Very very true, thank you... But as for the non-highlighted part... I have close friends who have lost their jobs, but are doing just fine since they are getting an unemployment check... Granted for some it would be a huge pay decrease, its better than nothing in my eyes...

[spoolie]

I would just get out and bust ass to get another job out of my field...I refuse to accept a "obama" check. I can't find a driving job, but I'm not too good to work security and take a huge pay cut.

[Ventolin]

In my opinion, victims of a tragedy are more deserving than a culture of living off the government (our welfare class). Everyone says we should help our own, first... but most people who are against giving to Haiti are also against healthcare reform, welfare, and other similar big government programs... from what I've seen.

I'm not for health care, personally.

I just think the excuse should be, "We're not in place to help.... let individuals choose wether to donate of their own free will, our government shouldn't make that decision for us."

[sweetdee]

LOL!!!!! I didn't need to know details Dee, you are not getting the big picture... You sitting at a computer replying to this thread gives me enough information to know that you are more well off than most people in Haiti... See my point? I wasn't asking for details here, they are not needed when its obvious all of us on here (as a whole) are doing better than the average person in Haiti...


So you laugh at your neighbours in regards to their situations nor give two shits. Im sorry, I dont get YOUR big picture. My typing on a computer shouldnt tell you shit in all honesty. They have computers to use for free at the fucking library. I feel bad for the people but like I said, too many here need help to send such a large amount to aid that country. Many of us here are better off, I agree but look at the facts that Spoolie posted. I bust my ass just to pay my fucking taxes, and for what.....nothing to benefit me or the people in this country, thats for damn sure.

In my opinion, victims of a tragedy are more deserving than a culture of living off the government (our welfare class). Everyone says we should help our own, first... but most people who are against giving to Haiti are also against healthcare reform, welfare, and other similar big government programs... from what I've seen.

I'm not for health care, personally.

I just think the excuse should be, "We're not in place to help.... let individuals choose wether to donate of their own free will, our government shouldn't make that decision for us."

I think people should be drug tested to be allowed to take advantage of welfare. It should also be for a limited time 6mo-1yr. Personally, I would rather work at wal-mart than accept welfare. The healthcare reform is another ball game in itself. C4C was a crock of shit just as a lot of the other programs are.

[Milon]

:-) Jon

[lonnies240sx]

this story is worse that those haiti fucks...


Anchorage, alaska – phil harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the alaska coast were captured on the television show "deadliest catch", has died, the discovery channel said tuesday night. He was 53.
Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke on jan. 29 while the fishing vessel he captained, cornelia marie, was in port at st. Paul island, alaska. The fisherman was flown to anchorage for surgery.
The reality show, which has filmed five seasons, has been one of the discovery channel's most popular and depicts the crab fishing industry in the dangerous waters off alaska.
"it is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad - captain phil harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end," sons josh and jake harris said in a statement released by the network. "for us and the crew, he was someone who never backed down."
in a statement, discovery channel senior vice president elizabeth hillman says, "phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him."
"we will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart," she said.
In an e-mail to the associated press, she said no additional information was immediately available tuesday night.
Harris had seemed to be improving, and in a posting last saturday on the ship's web site, he was described as "talking to friends and family today; showing his greatest progress" since the stroke.
His sons wrote in a feb. 3 posting that "no one ever said captain phil harris wasn't tough. Today, dad showed some good signs of improvement, squeezing our hands and even summoning his trademark captain's bluntness ... We are encouraged but still very cautious."
according to the ship's web site, harris started working on fishing boats at age 7 and started work 10 years later on a crab boat. When harris turned 21, he ran a fishing vessel out of seattle, making him one of the youngest to captain a vessel in the bering sea.
When harris suffered the stroke, the family said a friend, derek ray, had flown to st. Paul to take over the role of relief skipper for the rest of the opilio crab season.
Harris' fishing vessel was based in seattle.
__________________they are human just like us, and if you was in the same situation as them i bet you would want help to but i guess some people are just inmature even at an adult age.

[spoolie]

they are human just like us, and if you was in the same situation as them i bet you would want help to but i guess some people are just inmature even at an adult age.


Great asshole...push to send more tax money down there so they can build more sub standard housing and have another disaster kill people....so we can ship boat loads of money down there again.

Like a comedian said once...look down and see sand, 100 years from now it's still going to be sand, you can't grow nothing in sand.....FUCK1NG MOVE!!

[Ventolin]

Haiti isn't all sand? LOL

This isn't about our tax dollars, it is about a complete lack of sympathy for the loss of human life.

[Milon]

I dont give two shits for the country

I feel bad for the people

????? I lol'd again...

[WAHPSHH]

What about all the innocent crabs?

and I lol'd at "i need new jeans badly". People need their families and limbs back. Not judging, just for comparo's sake.

[tb94_coupe]

What about all the innocent crabs?

and lol at "i need new jeans badly". People need their families and limbs back. Not judging, just for comparo's sake.

fuck those crabs

[tb94_coupe]

Haiti isn't all sand? LOL

This isn't about our tax dollars, it is about a complete lack of sympathy for the loss of human life.
i dont think he was actually talking about sand hes saying its a shithole now and in 100 years it still gonna be a shithole

[sweetdee]

????? I lol'd again...


I feel bad for the people, lives lost is always horrible. But let me restate my point AGAIN since you cannot grasp it, I dont agree with sending our tax money down there. If people want to donate on their own behalf, go for it, but my tax dollars that I bust my ass to pay being sent down there? I dont agree with it. Do not talk down to me just bc I do not agree with you.

[sweetdee]

What about all the innocent crabs?

and I lol'd at "i need new jeans badly". People need their families and limbs back. Not judging, just for comparo's sake.


Dead families cannot be brought back to life nor can limbs be regrown (yet). That was not the point. I was telling Milon of my personal situations and many people here at HOME are in more worse of situations than I, you, Milon, as well as many of us. By saying that I mean that we need to help the people here at home first. Get it yet?

[WAHPSHH]

Dead families cannot be brought back to life nor can limbs be regrown (yet). That was not the point. I was telling Milon of my personal situations and many people here at HOME are in more worse of situations than I, you, Milon, as well as many of us. By saying that I mean that we need to help the people here at home first. Get it yet?

I never didn't get it. I was just lol'ing. Like I said "not judging, just for comparo's sake". You still my boy, blue.

[Ventolin]

i dont think he was actually talking about sand hes saying its a shithole now and in 100 years it still gonna be a shithole

The potential to do well as a country is there. There are a tremendous wealth of resources in the country.

Haiti was profitable enough to pay back a huge portion of the French debt. It has always done well for those that occupy the country, but its own people have been subject to oppression.

When the French left, the country was boycotted, and hardly acknowledged until the mid 1900's. It has been occupied multiple times, more than a few times by the United States, which has never had much benefit for the Haitian people.

[sweetdee]

Sorries! It just really pisses me off that people will laugh at others bc they less fortunate. I cant have respect for anyone that does that. Not everyone was fed with a silver spoon as a child, not everyones parents could afford to send them to college so that they could provide for themselves, buy new cars, buy houses. Some people have to struggle for a while.

[Ventolin]

Sorries! It just really pisses me off that people will laugh at others bc they less fortunate. I cant have respect for anyone that does that. Not everyone was fed with a silver spoon as a child, not everyones parents could afford to send them to college so that they could provide for themselves, buy new cars, buy houses. Some people have to struggle for a while.

Nobody is laughing at your situation, Dee. They are just questioning what you're arguing. Just debate, don't take it personally.

As far as what you said, if we apply that logic, then wouldn't the following statement be true:

Not everyone in Haiti was fed with a silver spoon as a child, not everyones parents in Haiti could afford to send them to college so that they could provide for themselves, buy new cars, buy houses. Some people in Haiti have to struggle.

If you struggled, I wouldn't consider you, or people like you "shit stains" on the country. Why does a different standard apply to Haiti?

I like you, Dee. You're a great person with a good attitude when you're around. I wouldn't judge you regardless of what you have done with your life, or your financial background. I'd enjoy your company all the same, and that applies to any of my friends here.

Same goes for Haiti. I can't judge them because of the hardships they have endured. We shouldn't make judgemental statements and then expect not to be judged in return.

[WAHPSHH]

Sorries! It just really pisses me off that people will laugh at others bc they less fortunate. I cant have respect for anyone that does that. Not everyone was fed with a silver spoon as a child, not everyones parents could afford to send them to college so that they could provide for themselves, buy new cars, buy houses. Some people have to struggle for a while.

I've been poor my whole life. Hell, I'm still poor, but that doesn't make you as a person. What makes you is the relationships you build, the people you help, and what you get out of what you have. I feel like we'd get along quite well, Dee! Being poor is relative to your surroundings and your definition of the word.

[sweetdee]

Nobody is laughing at your situation, Dee. They are just questioning what you're arguing. Just debate, don't take it personally.

As far as what you said, if we apply that logic, then wouldn't the following statement be true:

Not everyone in Haiti was fed with a silver spoon as a child, not everyones parents in Haiti could afford to send them to college so that they could provide for themselves, buy new cars, buy houses. Some people in Haiti have to struggle.

If you struggled, I wouldn't consider you, or people like you "shit stains" on the country. Why does a different standard apply to Haiti?

I like you, Dee. You're a great person with a good attitude when you're around. I wouldn't judge you regardless of what you have done with your life, or your financial background. I'd enjoy your company all the same, and that applies to any of my friends here.

Same goes for Haiti. I can't judge them because of the hardships they have endured. We shouldn't make judgemental statements and then expect not to be judged in return.


I see what youre saying James, I honestly do. I do judge that country in a harsh manner. And its difficult not to when all you see is the spread of disease and gangs running the street. To top it off, they were NOT happy that we were there, they thought we were just going to take over their country. Im sorry but I dont believe in biting the hand that feeds you. I just believe to focus on our issues at home. No one has even mentioned the earthquake in Chicago that happened today.

Im not completely heartless, I hate that so many lives were lost and that so many were hurt. I have no problem with money being donated to help the people down there, just not our tax dollars. Ya feel me? Its not a lack of care for human life. Im just tired of so many of our efforts being put elsewhere rather than here.

[Ventolin]

Yes, there are issues of crime, poverty, and disease. There was a natural disaster - the same thing happened in New Orleans. New Orleans refugees are still living in parts of Houston causing record amounts of crime - and they don't appreciate shit, either. People in Haiti have no organization, no authority, no power, no food, and they are scared to death - yes, there is going to be hysteria.

I'm not talking about tax dollars or government aid. I'm not comparing their country to ours. I'm just referring to the constant reference to their country as a "shit stain" after 100,000 people died. It is wrong to immediately write off 100,00 lives because a nation isn't successful (due to constant oppression throughout history)

I'm not writing this in particular to you, Dee, but if I didn't say it people would keep spitting out the words "shit stains" and continue discrediting a tragedy. I know that once people think it through that none of us are extremely judgemental people.

[hayate_gekko]

Yes, there are issues of crime, poverty, and disease. There was a natural disaster - the same thing happened in New Orleans. New Orleans refugees are still living in parts of Houston causing record amounts of crime - and they don't appreciate shit, either. People in Haiti have no organization, no authority, no power, no food, and they are scared to death - yes, there is going to be hysteria.

I'm not talking about tax dollars or government aid. I'm not comparing their country to ours. I'm just referring to the constant reference to their country as a "shit stain" after 100,000 people died. It is wrong to immediately write off 100,00 lives because a nation isn't successful (due to constant oppression throughout history)

I'm not writing this in particular to you, Dee, but if I didn't say it people would keep spitting out the words "shit stains" and continue discrediting a tragedy. I know that once people think it through that none of us are extremely judgemental people.


I couldn't have said this better myself.

[spoolie]

Damn James...I always thought of you as a Republican but every time you open your mouth here recently you sound like a tree hugging faggot! You've become soft like your twinkies you eat for lunch....might as well vote O'bama next election...fag.

[MeanMrMustard]

Close to 100,000 innocent people died...

The Haiti death toll is somewhere north of 250,000.

[spoolie]

The Haiti death toll is somewhere north of 250,000.
That's less disease ridden people we have to accept into our economy/population.

[spoolie]

When are you fucking idiots going to realize that this isn't our problem or battle!!! Keep our noses out of their business and problems...we have our own to deal with first. Haiti isn't 10,000,000,000 in debt to red communist China.

[lloyd]

Damn James...I always thought of you as a Republican but every time you open your mouth here recently you sound like a tree hugging faggot! You've become soft like your twinkies you eat for lunch....might as well vote O'bama next election...fag.Repped for lulz.

[mintygood]

here's one for all you hippie faggots derp
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/02/dont-steal-medicare.jpg

[JDMbrad]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e339/bradisJDM/33ndxye.jpg

[mintygood]

bahaha^

[Phil Minots]

Anyone that supports sending money to Haiti needs to go fuck a blender. Our country has too many other damn issues to be pissin away money to everyone else.....PERIOD!!!!!!

[Ventolin]

Damn James...I always thought of you as a Republican but every time you open your mouth here recently you sound like a tree hugging faggot! You've become soft like your twinkies you eat for lunch....might as well vote O'bama next election...fag.

Putting a lead character of a television show on a pedestal, and claiming his life is more valuable than the hundred thousand or more innocent victims that died in Haiti is beyond politics - it is plain stupidity.

[Ventolin]

When are you fucking idiots going to realize that this isn't our problem or battle!!! Keep our noses out of their business and problems...we have our own to deal with first. Haiti isn't 10,000,000,000 in debt to red communist China.

When are you going to realize nobody said anything about sending money to Haiti? Can't read! Like I've said a million times in this thread already, it isn't about sending them money. You guys can keep arguing it, but you're not "winning" because that isn't the issue here. I don't support our government spending our money on Haiti, or health care, or whatever five million other programs we have going on that we don't need.

... but that doesn't mean I'm dense enough to not give a shit about a couple hundred thousand innocent people who lost their lives. That is way beyond politics.

[satalac]

http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/i/5371/original/PalinDO_IT_FAGGOT.jpg

[satalac]

Anyone that supports sending money to Haiti needs to go fuck a blender. Our country has too many other damn issues to be pissin away money to everyone else.....PERIOD!!!!!!
Don't shop at Walmart or buy anything electronic....

[ShawnZ]

So what are all these "problems at home that we need to take care of" ? Interested in a list.

[JDMbrad]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e339/bradisJDM/LOL.jpg

[tb94_coupe]

So what are all these "problems at home that we need to take care of" ? Interested in a list.

i just googled americas problems and this is just a list of 5


#5: Government Size and Spending
My worries of April 2008 seem quaint now. For example, in the original post, I lamented that China owned ”nearly $500 billion of our debt.” The number today: nearly $740 billion (http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt).
And remember how I ended that section? The big shock was the fact that the government was planning a bailout that could cost taxpayers up to…$25 billion! Today, that sounds like the scene in Austin Powers when 60’s-era Dr. Evil tried to extort the 21st century United Nations for…one million dollars!
It’s actually difficult to pin down an exact number for how much the government has spent in bailouts since then, but considering that a list I put together recently put George Bush’s 2008 total alone at $1.1 trillion (http://gentlyhewstone.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/blame-enough-to-go-around/), and before he even took office, CNN was figuring several trillion more (http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/news/economy/where_stimulus_fits_in/?postversion=2009010610)for Obama’s plans, I think it’s safe to say that trillion is the new billion.
And does anyone think the bailout craze is over? When will it end? And when has the government ever done anything within budget, anyway?
#4: Individual Fiscal Irresponsibility
While Uncle Sam keeps burning through dollars faster than he can print them, the American people, on balance, may actually be doing better than they were a year ago. I was greatly impressed by this story from MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28975512/) that shows us spending less and saving more. That would be wonderfully heartening, and I hope it’s true. I’m not aware of any major stories that contradict that possibility.
#3: Decline of Morality in the Media
Hollywood gave us some pretty awful stuff in the last twelve months, but I can’t think of anything that broke any bold new ground in depravity, especially compared with what the mainstream has been forced to put up with in recent years.
Perhaps the worst transgression of the media last year was its slobbering, worshipful devotion to Barack Obama. 2008 may well be remembered as the year that journalism truly died. However, as much as conservatives love a good anti-media jeremiad, it’s also true that alternative, capitalist media are abundant and easy to find, and it’s also even true that there are some signs that the mainstream media may well report more fairly on Obama.
#2: Decline of Literacy and Education
While I didn’t read any new studies in the last twelve months that indicate bold frontiers in intellectual decline, there sadly don’t appear to be any ameliorating factors, either. This stock is holding steady at two cents a share.
#1: Decline of the Traditional Family
I’d be hard pressed to say which category saw more “progress” downward in the last twelve months: #5 or #1. While the government’s profligate spending ballooned to hundreds of times what anyone could have predicted, the assault on America’s homes made quantum leaps forward.

[mintygood]

stop appealing to emotion

[ShawnZ]

Oh well. Sad story about the capt for sure. Death is a part of life though and sounds like he was lucky enough to enjoy a good amount of time on earth. No reason at all to compare it to Haiti. The comparison is irrelavant and just on bad taste.

[hobbitman]

that this guy died. I enjoy that show quite a bit. This thread has done what most do on here. It ballooned into something it wasn't even intended to be. But while we are on the subject. Haiti was a tragedy. There was a great deal of loss of human life, and it's quite sad. I don't think the government should be spending our tax dollars to help them, but if individuals want to help private organizations fund a relief effort to end human suffering, then by all means go for it. For my closing statement, Obama can go fuck himself. I made the mistake of not voting this past election because I made the assumption that it wouldn't matter which one of those imbeciles got elected we were fucked. But i'd say we'd be considerably less fucked had Obama not been elected. That is all.

[atlsr14]

I am neutral... I try not to look so much at the party but the person him/herself...

I would have been fine with McCain winning the election, both were good candidates IMO... Either is better than what we had...


pussy answer...............both great candidates?? lol

"Either is better than what we had"..............typical uneducated excuse!!

People bitch about Bush concerning Iraq and Afghanistan. then we hear all this BS about change and bringing our troops home, now were sending more troops over there! who's bitching now??

spending???? Obama has manged to quadruple the deficit with his stimulus package, tell me how unemployment is at this moment?

At least McCain has heard of the term privatization.

and you can also thank slick willy and his fair housing act for the mess we are in!

BTW.......I do have a college degree and I get hotter bitches...lol

[atlsr14]

I do feel bad for the dead in Haiti, I think the death toll is at 200,000+ now. But at the same time I don't think we should be the ones putting in the majority of the effort and money when something goes wrong in the world. I think all countries need to contribute in some way. if they don't, then screw them when they need the worlds help.

I'm also tired of people talking about "we have homeless in this country that need our help".................fuck them!!! I was 18 and slept in a damn park!!! It was cause of my own dumbass decisions! One day i woke up on a pole vault matt at a local HS and saw my lil brother and his friends skating, it was embarrassing!! I called my parenst and they ended up sending me to a seminary in Connecticutfor 2 months and it turned my life around. Few months later I went onto college. You become an adult when you can admit that the reason you are in the place you are today is because of your own decisions and it's nobody's fault except your own!!

[tjs3r]

I do feel bad for the dead in Haiti, I think the death toll is at 200,000+ now. But at the same time I don't think we should be the ones putting in the majority of the effort and money when something goes wrong in the world. I think all countries need to contribute in some way. if they don't, then screw them when they need the worlds help.

I'm also tired of people talking about "we have homeless in this country that need our help".................fuck them!!! I was 18 and slept in a damn park!!! It was cause of my own dumbass decisions! One day i woke up on a pole vault matt at a local HS and saw my lil brother and his friends skating, it was embarrassing!! I called my parenst and they ended up sending me to a seminary in Connecticutfor 2 months and it turned my life around. Few months later I went onto college. You become an adult when you can admit that the reason you are in the place you are today is because of your own decisions and it's nobody's fault except your own!!

i agree America shouldn't be the ones putting in the majority of work, but I also believe we should just stick to our own. We do have plenty of our own problems (job and wage cuts) that all that money could be put toward to help our own citizens in own company. In my opinion, helping them would be ok if they had given us some help during 9/11? We did all that clean up on our own when that was our citizens. I believe in debts, even at the international level, and believe that if we don't have one we should help out our OWN people first, then if we have anything left over, help out other people. But I live in America, and to me, the family living down the street, losing their house, with 2 children in school, is a 'tad' bit more important than people in Haiti. But to each their own. :beer:

[spoolie]

How about the mentality disabled people....like vets of wars? That is the majority of Nashvilles homeless.

[tjs3r]

that this guy died. I enjoy that show quite a bit. This thread has done what most do on here. It ballooned into something it wasn't even intended to be. But while we are on the subject. Haiti was a tragedy. There was a great deal of loss of human life, and it's quite sad. I don't think the government should be spending our tax dollars to help them, but if individuals want to help private organizations fund a relief effort to end human suffering, then by all means go for it. For my closing statement, Obama can go fuck himself. I made the mistake of not voting this past election because I made the assumption that it wouldn't matter which one of those imbeciles got elected we were fucked. But i'd say we'd be considerably less fucked had Obama not been elected. That is all.

I agree with you about Obama, I'm not trying to be racist, but did anyone else notice the large amount of African American's that voted for Obama in either their first election or just in general because he is AA and a "change". I remember news crews(can probably find some videos on YouTube) of them going out and asking people who they would vote for and why. The majority of AA in these clips didn't even have viable reasons, they said for "change". What change? The change of putting a black man in office who is more concerned about Superbowl picks and NCAA brackets, or the change of a president who is worried about HIS citizens who put him in power? I have yet to see the second...

[tjs3r]

How about the mentality disabled people....like vets of wars? That is the majority of Nashvilles homeless.

and he's right, the majority of people that are homeless are in one way or another military handicapped/ill.

[atlsr14]

How about the mentality disabled people....like vets of wars? That is the majority of Nashvilles homeless.

People w/ disabilities and Vets deserve help. But im fucking tired of people like my sister who keeps popping out kids and taking advantage of the welfare system. She was crying to my family in december how she couldn't get presents for her kids for xmas, in october the bitch found out that her company she was working for was going to sponsor her family and brought them a truck load of stuff!

[tjs3r]

People disabilities and Vets deserve help. But im fucking tired of people like my sister who keeps popping out kids and taking advantage of the welfare system. She was crying to my family in december how she couldn't get presents for her kids for xmas, in october the bitch found out that her company she was working for was going to sponsor her family and brought them a truck load of stuff!

always bad apples everywhere, but Americans still come before Haitians in my opinion. I am sure your sister buys something sometimes, even if it's a can of green beans, that stimulates an American farmer or someone in America in one way or another.

[Deano_d]

I think people should be drug tested to be allowed to take advantage of welfare. It should also be for a limited time 6mo-1yr. Personally, I would rather work at wal-mart than accept welfare. The healthcare reform is another ball game in itself. C4C was a crock of shit just as a lot of the other programs are.

TN welfare is actually not easy to get. You can not own more than 5k in assets, there is a waiting list, it is temporary (18 months), and the maximum amount you can get is 185 dollars a month if you have a family of three with no income.

I am tired of paying for all these people who ride out unemployment. In the big picture though I know I will always be further ahead in life by not taking handouts.



RIP Capt.