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Re: ot: is it just me or what?

pm2...@charter.net (PaulMofATL) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:41 UT

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:33:36 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
I guess some need a movie to have admiration for the troops. I don't.
I used to be one and I know a lot that have been.
Having said that, I didn't find the movie entertaining at all. I know
it wasn't supposed to be a feel good movie, but to me it seemed to be

Re: Nascar Proves it

anna_kho...@nospaming.com (Anna Khonda) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:13:15 UT

No. "incident" meaning an intentional root.
The blowover is optional.
I know.
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Re: ot: is it just me or what?

pe...@cray.com (Rick) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:04 UT

The story about the planet warming and the polar bears
stranded on the melting ice bergs while the world's leading
environmentalist flew to Copenhagen in their million
dollar learjets won best documentary.

Re: ot: is it just me or what?

nasca...@cox.net (RickyBobby) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:15 UT

Yeah, but, with the billion dollars worth of infrastructure and unlimited
amount of talent they have in movieland, this is the best they could come up
with in an entire year? I am not saying that "Hurt Locker" is a bad movie
because I never saw it and most likely never will.
As a society, we regard Tom and Angelina and Brad and Jennifer and Angelina

Re: ot: is it just me or what?

nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu (Nancy2) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:33:36 UT

But it wasn't a documentary. It was a story. But it was a better
movie to inspire admiration for our troops than Inglourious Basterds
was.
N.

Re: Nascar Proves it

tonystewart02_05ch...@yahoo.com (TS02_05champ) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:10:14 UT

So, does the car have to get airborne next time for the driver to get a
major penalty? If the car hadn't gotten airborne we wouldn't even be
talking about this.

Re: Nascar Proves it

anna_kho...@nospaming.com (Anna Khonda) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:58:35 UT

I strongly disagree with that, John.
If another incident happens like this past one,
there will be a major penalty.
Probably the docking of points variety.
IMO, as I've said before, NASCAR painted themselves
into a small corner earlier by not being too specific about how
far the drivers could "handle things themselves".

Re: Nascar Proves it

mmarlowrem...@windstream.net (Mike Marlow) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:34:57 UT

I do not think that getting parked would cost a team its sponsor -
especially a top rank team. If Edwards lost a sponsor - big deal. It would
be his fault and not NASCAR's. I'm sure people would decry NASCAR, but
that's only because there is that group out there that just loves to bitch
about everything NASCAR.

Re: Nascar Proves it

tonystewart02_05ch...@yahoo.com (TS02_05champ) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:02:57 UT

Not if they park the car also.

Re: ot: is it just me or what?

b...@pilul.ru (dead-guy-3) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:32 UT

should have won for best documntary

Re: Nascar Proves it

igop...@ix.netcom.com (John McCoy) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:36 UT

Nancy2 <nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote in
That's sorta the entire point of a suspension. You want the drivers
to think that there's a negative consequence to certain actions
(e.g. purposefully wrecking and endangering another competitor).
Pissing off the sponsor is about the biggest negative consequence

Re: Nascar Proves it

j_owil...@comcast.net (jwilson54) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:23 UT

Well if you think about it,they might get more exposure as the
announcers would be following that car and whatever driver was in it ,to
compare with Edwards.Either way it went would be big news and get plenty
of exposure.

Re: ot: is it just me or what?

nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu (Nancy2) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:13:03 UT

Inglourious Basterds was a rewrite of history and therefore, fiction.
The Hurt Locker was based on a conglomerate of real-life bomb squad
troops in Baghdad.
N.

Re: Nascar Proves it

nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu (Nancy2) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:11:46 UT

You have a point, but you also need to remember how hard it is for
teams to find and keep sponsors in these economic times....Nascar
would be very loudly criticized if they parked a driver like Carl
Edwards which might cause his team to lose its sponsor(s) - not
driving? Not being seen on TV and not being interviewed - the sponsor

Re: Why No Race This Weekend?

blough...@hotmail.com (Slush) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:07:13 UT

Thy needed a break after the Rockingham race back then LOL.
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