Mad World is one of the first films I remember ever seeing in the theater. I have seen it a few times since. It was better when I was 4. Mermaid was on almost constant video loop when my girls were young. There was a time I could sing the songs word for word in my sleep, like a nail in my brain. Either would be more enjoyable than the obscenity we saw last night.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 6:46 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > Instead of the debate, I watched "The Little Mermaid" last night. > I had never seen it. Sweet movie. Good songs. Check it out. > I know at this point in life (I'll be 55 in a few days) that I need to get > close to eight hours of sleep each night, so I should be in bed around 10. > And I knew that watching Donald Trump for 90 minutes would raise my blood > pressure so high that I would have a hard time falling asleep. > The clips I saw on the news this morning, and the reaction to the debate > I've read online, have convinced me that I made the right choice. > > P.S. Last year on my birthday, my sister got me the blu-ray of "It's a > Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." I think I'll watch that one on election night. > Seems appropriate. > > On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 9:36:03 AM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > >> Reasonable people can disagree about the value of televised presidential >> debates, but what happened last night has no relevance to that discussion. >> That was not a debate, because one of the three (the two candidates and >> the moderator) refused to participate in the debate. Trump violated every >> norm and value related to this process. You can’t debate a muddy pig >> without getting dirty, but I thought Biden did as well as could be >> expected. I don’t blame Wallace; short of walking out (which maybe he >> should have done) it’s not clear what else he or anyone else could do. >> >> Trump made clear that he expects to lose the election, and that his plan >> is to invalidate the process and count on his newly packed SCOTUS to back >> him up. At that point, comparisons to 1933 Germany will be complete. >> >> The Commission needs to inform both candidates that the moderators of >> remaining “events” will have the power to enforce the rules both campaigns >> agreed to, including turning off microphones when the other side has the >> floor, when time has expired, or when candidates ignore the direction of >> the moderator. If they don’t want to accept that they should not show up. >> >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 9:38 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I’m willing to entertain those still of the opinion that the debates are >>> useful for undecided voters, or that they help raise awareness of issues or >>> policy ideas. But I endured the entire debate tonight, so I’ve got to tell >>> you, if you’re going to defend debates after tonight, you’d better come >>> loaded for bear. Because whatever that goatf*ck was, it served no purpose; >>> it wasn’t even good theater. It was like watching The View, if after >>> watching The View I was then forced to vote for either Joy Behar or Maghan >>> McCain. -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BFJ8JxG9HOWiwFBQ13pu0fbrAwBUGm5682a4%2Bu%3DnZpOQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BFJ8JxG9HOWiwFBQ13pu0fbrAwBUGm5682a4%2Bu%3DnZpOQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/71972c2e-2523-44dd-bd38-9182c584bd8dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/71972c2e-2523-44dd-bd38-9182c584bd8dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLc9%3DPGKFHTMxmu8-rZkmiQt8buy69fUBR-FM9d9h%3DcwQ%40mail.gmail.com.
