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nbn_ckh3
Does anyone else think it's overkill? A two minute piece on all the crap the horse and the owner have gone through would have been fine, but they have Jeremy Schaap doing much longer pieces on the horse's legacy that are comparable to their "Sunday Conversations."
Just wondering if I'm alone in this opinion.
*If I have offended FuriousGiorge or sycophantman in anyway, I apologize. Please U2U me if this is the case and I will remove my opinion immediately.*
Barbaro
January 30, 2007 at 05:21AM View BBCode
I know I'm not the only ESPN junkie in SD. So I know there are a lot of you out there watching this constant coverage of [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2747087]Barbaro being euthanized[/url] due to complications from his injury in the Preakness Stakes.Does anyone else think it's overkill? A two minute piece on all the crap the horse and the owner have gone through would have been fine, but they have Jeremy Schaap doing much longer pieces on the horse's legacy that are comparable to their "Sunday Conversations."
Just wondering if I'm alone in this opinion.
*If I have offended FuriousGiorge or sycophantman in anyway, I apologize. Please U2U me if this is the case and I will remove my opinion immediately.*
drunkengoat
May be overkill, yes, but I hate to hear about these kinds of things. Following equestrian sports was a big thing for my ex-girlfriend, so I can imagine the conversations I'd be having if I were with her right now... About how these horses are bred for racing way too early in their lives and how much better steeplechase is anyway.
So maybe it's worth a look, due to horses being athletes, too. Maybe not a day-long news following, but the article sufficed for me. I didn't even know it was happening.
When it's for the best, I can't disagree with it. My first impression (because I was unaware that anything THAT serious was wrong with Barbaro) was that they were putting him down for not winning Preakness. THAT would've been wrong.
January 30, 2007 at 08:44AM View BBCode
I think what offends them the most is disco kitty.. but I digress.May be overkill, yes, but I hate to hear about these kinds of things. Following equestrian sports was a big thing for my ex-girlfriend, so I can imagine the conversations I'd be having if I were with her right now... About how these horses are bred for racing way too early in their lives and how much better steeplechase is anyway.
So maybe it's worth a look, due to horses being athletes, too. Maybe not a day-long news following, but the article sufficed for me. I didn't even know it was happening.
When it's for the best, I can't disagree with it. My first impression (because I was unaware that anything THAT serious was wrong with Barbaro) was that they were putting him down for not winning Preakness. THAT would've been wrong.
barterer2002
January 30, 2007 at 01:22PM View BBCode
I'd rather hear about Barbaro than another 2 hour piece on how the Bears and the Colts took differnent routes to the Super Bowl or a piece on how similar the Bears and the Colts are or a piece on what its like to go to the Super Bowl with Michael Irvin, Steve Young and Tom Jackson.
DeVeau31
I'd rather dedicate a 5-minute piece on every soldier that has given their lives for our country over in Iraq. Maybe it's just me, but those deaths seem much more important to me than a horse.
January 30, 2007 at 01:48PM View BBCode
IT'S A HORSE!!!!!!! big friggin deal...I'd rather dedicate a 5-minute piece on every soldier that has given their lives for our country over in Iraq. Maybe it's just me, but those deaths seem much more important to me than a horse.
barterer2002
January 30, 2007 at 02:05PM View BBCode
Come on tom, of course they're a bigger deal but they're not sports. We're talking about ESPN. Its not a choince of the soldiers who died needlessly in Iraq vs. Barbaro is more like another Super Bowl filler/fluff piece vs. Barbaro
DeVeau31
January 30, 2007 at 02:08PM View BBCode
I've got news for you, this Barbaro bullshit wasn't only on ESPN.
barterer2002
January 30, 2007 at 02:19PM View BBCode
I'm sure that's true however, I'm also sure that George's war got its share of coverage as well.
DeVeau31
January 30, 2007 at 02:31PM View BBCode
it did, but did the soldiers who actually died? You hear about deaths, but you never hear about the individuals.
barterer2002
January 30, 2007 at 02:48PM View BBCode
Sometimes you do Tom, sometimes they hit closer to home than you want them to. Sometimes you wonder if the nation was wise to elect a man who was so hell bent on vengence that he would manufacture a war to get it without any idea of what he was getting us into.
DeVeau31
Hey, I'm not saying I agree with what's going on, but those people over there have a job to do and they are doing it to the best of their abilities, that in and of itself is worthy of praise, and if they die, I want to hear their names and a little 5 minute special. Is that too much to ask? Why do I get 6 months of friggin horse surgeries and a 2 hour special on its death?
Ridiculous.
January 30, 2007 at 02:53PM View BBCode
once in a great while, but only if they were close to your town. I'd say I've heard the names and stories of about 0.5% of them...that's pathetic.Hey, I'm not saying I agree with what's going on, but those people over there have a job to do and they are doing it to the best of their abilities, that in and of itself is worthy of praise, and if they die, I want to hear their names and a little 5 minute special. Is that too much to ask? Why do I get 6 months of friggin horse surgeries and a 2 hour special on its death?
Ridiculous.
DougB
the only people who should cry are the people who were trying to make millions off of the animal. and I'm sure they were so concerned about the animal as to squeeze every bit of semen out of it that they could.
January 30, 2007 at 03:18PM View BBCode
this was a rediculous "story". it is a horse for god's sake. i trapped a mouse in my basement and killed it yesterday. where is the passion and concern for that poor little mouse. where is the live coverage and heartache as all of America weeps while mousy is killed?the only people who should cry are the people who were trying to make millions off of the animal. and I'm sure they were so concerned about the animal as to squeeze every bit of semen out of it that they could.
FuriousGiorge
January 30, 2007 at 03:20PM View BBCode
[url=http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44683]As usual, the internets say things much better than I ever could.[/url]
DougB
"It tasted good, too!" said Kyle Keever, who was unable to resist licking some Karo syrup off of his hands during the eye-gouging scene.
With only nine speaking roles, there was some concern that the children wouldn't all get parts. However, the dream sequence?in which therapist Martin Dysart appears as a gold-masked pagan priest ritualistically cutting children's hearts from their chests?enabled every member of the class to get some stage time.
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The Onion - America's best source for news!
January 30, 2007 at 03:43PM View BBCode
"They really made it work," said proud parent Melanie Keever. "The producers achieved a very convincing effect of real blood spewing from the agonized animals' eye sockets using Karo syrup and red paper streamers.""It tasted good, too!" said Kyle Keever, who was unable to resist licking some Karo syrup off of his hands during the eye-gouging scene.
With only nine speaking roles, there was some concern that the children wouldn't all get parts. However, the dream sequence?in which therapist Martin Dysart appears as a gold-masked pagan priest ritualistically cutting children's hearts from their chests?enabled every member of the class to get some stage time.
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The Onion - America's best source for news!
rkinslow19
I'm cheering!
Now I don't have to hear about that damned horse anymore. Seriously...it's just a horse.
January 31, 2007 at 01:45AM View BBCode
Originally posted by nbn_ckh3
So I know there are a lot of you out there watching this constant coverage of [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2747087]Barbaro being euthanized[/url] due to complications from his injury in the Preakness Stakes.
I'm cheering!
Now I don't have to hear about that damned horse anymore. Seriously...it's just a horse.
ShaggySanchez
I hate to get technical but they actually couldn't squeeze any semen out of him as he was a thoroughbred and they have to actually do the deed. You can't give a thoroughbred a reach around while somebody else holds the cup.
January 31, 2007 at 03:26AM View BBCode
Originally posted by DougB
and I'm sure they were so concerned about the animal as to squeeze every bit of semen out of it that they could.
I hate to get technical but they actually couldn't squeeze any semen out of him as he was a thoroughbred and they have to actually do the deed. You can't give a thoroughbred a reach around while somebody else holds the cup.
FuriousGiorge
January 31, 2007 at 05:14AM View BBCode
Not thoroughbreds. If he wasn't a thoroughbred, though, he'd get the pleasure of fucking this:
FuriousGiorge
January 31, 2007 at 06:05AM View BBCode
Because thoroughbred standards require actual horse fucking. Obviously a thoroughbred could be made to bone one of those pommel horse things, but then its offspring wouldn't be considered a thoroughbred.
turkob
January 31, 2007 at 06:08AM View BBCode
i wonder if barbaro was up to the task in his condition
FuriousGiorge
January 31, 2007 at 06:10AM View BBCode
Well we'll never know now, because he's an angel in heaven surrounded by Jesus and Dale Earnhardt.
TheMightyJobu
Lately, ESPN has specialized in garbage that's neither entertainment nor sport...they televise PEOPLE PLAYING CARDS!!!!
Wouldn't it be nice if they'd televise rugby league once in a while, so the sheeple could see what real football looks like?
January 31, 2007 at 09:00AM View BBCode
Annoying as hell, but that's ESPN...don't forget, they're owned by Disney's wretched offspring...Lately, ESPN has specialized in garbage that's neither entertainment nor sport...they televise PEOPLE PLAYING CARDS!!!!
Wouldn't it be nice if they'd televise rugby league once in a while, so the sheeple could see what real football looks like?
TheMightyJobu
Watch the evangelicals try to make this a constitutional amendment...
January 31, 2007 at 09:02AM View BBCode
Originally posted by FuriousGiorge
Because thoroughbred standards require actual horse <b>[Censored]</b> . Obviously a thoroughbred could be made to bone one of those pommel horse things, but then its offspring wouldn't be considered a thoroughbred.
Watch the evangelicals try to make this a constitutional amendment...
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