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Nik Wallenda completes Niagara Falls wire walk
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| Jun 15, 2012
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Posted on 06/15/2012 9:36:59 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: WorkingClassFilth
I agree. From a religious standpoint, to risk your live so foolishly for absolutely no reason, is immoral. I didn’t watch it.
To: Viking2002
I’m looking forward to this jump. I can’t imagine anyone surviving this. He’s like Iron Man.
To: SamAdams76
That was quite awesome. And...
You’re right. There is no comparison.
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posted on
06/16/2012 12:36:58 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Wordkraft
Perhaps, when you have time, you’ll read *why* he was obliged to use a safety harness. There are many interviews about it.
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posted on
06/16/2012 12:39:40 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/16/2012 12:42:26 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Future Snake Eater
Gee. It appears as if they come awfully close to the wall.
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posted on
06/16/2012 12:52:19 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Viking2002
You have to acknowledge Col. Kittinger who led the way in stepping out of balloons way up there. He passed out once and his auto-opening chute saved him. On one ascent, his right glove didn’t seal and his hand swelled to twice it’s size. He could have stopped the mission, but he didn’t want to ruin all the hard work of the crew, so he carried on.
He did a few other things, like 483 combat missions in Vietnam, spent 11 months as a POW, etc. Clanging big brass ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/16/2012 2:27:49 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
06/16/2012 2:39:51 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Copenhagen Smile
“90% of people watching were hoping he would fall.”
Total Bovine Feces...you were hoping he would fall?
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posted on
06/16/2012 2:46:07 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
To: Paleo Conservative
“I wish Obama would try this.”
On a bicycle, maybe...
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posted on
06/16/2012 2:48:21 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
To: Copenhagen Smile
90% of people attending car races hope to see fiery crashes.
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posted on
06/16/2012 2:49:18 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Subvert the dominant paradise!)
To: animal172
“Where is the danger if hes attached to the wire by tethers?”
I joined the telecast 15 minutes into the walk and saw the tether in the first views. The tether did not make it any easier...how would you like to be dangling by that tether, upside down over the falls, with no means to effect your own escape? And it is not likely anyone would want to get close to you...the smell... )
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posted on
06/16/2012 2:54:14 PM PDT
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GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
I can't say I cared if he fell or not; to me, his risking life and limb so needlessly was immoral.
Even people who weren't consciously hoping he'd fall tuned in partially because they might get to see him hit a rock and display what he had for lunch.
In ancient Rome people crowded the arenas to watch gladiators hack each other to death and get eaten by critters. Today, people watch horror films and slasher movies for the same reason. This event was no different. The human fascination with blood and circus remains as strong as ever.
To: Copenhagen Smile
“...see him hit a rock...”
Wasn’t going to happen...he was tethered.
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06/16/2012 3:27:19 PM PDT
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GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
How many people knew that, though.
To: Copenhagen Smile
“How many people knew that, though.”
I knew it in the first minute or so watching after turning the TV on at 15 minutes into the walk. The tether was clearly visible in the pics. ‘Course, most people aren’t observant, I guess, seein’ as how most are dumb as a rock (look at how many voted for the evil one in 2008)...and the dumb as a rock applies to the lame stream media, too!
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06/16/2012 5:34:17 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
To: eartrumpet
'You have to acknowledge Col. Kittinger who led the way in stepping out of balloons way up there. He passed out once and his auto-opening chute saved him. On one ascent, his right glove didnt seal and his hand swelled to twice its size. He could have stopped the mission, but he didnt want to ruin all the hard work of the crew, so he carried on.'Yeah, and Felix has Col. Joe's endorsement and technical guidance on this one:
More brass balls than a pawn shop in that pic right there.......
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
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