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High School Runner Carries Opponent Across Finish Line
ABC News ^ | Jun 5, 2012

Posted on 06/05/2012 6:19:50 PM PDT by presidio9

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To: SengirV

I think some people are just mimicking what Rush said without really thinking it through.


41 posted on 06/05/2012 9:01:50 PM PDT by turn_to
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To: Revolting cat!

At least she was near last anyway (14th?). Often at these types of meets the top 8 or so may score points for the team. If it was top 16 who scored then she hurt her team by getting herself DQed.


42 posted on 06/05/2012 9:04:54 PM PDT by impimp
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To: DManA

“Rush made a big deal about this “

I heard that. He was getting in touch with his inner Ayn Rand, who notoriously regarded charity as unimportant.


43 posted on 06/05/2012 9:05:30 PM PDT by Pelham (Marco Rubio, la Raza's trojan horse.)
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To: Revolting cat!
I fault the adults who were supposed to be looking out for the well being of the athletes. Anyone who's taken a first aid course knows about the dangers of heat stroke.

It's just plain common sense that you don't let them keep exerting themselves.

44 posted on 06/05/2012 10:01:12 PM PDT by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Thanks for the lecture Church Lady.

My sarcasm was in response to the idea that the rules were put in place in case one of the contestants had a heart attack. They weren’t.


45 posted on 06/05/2012 10:55:55 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9

This story stirs the romantic notion in many people that you don’t leave your teammate/squad mate behind. Thank God that this girl wasn’t suffering a significant medical situation.


46 posted on 06/06/2012 12:42:18 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: presidio9

I know you were mocking the earlier post, but the way you did it didn’t work.


47 posted on 06/06/2012 4:28:18 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: presidio9

nicely done!


48 posted on 06/06/2012 4:34:10 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Right Wing Assault; LuvFreeRepublic; Revolting cat!; Hegewisch Dupa
I know you were mocking the earlier post, but the way you did it didn’t work.

The post in question got positve feedback from multiple posters, and you seem to be the only person who couldn't handle it. Is it possible that it doesn't work for people with a stick up their a$$? I'm just saying.

49 posted on 06/06/2012 6:57:58 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
Sorry if my comment was over your head, but I can assure you I do not have a stick up my a$$. There was nothing wrong with what the girl did and plenty that was right about it.
50 posted on 06/07/2012 5:45:58 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic ( (#withNewt))
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To: Pelham
Back in the 2008 campaign, Rush would often speak of how it appeared that McCain's heart wasn't in the race. I distinctly remember Rush, on several occasions, using the phrase, "drag him across the finish line."

I guess it wasn't a bad thing back then.

51 posted on 06/07/2012 5:55:27 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: presidio9

I think this was a dumb idea on several accounts, and IMHO, the health examples are good ones. I think the losing runner might have been showboating, and did not treat the fallen runner with the respect she deserved. I wonder if this girl would have stopped had she been surging ahead in the top three.

This was a competition, and if I’d been the girl who fell, I think I would have been disappointed and humiliated enough, and probably swatted the “do-gooder” away. If I collapsed due to health issues, I’d thank her not to inexpertly judge my condition and proceed hauling my ass down the track to the cheers or jeers of the crowd.

If I’m a competitor, please afford me the dignity to stand or fall on my own. If I’m walking across a parking lot to my car and I fall, I will be most appreciative of your help.


52 posted on 06/07/2012 9:07:00 AM PDT by floralamiss
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
Sorry if my comment was over your head, but I can assure you I do not have a stick up my a$$.

The fact that you think your lame response was "over my head" is documentation of the the stick and its situation.

Isn't there a HS track runner you could be debfibrillating somewhere?

53 posted on 06/07/2012 11:59:06 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: floralamiss
I wonder if this girl would have stopped had she been surging ahead in the top three.

I heard Rush talking about this and sent him an email saying almost the same thing. I told him that I think the ONLY reason she stopped to help the girl across the line was because she was already in dead last place, had nothing to gain by finishing 2nd to last place.

She had already won the 1600 meters earlier, so she had nothing to prove. If she would have been in contention for a medal, you can BET she would've let the medical personnel or someone else help the girl out.

54 posted on 06/07/2012 12:22:20 PM PDT by RogerWilko
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To: presidio9
Seems to me your lame response indicates you have a few problems.
55 posted on 06/07/2012 1:54:23 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic ( (#withNewt))
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To: Revolting cat!; Aqua225; presidio9
Yeah, you’re right, though it made me think, why a heart attack and not a lung collapse, for example?

What about SOHCMRSA? How come nobody ever thinks about THAT? BOTH girls could have died. Amputations galore!

I think young Meghan was totally irresponsible, and should be sent to a Pelosi Youth re-education camp to get her mind right.

(SOHCMRSA = Sudden Onset Hyper-Communicative Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

56 posted on 06/07/2012 6:13:33 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: impimp; Revolting cat!
I think that those who condone her behaviour are like liberals - only caring about good intentions as opposed to consequences. What if she was having issues with her heart and she killed her by dragging her across the finish?

I can think more than a few Marines that would be glad to have her on their team.

57 posted on 06/07/2012 6:22:00 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: impimp; Revolting cat!
At least she was near last anyway (14th?). Often at these types of meets the top 8 or so may score points for the team. If it was top 16 who scored then she hurt her team by getting herself DQed.

I dunno. She probably helped out her team a great deal with that first-place finish in the 1600.

impimp, you've got to quit getting your "news" from the likes of GAyBCNews or the other ObamaNationPropaganda outlets. The GAyBC article follows The Narrative, and leaves out other important facts.

I get my news from The UK Daily Mail (They Didn't Get The WH FAX/memo!) or RT (Russia Today) (Max Keiser & Lauren Lyster for the politically incorrect economic news!).

The heart-warming picture that inspired millions: Photo of high school runner who carries opponent across finish line becomes internet sensation
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155133/Meghan-Vogel-Inspiring-photo-shows-Ohio-runner-help-carry-competitor-finish-line.html

...Ms Vogel, who had won the 1,600-meter race earlier, said she was emotional and tired from that when she began the longer race...

The UK Daily Mail also usually has scads of good pictures, too. The American "news" outlets skimp on the pictures because it's harder to control the message when the proles can make their own visual judgments.

58 posted on 06/07/2012 6:34:16 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
Seems to me your lame response indicates you have a few problems.

Suggestion: Take a trip to Fire Island. Find someone to remove the stick from your rectum. Relax a while on the beach. Find some semblance of a sense of humor. Get over yourself.

Then, and only then, will I solicit your diagnosis of my "problems." To review: Multiple posters to this thread got the joke. And liked it. Your feelings got hurt. Now you're trying to fight your way out of your own private tar baby. Let it go Kimosabe.

59 posted on 06/07/2012 6:38:14 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9

lol, ‘tar baby’? oy vey!


60 posted on 06/07/2012 6:43:07 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic ( (#withNewt))
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