Originally Posted By X-san <a href="http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM&NR=1" target="_blank">http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=...BUM&NR=1</a> Amazing speech giver as well (wish he'd made a lot more! we need this sort of thing in todays world imho...). And, he even says goodbye to all with dignity and honor as well. <a href="http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UcvRMHz4mb4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=...=related</a> (anyone NOT cry after watching those three videos? well, if so, I guess I'm just a wuss thanks to Mr. Rogers lol) Sorry to quote K2M on this one so vehemently, but MR. ROGERS ISN'T ON TRIAL HERE!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Yep he earned his programming $20 million dollars in 5 minutes! If you haven't seen that video, watch it, it's amazing.<< I love that clip, how he turns a politician from foe to fan in 5 minutes. What an American hero Mr. Rogers was.
Originally Posted By X-san <a href="http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=rDxGuat7HUI&feature=related" target="_blank">http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=...=related</a>
Originally Posted By X-san Post 40...AWESOME. It's been a while since I've heard "gonna have a good time". Thanks Bill Cosby!
Originally Posted By X-san <a href="http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UlTjWUziZhg" target="_blank">http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=...jWUziZhg</a>
Originally Posted By X-san Sorry, last one. This one pretty much sums up the man and his legacy, I think. <a href="http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=5BN9ynEJzLo&feature=related" target="_blank">http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=...=related</a>
Originally Posted By VCR_Pongo I didn't want to watch those clips, It's been a long time since I have cried. damn.
Originally Posted By X-san I really love that he wrote all the music too (and everything else). Never knew that as a kid.
Originally Posted By X-san ***I didn't want to watch those clips, It's been a long time since I have cried. damn.*** Sorry. (you DID bring him up though )
Originally Posted By VCR_Pongo I was going to say to you X to go back and watch that video from post #46 and listen knowing that he is singing to a recording of himself playing the piano. He was an extremely intelligent guy.
Originally Posted By VCR_Pongo And to bring it back to the Original Topic, he was also a minister. lol seriously.
Originally Posted By VCR_Pongo Okay so to the original poster, which is more effective? A hit and run post of how you are right and everyone left is wrong? Or Mr. Rogers approach?
Originally Posted By X-san ***And to bring it back to the Original Topic, he was also a minister. lol seriously.*** I know. Believe me, Fred Rogers is one of the main reasons that I have shifted my beliefs recently from outright cynicism to "hey, maybe there's something here worth looking at after all, despite the hypocracy that so disturbs me". I also feel that his message dovetails very nicely into the Eckhart Tolle stuff that I really admire and try to adhere to these days (there's another video out there of Mr. Rogers talking about that sort of stuff, but I promised "last one", so I don't want to derail this topic beyond what I've already posted...but it's out there anyway).
Originally Posted By X-san Sorry, I lied. This one is awesome too. <a href="http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3-nl8lHx8&NR=1" target="_blank">http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=...Hx8&NR=1</a>
Originally Posted By barboy ///Of course, the United States is set up to not always be ruled by popular vote. This part of our country (which many Christians believe was inspired by God, BTW) is what gave us things like Brown v. Board,/// And conversely it gave us cool stuff like the Dredd Scott decision(1857), and Plessy vs Ferguson(1896). As to morality/fairness/ethics and what is best for our country the 'Supremes', like the chief executive and national legislature, know no more nor no less than the rest of us collectively. They just happen to be in a position to change public policy.
Originally Posted By X-san Examples within the past century hold more weight imho. A lot of things were all kinds of wrong a hundred years ago. Heck, even 50 years ago, I can look back and say without reservation "America was prejudiced to the hilt, antiquated, narcissistic, paranoid, and pretty darned evil all around considering today's way of looking at things".
Originally Posted By barboy Fat Albert--- the second best cartoon ever next to The Flintstones. FA had some crazy looking cast: some lanky dude with HUGE, I mean just way too big lips--- hey wait, didn't the entire cast have accentuated big lips. some guy on there with a knit cap pulled over his head who talked with a very high pitch a slick talking and decked out haughty cat what's up with that squat looking kid with a headgear?
Originally Posted By VCR_Pongo If you are headed toward "Non PC" due to "big lips," don't. I don't think any African-Americans think FA is disrespectful, probably due to the creator having been African American himself. Now had J.B. Stoner created it...
Originally Posted By barboy ///Examples within the past century hold more weight imho./// I don't look at it that way since I believe that today's practices and movements will be rendered 'backward', 'despicable' or 'grossly unjust' sooner or later. In 15 years don't be surprised if 2008 will be generally regarded as the 'dark days of old'. And actually **overall** I think we are a sicker culture today than back in the 70's and 80's due to attacks on free thought/speech and expression coming from the control mongers like NAACP, NOW, GLAD, Christian Coalition and the Bushies. They are all philosophically dirty because they make a living on taking our living away.
Originally Posted By barboy ///If you are headed toward "Non PC" due to "big lips," don't./// I don't understand what you mean?? What I was saying is that the cast had exremely large lips even for blacks....... nothing more, nothing less. I didn't attach any morality to it---- it was just an observation. But now that I am reflecting on the big lip thing I love it--- if only we could see cartoons like that today. And FA's lessons and songs really impressed me too. I went to a grade school loaded with blacks--maybe 75%--- and we all talked about FA as well as Captain Caveman and JabberJaws.
