RIP Michael Jackson...

[Big Jay]

First off, he was never convicted of anything.

Second, his contribution to the world: Music

Third, ok i feel bad, RIP.

Now what's everyone doing this weekend?

[Gringo]

I think we are going to go try jigging again. I cleaned up our reels, cut all the wire leaders off our jigs, and tied ten feet of fluro leader onto the power pro. I just need to pick up a pair of split ring pliers someplace. Them rings are hell on fingernails. I don't have a lot of hope for finding the pliers locally, but will try. Anyone know any tricks for opening the rings without the proper tools?


As for Michael Jackson, no, he wasn't perfect. Not like the people who are bashing him now that he's dead.

He got caught up in all that fame as a 12 year old kid, and never really had the chance to be a normal person.

[whitey]

Michael Jackson hasn't been this stiff since the last time Macaulay Culkin slept over at Neverland Ranch.

[jbones11]

Originally Posted by whitey

Michael Jackson hasn't been this stiff since the last time Macaulay Culkin slept over at Neverland Ranch.

LOL

who cares, he sang some songs, did the moonwalk and donated some of his money and time to those less fortunate then him....other then that WHO CARES !!!

he sold 1/4 billion records. WHO CARES

WHO CARES
WHO CARES
WHO CARES

HES DEAD RIP

[ElMar2530]

Originally Posted by Ace1st

Micheal Jackson was a product of a screwed up society that puts entertainment above morality.

Agreed Ace!!!!!

Maybe with all the "resetting" this country is doing after this economical debacle we are in, the death of the "king of pop" could reset societies priorities and we can get the US back to being a world power again instead of a world consumer of junk..... doubt it but that would be a nice out come.

Rant over.

[Gringo]

Originally Posted by Dorymate2530

Agreed Ace!!!!!

Maybe with all the "resetting" this country is doing after this economical debacle we are in, the death of the "king of pop" could reset societies priorities and we can get the US back to being a world power again instead of a world consumer of junk..... doubt it but that would be a nice out come.

Rant over.

It's not going to happen as long as we allow lib school teachers to strip search our children on their own suspicion ( THEIR suspicion. Not a law officer, a friggen teacher's!) that the child is in possession of (Gasp!) ibuprophen.

The USA is too tied up in being politically correct and in enforcing their zero tolerance gestapo techniques to be a world power in anything new. Oh, we'll coast for a while on what we did in the past. We had a lot of momentum.

[clt_capt]

Originally Posted by Gringo

The USA is too tied up in being politically correct

You know - there is something to be said for school spanking...

It was carefully administered - and the parents approved when I was in school. I think the combination of the long walk to the principal's office and the physical side of the spanking did have a positive effect on at least some of my generation.

Hell - when I was in school, the teachers actively made sure that you took your medicine on time...

[Robja]

Fred,

Your right about the spanking. When I was growing up you didn't have problems with students misbehaving. Of course most guys carried a knife and knew how to use it so that counter balance thing kept bad behavior down as well.

[Surfergirl]

Originally Posted by clt_capt

You know - there is something to be said for school spanking...

It was carefully administered - and the parents approved when I was in school. I think the combination of the long walk to the principal's office and the physical side of the spanking did have a positive effect on at least some of my generation.

Hell - when I was in school, the teachers actively made sure that you took your medicine on time...

In my school they always called my Mom right before I got one Finally she told them if they think I needed one give it to me.
I think I only ended up with 3 spankings the first year and the board they used was huge and full of holes so the swing was faster. I quickly learned it is better to behave.

[Gringo]

In the schools I went to in Texas, every teacher had a paddle made for them by the wood shop class. A planed down softball bat, with holes drilled in it.

Every time I got 'licks' or 'swats', the coaches found out and however many I got in class, I got that many again from the coach. And the coaches hit a lot harder, and knew exactly where the sweet spots were.

And if my father found out, I got more at home. But he used a leather belt. Except for the times he used to tell me to go cut a switch. Which he would use unless I cut one too small.

We all had pocket knives, of course. Would have considered it Chicken-sh*t for someone to pull one in anger. during dove season, half the pickup trucks in the high school parking lot had shotguns in the racks in the rear window. During deer season, they had rifles. I mean, you didn't leave an expensive one in plain view, with the door unlocked. But an old bolt action Mauser, or a 30-30 was perfectly safe. Yeah, the doors were locked. But I never heard of one getting stolen, or used in anger.