Comments on: Tiger Woods, Apology, and Work

By: Ray Butlers

Ray Butlers — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:26:45 +0000

Thank you, class factotum, but he doesn’t have to keep his pants zipped either. If he doesn’t break the law, his zipper is none of our business either.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:28:01 +0000

Bravo – well said!

By: MattyMat

MattyMat — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:03:36 +0000

Tiger Woods… gettin’ his billion dolla’ schwerve on!! That’s some hella alimony/child support payments—

By: Sid Prince

Sid Prince — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:10:48 +0000

Wow! Blogosphere commenting virus has purged all over this post @Laurie!

Let me add then.

Tiger’s other job is to be a spokesperson for the products he represents for, as-well-as for the many charities he supports. He owes it to them, not to the general public, to advance this discussion and begin making amends for his public profile. That is in fact an ethical requirement, IMHO. A-Rod did it. So can he.

Good enough?

No?

OK.

bllllluuuugghhhhhaaaahaaa *heave* *heave* *dryheave*

Sid. (kidding because he’s caring)

By: Patrick Erwin

Patrick Erwin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:58:13 +0000

Laurie – I am so with you on what makes valid news and what doesn’t. I hate that we don’t talk about Afghanistan, poverty, joblessness, etc.

It makes me sad that PBS just cancelled a couple of its shows (NOW and the Bill Moyers program) that actually did report on those things – and did a great job of really deeply exploring the subjects. A sharp contrast to the news networks, which have nothing but time (24 hours a day) and yet reduce everything to either (a) a soundbite or (b) two gasbags arguing, yelling, and farting words at each other.

By: econopete

econopete — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:51:43 +0000

Laurie, I forgot about that detail! I’ve been a little busy the past few days, responding to job inquiries mailed to me and trying to prevent another visit to the ER. I’ll do more research after I get some stuff out this morning.

By: Corey J Feldman

Corey J Feldman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:28:16 +0000

“Nature abhors a vacuum, yes, but we have a vacuum of information around so much stuff — Afghanistan, poverty, the war on drugs. I hate that we’re not all over those stories.” This is why I adore you @Laurie.

By: Marsha Keeffer

Marsha Keeffer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:53:31 +0000

Also…keep in mind that Tiger has been advised by, at the very least, his attorney to say what he’s saying. Possible that a PR person is also advising him and has done up a specific plan around this ‘crisis.’

Never be confused – a PR person will tell you they are influencing (read: manipulating) the media and that they want to tell their side of the story (read: control things). It appears harmless when the aim is publicity for a new style of basketball shoes, sinister when the goal is for a company to look nicey-nice after thousands die as occurred in the Union Carbide industrial gas leak in Bhopal, India.

By: MattyMat

MattyMat — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:50:08 +0000

@Laurie Now I’m very, very frightened.

btw– I’m looking for Server Admin people in and around the Durham area. You sound like you’d hang with the intellectual nerdy types– you know anyone??

By: Low on the Totem Pole

Low on the Totem Pole — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:45:33 +0000

We have so many more important things to be discussing as a country…what should we be doing in Afghanistan, what’s going to happen with healthcare, how will extending our safety net impact job growth (anyone check out the proposed increases to state UI, some are more than 400%), what is going on with our national (hello, Pelosi spent $30K of OUR money on SNACKS? In one MONTH???), state and local government? It is really sad that Tiger Woods is such a focus for the media and the public at large…

We. Are. Doomed.

The terrorists will not be our undoing, it will be our national persona as attention-challenged gossip mongers with shopping addictions.

[sigh]

Bad day for me over here.