Celebrity death that bummed you out the most...

spudcon · 07-06-2009, 07:50 PM

Robert McNamara wrote later that he and others had not asked five basic questions: "Was it true that the fall of South Vietnam would trigger the fall of all Southeast Asia? Would that constitute a grave threat to the West's security? What kind of war — conventional or guerrilla — might develop? Could the U.S. win with its troops fighting alongside the South Vietnamese? Should the U.S. not know the answers to all these questions before deciding whether to commit troops?"
He never considered the question "Can a bunch of eggheaded nerds micromanage a war half a world away better than the Generals whose expertise they were ignoring?" The world is better off without Robert McNamara.

capnhowdy · 07-06-2009, 08:52 PM

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Robert McNamara wrote later that he and others had not asked five basic questions: "Was it true that the fall of South Vietnam would trigger the fall of all Southeast Asia? Would that constitute a grave threat to the West's security? What kind of war — conventional or guerrilla — might develop? Could the U.S. win with its troops fighting alongside the South Vietnamese? Should the U.S. not know the answers to all these questions before deciding whether to commit troops?"
He never considered the question "Can a bunch of eggheaded nerds micromanage a war half a world away better than the Generals whose expertise they were ignoring?" The world is better off without Robert McNamara.

I hope that motherfucker rots in hell. nuff said.

Radar · 07-06-2009, 10:43 PM

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I hope that motherfucker rots in hell. nuff said.

I am with you on that one. I'm sure he's hanging out with Jesse Helms, Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan right now.

monster · 07-06-2009, 10:56 PM

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I am with you on that one. I'm sure he's hanging out with Jesse Helms, Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan right now.

are you sure they're all dead? :p

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2009, 12:57 AM

Over here, Radar.

spudcon · 07-07-2009, 11:14 AM

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I am with you on that one. I'm sure he's hanging out with Jesse Helms, Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan right now.

What about the Kennedys and LBJ Radar?

Spexxvet · 07-07-2009, 12:54 PM

Jeff Goldblum

Oh, wait...

Sun_Sparkz · 07-08-2009, 07:24 AM

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Jeff Goldblum

Oh, wait...

Yeah - I saw this live on the Today show and called my BF who told everyone in his office. Dont I JUST look so credible now.

how funny to be at home watching people talk about you thinkinng your dead.
*shiver*

Sheldonrs · 07-08-2009, 10:02 AM

I wonder if they bury him, cremate him or just slice him up:

Oscar Mayer

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Mayer's wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday age at Hospice Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999.

07-06-2009, 07:50 PM	#1
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Robert McNamara wrote later that he and others had not asked five basic questions: "Was it true that the fall of South Vietnam would trigger the fall of all Southeast Asia? Would that constitute a grave threat to the West's security? What kind of war — conventional or guerrilla — might develop? Could the U.S. win with its troops fighting alongside the South Vietnamese? Should the U.S. not know the answers to all these questions before deciding whether to commit troops?" He never considered the question "Can a bunch of eggheaded nerds micromanage a war half a world away better than the Generals whose expertise they were ignoring?" The world is better off without Robert McNamara. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-07-2009, 12:57 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Over here, Radar. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-07-2009, 12:54 PM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Jeff Goldblum Oh, wait... __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-08-2009, 10:02 AM	#9
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	A Truly great man has died I wonder if they bury him, cremate him or just slice him up: Oscar Mayer MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95. Mayer's wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday age at Hospice Care in Fitchburg. He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965. Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft. Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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