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https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/corey-feldman-sobs-while-speaking-144937417.html (https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/corey-feldman-sobs-while-speaking-144937417.html)
You need to go to the link to see the photos of this whatever it is to get the full effect.
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Corey Feldman has not been able to get out of bed after his performance of his new song “Go 4 It” on the Today show Friday went viral.
In a since-deleted Facebook Live post, Feldman and one of his “Corey’s Angels,” Courtney Anne, addressed their critics after making headlines for a curious appearance on the morning talk show.
On the show, the ‘80s teen heartthrob performed a song from his fifth album Angel 2 the Core, which he said is a “good versus evil, heaven versus hell”-themed record. The former Stand By Me and The Lost Boys star donned an all-black, hooded ensemble, and gave a now-viral performance.
“We just wanted to tell everybody that, like, it’s been really painful,” Feldman, 45, said of the past 24 hours since the show aired. “We put ourselves out there and we did the best that we could. And, like, I’ve never had such mean things said about me. Like constantly.”
Feldman’s performance drew comments on social media as well as in the press, becoming a Facebook trending topic for most of Saturday. As the video went on, Feldman started to sob.
“All we can say is that we tried really hard,” he said. “Because we love our fans and we just wanted to give them the best show that we could. But we don’t deserve … these things that are said about us are awful.”
Anne has certainly Googled the performance – and said he saw all of the negative comments about Feldman.
“Like if you Google ‘Corey Feldman Today performance’ like every media is, like –,” Anne started to say before Feldman finished her statement with, “Like ‘Oh it’s so bizarre and he’s so weird and he’s so odd.’ ”
Feldman said he didn’t think his song deserved such a backlash.
“It was a song, okay? It wasn’t that weird,” he said, adding, “I’m sorry if it’s not good enough for you, but you don’t have to beat us up. I just want to say that, like, why is it okay to, like, publicly shame us? … I don’t understand … It’s, like, not PC to, like, say somebody is fat or somebody is white or somebody is black or somebody is yellow or green or if they have a short leg or if they have a missing finger. Like we can’t talk about these things. But it’s okay to bash Corey Feldman and the Angels.”
For now, Feldman said he has a lot of fear about going in public again.
“We can’t get out of bed right now,” he said. “We’re petrified to even go out … And I’m sorry, but we just wanted the world to know, like, we’re really freaked out over this and it’s really not fair.”
Anne attested to Feldman’s concern for his well-being.
“He was really down last night, just so you guys know,” Anne, who calls herself Feldman’s “maingel,” said. “And, like, I don’t even know what to do or to say because I thought the performance was good and I was, like, excited about it.”
Feldman said this should be considered bullying.
“Public shaming should not be accepted, no matter who you are,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if they’re a celebrity or not. We deserve love and we deserve, like, normal life … It’s not okay, it’s not acceptable to call us freaks, weirdos, losers, whatever.”
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@jmyrlefuller @EasyAce
Seems like we weren't the only ones that thought this was horrible.
" “It doesn’t matter if they’re a celebrity or not. We deserve love and we deserve, like, normal life … It’s not okay, it’s not acceptable to call us freaks, weirdos, losers, whatever.”"
Hard to believe that the special little snowflake that said this is 45 years old,ain't it?
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Feldman said this should be considered bullying.
“Public shaming should not be accepted, no matter who you are,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if they’re a celebrity or not. We deserve love and we deserve, like, normal life … It’s not okay, it’s not acceptable to call us freaks, weirdos, losers, whatever.”
Oh just shut up, loser.
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I have no idea who they are and after reading this I have no desire to know. I do have a question though, can either of them utter a sentence without the work like in it?
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So what is this about?
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I have no idea who they are and after reading this I have no desire to know. I do have a question though, can either of them utter a sentence without the work like in it?
@kalee
The worse part is he is 45 years old,not 13.
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So what is this about?
@Weird Tolkienish Figure
One thing it is about is being a glowing example of how the totally talentless can get a spotlight on national tv if they have the right connections.
Another is about how celebs are whiny crybabies regardless of how old they are. They think they deserve to be loved by all just because of who they are.
The mindset of the professional left that makes them feel entitled.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs)
So this is what they're talking about apparently? :shrug:
:silly:
This is terrible.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs)
So this is what they're talking about apparently? :shrug:
:silly:
This is terrible.
@Weird Tolkienish Figure
It would have to get better by several orders of magnitude before it even approaches "terrible".
It just goes to show you how important connections are in the entertainment biz. He obviously got that gig without anyone at NBC ever hearing a demo tape or audition.
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(http://c3rhdgljlnnwaw4uy29t.g00.spin.com/g00/1_TU9SRVBIRVVTMSRodHRwOi8vc3RhdGljLnNwaW4uY29tL2ZpbGVzLzIwMTYvMDkvQ29yZXlBcnQyLWNvbXByZXNzZWQuanBnP2kxMGMubWFyay5pbWFnZS50eXBl_$/$/$/$/$)
(http://c3rhdgljlnnwaw4uy29t.g00.spin.com/g00/1_TU9SRVBIRVVTMSRodHRwOi8vc3RhdGljLnNwaW4uY29tL2ZpbGVzLzIwMTYvMDkvQW5nZWxpYzJUaGVDb3JlLTU5NXg0ODAuanBnP2kxMGMubWFyay5pbWFnZS50eXBl_$/$/$/$/$)
This has to be a joke.
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So what is this about?
Looks like the aftermath of an 8 ball of meth...
(http://direct-ns.rhap.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.227952168/images/600x600.jpg)
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I'm guessing it is kayfabe.
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(http://c3rhdgljlnnwaw4uy29t.g00.spin.com/g00/1_TU9SRVBIRVVTMSRodHRwOi8vc3RhdGljLnNwaW4uY29tL2ZpbGVzLzIwMTYvMDkvQ29yZXlBcnQyLWNvbXByZXNzZWQuanBnP2kxMGMubWFyay5pbWFnZS50eXBl_$/$/$/$/$)
(http://c3rhdgljlnnwaw4uy29t.g00.spin.com/g00/1_TU9SRVBIRVVTMSRodHRwOi8vc3RhdGljLnNwaW4uY29tL2ZpbGVzLzIwMTYvMDkvQW5nZWxpYzJUaGVDb3JlLTU5NXg0ODAuanBnP2kxMGMubWFyay5pbWFnZS50eXBl_$/$/$/$/$)
This has to be a joke.
@Weird Tolkienish Figure
Even with nearbout nekkid babes nobody is going to buy that thing.
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Untalented people just can't understand it when someone tells them the truth about their shortcomings.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs)
So this is what they're talking about apparently? :shrug:
:silly:
This is terrible.
Even with a darkened stage and weird lights and fog machines, that wouldn't have made it. In bright light? Nope.
But why afraid to go out? That was so bad no one would even threaten to put that act out of its misery.
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Untalented people just can't understand it when someone tells them the truth about their shortcomings.
@mountaineer
I think his problem is he somehow managed to earn millions by posing as an actor when he was a kid,and his ego just won't allow him to conceive of the possibility that he can't be a star at anything he does.
His wealth allows him to only hire people willing to tell him how great he is. When all you hear is how great you are,it's easy to believe it.
Come to think of it,he would be a PERFECT running mate for Donald Little Hands. He has spent his entire life surrounded by paid "yes" people whose sole job was to fluff him up.
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The choreography is non-sequitur and poorly performed. However, for all his lofty talk of 'helping lost girls' the lyrics of his song are the exact opposite of helping anyone. He describes feeling put-down by "they" and prescribes as a solution to this feeling to let go of any normal rational or prudent restraints on behaviour and to "go for it". In this case he means that because you are put-down, you should do anything that comes to mind. Murder? Sex? Suicide? We do not know. But, go-for-it anyway.
The song is bad. The lyrics are bad. The message is insanity. And the dancing speaks for itself. Where is Simon Cowell when you need him?
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Corey Feldman is so beyond mentally messed up I'm surprised he can walk his own dog around the block without assistance.
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Oh just shut up, loser.
@mountaineer @Weird Tolkienish Figure
Yes, he's very strange and seemingly without talent. Apparently a very troubled person.
Which isn't surprising because he's also been very public about the sexual abuse he suffered as a kid in Hollywood. He claims to have been repeatedly raped by adults in the industry. Many people have come out acknowledging the abuse but there is no 'proof'. Apparently many knew it was happening but kept their mouths shut because the guy IS a powerful producer.
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I tried to watch the video. :chairbang: Interesting that someone who claims to have been molested by a man as a child would say Michael Jackson is his idol.
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I tried to watch the video. :chairbang: Interesting that someone who claims to have been molested by a man as a child would say Michael Jackson is his idol.
Whats even more interesting is the lack of caring displayed for another human who is obviously troubled. Far easier to stand back and laugh.
Do you seriously doubt that children are regularly sexually abused in Hollywood?
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Whats even more interesting is the lack of caring displayed for another human who is obviously troubled. Far easier to stand back and laugh.
Do you seriously doubt that children are regularly sexually abused in Hollywood?
Considering how many people there are so obviously messed up, no. Nor do I doubt the abuse stops there with kids. In the meantime, the dude needs a writer, choreographer, someone to do the stage setup, maybe a body double...
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Whats even more interesting is the lack of caring displayed for another human who is obviously troubled. Far easier to stand back and laugh.
Do you seriously doubt that children are regularly sexually abused in Hollywood?
Reading comprehension is your friend. I neither did nor said what you've alleged.
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Reading comprehension is your friend. I neither did nor said what you've alleged.
Right keep telling yourself that if it makes you sleep better.
The reality is obvious to all.
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@mountaineer @Weird Tolkienish Figure
@mountaineer
Yes, he's very strange and seemingly without talent. Apparently a very troubled person.
Which isn't surprising because he's also been very public about the sexual abuse he suffered as a kid in Hollywood. He claims to have been repeatedly raped by adults in the industry. Many people have come out acknowledging the abuse but there is no 'proof'. Apparently many knew it was happening but kept their mouths shut because the guy IS a powerful producer.
As always,the rules are different for wealthy leftist celebs. Just look at that Hollywood icon and hero Roman Polanski for proof of this. The SOB drugged and raped a 13 year old girl,and once he figured out he was going to go to prison for it,he jumped bail and went to France and then Poland to escape what he so richly deserved around 40 years ago.
You still occasionally hear someone from Hollywood talk about what a "tragedy" it is that "such a good director is not allowed back in America."
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@mountaineer @Weird Tolkienish Figure
Yes, he's very strange and seemingly without talent. Apparently a very troubled person.
Which isn't surprising because he's also been very public about the sexual abuse he suffered as a kid in Hollywood. He claims to have been repeatedly raped by adults in the industry. Many people have come out acknowledging the abuse but there is no 'proof'. Apparently many knew it was happening but kept their mouths shut because the guy IS a powerful producer.
@mountaineer
I read an article about Feldman this morning that all but identified the producer that sodomized him when he was a teen,and mentioned that producer got caught in the act with another teen male actor later on and ended up serving 6 months in a luxury rehab facility before being released,and going back to directing children with no complaints from anybody.
Despite Hollywood being to the political left of the 1960's Kremlin,none of the financial people there give a damn what you do as long as you make money for them. NOT making a profit for them is the ultimate sin,and one that won't be forgiven.
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Corey needs change his image. Reverse it, in fact.
He needs to drop the black, gothic, bad boy BS....and "come out" as an angelic gay person. If he had done that, bleached his hair platinum, and pranced around the stage like the best drag show angel evah.....
his song would no doubt have been a hit. Despite the horrible voice and no talent.
Oh, and instead of having the girls in his backup band dressed as angels, he should have put them in the devilish outfits.
It's all about presentation these days....and pretending to be other than what you are (all the rage among Trump fans too). He got it exactly backwards. Plus, most of his audience don't believe in angels OR in Hell....sooo....
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But why afraid to go out? That was so bad no one would even threaten to put that act out of its misery.
@Smokin Joe
I listened to it using your link and got out of that to "go for it", but he didn't tell us what to go for, unless it was in the jumble of words somewhere. Maybe it was "go for 'like'" as that appears to be the one word he "goes for". Like, his dancing was nuts, like the music was not music, like his voice was in and out of tune, like when you could hear it, like the whole thing was a mistake to put together. Like, I didn't "like" it.
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@Smokin Joe
I listened to it using your link and got out of that to "go for it", but he didn't tell us what to go for, unless it was in the jumble of words somewhere. Maybe it was "go for 'like'" as that appears to be the one word he "goes for". Like, his dancing was nuts, like the music was not music, like his voice was in and out of tune, like when you could hear it, like the whole thing was a mistake to put together. Like, I didn't "like" it.
Oh, I dunno. Give the kid guy a lyricist, a composer, a choreographer, a stand in, some make up and lighting people, and a couple of quaaludes backstage, the show might almost work out...
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Right keep telling yourself that if it makes you sleep better.
The reality is obvious to all.
I don't know what bee got into your bonnet, but you're really way off. If you can sleep okay after making false allegations, more power to you.
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ut-down, you should do anything that comes to mind. Murder? Sex? Suicide? We do not know. But, go-for-it anyway.
The song is bad. The lyrics are bad. The message is insanity. And the dancing speaks for itself. Where is Simon Cowell when you need him?
Mr. Feldman came well prepared, but unfortunately
His presentation was not up to contemporary professional standards.
His voice lacks the range of tonal color necessary to make it
Consistently interesting.
Full time consideration of another endeavor might be in order.
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@Weird Tolkienish Figure
Even with nearbout nekkid babes nobody is going to buy that thing.
Wait... do the naked babes come with it?
Free shipping is one thing, but that offer might entice me to buy!
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Well this will be a 1st Me calling for order but....
Lets be respectful here folks. Easy on the insults. I'm no RiV, and will not delete posts. Please self moderate your comments.
Pete put this one here in the music thread. It can stay but it is "borderline" for this forum.
That is all. Carry on.
@mountaineer
@driftdiver
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@mountaineer @Weird Tolkienish Figure
Yes, he's very strange and seemingly without talent. Apparently a very troubled person.
Which isn't surprising because he's also been very public about the sexual abuse he suffered as a kid in Hollywood. He claims to have been repeatedly raped by adults in the industry. Many people have come out acknowledging the abuse but there is no 'proof'. Apparently many knew it was happening but kept their mouths shut because the guy IS a powerful producer.
Wait... so you're saying homosexuality is actually a danger and ruins lives?
Hmmm... who would've thunk?
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Wait... so you're saying homosexuality is actually a danger and ruins lives?
Hmmm... who would've thunk?
@bolobaby
I don't think theres any doubt of that although I would phase it differently as it seems to imply that the homosexual activity was consensual. Corey Feldman was raped, repeatedly and on numerous occasions, by the producer he was working for as a child. He was approximately 10 or 11 years old when this occurred.
Some people can handle that and some can't. I'd agree he needs to find another line of work though.
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Wait... do the naked babes come with it?
Free shipping is one thing, but that offer might entice me to buy!
@bolobaby
If they did you would still be out of luck because I'd already have them.
Tell ya what,if I do get them,I'll be happy to send you Cory as a consolation prize. How's that?
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Wait... so you're saying homosexuality is actually a danger and ruins lives?
Hmmm... who would've thunk?
@bolobaby
RAPE can be a danger to your psyche and can ruin you life,regardless of if it is homosexual or heterosexual rape.
I don't know,but strongly suspect that homosexual rape of a heterosexual is much harder for the victim to deal with when it comes to restoring their "Sense of self".
And let's be clear about it,Feldman was a underage teen when it happened,and it WAS rape because a child can't give an adult permission to have sex with them,and there is also the (maybe/probable) unspoken threat of losing his job and career if he protested.
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@bolobaby
I don't think theres any doubt of that although I would phase it differently as it seems to imply that the homosexual activity was consensual. Corey Feldman was raped, repeatedly and on numerous occasions, by the producer he was working for as a child. He was approximately 10 or 11 years old when this occurred.
I wonder if there is a statute of limitations for child rape in Ca?
That producer needs to spend the rest of his freaking life AND lose his fortune for that. The one thing we can be sure of is that if he did it to Feldman,he did it to other children,also.
MY preference is he should be hanged in public,but I know that will never happen.
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@sneakypete @driftdiver
Yes, I was specifically referring to the fact that gay predation is very, very real and ruins the life of many.
Oh - and Pete - no nekkid chicks, no deal.
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Corey Feldman is so beyond mentally messed up I'm surprised he can walk his own dog around the block without assistance.
Hollywood seems to do that to children.
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I wonder if there is a statute of limitations for child rape in Ca?
That producer needs to spend the rest of his freaking life AND lose his fortune for that. The one thing we can be sure of is that if he did it to Feldman,he did it to other children,also.
MY preference is he should be hanged in public,but I know that will never happen.
According to some articles I found there is a statute of limitations depending on the circumstances. Corey has made public statements that if he said who it was the only result would be him getting sued. One of his coworkers who was also a teen at the time made public statements and named the person in front of witnesses. That coworker died shortly thereafter, I think due to cancer.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-x2lXN55Bs)
So this is what they're talking about apparently? :shrug:
:silly:
This is terrible.
(http://i.imgur.com/q3iCWqE.gif)
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According to some articles I found there is a statute of limitations depending on the circumstances. Corey has made public statements that if he said who it was the only result would be him getting sued. One of his coworkers who was also a teen at the time made public statements and named the person in front of witnesses. That coworker died shortly thereafter, I think due to cancer.
It's almost impossible to win in court when facing someone with a virtually unlimited amount of cash to hire lawyers to both defend him and to counter sue you into bankruptcy if you lose.
Sometimes a bullet is the only practical solution.
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It's almost impossible to win in court when facing someone with a virtually unlimited amount of cash to hire lawyers to both defend him and to counter sue you into bankruptcy if you lose.
Sometimes a bullet is the only practical solution.
I guess it depends on how you define the problem. **nononono*
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I guess it depends on how you define the problem. **nononono*
@Sanguine
People should pay for their crimes in order to keep them from repeating them. If you can't do it one way,you do it another way.
This is especially true for dangerous criminals like child rapists.
Then again,nobody has ever accused me of being shy when it comes to payback. You leave me alone to live in peace,I will leave you alone to live in peace. You bother me,and I will bother you more. Maybe not all that PC,but it sure has worked for me all my life.
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@Sanguine
People should pay for their crimes in order to keep them from repeating them. If you can't do it one way,you do it another way.
This is especially true for dangerous criminals like child rapists.
Then again,nobody has ever accused me of being shy when it comes to payback. You leave me alone to live in peace,I will leave you alone to live in peace. You bother me,and I will bother you more. Maybe not all that PC,but it sure has worked for me all my life.
I hear you, Pete. I'm all for protecting people from predators, but I have found over the years, that really sorry excuses of people tend to hurt themselves more than I ever good.
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... I have found over the years, that really sorry excuses of people tend to hurt themselves more than I ever good.
@Sanguine
That hasn't been my experience.
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I hear you, Pete. I'm all for protecting people from predators, but I have found over the years, that really sorry excuses of people tend to hurt themselves more than I ever good.
@sneakypete
I know what you are saying. It's the Judge Roy Bean defense: "But, Your Honor, he just needed killing". I'm not accusing you of bravado, but it isn't something to be undertaken lightly. To quote a poster from TOS, long ago:
"When normally non-violent men feel compelled to apply extrajudicial justice, it is an excruciating deliberation. They are fully aware that no system will protect them and that one day they will stand naked before their maker and have to justify their actions. No jury will deliberate harder or face the moral questions more squarely than moral men who have chosen an avenue of questionable morality out of necessity."
FReeper MARTIAL MONK
One must be equally certain of two things: the unrepentant guilt of the party, and that the system will not perform as it should in prosecuting that party.
That said, I am all for some 'old school' solutions to obvious problems, and have found an axe handle or pick handle can cause sudden enlightenment for miscreants in the hands of a young lady's Dad and a couple of Uncles or friends of the family. The mere presence of a shotgun can bring about an epiphany, followed by sudden relocation. The sad state of affairs, though is that doing such opens one up to being brought before the bench.
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Don't look now....but Feldman's "performance" just got even worse. This time, he managed to drop the US flag on stage. Since he didn't try to pick it up and just went on with the "performance", one has to assume that he dropped it intentionally....even though he has issued a lame apology.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/corey-feldman-is-deeply-sorry-for-dropping-american-flag-during-today-show-performance/ar-AAiWXfN?li=BBnb7Kz
But at least he traded in the dark hoodie for a white one. I suppose that could be deemed as an improvement. But then....there's the Michael Jackson hair ......holy chit, batman!
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Don't look now....but Feldman's "performance" just got even worse. This time, he managed to drop the US flag on stage. Since he didn't try to pick it up and just went on with the "performance", one has to assume that he dropped it intentionally....even though he has issued a lame apology.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/corey-feldman-is-deeply-sorry-for-dropping-american-flag-during-today-show-performance/ar-AAiWXfN?li=BBnb7Kz
But at least he traded in the dark hoodie for a white one. I suppose that could be deemed as an improvement. But then....there's the Michael Jackson hair ......holy chit, batman!
Well, if people spend their column inches and airtime dealing with how he treated the flag, they won't spend it on how he has treated 'music'. There may be a method to that madness.
Off topic, but that guy is 45? What? Has he been kept in a jug of hand lotion all his life?
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Don't look now....but Feldman's "performance" just got even worse. This time, he managed to drop the US flag on stage. Since he didn't try to pick it up and just went on with the "performance", one has to assume that he dropped it intentionally....even though he has issued a lame apology.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/corey-feldman-is-deeply-sorry-for-dropping-american-flag-during-today-show-performance/ar-AAiWXfN?li=BBnb7Kz (http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/corey-feldman-is-deeply-sorry-for-dropping-american-flag-during-today-show-performance/ar-AAiWXfN?li=BBnb7Kz)
But at least he traded in the dark hoodie for a white one. I suppose that could be deemed as an improvement. But then....there's the Michael Jackson hair ......holy chit, batman!
I don't think he did it on purpose. He's obviously high on some sort of drugs.
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Well, if people spend their column inches and airtime dealing with how he treated the flag, they won't spend it on how he has treated 'music'. There may be a method to that madness.
Off topic, but that guy is 45? What? Has he been kept in a jug of hand lotion all his life?
So the flag-dropping was merely a desperate attempt to deflect attention away from the no-talent performance. Sounds like a valid theory. Either way, the dropping of the flag WAS intentional. I don't know who or what group he thought he would appeal to there. But I suspect that it will backfire if he thought it would up his popularity. Epic fail at that and at his attempted 'come back' at the age of 45.
When will these types ever learn that negative publicity is NOT preferable to no publicity at all?
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I don't think he did it on purpose. He's obviously high on some sort of drugs.
If it wasn't intentional, he would have picked the flag back up and continued on. He showed extreme disrespect for the US flag, IMO. I could have overlooked and forgiven the horrid performance if not for that.
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If it wasn't intentional, he would have picked the flag back up and continued on. He showed extreme disrespect for the US flag, IMO. I could have overlooked and forgiven the horrid performance if not for that.
I agree about the flag. As for the performance, I'm just very happy I didn't have to pay to see that. Someone really wants him to gain traction if they gave him a second shot at the Today Show. Is he living in someone's basement?
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@sneakypete
@Smokin Joe
I know what you are saying. It's the Judge Roy Bean defense: "But, Your Honor, he just needed killing". <<
Back in the days when people had enough common sense to come in out of the rain,you could tell that to a grand jury of locals who knew the deceased,and it would be ruled to be a justifiable homicide,and you wouldn't even be fined.
That's the way it should be today. The courts should be OUR bitch,not the other way around. This country was set up so the citizens would be the bosses,and the courts and politicians would follow OUR orders.
>>I'm not accusing you of bravado, but it isn't something to be undertaken lightly. <<
Neither should causing harm to someone who is not harming you,and the one starting the problem should understand there is a price to be paid down the road for such actions.
A simpler way to say that is the old-saying that states "An armed society is a polite society."
>>To quote a poster from TOS, long ago: One must be equally certain of two things: the unrepentant guilt of the party, and that the system will not perform as it should in prosecuting that party. <<
I agee with the first part,and strongly disagree with the second part. If it's worth doing,you shouldn't have to ask permission and seek a consensus. Nor should you ever have to be concerned about getting caught up in one of those "My lawyer can whip your lawyer" situations. I have had the courtesy of pointing out to people in the past that if they continued with their conduct or I could prove to myself that they had done what I suspected they had done,their lawyer would never enter in to the discussion we would be having. I grew up poor and never had the ability to play the "my lawyer versus your lawyer game",so I was always straight up with people that thought they could screw me and get away with it because of who they were and what family they came from. In all cases both of us were lucky enough to believe I was telling the truth,but make no mistake about it,there are things you can say or do to me that will end up with you suddenly becoming graveyard dead unless you piss me off in addition to threatening someone or something I love. Do that and you will still wind up dead,but not quick enough to suit you.
Right is right and wrong is wrong,and neither need to be decided by a committee beforehand. That's what juries are for.
And yes,there ARE some issues I am willing to go to jail for if that becomes necessary.
>>That said, I am all for some 'old school' solutions to obvious problems, and have found an axe handle or pick handle can cause sudden enlightenment for miscreants in the hands of a young lady's Dad and a couple of Uncles or friends of the family. The mere presence of a shotgun can bring about an epiphany, followed by sudden relocation. The sad state of affairs, though is that doing such opens one up to being brought before the bench.<<
Which is as it should be in a civilized society. The issue of your justification in reference to any guilt should be decided by your neighbors/your peers on the grand jury and the trial jury if it goes that far,not some pompous ass in a robe that lives in another town and doesn't know anyone involved in the case or their personal histories.
Let's face it,there IS such a thing as a bad boy/bad girl,and THEY don't need protection from society. Society needs to be protected from THEM. Which is why you just flat don't run across genuinely crazy violent people in rural areas. Typically,they tend to die in a tragic hunting,fishing,or farming accident at roughly the same time they start entering puberty and become strong enough and old enough to be dangerous.
On the rare occasions where it was obvious there was no real accident and the person with them when they died was brought before a Grand Jury,the old "He needed killing" explanation was all that was needed. Everybody would nod,say "yup",and deem it a justified homicide and send you home.
You only found violent crazy people running around in the big cities,where nobody really knew anyone else well. Serial killers and rapists tended to not live long in rural areas.
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I agree about the flag. As for the performance, I'm just very happy I didn't have to pay to see that. Someone really wants him to gain traction if they gave him a second shot at the Today Show. Is he living in someone's basement?
He's probably just barely getting by on his "name recognition"....and by making guest appearances as a former child star. Hence, his latest desperate attempt to break into the music biz.
I wasn't that critical of his first Today Show performance. But dropping the flag is the last straw with me. He sucks. His voice is gravelly and unappealing, he sings off key (much like his band plays off key) and his lyrics are mundane and un-original, to say the least. He seems totally incapable of originality. And sorry, but that Michael Jackson hair just cracks me up.
I suspect that most folks will....when viewing this latest routine....do a lot of pointing and laughing...just like they did re: the first one.
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How old is this guy?
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How old is this guy?
45
What some people will do to remain relevant...
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He's probably just barely getting by on his "name recognition"....and by making guest appearances as a former child star. Hence, his latest desperate attempt to break into the music biz.
I wasn't that critical of his first Today Show performance. But dropping the flag is the last straw with me. He sucks. His voice is gravelly and unappealing, he sings off key (much like his band plays off key) and his lyrics are mundane and un-original, to say the least. He seems totally incapable of originality. And sorry, but that Michael Jackson hair just cracks me up.
I suspect that most folks will....when viewing this latest routine....do a lot of pointing and laughing...just like they did re: the first one.
His "Girls outreach" program is pretty laughable too. Sounds like something Ernie McCracken would come up with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR7HcqsBOdg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR7HcqsBOdg)