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Novaload
06/19/09

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Wow, if he dies Katie Couric will have to update the opening to the Evening News to remove the thin wisp of credibility his voice-over gave her.
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EinhornIsAMan!
06/19/09

In reply to Walter Cronkite Rumored to be Near Death
People are taken to the emergency room when gunshots blow pieces of their skull out the back of their heads? Why don't they just put them in a body bag?

I know he's the president, but blood transfusion? Why? What's the point if a bullet went through your brain?
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DoctorNine
06/19/09

@TheDayIsMine: "..People are taken to the emergency room when gunshots blow pieces of their skull out the back of their heads? Why don't they just put them in a body bag? I know he's the president, but blood transfusion? Why? What's the point if a bullet went through your brain?..."

GSW trauma to brains is very variable, depending on whether it hits important brainstem or mid-brain structures, whether there are major cerebral arteries involved, and whether the hydrostatic forces do a supersonic Waring Blender effect on the soft pink stuff.

Smaller calibre projectiles can go through the calvarium, and knock a piece of bone out of the exit wound, without killing the victim, or even leaving much of a neurological deficit, if the trajectory is just right.

In this type of case, a transfusion would be used to give time to see if surgery would be possible to stop the intracranial hemorrhage and salvage whatever was left of function. The other factor on why the events seem disjointed in retrospect, is that this occurred before most ER's had anything like ATLS trauma training. So getting a skilled surgeon who could assess and treat this type of wound in time was simply not a likely scenario.
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EinhornIsAMan!
06/19/09

@DoctorNine's Tin Foil Hat: Wow I totally did not know that.
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EinhornIsAMan!
06/19/09

@TheDayIsMine: Uh not sarcasm in case anyone's sarcasm detector was accidentally tripped. I mean, I've seen Regarding Henry, but I figured the ER thing was just because he was president. If I saw part of someone's skull blown out I'd probably just shrug and crack open a beer, but now I now otherwise. OK that's sounding snarky, but seriously, interesting stuff
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jasonelias
06/19/09

@TheDayIsMine: You're posting like you've got a bullet through your brain, you tell us.
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htotheomo
06/19/09

@TheDayIsMine: You know, the world is not as interested in your incorrect impressions as you perhaps think. Just a thought.
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EinhornIsAMan!
06/19/09

@htotheomo: Nor is it interested in your responses to my incorrect impressions. I was discussing something relevant to the post.

I get it, you're a star you're a star you're a star. Now shove it up your ass.
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htotheomo
06/19/09

@TheDayIsMine: Hey, big boy! Shoving something up my ass, especially by you [big wink] would be enjoyable.

Just get your own star and then let's talk.

Put your lips together...and blow yourself.
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purn
06/18/09

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is/was he jewish? whats the obit say? what's with the beanie effect?
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ChickyOnly
06/19/09

@purn: I thought he was wearing a tiny yarmulke when I first looked. Something happened with the top of the photograph apparently?

That kennedy clip absolutely gets me every time.
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Rozelle’s Bagman
06/18/09

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Not to get all fact-checky, but someone should sort out if he's 91 or 92.
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The Cajun Boy
06/18/09

@Rozelle's Bagman: Never be afraid to be fact-checky in the comments...at least with me. I don't have an editor and night and you guys are great at catching mistakes.
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ChillbearLatrigue
06/18/09

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I feel like an ass for saying this (again), but I was under the impression that Cronkite had passed. I said the same thing last month when the J.D. Salinger lawsuit came up.
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gladys_kravitz
06/18/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: Before Al Gore invented the internet, a friend of mine wanted to start a 900 number service that you could call on just those kind of occasions.... 1-900-DEADYET?
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gladys_kravitz
06/18/09

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Can someone who knows how to work this interweb nonsense please post the pic of Uncle Walter with the arm load of kittens? That will make me feel better. Thanks.
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TheMediaMob
06/18/09

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Worked with him once. Was warned he was a bit of a self-important jerk. He didn't disappoint. And yes, if you're speaking at the funeral, you're welcome to use that in the eulogy.
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BowlingForDollars
06/18/09

@TheMediaMob: I think he'd earned the right to be that way. He probably hated being around punk kids who wanted to be stars instead of newspeople.
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johnnypotatoes
06/18/09

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I've never understood why people get so upset when really, really old people die. I mean, it's gotta happen, and 91 years is a lot of years. And in this case, incredibly well-spent years. Really, it's OK.
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LatestBy
06/18/09

@johnnypotatoes: Think of the stories that will die with him, that firsthand witness to much of the 20th century.
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PaisleyPajamas
06/18/09

@johnnypotatoes: Because you just aren't going to match the class of the last :40 of that YouTube video with what is dished out as "the news" these days. That's why.

End of an era.
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DoctorNine
06/19/09

@johnnypotatoes: My, my. What a crass little turd you are. A human being's value isn't related to their age. As a matter of fact, perspectives gained over time, are one of the most valuable assets which any individual can contribute to their society. And Cronkite had that in spades. No wonder you have no friends.
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SarahHeartburn
06/19/09

@LatestBy: I remember back in 92 I was teaching in a business college, and I played my students an interview with Cronkite. He was horrified at how the Pentagon was controlling the news from the war in Afghanistan and talked about how important it was that the press had the freest possible access to information: "They're stealing our history." My students were most impressed.
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SarahHeartburn
06/19/09

@SarahHeartburn: duh, in 02, not 92.
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The-Ohio-Player
06/19/09

@johnnypotatoes:

Who are you Benjamin Button?
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DoctorNine
06/19/09

@The-Ohio-Player:

Benjamin Button (fictional character): "Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss..."

Bejamin Whorf (chemical engineer hired by an insurance company, who found fame as a linguist): ""We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it..."
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DeadliestSin
12/23/08

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The guy being flipped over by the inner tube is a personal favourite (We both work for the same network, he usually does crazy stand ups like this one)
The best part of the clip wasn't show though- after being flipped into the air and landing on the snow, he picks up his discarded microphone and says, "That was a bad idea. At Riverside Park, Rob Leth, Global News." And falls back down onto the snow.

He finished his stand up! It's the best part of the whole clip!
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