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A True Hero
« on: May 11, 2009, 01:55:36 PM »
This guy is my hero, except for the fact that he apologized for pointing out the obvious.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GLF_FEHERTY_CRITICISM?SITE=MSJAD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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May 10, 5:51 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine.

Feherty, one of the most popular golf analysts for his sharp wit and self-deprecating humor, was among five Dallas residents who wrote for "D Magazine" on former President George W. Bush moving to Dallas.

"From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though," Feherty wrote toward the end of his column. "Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."

Feherty, a former Ryder Cup player who grew up in Northern Ireland, has gone to Iraq over Thanksgiving the past two years to visit with U.S. troops, and he created a foundation to help wounded soldiers.

"This passage was a metaphor meant to describe how American troops felt about our 43rd president," Feherty said in a statement. "In retrospect, it was inappropriate and unacceptable, and has clearly insulted Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid, and for that, I apologize. As for our troops, they know I will continue to do as much as I can for them both at home and abroad."

Feherty has lived in Dallas the past dozen years. Along with working for CBS Sports, he writes a monthly column for Golf magazine and has written four books, the last one titled, "An Idiot for All Season."

CBS Sports distanced itself from Feherty's writing, saying it was "an unacceptable attempt at humor and is not in any way condoned, endorsed or approved" by the network. The PGA Tour also criticized him for an attempt at humor that "went over the line.
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2009, 02:13:09 PM »
That's great  :beerchug:
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2009, 02:57:06 PM »
:woohoo:  :rofl:  :rofl2: 

That is awesome.
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2009, 03:26:47 PM »
Classic  :rofl2: ...destined for my archives!










EDIT;
I commenced ta studyin' on this...wunderin' how it could be done, if'n a person wuz inclined to have a go at it. You'd need an Exorcist sized cross to pin Pelosi in the corner...Reid would be cowerin' in another corner at the sight of a real American...so you could take out UBL first then on to Whorehouse Harry and save the...well, maybe I should stop there, lest I call further attention to myself!
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2009, 07:10:42 PM »
So have you noticed any black sedans outside your house yet?
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2009, 08:07:52 PM »
No...but, I live directly under a major helicopter training flight path. And I kid you not, a lot of them are black!  :outtahere:
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2009, 08:08:56 PM »
He, he, they are watching you. :outtahere:
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Re: A True Hero
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2009, 08:17:19 PM »
Classic  :rofl2: ...destined for my archives!










EDIT;
I commenced ta studyin' on this...wunderin' how it could be done, if'n a person wuz inclined to have a go at it. You'd need an Exorcist sized cross to pin Pelosi in the corner...Reid would be cowerin' in another corner at the sight of a real American...so you could take out UBL first then on to Whorehouse Harry and save the...well, maybe I should stop there, lest I call further attention to myself!
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