WORZALA'S WEDNESDAY WORD 10-25-06
Today's Wednesday Word is "wow" as in "Just listen to this, and once you pick your jaw up off the floor, you'll say 'Wow.'."
In case you're living in a cave at the bottom of the ocean... on the Moon, you know that elections are fast approaching. (exception: Not living in America. Which has gotta sorta be like living on the Moon. I mean, do you even get The Office over there? What about Lost?) And as is the case with most elections in the last 40 years or so, there are ads for politicians on television. And as is the case with some of these ads, there are famous celebrities promoting candidates that support platforms they champion. One of these celebrities is Michael J. Fox, who you might remember as Alex P. Keaton from the show "Family Ties". As a character on television, Fox was an uber-Republican, but in these commercials he is supporting Democratic candidates who favor stem cell research, a cause near and dear to Fox as he has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for the last 15 years.
Or so HE claims. Apparently Rush Limbaugh isn't that convinced. Limbaugh has critizied Fox for OVER PLAYING HIS DISEASE. He claimed that Fox's trembling and shaking in the ads was over the top and much more than he had ever seen from the actor before. Gee, Mr. Limbaugh, is it possible a degenerative disease could get worse over time? Is it possible Fox was having an especially bad day? Is it possible that you are one of the most thoughtless blowhards that has ever been given a podium?
Needless to say the outpouring of outrage was fast and furious towards Limbaugh who quickly back tracked. He now allows for the possibility that Fox was NOT faking (gee, thanks ever so much) but he should still be ashamed of himself for having the nerve to back a non-Republican candidate. How dare he speak his mind? Doesn't he know there's a war going on?
I shouldn't have to tell you to be outraged, so I won't. But personally, my jaw is still sore from when it hit the table.
In case you're living in a cave at the bottom of the ocean... on the Moon, you know that elections are fast approaching. (exception: Not living in America. Which has gotta sorta be like living on the Moon. I mean, do you even get The Office over there? What about Lost?) And as is the case with most elections in the last 40 years or so, there are ads for politicians on television. And as is the case with some of these ads, there are famous celebrities promoting candidates that support platforms they champion. One of these celebrities is Michael J. Fox, who you might remember as Alex P. Keaton from the show "Family Ties". As a character on television, Fox was an uber-Republican, but in these commercials he is supporting Democratic candidates who favor stem cell research, a cause near and dear to Fox as he has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for the last 15 years.
Or so HE claims. Apparently Rush Limbaugh isn't that convinced. Limbaugh has critizied Fox for OVER PLAYING HIS DISEASE. He claimed that Fox's trembling and shaking in the ads was over the top and much more than he had ever seen from the actor before. Gee, Mr. Limbaugh, is it possible a degenerative disease could get worse over time? Is it possible Fox was having an especially bad day? Is it possible that you are one of the most thoughtless blowhards that has ever been given a podium?
Needless to say the outpouring of outrage was fast and furious towards Limbaugh who quickly back tracked. He now allows for the possibility that Fox was NOT faking (gee, thanks ever so much) but he should still be ashamed of himself for having the nerve to back a non-Republican candidate. How dare he speak his mind? Doesn't he know there's a war going on?
I shouldn't have to tell you to be outraged, so I won't. But personally, my jaw is still sore from when it hit the table.
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posted by Matt Worzala at
5:15 PM
2 Comments:
Well, before the Rush thing, I had heard other reports that Michael had purposely not taken his medication prior to filming the commercials, so that his symptoms would be fully apparent (portrayed as bad as they possibly could be). I'm not exactly sure how I feel about that either.
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Anonymous, at 11:55 AM
I heard that too, but in my opinion he's not exagerating it then. I mean, if that's how bad it is when he's not taking special medicine for relief, then that's how bad it IS. It's not as if he tucked a paint shaker under his chair.
But thanks for reading amity, I appreciate it.
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Matt Worzala, at 3:57 PM
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