Thread: True words of wisdom from Tom Brokaw.

Every now and then good things come from coffee cups (besides coffee...).
Starbucks used to have this thing where they'd print interesting sayings and writs of wisdom on their cups...and you always looked forward to what the new cup was going to say. They don't do that anymore, the bastards, but I still remember the old ones.

I came across one that I liked so much that I cut the damn thing out and posted it in the bathroom where I do much of my philosophizing...I've got paragraphs from Albert Einstein to Gandhi in there. It's saying #130 and it's by one leveled-headed guy...Tom Brokaw.

The Way I see it:

"It will do us little good to wire the world if we short-circuit our souls. There is no delete button for racism, poverty or sectarian violence. No keystroke can ever clean the air, save a river, preserve a forest. This transformational new technology must be an extension of our hearts as well as our minds. The old rules still apply. Love your mother...Mother Earth." Tom Brokaw.

The part I like best is the first sentence: "It will do us little good to wire the world if we short-circuit our souls". Tom Brokaw is a straight-up guy.

--Kill your TV...before it kills you.--

how do you think he would have felt about theft of services?

Originally Posted by ilikecandy

how do you think he would have felt about theft of services?

You just don't seem to get it. Not sure why.

I'd like to see a "Bumper Sticker" serial killer. Some guy who pulls up behind dopes with a "Kill Your TV" bumper sticker, gets the dope to roll down his window, then says "Your Television sent me" and blows out the dope's brain with a .45.

^^^jeez. you seem awfully worked up today.

Originally Posted by Jer

I'd like to see a "Bumper Sticker" serial killer. Some guy who pulls up behind dopes with a "Kill Your TV" bumper sticker, gets the dope to roll down his window, then says "Your Television sent me" and blows out the dope's brain with a .45.

Sounds like you've been watching a little too much TV.

--Kill your TV...before it turns into Jer.--

The truly odd thing is you go through the hassle of typing it out in every post rather than simply making it your automatic signature.

Oh, and Tom Brokaw made his money on... TV.

Originally Posted by Alaskan Rover

Sounds like you've been watching a little too much TV.

--Kill your TV...before it turns into Jer.--

Actually, that's from an essay by Boyd Rice. Although I think he substituted a .357 magnum for a .45.

Starbucks? Jesus Christ you are one simple sunofabitch.

A great discussion from him here:

[QUOTE=Alaskan Rover;3051757]
I came across one that I liked so much that I cut the damn thing out and posted it in the bathroom where I do much of my philosophizing...QUOTE]

No wonder your philosopy stinks like shit.

"Love your mother...Mother Earth."

Psycho

Interesting comment from Tom Brokaw. I wonder where he lives, and how he lives.
How may homes does he own. Shine a light on his lifestyle and anything he says about the environment is BS

(I only suspect) I have no idea

He live in either the DC or Greater NYC area and sucks the marrow of the entire country to support his lifestyle

Originally Posted by MTT

Interesting comment from Tom Brokaw. I wonder where he lives, and how he lives.
How may homes does he own. Shine a light on his lifestyle and anything he says about the environment is BS

(I only suspect) I have no idea

He live in either the DC or Greater NYC area and sucks the marrow of the entire country to support his lifestyle

Getting pissed at successful people for profitting in a capitalist economy makes you a communist.

If I am not mistaken, Mr. Brokaw has a ranch over near Livingston MT.

Friends from the area say he is a good neighbor and a nice guy.

I don't the particulars, but Brokaw is a pretty stand up guy and not an over consumer that his wealth would allow. Hell one of his buds is Yvon Chounard, so he's got that always looking over his shoulder.

...and Starbucks? Do people actually drink that shit? Or do you just stop in for the pithy sayings?

Him and Al Gore should get together. Two washed up has beens can regale each other with words of wisdom and psycho fantasies. Too perfect. A-a-and we'll publish it all on paper cups! Would that be bad for the environment?

Originally Posted by Alaskan Rover

Starbucks

I knew it!

You sir are a limousine liberal.

Tom always sounds like hes wasted. Or just had a stroke.

Originally Posted by ass-to-mouth

Tom always sounds like hes wasted. Or just had a stroke.

Tom Brokaw's speech impediment is the result of his having a cleft palate. An expert speech therapist was quoted once: "In standard American English there are two [l]s, light and dark. Light [l] is used at the beginning of a syllable and is made with the tongue tip, and dark [l] is made with the tongue blade. Compare "la" with "all" and notice where your tongue constricts. Some people (Tom Brokaw being the most famous) have only dark [l], and many people hear it as almost a [w]."

Great guy.