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Quotes Of The Day
July 03, 2009 11:34 AM
"I can't pay bills with IOUs. I can't pay salaries with IOUs." - Thomas Bent, medical director, Laguna Beach Community Clinic, telling the Los Angeles Times he expects to receive more than $10,000 in IOUs as payment for services.
"U.S. forces are being harassed by the Taliban every step of the way, as they press on with their offensive in the Helmand valley...In the past taking ground from the Taliban has been relatively easy but keeping it has proved almost impossible. This time the US forces plan to do the difficult bit: keep the territory, win support from local population and ensure the government's presence." - correspondent Mike Boettcher, travelling with the Marines in Afghanistan for ABC News.
"That depends on him. I will ask you to convey the invitation to him." Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, offering - via a Sky News correspondent - to meet President Barack Obama in Damascus.
"ABC News has learned that Michael Jackson was addicted to a daily dose of Oxycontin and Demerol and that the powerful drug Propofol was among the pharamacopia found in his home." - ABC's Rich Esposito.
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"ABC News has learned that Michael Jackson was addicted to a daily dose of Oxycontin and Demerol and that the powerful drug Propofol was among the pharamacopia found in his home." - ABC's Rich Esposito.
[sarcasm]
That's all!?!?!
Only three drugs, ya might get the impression Mikey was a slacker.
[/sarcasm]
Is it any wonder MJ ended up like Elvis?
Posted by: Noz | Jul 3, 2009 1:36:19 PM
who gave him the drugs?
how responsible a dad was he?
Posted by: jk | Jul 3, 2009 4:01:06 PM
Palin resigned? Wow!
I'm a republican, but I hope she doesn't run for president in 20l2.
I wish her well, but please don't run for president. Stay in Alaska, please.
Posted by: jk | Jul 3, 2009 4:21:07 PM
Michael Jackson: Even fame is a kind of addiction, sometimes simultaneously with drugs; when fame begins to recede or flatters one less, drugs loom even larger in the person's life.
Posted by: Candadai Tirumalai | Jul 6, 2009 9:32:17 AM
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