Screw Anna Nicole Smith.
Feb. 9th, 2007 05:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
How about some wall to wall coverage of another young woman who died yesterday?
Jennifer M. Parcell, USMC. Killed in Action, February 7th, 2007.
No, she never had a reality series. No, she was never Playmate of the Year, or married a billionaire old enough to be her grandfather, and no, her lawsuit over the estate never made it to the Supreme Court. She was just a Marine, doing her duty in a distant land. I may not agree with the mission she was on, but I sure as hell supported her.
I'm forwarding this link to CNN, and challenging them to do fifteen minutes on Marine Parcell's life and untimely death.
Thanks to
filkertom for the link.
Jennifer M. Parcell, USMC. Killed in Action, February 7th, 2007.
No, she never had a reality series. No, she was never Playmate of the Year, or married a billionaire old enough to be her grandfather, and no, her lawsuit over the estate never made it to the Supreme Court. She was just a Marine, doing her duty in a distant land. I may not agree with the mission she was on, but I sure as hell supported her.
I'm forwarding this link to CNN, and challenging them to do fifteen minutes on Marine Parcell's life and untimely death.
Thanks to
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Date: 9 Feb 2007 14:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 9 Feb 2007 17:21 (UTC)Doug, you've never posted anything I've agreed with more than this one.
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Date: 9 Feb 2007 21:16 (UTC)no subject
Date: 10 Feb 2007 00:13 (UTC)no subject
Date: 10 Feb 2007 01:25 (UTC)Marshall wasn't a billionaire in life, though his estate may have approached a billion at some point. More importantly, though they met when she was merely a stripper/topless dancer, by the time they were married Smith was a millionaire model and pinup girl herself, just not a hecto-millionaire.
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Date: 10 Feb 2007 01:34 (UTC)And double good on you for bringing this up, and shooting it to CNN with the challenge to report something pertinent. Anna Nicole Smith has done nothing beneficial for our country save put a face to the ignorance, excess, and blatant whorish greed of all too many American people.
And, of course, dying. Fat sow.
But! ...while these things are truly poignant and meaningful, Anna Nicole smith did not fight and die for her country. But Ms. Parcell did, in a despicable war she should have never given her life for. But, despite all the heinous things that can be said about the war, I think I'll refrain out of respect for Ms. Parcell, who felt herself moved to take up arms and in the end gave everything she had to give. And if she felt that she should serve, and served unto death, then I have no right to currently criticize.
And we damn sure shouldn't be spending all of our fucking time talking about Anna Nicole Smith. Gah, my head hurts so much.
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Date: 10 Feb 2007 19:13 (UTC)http://hartt-tommel.livejournal.com/33264.html
To absent comrades.
-Tom
Swiped, and thank you.
Date: 13 Feb 2007 16:17 (UTC)You may want to go to my LJ today for a video of the Condoleeza Rice Iraq Rap.