Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying damn about Tiger Woods?

[Nikki Stone1]

He's a great golfer. I'm not a golfer and don't care much, but OK. I can see getting excited about that. If you're into golf.

But his personal life? Yawn.

He's not the Dalai Lama and I don't give a shite.

(I don't really give a shite about the Dalai Lama either.)

[imdjh]

1. I don't give a damn about Tiger's wood.

[Skelly]

40. You are right

And I am thinking the same thing....so I am also thinking, "What am I the hell even responding to this??"
Because sometimes, you just gotta let loose.

[niyad]

2. who?

[AngryAmish]

3. It is just a small, private snickering disgrace

[TK421]

4. It's the perfect distraction from the real issues the MSM could be facing, huh?

I'm sick and tired of hearing about this shit, too...I mean, how does THIS SHIT affect MY LIFE? or YOURS for that matter...it doesn't

America is fascinated by bullshit...and it has ( and will continue to ) hold their attention for years and years to come

I know...it's fucking sad

[Nikki Stone1]

8. I am far more concerned about the health care bill, Afghanistan, and this "war tax"

As long as Tiger Woods doesn't add to my monthly overhead, I don't give a flying fuck.

[TK421]

11. And I am in total fucking agreement with you on all those points n/t

[RKP5637]

14. Same here too! I'm so tired of hearing all of this tabloid crap all of the time. n/t

[TK421]

35. It dominates our MSM n/t

[hlthe2b]

5. I find the obsession over his private life--his sex life revolting...

and depressing....

[madrchsod]

6. do`t care but i do care about lamas

[Alenne]

7. Not enough to start a thread about it.

[Nikki Stone1]

13. Well, you should not care more, then.

:)

[liberal_at_heart]

9. You're not the only one

I respect what he has done professionally but don't care one bit about his personal life. We have a very tabloid centered society where everyone has to know everyone else's business.

[donco6]

10. could not care less

Leave it for "us" magazine.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. Well, if I ever go for a walk in the woods, I certainly don't want to meet a tiger.

Are the Tiger Woods in India or Africa?

[MiniMe]

15. I like Tiger Woods as a golfer. I couldn't care less about his private life.

It is none of our business. Thought the same thing about Clinton.

[bamacrat]

84. I agree completely. Best golfer in the world most famous athlete. Who he's fucking doesn't matter.

If he starts killing people or raping any of these women then I get it but a rich famous man cheats on his wife, oh no this has never happened before.

[ashling]

16. No

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9149857

[jobycom]

17. I care greatly about his golfing. I care nothing about his private life. nt

[xchrom]

18. people are always obsessed with the fucking other people do. nt

[xultar]

19. As a black woman I fucking love this shit.

[HipChick]

24. why?

[Nikki Stone1]

46. Because the press obsession with black men married to white wives is an insult

and inherently, underneath the surface, racist.

[xultar]

52. A fucking men. Black women have been ignored by black women as Suitable partners.

When a black man gets a little bit of success he reaches for a white woman and the press automaically deems them as o fucking k. Appropriate for mass consumption.
I'm tired of that shit. I love it that Tiger feels his little white wife went "ghetto" on his ass. I bet he thought he could avoid getting beat the fuck up.

This shit is makin me smile.

[Nikki Stone1]

59. Yep. This was the subtext to OJ Simpson and his lawyer, Johnnie Cochran (and his white lover)

And it's usually a blond woman. Just because she's blond doesn't mean she can't smash a windshield.

[1]

47. "It's time to unleash our secret weapon; I call it "Black-man's Kryptonite."

Mr. Feather, Undercover Brother (2002)

:rofl:

[Number23]

75. Why do I get the feelling that the satirical component of the whole Black Man's Kryptonite thing

went right over your head???

[1]

80. i don't know. why do you get your "feelings?" satirical components and all...

that you seem to have problems with...

[get the red out]

20. No

Not alone in this.

[unkachuck]

21. count me in....n/t

[Luciferous]

22. Heh, my mom went on a rant earlier about this

She had my grandparents over for lunch, and they brought up Tiger Woods, and I guess she went on a rant about how there were more important things going on in the world than Tiger Woods having sex. Then she called me and ranted about it after they left... anyway, totally agree. I think it's disgusting that stories like that are the "top news" on sites like Yahoo, while stories about Afghanistan, the economy, and healthcare reform are relegated to the bottom of the page. Most people and the MSM have their priorities seriously out of whack.

[liberalhistorian]

32. No kidding. I wanted to tear my hair out and go live in a fucking

cave for about six weeks after Michael Jackson's death, that's ALL you ever heard about EVERYWHERE in ALL forms of media. There was NO getting away from it no matter what you did. It was as if he were the fucking pope or something, instead of just a two-bit has-been drugged-out pedophile singer. Meanwhile, we had the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, health care, the economy, etc., etc., etc. I am SICK TO DEATH of the tabloid press mentality that shows no signs of fading anytime soon, in fact, it's just getting worse.

[Patchuli]

89. I agree with your principle

but I think your characterization of Michael Jackson was out of line. I don't expect you to give a shit but I thought I'd say so just the same. The man was acquitted of that shit. Doesn't that count?
*edited for spelling

[liberalhistorian]

23. No, I don't give a shit and have never given a shit

about him. I'm not into golf and he's always seemed to me to be an arrogant egotistical phoney-baloney. I'm not at all surprised that he's done this and I feel bad for his wife (although I don't agree at all with her violence, if she'd been a man she'd have been crucified for it by now and she shouldn't be excused just 'cause she's a scorned woman). I'm already sick to death of hearing about it. Everyone's acting all shocked, but he's given many indications throughout the years that he's not the Great Moral Role Model he's made out to be. People and the media just didn't want to see it.

[Ferret Annica]

25. Golf is boring and elitist, and wastes good land. As for Tiger Woods, screw the jerk

I just don't care a bit about him, or anyone else who is dumb enough to consider this affliction on the world a true sport.

[onenote]

54. around 30 million people in the us play golf

By that measure, its probably less "elitist" than a lot of other sports.

[Ferret Annica]

73. I measure the affliction on the land.

Golf wastes and poisons land that should be habitat for all life. Too much in the way of valuable plants and animals are displaced by this supposed game that requires pesticides, herbicides and over fertilization to maintain a really ugly landscape.

I don't give a rat's ass who plays golf, they are anti-environment if they do this crap. Period.

I am not interested in your circular logic.

[pipi_k]

74. I think golf is a huge waste of time, myself, but...

as for the "really ugly landscape"....I dunno...

we have some very lovely golf courses in my area.


I'd much rather see that open space...grass, trees, small ponds... than to see it filled up with cheap condos or housing developments which really are an affliction upon the land.

:shrug:

[Ferret Annica]

78. You are chasing your tail

Golf courses are U-G-L-Y. They are over fertilized and herbicide laden grasslands with far less wildlife and vegetation then they could support if they were allowed to exist in a natural state.

You are blind if you think these things are anything less then wastelands of lawn with very little plant and animal life on them.

[nachosgrande]

88. I wouldn't call them wastelands

How do you feel about public parks then? Or community baseball fields? Keep in mind, I'm not lobbying for private courses/country clubs, but what's so bad about affordable municipal golf courses? Especially those in urban areas that would otherwise be covered in concrete as the newest strip mall or parking structure.

I practically grew up on my local municipal golf course. It was one of the only places where I could actually spot wildlife (deer, hawks, turtles, beaver, woodchucks, etc.). And I was the son of factory workers, certainly not a member of the elite. Golf may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those of us that love the game - our lives have been enriched and we have been taught lessons that we would not have learned if not for the links.

But back to the OP, the Tiger Woods story is only this big because he may be the most dominant athlete that has ever existed (at least in the modern era).

[Ferret Annica]

92. I hate the way they trim off lower tree branches, the chemicals, and

lawn height grass in parks and golf courses. I am not fond of this in playing fields either.

There should be MANDATORY hedgerows and green buffers in urban areas. So I view these places as nt being 'inevitably' blighted unless planners are greedy, stupid and myopic.

I am an urban tree sitter that has defended trees in parks and on road right of ways. I even nearly died being pulled from a tree near a new Nike Store where trees were cut and fell three stories and was in a coma a couple of weeks and broke all the bones in my lower arms and liquefied my wrists.

I still defend trees, but next time I am attacked, someone is going with me if it is as serious an interdiction as last time.

I also do forest defense, and donate allot of money to stop the killing of whales and dolphins.

I an very serious about this passion for the wild.

Earth First!

[Gregorian]

26. He can drive a ball but he can't drive a car. Go figure.

That's my entire level of interest in the story.

Meanwhile there are people starving and global warming and a bunch of stuff that the news idiots are actively ignoring. And anything short of reporting on that news is criminal. I hate them. And I don't watch any of it aside from Rachel Maddow.

Tiger Woods must be a total dick. Haha.

[corpseratemedia]

27. 24/7 dissonance machine

I must be forced to feel personal embarrassment for some total stranger. I don't care anything about his anything.

we're supposed to feel shame, instead of questioning the media's own role in supporting malfeasance, war and corruption

[Nikki Stone1]

31. "I must be forced to feel personal embarrassment for some total stranger." LOVE THAT!

Excellent point.

[hfojvt]

28. Well this is just wrong

you made me click on a Tiger Woods thread.

Curse you read baron!! May the fleas of a thousand camels spit in your yogurt.

[Canuckistanian]

29. An athlete is having an affair - stop the presses!

:eyes:

[Kansas Wyatt]

30. Between him and his family.

That is all I'm going to say about it.

[devilgrrl]

33. I couldn't give a rat's ass about Tiger Woods

:boring:

[Swamp Rat]

58. Leave us rat's out of it!

Blame my cousin! :D

[havocmom]

34. no, you are not the only one

I will admit, however, to hoping his wife can heal from the hell the heel hath heaped upon her.

[Strelnikov_]

36. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Video

There is no video of what went down between Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren on the night of his accident -- so the Chinese made one up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5FlC1MpkE

[kestrel91316]

37. No. And I DO care a bit about the Dalai Lama, as one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time.

[Stinky The Clown]

38. You're not the only one

I also don't give a shit about the Gate Crashers

[StarfarerBill]

39. Ditto.

[unabelladonna]

41. let the enquirer have its fun

but it's pretty pathetic that it's one of the leading stories on every cable news show. ENOUGH ALREADY! (sorry about the caps)

[KT2000]

42. I'm with you

same with the party crashers.

[gateley]

43. I don't care and I don't like him. I DO care about the Dalai Lama, though. nt

[Nikki Stone1]

44. The Dalai Lama is an overrated CIA tool

:hide:

[gateley]

64. Okay - this is one time when I won't be jumping on the

Nikki Stone1 is right! bandwagon.

[patrick t. cakes]

45. no

[Blue_Tires]

48. I've had a love/hate relationship with Woods,

loved his golf game, but wished he were more politically outspoken/involved in the black communities...But instead of scandalous outrage I confess to sort of a perverse Schadenfreude in knowing that Woods has human failings just like (most of) the rest of us....The Mister 'perfectly-toned and always boilerplate soundbite' who since childhood has had one of the longest crafted, picture-perfect public images this side of the Prince of Wales...At least I sleep a little better at night knowing he ISN'T Dr. Manhattan, he isn't a robot, isn't a master-race clone from some lab, and isn't from another planet...

[XOKCowboy]

49. Hey the Dalai Lama is cool! Tiger? ehhhhhh

The Dalai Lama was giving a speech in the same convention center I was working in. It was amazing what a presence that man has! He could walk in the lobby and I swear hundreds of people either stopped talking or started whispering. No one rushed him for an autograph but most started smiling while just watching him. He just exudes peace, love and warmth.

Now if the Dalai Lama was chased down the road of his mansion by his pissed off wife and crashed his Escalade into his neighbor's tree, THAT would be news! ;)

[1]

50. the spirit airlines ad was pretty funny...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUI_YH81SU

[onenote]

51. what other things that you don't give a flying damn about can we expect to see you start thread on

Y'know, by definition, if you start a thread on something, you can't really say you don't give a flying damn about the subject matter. There are a million things that I don't give a flying damn about and if I started threads on each and every one of them, I'd have no time for the things I do care about.

[Incitatus]

53. I don't give a shit about golf or Tiger.

The media is a damn joke.

[1]

55. oh! thank you for the "flying damn." i do so hate cuss words. i'll forgive your slight one here...

a very pleasant du surprise.

[Historic NY]

56. Nope he get what he deserves.

[G_j]

57. it's not news-news

it's celebrity obsession.

[MrMickeysMom]

60. I wish for Tiger Woods to continue contributing to the economy-

He lives in a nice place, pays taxes, I would assume, is greatly talented, and has 2 kids with a wife he has cheated on.

So far he sounds like the majority of guys living in his neighborhood... really scary, eh?

To those caught up in the gossip, quit watching so much fucking reality tv.

[Bucky]

61. Wait, are you implying that the Dalai Lama was cheating on his wife too?. =

Oh noes!

[JoeyT]

62. No, you're not alone

I also can't be bothered to care what country the Pope is in.
I'm also sick to fucking death of news stories that can basically be summed up with: "The President and his wife visited a foreign country and talked with leaders. Just *look* at the dress/shoes Michelle is wearing! Look at the President's tie!!" without the first hint of the actual policy they discussed. I wanted to choke the life out of a bunch of people during Bow-Gate.

[Sabien]

63. IMPEACH HIM!

oh right...

[spanone]

65. another demonstration of our lost media at work

[Hepburn]

66. Typical MSM bullshit....

...owned and supported by the corporate gods, they wish to lead us away from the real problems in the USA by wooing us with articles about the sex life and loves of celebrities.

Gag me...:puke:

I could not care less if Tiger was sleeping with 1,000 different men and women. It does not matter one bit to me.

[femrap]

67. I don't like him....

and I can say the same thing about Michael Jordan. They have such a platform to speak from. Jordan could speak against slave wages in China where Nike's are made.

Woods could at least push Augusta to admit women.

But that would mean they would have to step up morally and give up some of that endorsement money from our Multinational Corporations that basically rule America and the world.

I won't buy Gillette, Gatorade, Nike, Hanes, nor the other crap they endorse.

They could change people's thinking and help thousands. But they just sit around and cheat on their wives.

At least the Dalai Lama has a spiritual life and tries to help others.

Oh...fuck golf. Chasing a little white ball around is stupid.

[Caliman73]

68. No, you aren't.

I have co workers giving me regular updates on the situation despite my loudly saying, "yeah, I really don't care about the situation." My wife and I talked about the whole celebrity/public relationship and that is all fine and good. What he did is messed up, but it is between him and his wife. The media just blows this shit out of proportion building up "heroes" then relishing in the ratings of tearing them down. Nonsense.

[blues90]

69. I could care less about Tiger or his life . nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

70. Celebrities + Sex = a lot of beer & cheetoes advertising on the media.

News? Not so much.

[JimWis]

71. Nope, you are not the only one.

[ima_sinnic]

72. as a person without a TV, I am fascinated by these rants

I had no idea Tiger Woods' "episode" was STILL a hot item on the "news." Didn't that little escapade happen at least a week ago?

To avoid "tabloidization," turn off the TV! problem solved! You will get a whole new perspective on life. Without that blather, I can think more clearly, and I have a LOT more time to do stuff. I've been without TV since June, when I moved into a new house and decided not to get cable/satellite. I buy DVDs on eBay and amazon, or rent them or borrow from the library--but even those hardly get watched nowadays, as life without TV has just made other hobbies and interests and READING BOOKS more enjoyable.

[salguine]

76. I've wanted to punch his face for years, actually, simply because there was no way

to avoid seeing it every goddamned place.

[electricD]

77. what gets me

what gets me is Tiger's wood and his accident has police wanting to investigate. While the "DICK" that is Cheney shoots a man in the face while supposedly drunk and the media and law enforcement are both told there is no need for an investigation. And both the media and law enforcement give that Goofy laugh/reply of, HYUCK, OKIE DOKIE

[upi402]

79. i don't care AT ALL!

100% distraction, as per typical, from crisis level issues.

[davekriss]

81. Tiger who?? (nt)

[Tabasco_Dave]

82. Everybody i know, doesn't give a shit.

but the tabloid media is pushing this story down our throats. I could understand the sensationalism of the story if it was 1899 but this is the 21st century over half of spouses cheat, big deal.:boring:

[TheKentuckian]

83. I don't care about the weakass story and don't know the guy

It astounds me that anyone is caught up in the story of a young billionaire athlete with zillions of women throwing themselves at him got some ass on the side.

I can't really understand the personal investment or interest.

[voc]

86. +1

[Catherine Vincent]

85. All you gotta do is turn the tv in the off position. nt

[SeattleGirl]

87. No

I personally have no dog in the Tiger Woods story.

Sometimes I think that the US has turned into the Cartoon Network.

:crazy:

[Judi Lynn]

90. Far more obsessing about his life than extramarital Republican affairs, including child molester,

Connecticut pervert, Mayor Philip Giordano, who had a prostitute mother deliver her little daughter and her neice to his offices, for his buggering convenience.

How does it always work out that way?

Stroll down Memory Lane:

Oct-17-2007 07:15
Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats
Perspective by Tim King Salem-News.com

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october172007/repub_scandals_10_17_07.php

[Greyhound]

91. No. another thread to hide.