Tiger Asks for Mulligan; Promises to Keep Driver in Bag

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Can you think of a story of substance (of late) that has and will command the spotlight the way this has?

Define "substance"

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Define "substance"

Things that either are now having an impact on our lives, society in general, the world..........or will:
Like....N. Korea and the nuclear armament
The economy/unemployment
Global warming or the lack thereof
Health care
Global over-population
etc

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Things that either are now having an impact on our lives, society in general, the world..........or will:
Like....N. Korea and the nuclear armament
The economy/unemployment
Global warming or the lack thereof
Health care
Global over-population
etc

Well I feel like those are continuous stories that have an underlying relevance at all times. Tiger's affairs are big news right now but it will fade away in a few days

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

News is no longer the 30 minute evening broadcast with Peter Jennings (RIP). It's 24 hours across thousands of tv channels, radio stations, web sites, magazines, and newspapers. That's one reason why you have more and more stories like this. Besides, not all news needs to be hard hitting, Pulitzer prize winning journalism.

And I think this is the chief reason why newspapars in print is a dying industry. By the time the paperboy hits your doorstep with the newspaper the vast majority of that news is either old to you or is of no interest. Nowadays we consume our news in specific chunks. If I want football, I go to NFL.com or NFL network. If I want Skins news I don't go to either of those, I go to www.thewarpath.net.

It's a really sad that we have to sift through all the BS and entertainment to actually get to a few minutes of actual information. Incidently, I believe that's why blogs have grown so rapidly and carved out a niche in the world of media.

[mlmdub130]

how about the state dinner party crashers there's a story of substance

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

how about the state dinner party crashers there's a story of substance

but they haven't been talking about it a lot. I've heard about it on TV... Maybe for 2 days, with a few allusions to it here and there since the story first broke but other than that, nothing.

other than that I hear about the troop increase a lot lately.

[DBUCHANON101]

You know a golfer is going to try to get in a few holes whenever he can.

[MTK]

I think it's pretty obvious he's been cheating for quite a while. Sorry I really don't feel sorry for him. All this while his wife was prego no less. That makes it pretty easy for me to call him a scumbag.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think it's pretty obvious he's been cheating for quite a while. Sorry I really don't feel sorry for him. All this while his wife was prego no less. That makes it pretty easy for me to call him a scumbag.

agree 100%

[skinsfan69]

How many of you out there have friends that have cheated on their wives??? Cause just about all of my married friends have done something at some point. It's just a part of life. People get sick of one another. Not saying it's right cause it's not but it's just how it is. We see it over and over and over again with high profile people as well as the eveyday working man/women.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

How many of you out there have friends that have cheated on their wives??? Cause just about all of my married friends have done something at some point. It's just a part of life. People get sick of one another. Not saying it's right cause it's not but it's just how it is. We see it over and over and over again with high profile people as well as the eveyday working man/women.

the biggest part of this disscusion is saying if you do not intend to stay faithful why get married. being a child of divorced parents with one of the parents cheating on the other i can tell you this isn't "just a part of life". and with him being in the public eye eventually one day his kids will hear about this.

if you don't intend to stay faithful then why get married. i recently got engaged because i know i want this one person for the rest of my life and i know i will not cheat on her. you can say people grow apart and "get sick of one another" but when that happens you act like an adult and tell the person. you don't go behind their back banging trashy reality stars.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

How many of you out there have friends that have cheated on their wives??? Cause just about all of my married friends have done something at some point. It's just a part of life. People get sick of one another. Not saying it's right cause it's not but it's just how it is. We see it over and over and over again with high profile people as well as the eveyday working man/women.

As far as I know none of my friends have cheated on their wives and if they did they where smart enough to do it in private. The only thing I can think of is one of my friends kissed a girl and felt like crap for days. Heck I thought he was even going to tell his wife.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

How many of you out there have friends that have cheated on their wives??? Cause just about all of my married friends have done something at some point. It's just a part of life. People get sick of one another. Not saying it's right cause it's not but it's just how it is. We see it over and over and over again with high profile people as well as the eveyday working man/women.

That's a shame. Not all of my closest friends are married, but a few of them are. They have never cheated on their wives. To say "it's just a part of life" is BS.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by GMScud

That's a shame. Not all of my closest friends are married, but a few of them are. They have never cheated on their wives. To say "it's just a part of life" is BS.

i'm glad i'm not on my own here

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

i'm glad i'm not on my own here

I'm engaged as well. We're getting married in June. My fiancee is a smoking hot Florida blonde, but more importantly she's smart, funny, and great to be around. If I ever had an intention of cheating on her, I would never have asked her to marry me. Also, we've talked about the infidelity thing. We both fully agree that if the urge to cheat gets that strong for either of us, we'll end the damn thing before we go behind each other's back. Integrity. Shit ain't that hard.