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i get tired of this $h!t to.

dag yo. He's an magician. His job is to entertain and inspire.

Have you been hanging out with Gob Bluth? :)

That's what I'm saying, he needs to see a therapist so he can take himself down off the cross and get back to doing his job.. How exactly do these random acts of masochism qualify as magic? (let alone heroism)

As Chris Rock aptly called him.... He is a TRICK-less Magician. His greatest trick to me will be making himself disappear... forever.

Does it suck. Yes.

But...why did ABC give two hours to this spectacle?

What audience/market/advertisers does David Plain rep?

I still wonder.

Can't knock the hustle. There is obviously a demand to see these silly spectacles and Blaine is simply supplying the madness that people seemingly can't get enough of. Not to mention he's getting rich. And these silly shenanigans bring him more and more women. He's not hurting anyone so I don't see the harm in this. There is no glory, either, but definitely no harm.

There is obviously a demand to see these silly spectacles and Blaine is simply supplying the madness that people seemingly can't get enough of.

Do you work for ABC? That was some corny shit I could only imagine coming out of the head of some tool in advertising.

And that "can't knock the hustle" bullshit doesn't apply to something as egregiously stupid as David Blaine. Never has and never will.

Well, you watched it. I watched it. And if he'd actually died (their rescue plan was moronic; the divers raised the water level), it would have been some of the most famous live TV in history.

We're enduring a NYC real estate bubble, so- guess he's proving his endurance! LOL

It's entertainment, it's a hustle & DA MAN gets a bigger cut. Most of us in this existence do that so don't knock anyone else's. Not a many of us go out of our way to do things to benefit "colored ribbons". With his status in the media it would be beneficial to stunt for a cause, but sometimes it's not that the celebrity's not interested in helping with a cause it's the people who allow him to shine thru their media, THEY may not want to associate themselves with certain social causes. Then it wouldn't be entertainment. After the stunt as an individual he can contribute.
People, their actions & voices make this world go around so when things like this happen it helps us to look at the truer picture, even thru sites like this allowing us to read & comment on a well written article.

Thanks jsmooth995.

Peace & truth

stupidist,most boring television i have ever heard of. i can't believe Lincoln Center was filled with people watching someone HOLD HIS BREATH!!!!

Safi: If somebody wants to do a silly stunt for money, I've got no beef with that in itself.. it's the self-important "look how courageous and inspiring this is!" grandiosity that makes it obnoxious, IMO.

Jesus Christ,

Why does it always boil down to starving people in Ethiopia, or homeless people in New York?

You are on the internet spending time typing your blog that slanders and tears down an ENTERTAINER, who NEVER did a single thing to you. Why? Go out and feed a drunk, schizophrenic, homeless man, you hypocritical, whiny fuck. As if being a passionate, successful entertainer was the opposite of poverty or something.

The guy is testing his own personal limits you armchair tomato tossers. He never once fucking stated that he was important, or that he was inspiring anyone, or anything remotely close to that.

Why does this make your pussy hurt so bad? Does is threaten your self-confidence? Does it make you feel that since you aren't in the public eye showcasing your own craft that you need to try to prevent him from doing it?

Get off your asses and chase your dreams. If you actually were happy with yourselves, this wouldn't fucking bother you so much.

Waaah, waaah, waaah, waaah, fucking waaah.

I second that, Liam.
Very well written. And very true.

-Black People

As a woman, I had to correct Liam. David Blaine doesn't make a pussy hurt, but rather causes extreme vaginal dryness. Thanks.

Liam:

Why does it always boil down to starving people in Ethiopia, or homeless people in New York?

Because it is the abundance of genuine hardship in the world that makes this self-inflicted and self-congratulatory fake hardship so asinine.

(probably not harmful, Joe, I agree. But asinine.)

He never once fucking stated that he was important, or that he was inspiring anyone, or anything remotely close to that.

I dunno if we were watching the same thing, but the show I saw last night most certainly did position the stunt that way.

If you actually were happy with yourselves, this wouldn't fucking bother you so much.

A word of advice: If you're going to knock someone for being angry, you should try not to sound so angry while you do it. It's kind of self-defeating.

Enough of this bullshit.

This is real.

I sent this to Smooth, but...

Anyway, this was in my inbox this morning:
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Below you will find a speech that Bill Cosby's wife gave at a function.
Everyone please read this and pass it on to as many African Americans you come in contact with.

Camille Cosby just made a reference about the Voting Rights Act in her most recent open letter on racism. This is extremely important.

We were wondering, and when I say 'we', I mean others of us out there who wonder if everyone else out there knows what the significance of the year 2007 is to Black America?

Did you know that our right to VOTE will expire in the year 2007? Seriously! The Voters Rights Act signed in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson was just an ACT. It was not made a law.

In 1982, Ronald Reagan amended the Voters Rights Act for another 25 years. Which means that in the year 2007 we could lose the Right to vote!

Does anyone realize that African Americans are the only group of people who require PERMISSION under the United States Constitution to vote! In the year 2007, Congress will once again convene to decide whether or not Blacks should retain the rights to vote (crazy but true).

In order for this to be passed, 38 states will have to approve an extension This is ludicrous! Not only should the extension be approved, but
also the ACT must be made a law. Our right to vote should no longer be up for discussion, review and/or evaluation.

We must contact our Congress-persons, Senators, Alderpersons, etc., to put a stop to this! As bona fide Citizens of the United States, we cannot "drop the ball" on this one! We have come too far to let government make us take such a huge step backward. So please, let us push forward to continue to build the momentum towards gaining equality.

Please pass this onto others, as we are sure that many more individuals are not aware of this. I urge all of you that are able, to contact those in government that have your vote and make them aware of our combined concern
>for this issue.
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One voice!...... One Vote! You cannot complain, if you do not participate.....local, State, & national..

The Voting Rights Act does not give Black people the right to vote, the 15th Amendment of the Constitution does.

It reads: "Section. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

The Voting Rights Act enforces the rights we already had since 1870.

So Janine,
You think Camille was off?

-Black People

Janine is correct, see the snopes page about it.

Camille Cosby is a red herring; they throw her name in to look legit. That urban legend it so old, I saw it for the first time in high school (10 yrs ago). Besides, I'm pretty sure an act is a law.

Cool.
Thanks, you guys.

Your trust in white people's regarding you as a citizen has restored my own.

Guess we'll see what happens next year.

Maybe whiteys will be decide not to "enforce" the right.

-Black People

I was being sarcastic. "Please Forward" emails do reek of urban legends and chain letter bullshit. Thanks for real for the link.

But I guess we will see next year.

Should be fun.

Sorry guys.

I was duped into thinking this was real.

I mean there is some trickknowledgy in it.

Like what if?

But still you guys were right, this was like some urban legend stuff and I bit on the bait.

-Black People

"How exactly do these random acts of masochism qualify as magic? (let alone heroism)
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death defying escapes are part of what magicians do.And what entertainer isn't self important?

Confession: I was entertained and inspired by him

This wasn't a death defying escape, he was trying NOT to escape. :) I've seen a bunch of magicians saying Blaine should be called a stunt man or performance artist instead of a magician.

I will post more on this later

He and Steve-O could have a show where they compete and top each other's stunts based on viewer requests. I'd watch that...

You see, Blaine could be Felix to Steve-O's Oscar and hilarity would ensue.

Hashim, obviously you've never heard of agreeing to disagree. This is David Blaine's job. Stop bitching about it and ignore it if you don't like it. Obviously you have some type of interest in it, otherwise you wouldn't have posted such an eleoquent reposnse to what I wrote.

I notice that whenever someone is critical of something, others get upset that something they like is criticized. Or get upset because they don't understand why.

There are real things going on in the world. Issues that people should be made aware of. Things folks should be upset about. Things that effect the quality of our lives, healthcare, employment, education, war, etc.

They should have had a 2 hour show on how Donald Rumsfeld was caught in a lie, and how this country is spending close to 100 billion dollars killing people, for control of the world's oil reserves. Alot is not being made of this, and alot WAS made of David Blaine's stunt.

There is definitely something wrong with that, if you don't see it, enjoy the Matrix.

why the fuck do people keep saying 'what david blaine is doing isn't magic'? I don't understand it at all. Has anyone ever heard of Houdini? Well, for those of you who know nothing or very little, he was a fucking ESCAPE artist. What Blaine did isn't going to change the world or improve anyone's life, it's not meant to...it's pure entertainment for the sake of entertainment. Very few people, if anyone, could withstand what he withstood, and he did it just to entertain some people, and, to see if he could do it at all. Find someone else to go after. David Blaine's JOB is being an escape artist and illusionist. If you're gonna bitch him out for making more money than other people because he's good at what he does, then go fuck yourselves.
Why don't you go complain about every actor that gets paid millions of dollars to essentially lie to people on a movie screen? How many of them do you think donate tons of money to organizations? Why don't you go after professional sport players, who get paid up to a quarter of a BILLION dollars to hit a ball with a stick, or throw it in a hoop or kick it?
I'm sorry, but your fancy words don't scare me at all...I can throw in as many unnecessarily large phrases as I want, I just choose not to because the people who can see through your pseudo-eloquence are the only people whose opinions I respect.
So go ahead. Pull off some amazing card tricks, illusions, escapes, and hold your breath for over 7 minutes after being under water for a week. If you do that, and you're famous, see how you feel about this whole issue, and take a look at the person who will be bitching you out for doing what you do best.
Thanks, and get a life.

I agree with this last guy. Most people are just scared of what they dont understand, that's all. Thanks and have a soul