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Tom Brokaw Retires

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Well he went out as wrong as he came in. Not more than ten times in thirty years did he say anything important or true.

His very last statement tonight was something like...

"Remember that solving problems is always to do with the answer -- never the question."

It made my heart happy that he should end on such a stupid statement.

How about "If you don't ask the correct question, all the answers in the world won't help."

It's amazing. Talking heads should be licensed as dangerous weapons, and pollution sources of an extremely noxious and toxic nature.

<Edit> This is verbatim:

What have I learned here? More than we have time to recount this evening but the enduring lessons through the decades are these: it's not the questions that get us in trouble. It's the answers.

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I wish he could just think about that. Failure to recognize the questions always gets one in trouble. A lack of an answer for the want of a question explains much of the human condition of misery and poverty. Perhaps. But platitudes are what "nightly news" is all about.

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Originally posted by StarValleyWy
Well he went out as wrong as he came in. Not more than ten times in thirty years did he say anything important or true.

His very last statement tonight was something like...

"Remember that solving problems is always to do with the answer -- never the question."

It made my heart happy that he should end on such a stupid statement.

How about ...[text shortened]... e licensed as dangerous weapons, and pollution sources of an extremely noxious and toxic nature.
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I can't wait till Dan retires to.

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Originally posted by RBHILL
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I can't wait till Dan retires to.
I've hated him since he got ten grunts killed trying to sneak away from Hue. Anything for a pulitzer.

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