This is what they live to do, so we had nothing but volunteers. We even had guys in Afghanistan ready to rotate home, and they were saying don't even bring us home, fly us straight to Jackson (Miss.), and we'll start doing rescue down there.
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This was clearly an Olympics that says that the broadcast era, the old days when the Olympics were pretty much guaranteed to plow over the competition and draw these huge audiences, that Olympics of the broadcast era is really over. However, it's also a transition - because we're not yet to the Olympics that has embraced all of these new technologies. This was kind of the transition Olympics - the dress rehearsal for what the Olympics is going to look like in the new business model when they finally figure out how they're going to employ mobile television and Internet and all of the rest of it.Bob Thompson
Plus, the response from Sept. 11 was a lot different. You had (government officials) out there with a sense of control and authority, despite what we saw in 'Fahrenheit 9-11.' Here, the complete lack of authority immediately becomes the type of stuff that comedians are great at doing.
Bob Thompson
The whole point of those (segments) is to leave a heap of carnage. That is a game that is really hard to win, even when you're one of the good guys.
Bob Thompson
You can decry this as a crime against literature or accept it as the way of the world, but the fact remains Selling books is about more than just talent and luck. It's about marketing.
Bob Thompson
This crisis is real. We just listed the 66th church on our Web site that has withdrawn from the UCC since General Synod 25. In my conference, the Southern Conference, we have lost 70 of 300 churches in less than four years. We aim to give churches a reason to stay.
Bob Thompson
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