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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
 Posted - 07/26/2001 : 10:54:46
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Poll Question:
ST. LOUIS, Missouri <A href="http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/25/psychic.lawsuit/index.html">CNN</A>
-- The Missouri attorney general has filed two lawsuits against a television psychic hotline for false advertising, fraud and other unlawful business practices, alleging the company bilked consumers out of money and caused them significant injury.
The hotline advertises services by Miss Cleo, who speaks with a Caribbean accent and promises psychic and tarot card readings. The commercial, which has been broadcast across the nation, offers to "find the answers for free" with the slogan "Keepin' it Real."
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So this brings us to the poll....
What would YOUR psychic call be on Miss Cleo's words when being served lawsuit papers?
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| Yeah Mon, dat daer es not my baby! |
 [7%] |
5 votes |
| Dis deck 'o Tarot cards, dey defective! Not Miss Cleo fault |
[11%] |
8 votes |
| Back to Baa-nana boat,...Day-oh Day-oh, Lawsuit come an' I wanna go home |
[14%] |
10 votes |
| Call 1-800-UpCreek for your free psychic reading |
[13%] |
9 votes |
| Da power of learning da truth about the law is truly enlightening |
[6%] |
4 votes |
| Everybody, dey know dis psychic stuff is fake |
[23%] |
16 votes |
| I just knew I should had taken that nuclear physicist position |
[26%] |
18 votes |
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Total Votes: 70 counted »» |
Last Vote:
11/23/2004 21:16:23 |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
 Posted - 07/26/2001 : 11:10:31 [Permalink]
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| I find it truly inspirational when charlatons such as these are nailed to the wall. I hope many, many more states will follow Missouri's lead and bury this company of psychic sleaze merchants. |
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Bradley
Skeptic Friend
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2001 : 13:01:10 [Permalink]
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Well, Missouri is known as "the show-me state."
"Too much doubt is better than too much credulity."
-Robert Green Ingersoll (1833 - 1899) |
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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2001 : 20:07:15 [Permalink]
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On the other hand,
*Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American Public.*
and
*Nobody ever lost money underestimating the taste of the American Public.*
(H. L. Mencken)
TAKE YOUR PICK...
ljbrs
Perfection Is a State of Growth... |
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2001 : 21:32:58 [Permalink]
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Oh, puhhlleeessseee!!! Remember the old SNL bit where the guys drive nails through their hands and railroad spikes into their heads and they're amazed when it hurts? This is natural selection. Feeling sorry for the "victims" of Miss Cleo is like feeling sorry for turkeys that drown in the rain. Like the lady herself says, "I con do baad all by m'self." The money they spent is the cost of their education. Clearly she did them a service. Betcha they all learned something.
Wendy Jones |
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
4607 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2001 : 21:49:24 [Permalink]
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That sounds fair from a certain point of view, what Cleo's organization did was a crime and should be punished.
I'd like to see her burned as witch 
@tomic
Gravity, not just a good idea...it's the law! |
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
4607 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 01:48:15 [Permalink]
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Just out of curiousity....what is the nuclear physisist position anyway?
@tomic
Gravity, not just a good idea...it's the law! |
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bestonnet_00
Skeptic Friend
Australia
358 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 03:07:42 [Permalink]
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I hope its the one that invloves spheres of very enriched Pu-239.
Otherwise it might get a bit boring.
Radioactive GM Crops.
Slightly above background.
Safe to eat.
But no activist would dare rip it out.
As they think it gives them cancer. |
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 07:48:20 [Permalink]
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C'mon folks, it's just supposed to be fun. I've seen her commercials, and they have a disclaimer "for entertainment purposes only". The woman is an entertainer. Heck, she's an actress. Nobody is sueing them for pretending to be something they're not.
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James
SFN Regular
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 11:35:21 [Permalink]
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C'mon folks, it's just supposed to be fun. I've seen her commercials, and they have a disclaimer "for entertainment purposes only". The woman is an entertainer. Heck, she's an actress. Nobody is sueing them for pretending to be something they're not.
True, Wendy, but you'd be surprised how gullible some humans can be.
The way I see it, christians are godless too...they just don't know it yet. |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
2102 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 12:48:04 [Permalink]
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The way I see it, christians are godless too...they just don't know it yet.
Ya ever try convincing one of them James? They are morally superior to us little old atheists cause they got god on their side!
Apologies to any of you out there that are christians and aren't like this. You know who you are....
He's YOUR god, they're YOUR rules, YOU burn in hell! |
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James
SFN Regular
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 20:37:09 [Permalink]
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The way I see it, christians are godless too...they just don't know it yet.
Ya ever try convincing one of them James?
No, I haven't and I don't have the time nor the patience for the HUMONGOID headache I'll get from that. Got better things to worry about...
And the signature is a part of a quote I found in another post on another BB I frequent.
I gotta start advertising this place and the other place I go to...
The way I see it, christians are godless too...they just don't know it yet. |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
2102 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2001 : 23:07:17 [Permalink]
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I gotta start advertising this place and the other place I go to...
Ya embarassed about it? Yeesh! 
Humongous headache is right! Pass the aspirin.
He's YOUR god, they're YOUR rules, YOU burn in hell! |
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James
SFN Regular
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 08/02/2001 : 20:45:17 [Permalink]
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Ya embarassed about it?
Nope. I have found that a few people here might be nice to post here: STO Talk
Thing is, though, you gotta post with your real name. The flaming is few and far between, thanks to a tough, but fair, user agreement, and a tough, but fair sysop. Great place with great people. Watch the politics threads, though. I consider them to be no-man-lands.
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Humongous headache is right! Pass the aspirin.
Jumbo or Mega-size bottle? 
The way I see it, christians are godless too...they just don't know it yet. |
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Bradley
Skeptic Friend
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2001 : 18:50:32 [Permalink]
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...they have a disclaimer...
Do you seriously think that the fans of Miss Cleo would read the small print even had they the ability to do so?
"Too much doubt is better than too much credulity."
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bestonnet_00
Skeptic Friend
Australia
358 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2001 : 02:50:23 [Permalink]
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Do you seriously think that the fans of Miss Cleo would read the small print even had they the ability to do so?
No, they are the same people who buy mobile phones, then get all pissed off when they can't return it because of the contract.
Radioactive GM Crops.
Slightly above background.
Safe to eat.
But no activist would dare rip it out.
As they think it gives them cancer. |
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