Comments on: Big, Fat, and Sweaty: Life in the South http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TAMMIE McCRARY http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/comment-page-1/#comment-522175 TAMMIE McCRARY Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:38:15 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/#comment-522175 You people are so missinformed with your facts about Benny & Billy McCrary. Your info. , is inncorect to say the least . I know because I was present when they both died ! I think conecting them and thier photo with your article was in very poor taste . They both are deceased , let them rest in peace ! They both , while living had thier share of smartass comments , they sure don,t deserve this kind of PR ! You people are so missinformed with your facts about Benny & Billy McCrary. Your info. , is inncorect to say the least . I know because I was present when they both died ! I think conecting them and thier photo with your article was in very poor taste . They both are deceased , let them rest in peace ! They both , while living had thier share of smartass comments , they sure don,t deserve this kind of PR !

]]> By: Marshall A. Woods http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/comment-page-1/#comment-11813 Marshall A. Woods Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:53:38 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/#comment-11813 Actually, Billy McCrary died when he crashed his motorcycle performing a stunt at Niagara Falls. Benny died at the age of 54 from heart failure, certainly not old, but not really what I'd count as dying young either. Actually, Billy McCrary died when he crashed his motorcycle performing a stunt at Niagara Falls. Benny died at the age of 54 from heart failure, certainly not old, but not really what I’d count as dying young either.

]]> By: Jon http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/comment-page-1/#comment-2375 Jon Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:09:07 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/#comment-2375 For the record, all three editors of Pensito Review are Southerners. Trish and Buck still live in the South. Trish and I grew up in Hendersonville, where the McCrary twins were fixtures. This story reminded me of them and I dug the photo and added it to her story - over her objection that North Carolina wasn't even mentioned in the story. If there was a cheap joke in the story, it wasn't in Trish's editorial but rather in the juxtaposition of the photo of the world's largest twins who had a glandular problem with a story about a serious subject - for which I take full responsibility. We'll leave the photo with the story so that future readers can see what the criticism referred to. - Jon Ponder For the record, all three editors of Pensito Review are Southerners. Trish and Buck still live in the South.

Trish and I grew up in Hendersonville, where the McCrary twins were fixtures. This story reminded me of them and I dug the photo and added it to her story – over her objection that North Carolina wasn’t even mentioned in the story.

If there was a cheap joke in the story, it wasn’t in Trish’s editorial but rather in the juxtaposition of the photo of the world’s largest twins who had a glandular problem with a story about a serious subject – for which I take full responsibility.

We’ll leave the photo with the story so that future readers can see what the criticism referred to.

- Jon Ponder

]]> By: The Left Coaster http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 The Left Coaster Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:15:40 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/#comment-2374 <strong>Fool Me Once - Again?</strong> Ever since Bu$hCo allowed the 9/11 attacks to occur to provide the PNAC 'new Pearl Harbor' [PDF] necessary to move the American people away from total somnambulence, 9/11 has been the totem of fear to be waved about as needed.... Fool Me Once – Again?

Ever since Bu$hCo allowed the 9/11 attacks to occur to provide the PNAC ‘new Pearl Harbor’ [PDF] necessary to move the American people away from total somnambulence, 9/11 has been the totem of fear to be waved about as needed….

]]> By: cthehill http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 cthehill Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:13:20 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/08/24/big-fat-and-sweaty-life-in-the-south/#comment-2348 Hmmn, the region with the highest levels of poverty also has the highest levels of illnesses such as diabetes and the higest levels of obesity. One could consider the underlying economic causes or make cheap jokes about how big, fat and sweaty Southerners are. Oh yeah, the McCrary twins in the photo had a pituitary disorder that caused them to be obese and to die at an early age. Hmmn, the region with the highest levels of poverty also has the highest levels of illnesses such as diabetes and the higest levels of obesity.

One could consider the underlying economic causes or make cheap jokes about how big, fat and sweaty Southerners are.

Oh yeah, the McCrary twins in the photo had a pituitary disorder that caused them to be obese and to die at an early age.

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