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brentspeak

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12. Travis isn't a finger-pointing evangelical
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 02:00 PM
Aug 2012

He's not a Pat Robertson type who berates gays, women, etc.

Don't understand the dumb jeering against him.

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New song coming........I got values babeee. nc4bo Aug 2012 #1
addiction knows no religion. spanone Aug 2012 #2
That's true spanone but it's just a bit on the wth side. nc4bo Aug 2012 #16
I agree...but saying a sane thing like "do it at home, or catch a cab" means nothing Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #39
Unfortunately, some religions promise cures siligut Aug 2012 #28
Heh. I can't wait to hear his atonement for his actions. Segami Aug 2012 #5
Pat Robertson atreides1 Aug 2012 #3
Im sorry but.... bunnies Aug 2012 #4
Looks like the State Trooper gave Randy a shiner for resisting. Segami Aug 2012 #9
I guess cops frown on murder threats. bunnies Aug 2012 #18
More likely it's from when he crashed his car. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #19
Who among us has not gone out naked to buy a pack of smokes? RagAss Aug 2012 #6
LOL! Segami Aug 2012 #10
I quit smoking years ago, but when I did, I tried to refrain from purchasing them while naked. SlimJimmy Aug 2012 #32
Tell me about it... 4_TN_TITANS Aug 2012 #40
Well, let me tell you a story. nichomachus Aug 2012 #46
good career move their, randy nt msongs Aug 2012 #7
Dirty liberals slipped something into his Dr. Pepper! Just to embarass Jesus! rfranklin Aug 2012 #8
He must have left his clothes in the closet Tanuki Aug 2012 #11
Travis isn't a finger-pointing evangelical brentspeak Aug 2012 #12
I don't either. It's just sad. TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #15
Really? Drunk, Naked, wandering around and threatening cops? bunnies Aug 2012 #20
Hey, really. Cops are so respected on DU...you don't post stories about Dreamer Tatum Aug 2012 #43
Don't you? Union Scribe Aug 2012 #45
Duck! firm slap on wrist coming Randy's way! librechik Aug 2012 #13
It's Obama's fault, the bad economy made me do it! madmom Aug 2012 #14
he's warming up for "Travis and Hasselhoff - The Booze and Burgers Tour" piratefish08 Aug 2012 #17
I thought he lived in Hawaii. Why in the fuck would he go to Texas? That's paradise to hell IMO. Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #21
I'm not fond of him, or his politics. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #22
He's an aging entertainer. lpbk2713 Aug 2012 #24
If he keeps up like this, he'll be writing it from jail. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #25
At the end of the day, we shall see if Randy will be granted leniency by the courts because of his Segami Aug 2012 #29
He was already granted more leniency than many others in his last alcohol related arrest in Texas. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #33
There.Is.NO.Excuse.For.Driving.Drunk.Period. catbyte Aug 2012 #34
just the second time he's been caught Skittles Aug 2012 #38
Sad. But I have to admit my first thought was woodsprite Aug 2012 #23
And then there was that one time he stole a song from Peggy Hill sadbear Aug 2012 #26
Alcoholism------a killler disease. virgogal Aug 2012 #27
amen. I read that if it didn't have such a bad stigma, scientists would have cured it Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #42
If he would have been a poor black man the police Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #30
he looks nothing like the program director for wkrp in cincinati leftyohiolib Aug 2012 #31
Hey look, Johnny Cash went through similar trials and I don't condemn him. no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #35
Background information RC Aug 2012 #36
he has an awesome voice Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #41
I've always thought his drinking problem stemmed from his closeted sexuality justiceischeap Aug 2012 #37
...so far in the closet, he's the Queen of Narnia Raster Aug 2012 #44
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