Syracuse Grad to Get Paid to Get Drunk on MSNBC Tonight

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<p>Four years at Syracuse: $160,000</p>

<p>Getting paid to get drunk on national news: Priceless</p>

<p>I've said it over and over, Newhouse gives it grads chances that they won't get anywhere else. </p>

<p>Case and point?</p>

<p>NBC tonight, a Syracuse University graduate (working for MSNBC) is going to get drunk live on TV tonight on MSNBC's Scarborough Country. The plan is to raise his BAC to a .12 and see if he spouts off insults like Mel Gibson did when he got his DUI. The kid is Jewish, so I assume he won't be laying down too many anti-semetic insults, but it should be interesting. </p>

<p>Just wanted to let you all know. Show starts at 9:00 pm. </p>

<p>For all hopeful Communications majors out there; be optimistic. One day you could be taking shots of hard alcohol on TV, and be getting paid for it! Is there a better job on earth than this?</p>

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<p>.12 is not nearly intoxicated enough to start rattling enough insults mindlessly. until a few months ago, .10 was legal driving limit here (LA). many people can reach .12 only having consumed four drinks or less in an hour's time period.</p>

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<p>pour on the Grey Goose and Stella Artois</p>

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<p>Get him hammered quick with some shots...</p>

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<p>Well I think the point is that Gibson was at 0.12.</p>

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<p>...but Gibson also has problems...does syracuse man have problems?? if he does, then bring on the alki.</p>

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<p>The fact that he is an alcoholic doesn't have any bearing on what he did. His BAC was .12 regardless of whether he is an alcoholic or a virgin drinker, and that is what supposedly caused him to act that way.</p>

<p>(Which, imo, is bull*****. Alcohol doesn't give you ideas or put words in your mouth. It just lowers your inhibitors so you actually say or do what you were thinking.)</p>

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<p>As admirable as this is, you have to think this is something more suited for the Daily Show than a serious news station like MSNBC.</p>

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<p>chicken,</p>

<p>who's blaming what he did on the fact that he's an alcoholic?? i said he had problems...i meant in general. the man's has always seemed a little crazy to me. the same w/ tom cruise. not all there. seriously, how can someone that laughs like tom be completely sane?</p>

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<p><a href="Which,%20imo,%20is%20bull*****.%20Alcohol%20doesn't%20give%20you%20ideas%20or%20put%20words%20in%20your%20mouth.%20It%20just%20lowers%20your%20inhibitors%20so%20you%20actually%20say%20or%20do%20what%20you%20were%20thinking.">quote</a>

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Well alcohol does make you do things you don't want to do sometimes. That's how date rape occurs.</p>

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<p>MSNBC is desperate for ratings. FOXNews pwns too much..</p>

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who's blaming what he did on the fact that he's an alcoholic?? i said he had problems...i meant in general. the man's has always seemed a little crazy to me. the same w/ tom cruise. not all there. seriously, how can someone that laughs like tom be completely sane?

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<p>Ah, ok. I guess I misunderstood what you said. I agree--Mel is kinda crazy in the head.</p>

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Well alcohol does make you do things you don't want to do sometimes. That's how date rape occurs.

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<p>A lot of cases like that happen when someone who is drunk and not thinking straight agrees to something and then when sober realizes it wasn't a good idea. I'd have to say that a lot of date rape cases that involve alcohol also invovle roofies that were slipped into the victim's drink. </p>

<p>I've been drunk to the point of barely being able to stand up-- my BAC was definitely over .12--and while I talked a lot, I was only voicing things I have been thinking. Alcohol is not a hallucinogen and it doesn't create thoughts or feelings, it just enables a person to act more freely on them.</p>

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<p>^^forgiven...and agreed</p>