Comments on: The death drive

By: Reinder Dijkhuis

Reinder Dijkhuis — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:49:48 +0000

Occam’s razor suggests that he was pretty insane to start with.

By: atheist

atheist — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:45:24 +0000

So is this “Imperial Hubris” guy? Or somebody else with the same name? Or am I totally confused?

You’re not confused, or at least you’re not wrong. Scheuer wrote “Imperial Hubris”. And then, apparently, he went insane.

By: Tajavi

Tajavi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:44:10 +0000

Word. Just seeing him makes me want a shower. His face looks like the underside of a log.

By: Sjofn

Sjofn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:45:14 +0000

Glenn Beck is number one on my list of “People I Would Not, Under Any Circumstances, Ride an Elevator With.” The fact he can invade my personal space through my monitor pretty much makes him the all time champion.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:06:57 +0000

Palin/Khameini 2012: God Is Great, You Betcha!

By: krassen

krassen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:44:19 +0000

“Stuart Smalley”? … Yeah, I remember that character: an over-the-top parody of a talk-show host… So the actor who played him is a U.S. Senator now? That’s nuts! What’s next, the actor who plays that “Glenn Beck” character gets elected, too? By the way, he is pretty good… really funny, especially when he does this thing with the eyes… Anyone knows his name?

By: Another kiwi

Another kiwi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:19:22 +0000

Those two whackjobs could just go and blow themselves up and see what happens. Maybe they could wrap teabags around them to really make a point.
” We are fuckwits and we’ve blown ourselves up and some tea bags, also”

By: Bitter Scribe

Bitter Scribe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:58:46 +0000

Let’s be fair. They never said they wanted a nuclear attack. Maybe it would be some other kind of devastation, like stink bombs. Or a Cheetos-rotting fungus.

By: PaulG

PaulG — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:08 +0000

So is this “Imperial Hubris” guy? Or somebody else with the same name? Or am I totally confused?

By: N.C.

N.C. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:45:01 +0000

Yeah, laziness did him in.

By: tigrismus

tigrismus — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:16:05 +0000

The scuttlebutt was that he was lazy as hell.

By: Big Bad Bald Bastard

Big Bad Bald Bastard — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:09:20 +0000

Why didn’t that happen for Thompson? He had the right image, gravitas and willingness to puke conservative slogans in a folksy tone that I think there is more to the story about why his campaign never gelled.

He didn’t have St Ronbo’s great (never dyed!!!!) hair.

What kind of monster could trust a guy without hair?

By: The Tragically Flip

The Tragically Flip — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:48:34 +0000

Yeah, I remember, but I’m wondering if there was a story behind the scenes. Clearly he’s a dolt who would have needed a lot of stage managing and scripting, but so was Reagan and Bush II and the right people came together to do that for them. Why didn’t that happen for Thompson? He had the right image, gravitas and willingness to puke conservative slogans in a folksy tone that I think there is more to the story about why his campaign never gelled.

By: N.C.

N.C. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:25:45 +0000

Fred Thompson was the weirdest thing. All the right crazy people started getting really excited about him, I thought for sure the fix was in and he’d sail to the nomination, and then he fizzled. He was perfect for their purposes. What happened? Was there some dirty secret or was he just that uncharismatic?

Fred Thompson never really seemed like he was interested in being President; he just accumulated a lot of fans who thought he’d be the next Reagan. For the longest time he was just kind of roaming around the country while his staff promised that some time very soon, he’d declare whether or not he was ready to declare his intent to run for the nomination.

By: Djur

Djur — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:25:46 +0000

I’m actually not entirely convinced O’Reilly knows Franken’s real name isn’t Stuart Smalley.

By: The Tragically Flip

The Tragically Flip — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:25:31 +0000

By: Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:39 +0000

mrak–

I always thought “wishin’ and hopin’” (by Hal David, BB’s lyricist) was a pop-song euphemism for “bitchin’ and moanin,’” but that’s me.

Re Stuart Smalley: yeah, Bill-O calls him that. And every time he does, it’s hard to know whether he really thinks he’s being clever (in the manner of your everyday barroom horse’s ass loudmouth), or if he knows it’s stupid but thinks his viewers think it’s clever. Imagine seeing Keanu Reeves at a restaurant, and swaggering up to him and saying, “Yo, hey, Neo, ya shoulda taken the BLUE pill,” and feeling brilliant about it. THIS is the kind of wit you get from the spokespeople of the right.

By: Ken Lowery

Ken Lowery — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:14:04 +0000

Let’s not forget Fred Thompson’s aborted presidential run! Also nothing to laugh about there.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:07:07 +0000

Conversely, actors who once starred opposite monkeys are OK to be president. Also, hideously bad actors who starred in TeeVee shows about premarital sex on the high seas are OK to be congressmen.

By: Big Bad Bald Bastard

Big Bad Bald Bastard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:05:03 +0000

Just imagine Sheuer and Beck singing this as a duet.