Comments on: Adieu BÃ©rubÃ©

By: The Constructivist

The Constructivist — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:51:11 +0000

Berube’s just leaving the blog to go directly to the people with the message of the We Are All Giant Nuclear Fireball Now Party. He’ll travel the country and the world like, uh, Godot or something, or that guy that band that split up awhile back did a cover song honoring–you know what I mean, right? Grapes of Wrath, Rage Against the Machine–that guy whose name I always forget. Berube will be that guy. Don’t mourn, organize! Or joke!

By: Hattie

Hattie — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:19:58 +0000

Yes. I wish he would reconsider. But quitting while you’re ahead is a good strategy.

By: Hate Encrusted Eyes

Hate Encrusted Eyes — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:03:41 +0000

A guy like Billmon should have a syndicated column. In a world of merit he would, but in our world or corporate lickspittles we have to settle for David “biased” Brooks and George “workhouses” Will. Not to mention clowns like Joe “don’t know” Klein.
Such a fallen world we live in.

By: Pinko Punko

Pinko Punko — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:57:27 +0000

That was funny, aa (I mean it).

I love Berube. I loved him when he was at his most elliptical. It always felt like he was give a coversational lecture, but not in a lecturing way, more like you were sitting in a cozy chair, and you just got the benefit of watching someone express themselves (very well) and get the chance to understand how someone very smart likes to think and look at the world. He’s a champ.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:51:57 +0000

It really hurts to lose 2 of our finest political blogs in a 2 wk. span as Billmon announced he was ending his blog just before the New Year.

I’m sure they both have great projects in the offing that they’ll be able to work on now that they’re not blogging. But it still leaves the rest of us sad.

By: Burl Ives' Left Nut

Burl Ives' Left Nut — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:35:38 +0000

He’s leaving to re-commandeer Das Boot.

By: SqueakyRat

SqueakyRat — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:14:18 +0000

And Fafblog. What’s wrong with the world?

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:40:27 +0000

probably with an assist from a friendly pod of orca

I suspect we’ll need that to get out of most of the messes we’re in about now. Anybody here have an in with Teh Killahs?

By: Ab_Normal

Ab_Normal — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:00:59 +0000

kingubu said: “Are we going to have to render Digby, Greenwald, Neiwart, and the remaining SadNoistanians to an island somewhere, just to keep â€˜em from wandering off, too?”

Don’t know if that’d work… Neiwert would just build a kayak out of a bunch of coconuts and make good his escape (probably with an assist from a friendly pod of orca).

By: Ronzoni Rigatoni

Ronzoni Rigatoni — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:37:51 +0000

First Bilmon, then BÃ©rubÃ©, then Kevin Hayden, then Tom Watson. Where does it end??? Is Blogtopia (thanks, Skippy) going extinct?

By: annieangel

annieangel — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:33:19 +0000

Pinko.

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:18:12 +0000

Poop and Repoop are in a boat. Poop falls out. Who’s left?

By: kingubu

kingubu — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:11:02 +0000

Just be thankful I didn’t work in a David Corn reference in there, thunder. You know, for texture.

By: ifthethunderdontgetya

ifthethunderdontgetya — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:04:10 +0000

Heh. Kingubu said ‘stool’.

Heh heh.

By: kingubu

kingubu — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:00:48 +0000

The combination of Shrillness, poop jokes, and snickering a desperately dumb wingnuts is the three-legged stool supporting our great republic.

By: Gus

Gus — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:54:33 +0000

Now he’ll have more time to dedicate to his fifth column activities especially corrupting the minds of America’s youth.

By: mmm...lemonheads

mmm...lemonheads — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:54:06 +0000

Poop.

Heh heh.

Poop.

By: ifthethunderdontgetya

ifthethunderdontgetya — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:46:06 +0000

Fewer poop jokes, please.

This is Sadly, No!, ya know…

By: TC

TC — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:41:16 +0000

And thus we see, once the initial goals of the revolution are achieved, the first wave of leaders, stalwart wise elders, step down and leave the next generation to pick up where they left off…

Standing on the shoulders of giants, indeed. we must try harder to live up to the examples set by such luminaries.

Fewer poop jokes, please.

By: teh l4m3

teh l4m3 — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:31:32 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!