http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:51:53 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/21/043037.php#comment-121583 I resurrected his quotes on the 2000 FLA debacle. Clinton's era was the high water mark for hope, anything after that was afterthought. Not saying Clinton was all that, but he did not try and make America some kind of nanny state that looked into one another's business and totally ignored the social contract. This country has no spirit. Its religious leaders for the most part are bought and sold with taxpayer funds. Its media is the orgy it always was. Its best die daily in wars based upon lies. This is the last call, Hunter knew so. Someone is probably using his identity right now courtesy Choice Point, the election roll scrubbers. Imagine that- a country played the fool at the table with stakes the highest they've ever been since we first challenged the dealer over 200 years ago. We went from celebrated to shunned in the time it took a frathouse privilige the time to barf. He makes Quayle look cool and Nixon look honest. WTF, WTH, GWB. ]]> 121583@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:51:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/21/043037.php#comment-121566 This post has been selected for Advance.net. You'll be able to find this and other Blog Critics reviews at such places at Cleveland.com's <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/newslogs/bookreviews/"><b>Book Reviews column</b></a>. ]]> 121566@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:29:56 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/21/043037.php#comment-121099 If you enjoyed the writing of Hunter Thompson as I did, and if you thought you "got it", then you probably share a certain perception of our world. That view would eschew adherence to politically correct views; reject moral limits, declare god to be irrelevant, and make suicide a rational choice for calling the game when playing conditions became too rough. Hunter's suicide is either a cautionary tale for his fans or an inspiration or, if we had more details, maybe none of the above. Maybe just a bad night. ]]> 121099@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:19:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/21/043037.php#comment-120820 another great piece on a great man. particularly like the typical snarling quotation at the end. ]]> 120820@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:48:28 EST