The Greatest Mind of Our Time... (939 hits)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-04-24 08:57:43 EDT (#)
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I concur. Generation of Swine and The Great Shark Hunt are my two favorite works of literature, ever. I imagine it's how Jesus people feel about the Bible.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-04-23 01:24:09 EDT (#)
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SgtH! :) <3
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2008-04-22 22:24:45 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/60306
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-04-22 22:08:46 EDT (#)
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GO FLYERS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Submitted by MidnightToSix (user info) at 2008-04-22 21:09:26 EDT (#)
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I concur. But I would say he was a cut above your run-of-the-mill American.
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:45:19 EDT (#)
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I wouldn't go THAT far but I loved a few of his books.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-04-22 19:58:19 EDT (#)
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He was a doped-up punk and ate a bullet to prove it.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-04-22 19:55:12 EDT (#)
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Great writer, average post.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-04-22 15:03:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:49:01 EDT (#)
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All I've read by him were his ESPN pieces he used to do, I'm kind of afraid he won't be able to live up to the hype everyone has built up about him.
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never read his ESPN stuff...
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:55:31 EDT (#)
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ets: http://www.ubersite.com/m/110509
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:53:06 EDT (#)
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1992213 is a great read though
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:49:01 EDT (#)
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All I've read by him were his ESPN pieces he used to do, I'm kind of afraid he won't be able to live up to the hype everyone has built up about him.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:40:08 EDT (#)
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haha "oversoul", that was awesome
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:39:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:20:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:11:59 CDT (#)
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we need ETS to deliberate on the truth of all of this
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Oh God No!
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Come on some of his stuff was gold.
Bees dieing off because of chemtrails and global warming, which was going to cripple the food chain.
Bush building detention camps and towns running prep work for the army declaring martial law.
Two hour youtube videos showing how bankers (cough jews cough) have been behind all great wars and the fall of every empire since roman times.
War with Iran in 05.
Grave weather predictions that forcasted less wildfires than on average occur annually then bragging about how it was right.
Stories about drugs unlocking connection tot he oversoul and being at peace with everyone then threatening to kill people here for not agreeing with him.
Asking people to fly out to fight him.
That man was entertainment.
Submitted by peacenik_in_hell (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:37:09 EDT (#)
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dug.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:20:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:11:59 CDT (#)
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we need ETS to deliberate on the truth of all of this
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Oh God No!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:17:19 EDT (#)
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No, we don't.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:11:59 EDT (#)
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we need ETS to deliberate on the truth of all of this
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:11:51 EDT (#)
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ANOTHER EXTREMLEY RELEVANT LINKWHORE...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/110078
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:04:46 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:00:16 EDT (#)
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When someone dies from a suicide, people ask why. When Hunter S. died from suicide, people asked why. Time/Life journalists started bringing up the theories behind his death. I didn't. So what if I brought it up and repeated what journalists have said? I brought it up because his death was as weird as his life.
Damn.
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Theories are can be funny, but not when you ignore the obvious reason, the reason he backed up with a note, the reason his family gives (who was there at the end), the reason that makes the most sense.
What "journalist" examined his death and concluded or even hinted that the govt or depression about some dark secret around 9/11 that only he knew were probably the causes for death?
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:01:47 EDT (#)
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EXTREMELY RELEVANT LINKWHORE: http://www.ubersite.com/m/90661
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:00:16 EDT (#)
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When someone dies from a suicide, people ask why. When Hunter S. died from suicide, people asked why. Time/Life journalists started bringing up the theories behind his death. I didn't. So what if I brought it up and repeated what journalists have said? I brought it up because his death was as weird as his life.
Damn.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:55:22 EDT (#)
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Sure he's good looking, but Johnny Depp, the greatest mind of our time?
I think not, sir.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:51:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:24:00 EDT (#)
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"Idiot" that's nice.
I didn't say that the government caused his death. In fact I said that to speculate would be to engage in conspiracy theories and take liberties.
Fuck off.
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But you did speculate by bringing it up, and by offering only two possibilities, govt killed him or he killed himself because he learned something too horrible to allow him to go on.
Go eat a sandwich. Your anorexia is hurting your brain. He was a great writer, but to think that 9/11 must be a coverup and only a drugged out old man past his prime could get to the bottom of it is a little sad.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:24:01 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:24:00 EDT (#)
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"Idiot" that's nice.
I didn't say that the government caused his death. In fact I said that to speculate would be to engage in conspiracy theories and take liberties.
Fuck off.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:19:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:43:50 EDT (#)
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He definitely is one of my heros.
Hunter was working on an expose concerning 9/11 when he died. Now whether he was 'suicided' (he warned it would happen) as in someone else killed him and made it look like he killed himself, OR, if what he learned about 9/11 and the depths of the evil behind it broke his heart and pushed him to make the final decision we don't know. To speculate is to engage in conspiracy theories and take liberties where none may exist.
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You are an idiot.
He was an old man on a lot of drugs who talked at length about his suicide and living longer than he wanted. His children were in the next room and he was on the phone with his wife when he killed himself, yet you still want to spread stupid theories about the govt causing his death. As intellegent as I think he is and as much as I enjoyed his books he would be the least person whose ideas on 9/11 I would trust.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:01:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:46:36 EDT (#)
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Where the Buffalo Roam, anyone? Anyone?
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I thought it was better because it seemed to encapsulate him more.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2008-04-22 13:00:13 EDT (#)
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Hunter S. was a mastermind.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:53:50 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:46:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:43:50 EDT (#)
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He definitely is one of my heros.
Hunter was working on an expose concerning 9/11 when he died. Now whether he was 'suicided' (he warned it would happen) as in someone else killed him and made it look like he killed himself, OR, if what he learned about 9/11 and the depths of the evil behind it broke his heart and pushed him to make the final decision we don't know. To speculate is to engage in conspiracy theories and take liberties where none may exist.
Personally, I would have loved for him to finish it. If any modicum of truth could be exposed behind 9/11, it probably would have come from him.
Hunter gave you the dirt even when others didn't want you to have it.
It's upsetting to see people only associate him with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Yes, it was a great book and the story behind why it was written was even better. He was investigating the murder/shooting accident of Ruben Salazar, a hispanic journalist, by police. Oscar Zeta Acosta, a prominent hispanic attorney was too nervous being seen talking to a gringo journalist so Thompson spirited him away to Las Vegas to cover a dirtbike race. The book, Fear and Loathing, came from that.
Hunter was a visionary, truth teller, and above all else, a patriot, in the sense that he believed the government should answer to and fear its subjects.
RIP, Sir!
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Where the Buffalo Roam, anyone? Anyone?
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:45:47 EDT (#)
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wow forensic, I dont think such a well thought out diatribe has ever been produced as a result of one of my posts. Thanks!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:45:19 EDT (#)
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I wouldn't go THAT far but I loved a few of his books.
A pal of mine who worked with him on a TV show ABOUT Hunter S., had his picture taken with him in New Orleans for a magazine shoot...less than a month before he blew his head off.
I have the picture on my home computer.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:43:50 EDT (#)
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He definitely is one of my heros.
Hunter was working on an expose concerning 9/11 when he died. Now whether he was 'suicided' (he warned it would happen) as in someone else killed him and made it look like he killed himself, OR, if what he learned about 9/11 and the depths of the evil behind it broke his heart and pushed him to make the final decision we don't know. To speculate is to engage in conspiracy theories and take liberties where none may exist.
Personally, I would have loved for him to finish it. If any modicum of truth could be exposed behind 9/11, it probably would have come from him.
Hunter gave you the dirt even when others didn't want you to have it.
It's upsetting to see people only associate him with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Yes, it was a great book and the story behind why it was written was even better. He was investigating the murder/shooting accident of Ruben Salazar, a hispanic journalist, by police. Oscar Zeta Acosta, a prominent hispanic attorney was too nervous being seen talking to a gringo journalist so Thompson spirited him away to Las Vegas to cover a dirtbike race. The book, Fear and Loathing, came from that.
Hunter was a visionary, truth teller, and above all else, a patriot, in the sense that he believed the government should answer to and fear its subjects.
RIP, Sir!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:43:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:39:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:27:43 EDT (#)
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I'm a close 7,325th.
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give yourself some credit Rob, you're at least a close 5023rd.
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SWEET!
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:41:15 EDT (#)
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Too bad he was accidentally murdered while cleaning his shotgun...
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:39:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:27:43 EDT (#)
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I'm a close 7,325th.
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give yourself some credit Rob, your at least a close 5023rd.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:33:42 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:29:34 EDT (#)
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No.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:27:43 EDT (#)
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I'm a close 7,325th.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:27:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:27:31 EDT (#)
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I wish he was still here and writing.
Submitted by lostnphound (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:21:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:18:52 EDT (#)
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nah titus, maybe next time.
btw my aunts last name is titus.
Submitted by Titus (user info) at 2008-04-22 12:18:01 EDT (#)
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thought this was going to be about me :(