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Chewing Wax:
But they were so much more.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:04:15 pm)
Decoy:
Of course, you can also call P.J. O'Rourke and see what he thinks, too.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:06:15 pm)
Decoy:
I'm a big Nesmith fan, don't get me wrong.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:06:45 pm)
Decoy:
Man, I'm thirsty.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:06:54 pm)
Queenie:
The Monkees RAWK!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:07:16 pm)
Queenie:
Fuckin' A! Repo man, Tape Heads, eighties classics!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:07:50 pm)
Queenie:
And I'm a really big fan of white-out
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:08:03 pm)
Myk Murphy:
PJ will have the answer. he always does.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:09:15 pm)
Decoy:

P.J. O'Rourke Interviews Hunter S. Thompson

by P.J. O'Rourke

[From an interview of Hunter Thompson by P. J. O'Rourke during theearly 1980's.]
Q:
Recently you told a college audience at Marquette University, "George Bushshould be killed.He should be stomped to death and I'll join in."How did the students react?
A:
Hey they cheered!Then I called for a voice vote.It was two-thirds to stomp him.Meanwhile some fucking maniac recorded it and took it to the Milwaukee Journal.And the U. S. attorney in Milwaukee was about to indict me on two felonycharges: five years for threatening the vice president and another fivefor inciting others to do it.I started getting calls from the Secret Service.
Q:
Did you answer any of those calls?
A:
Not at first because I thought they were cranks.If it was important they'd leave a message.And then the Secret Service showed up at the Examiner and at mylecture agency.I realized they were serious.So I called the Secret Service guy in Denver, Larry Hoppe.And he was very nice.And I said, "What's going on here, man?"And Hoppe said, "Dr. Thompson, let me tell you one thing: I would adviseyou not to go to Washington without talking to me first."So I said, "Come on over. What the hell."

Well, we talked for a while, and by that time Hoppe knew it was a joke.I said, "Have times changed?I've threatened to drag people around Washington by their nuts behindOldsmobiles at a hundred miles an hour.I've advocated the slaughter of all politicians.What are the guidelines now?"

He had a pretty good sense of humor.He said, "Well, you can't say that he should be strung up.If you say that to people, WHAP!Ten years.You can say he should be tarred and feathered."And I said, "Wait a minute.I don't grasp it.What's the difference?"And Hoppe says, "I don't know.That's the way it is.Don't go out any more and threaten to string George Bush up orstomp him to death."

Q:
Now, to what level of public figure does this extend?Take somebody I really hate, like Meese.Meese is not an elected official.Can I say that somebody should slice Meese open and wrap his intestinesaround a phone booth?
A:
No, you probably can't.He should be flogged -- just not to death.
Q:
What if we said Meese should be fucked by an elk?
A:
That's apparantly harmless as hell.I believe that Ed Meese -- being a person without any honor,a fat bastard, really a congenital cheap pig in the style of and on the levelof Richard Nixon -- should be locked in a large concrete basement with an elk.And the elk should be ram-fed full of acid before he's put in there.
Q:
An angry, horny acid-crazed elk.
A:
Meese is naked, and the elk is huge, maybe 800 plus.
Q:
Elk can be ugly customers.
A:
And once they're full of acid, and they're really horny -- oh yeah, allnight long!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:10:23 pm)
Chewing Wax:
Let's get sushi and not pay
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:10:47 pm)
Decoy:
Vintage.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:10:49 pm)
Myk Murphy:
are PJ and HST obsolete in the year 2000? discuss.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:15:12 pm)
Decoy:
Sounds like a job for Al Gore.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:16:20 pm)
Queenie:
Beauteefulll
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:17:29 pm)
Queenie:
HST will never be obsolete. Broke the fucking mold when they made him. People like my buddy Ed will keep his spirit alive and well long after HST is gone.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:18:20 pm)
Decoy:
Yeah. Well are twenty year olds drawn to that shit anymore? No. The anti-drug sentiments have ruined the gonzo's pristene aura. The sit-down-and-yell politics of the age have been replaced by internet campaign sites and on-line polls. Oh god, how sad, its true.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:19:41 pm)
Decoy:
Bill Murray, or Johnny Depp?
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:21:54 pm)
Queenie:
These people are clever as hell, too. Times may change, but these clever bastards will always find a way to keep it fresh by altering their approaches, breaking new ground, innovating. The limits put on us by political correctness are made up for with stuff like the Internet. The Hunter S. Thompson's of the new millennium will all exist on the Internet, I guarantee it. Cyber-Gonzo journalism of the 21st century. It's a thing of beauty. I see it every day in my home with my friend Ed. Hunter S. will never die.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:22:44 pm)
Queenie:
Bill Murray, no question! Not that I don't love Johnny Depp, but Bill came first, and will therefore always be the best one. Sorry, Johnny.

And yes, the cyber gonzo journalism of the 21st century will not have the drug lifestyle attached to it - that's part of the new movement. Be glad. It's a miracle HST is even still alive. It' s going to be more of a caffeine and cigarette thing than drugs, I think. But that's fine! Just so long as they keep it real. You hear that Ed? You and your contemporaries...KEEP IT FUCKING REAL, BABY!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:26:04 pm)
Pungo:
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(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:26:47 pm)
Pungo:
Oooo, well thank heavens for clever people!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:28:39 pm)
Decoy:
Attica! Attica! Attica!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:29:18 pm)
Chewing Wax:
Are you okay? How thirsty are you? I bought invisible cough medicine from Walgreens. Mmmm. Invisible cough medicine.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:30:18 pm)
Decoy:
Wash it down with your invisible cola, then.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:33:00 pm)
Queenie:
Cranky pants!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:33:29 pm)
Decoy:
I could use some visible beer.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:33:54 pm)
Chewing Wax:
I don't think he's had much sleep lately
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:36:49 pm)
Decoy:
Cranky Pants?!
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:38:54 pm)
m©:
hmm..
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:39:17 pm)
Decoy:


(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:39:18 pm)
Chewing Wax:
I think m© summed it all up nicely
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:40:28 pm)
m©:
its manic about.
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:40:47 pm)
Chewing Wax:
yes
(Thu Mar 9, 2000 - 4:41:24 pm)