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It's Been Three Years Since Andrew Breitbart Left Us
Twitchy noted this sad anniversary over the weekend.
Jim Geraghty won the ACU's Journalist of the Year Award on Friday, and has posted about what he would have liked to have said, had he more advanced warning that he'd be winning something and should prepare a speech for it.I’ve been thinking a lot about Andrew Breitbart lately. It was three years ago he addressed this conference for the last time. People look back and I see him described as this angry guy, a fighter – he titled his autobiography "Righteous Indignation." I wouldn’t claim to be his best friend or to have known him well, but I don't think he’s given enough credit for being a man who was really driven by love. That may sound kind of sappy or like it belongs on a Hallmark card, but he demonstrated an amazing kindness and generosity of spirit to those around him. The day Andrew died, it seemed like everyone on my Facebook page posted a picture that they had taken with him. For a guy who was always on the go, he rarely if ever seemed like he didn’t have time for other people. So many people offered their tale of meeting him at a conference or gathering, getting to talk to him for ten minutes or so, and walking away from that conversation feeling like for that ten minutes, they were the most important person in the room. A lot of his fans, friends, and contributors to his site offer some version of the same story, meeting Breitbart and sharing a news tip and then being told by him, "that is a really good story idea, and you're the one who should write it." That’s what happened to my friend Kurt Schlichter, and there are so many people who got into writing or journalism because instead of holding onto a scoop or an idea for himself, Andrew told them they could do it. You don't treat people with such enthusiastic encouragement if you don’t have a lot of love for people.I've mentioned this before, but Andrew's death kind of woke me up to thinking seriously about both Life and Death. 90% of the reason I post about health-related issues is because of Andrew's death -- he was the first contemporary of mine to die. When you're young, you really do think you're sort of Immortal, or at least you never think about mortality at all (which makes you a passive, ignorant believer in your own mortality). Then one day a great big Surfing Bear of a man dies at a young age and you start thinking about it a lot. But the fact that Andrew died young is just happenstance; that says little about him. The other thing his death forced me to think about was Life. There's no point fearing death if you're not loving life. And Andrew's death forced me to confront the different ways we were living life -- to wit, he was and I wasn't. He was really alive, just excited and plugged in and enthusiastic and brave, so g**damned brave about everything. I'm not really doing a terrific job of Living Each Day As If I Were Andrew Breitbart, but I am trying, here and there, to engage more with Actual Life and not treat it as something to be avoided.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: spongeworthy at March 02, 2015 03:54 PM (RaRml)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:55 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Vic at March 02, 2015 03:55 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at March 02, 2015 03:55 PM (t2lvB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 03:56 PM (CMkNk)
Watching my father's decline has made me re-commit to living life. In my case, the focus has been more about (1) appreciating the loved ones in my life, (2) telling them I love them and why they matter to me, and (3) doing my best to be a positive force in strangers' and acquaintances' lives.
Posted by: Y-not at March 02, 2015 03:56 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 03:56 PM (MYCIw)
My last comment from the last thread. Seems appropriate here:
If only we had a party as tenacious in defense of liberty as the one that is tenacious and singleminded in its destruction.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 03:56 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 03:56 PM (CMkNk)
We have no Party and I think BB was beginning to recognize that and was trying to take it back.
Posted by: Vic at March 02, 2015 03:57 PM (wlDny)
This is the part that I missed for so long.
It's easy to say that we don't have the microphone he did, and miss *why* he had that microphone.
It's also easy to forget that he paid a price for it.
Bravery isn't not being afraid.
It's being afraid, and doing it (whatever "it" is) anyway.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:57 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 02, 2015 03:58 PM (KDbAT)
He should have received a Pulitzer for that press conference. lol
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 03:58 PM (iQIUe)
It certainly would have been harder for them to waive away things like Benghazi and jailing a dude who made a YouTube movie.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:59 PM (rks47)
Posted by: The Remembering Hat at March 02, 2015 03:59 PM (0Ew3K)
He was almost like losing a William F. Buckley. He wasn't a great policy mind or philosopher, he just knew how to get in the mud and beat them at their own game.
Posted by: McAdams at March 02, 2015 03:59 PM (LI7TJ)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 02, 2015 04:01 PM (GGCsk)
When Andrew Breitbart stood up and took over at my press conference, he showed his.
He was amazing.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at March 02, 2015 04:01 PM (OVx7B)
And unfortunately, since there are still only 24 hours in a day, that habit of being generous with his time to others may have led Andrew to neglect spending time on his own person.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 02, 2015 04:02 PM (noWW6)
I'm gonna go further and say he didn't die of natural causes.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 02, 2015 04:02 PM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 04:02 PM (6J/xZ)
Posted by: Garrett at March 02, 2015 04:03 PM (66Sda)
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at March 02, 2015 04:03 PM (wlWrh)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 04:03 PM (glJL/)
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Yup. Brave. Unafraid of adversity. Brave to stand his ground, especially in the face of unwithering criticism. "SO??" was my favorite retort of his when the left said something stupid.
...and brave to take to the podium to put little Anthony Weiner in his place for smearing him about hacking at little Anthony Weiners own press conference. Epic.
Brave???? Balls of steel, the size of melons kind of brave.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 02, 2015 04:03 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 04:03 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Grabthar's Hammer at March 02, 2015 04:03 PM (Edob3)
"7 Nothing in life will ever bring me more joy than when he took over Weiner's press conference."
I was about to post something similar.That was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.I loved how he took questions as though it was his own press conference. Served that jerk Weiner right for being late to his own press conference.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 02, 2015 04:04 PM (OD2ni)
Andrew Breitbart, but I am trying, here and there, to engage more with
Actual Life and not treat it as something to be avoided."
keep trying....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 02, 2015 04:04 PM (u8GsB)
Maybe Poppy Bush conspired with his friend Bill Clinton and made him go away.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 04:05 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: Loretta Fuddy, having a beer with Kam Kuwata at March 02, 2015 04:05 PM (oLZsm)
I think if Breitbart could speak to you from beyond, he'd tell you to be Ace, because Ace has gifts and what it takes to be Ace, which most of us here do not have.
The world needs Ace too
Posted by: kbdabear at March 02, 2015 04:05 PM (GrXXa)
andrew breitbart dying the day before his big obama expose is essentially as wierd as loretta fuddy certifying obamas birth certificate and then dying in a plane crash in which she was the only person on board the plane that died
Posted by: sound awake at March 02, 2015 04:06 PM (6XtFq)
His death took the steam right out of the 2012 fight for our republic
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:06 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 02, 2015 04:06 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Secondhand Lions at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (JO9+V)
The world is a lesser place for the passing of both.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (jVnQ1)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (0FSuD)
The simple act of answering a question can be devastating to the questioner
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (IDj42)
Sadly, I think Breitbart may have been our Sam Adams. And we desperately, desperately need a Sam Adams.
Also a John Adams, a Ben Franklin, a George Washington &c, but we're desperately in need of a Voice like Sam Adams.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (rks47)
None of us can merely will ourselves into perfection.....but all of us can strive each day to be better.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (T1005)
Just heard that evil troll mikulski is leaving the Senate, but not at room temperature.
Im sure McConnell will heap lavish praise on her, too.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:08 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 04:08 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 04:08 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: maddogg at March 02, 2015 04:09 PM (xWW96)
The message is "live at 10", like on a scale of 1 to 10, try and live at 10
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 04:08 PM (zOTsN)
just don't speak at 10 because that is loud
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 02, 2015 04:09 PM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 04:09 PM (vPh3W)
Just heard that evil troll mikulski is leaving the Senate, but not at room temperature.
That's one skanky bitch. Former social worker don't you know.
She and Helen should have a run off to see who's picture is the scariest.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 04:10 PM (0FSuD)
Lately I've been referencing Braveheart a lot.
I find myself separating people in 3 groups now. The English; the William Wallaces; and the Robert The Bruces.
Andrew Breitbart was a William Wallace.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:10 PM (omuEe)
But the truth is I most miss his optimism, his happy willingness to fight for America and what's right and because I miss his daily impact. I sit in my office and argue for a better America on the internet, mostly talking to people with whom I mostly share views in common. Andrew went into the lions den and argued with the Propaganda Press, with Democrats, with John Lewis (and his amazing Tea Party smear), with Nancy Pelosi and the much hated pederast Hairy Reid. He fought complacency. He fought stupidity. He fought fascism every day.
He woke me up and I really miss him.
Posted by: MTF, High Horsin' at March 02, 2015 04:11 PM (/52yu)
Thanks for this post, Ace. I like thinking about Andrew. His memory deserves to be honored.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 04:11 PM (6J/xZ)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 04:11 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 02, 2015 04:11 PM (FMbng)
[cheese warning]And you're no small inspiration, yourself, Ace.
Posted by: Dirt McGirt at March 02, 2015 04:12 PM (QAXIS)
This is what he said: http://youtu.be/PA9YpplWk3k
Posted by: Grabthar's Hammer at March 02, 2015 04:12 PM (Edob3)
Posted by: jrg at March 02, 2015 04:13 PM (7M30H)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 04:13 PM (zOTsN)
so funny
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 04:13 PM (6J/xZ)
Posted by: Garrett at March 02, 2015 04:14 PM (66Sda)
And then. And then.
Posted by: alexthechick - Mmm pizza tower at March 02, 2015 04:15 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 04:15 PM (zOTsN)
Andrew Breitbart, but I am trying, here and there, to engage more with
Actual Life and not treat it as something to be avoided."
Honestly, Life Sucks when you're watching your country and society being led down the tubes by the same Elites who have benefited immensely from it. Mr. Breitbart's epitaph should be "Well, I tried.....".
Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at March 02, 2015 04:15 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: Garrett at March 02, 2015 04:14 PM (66Sda)
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heh.... ISWYDT.....
Posted by: fixerupper at March 02, 2015 04:15 PM (NaV4z)
FIRST KNOWN Video Of Andrew Breitbart and Matt Drudge: http://youtu.be/iBd9urfYyrw via @YouTube
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 04:15 PM (ZPrif)
Is to convince the American people that we are Powerless.... that we cannot make a difference..
That the Government is too large for us to control....
Breitbart did not believe that message...
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 02, 2015 04:17 PM (qh617)
_________________
Michael Who?
Posted by: Low Information Drudge Reader at March 02, 2015 04:19 PM (UlJ3l)
But since we're talking about Andrew's forthrightness and outspokenness, let's also that Some On Our Side turned on Andrew Breitbart in the Shirley Sherrod affair.
That was disgusting. Do Not Be Robert The Bruces.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:20 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 02, 2015 04:20 PM (i55o+)
RIP, Andrew...
*j/k - a great post, Ace. Thanks.
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 04:21 PM (dMVEi)
Posted by: The Media at March 02, 2015 04:21 PM (ChY2Q)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at March 02, 2015 04:21 PM (VBbCO)
DRUDGE REPORT @DRUDGE_REPORT
Electricity prices hit another record... http://drudge.tw/1AR3mJ1
Posted by: Eco-nazi Ruling Class at March 02, 2015 04:22 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: John of Salisbury at March 02, 2015 04:22 PM (8CdUx)
Also a John Adams, a Ben Franklin, a George Washington c, but we're desperately in need of a Voice like Sam Adams.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:07 PM (rks47)
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which
feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget
that ye were our countrymen."-Samuel Adams
Yea.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 02, 2015 04:22 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 02, 2015 04:23 PM (u8GsB)
and it was not a Movement any of the established concerns liked.
Posted by: Shoey at March 02, 2015 04:23 PM (vA94g)
Andrew Breitbart --- now there was a man who pushed back.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:23 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:24 PM (kff5f)
I couldn't do what Breitbart did. Most of us can't. It's great to want to better ourselves, but make sure what you are doing to try to better yourself is actually good for YOU, and not just something that somebody else was good at.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 04:25 PM (TOk1P)
Andrew Breitbart --- now there was a man who pushed back.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:23 PM (omuEe)
Hell, he SHOVED back. A leader and a warrior, taken when we needed him most.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 04:25 PM (CMkNk)
>>>>I'm not really doing a terrific job of Living Each Day As If I Were Andrew Breitbart
Wait -- you mean *we're not enough for you* is that it?
**runs away crying**
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 04:25 PM (3ZtZW)
~Stuff Samuel Adams said
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:25 PM (kff5f)
-May your voice echo through time, as it does through so many souls.
*Cheers, Happy Warrior*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 04:25 PM (16bOT)
The juxtaposition with a post about Breitbart with the previous one about the McQuisling and Boehner is making me upset. And angry.
The contrast could not be more stark and more revealing about who he was and what they are.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 04:26 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at March 02, 2015 04:26 PM (eYC98)
~Stuff Samuel Adams said
(This one also seemed timely)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:26 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: kathysaysso at March 02, 2015 04:26 PM (fMQoG)
>>>>I'm not really doing a terrific job of Living Each Day As If I Were Andrew Breitbart
Wait -- you mean *we're not enough for you* is that it?
**runs away crying**
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 04:25 PM (3ZtZW)
Ace there's no time like the present. Specifically, next Friday evening. (hint-hint).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 04:27 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:27 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: East Bay Jay at March 02, 2015 04:28 PM (7v8o1)
~Stuff Samuel Adams said
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:28 PM (kff5f)
I went to an Irish Catholic High School. One day one of the Keefe boys came home dusted up. His father asked him what happened. The son said a couple of boys pushed him around.
Mr Keefe ordered ALL his sons to get out of the house and fight those boys. And they did.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:28 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 04:29 PM (3ZtZW)
An even better one for Andrew:
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate,
tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
Posted by: Weirddave at March 02, 2015 04:29 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:29 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: rickl at March 02, 2015 04:30 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:30 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: rickl at March 02, 2015 04:30 PM (zoehZ)
I see that.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 04:31 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: prescient11 at March 02, 2015 04:31 PM (q5APL)
Good times.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 02, 2015 04:32 PM (i55o+)
Great words in honor of a great man. As your life partner, I feel it's necessary to publicly offer some advice that you as well as the several regular commenters that fill up these message boards could benefit from:
Breitbart had a heart condition. He was taking good care of himself and he dropped to the pavement while out for a walk anyway.
George Burns smoked a cigar and drank three martinis a day every day his entire adult life and passed on at the age of 102.
Stop worrying about death. An exploding satellite could hit you in the face tomorrow.
Just live.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:32 PM (rOq9/)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson
He also trilled the first r for a comically long time.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at March 02, 2015 04:32 PM (GuwT9)
His talent was being cogent and comfortable in his own skin amongst the wanton shadow warriors whose daggers were dull, yet at-the-ready.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (16bOT)
>>I don't think Breitbart would say "burn". He would say "fight"
I like this. I hate the 'let it burn' sentiment.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 04:27 PM (CMkN
With a suck up like that, how can he refuse?
/////
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: kathysaysso at March 02, 2015 04:26 PM (fMQoG)
I remember that story. If memory serves, Breitbart won a bidding war for a charity in which the prize was dinner with Ayers at his (Ayers') home and yes, Breitbart made bomb jokes and allusions throughout the dinner. Ayers was a good sport about it--I'm guessing because Breitbart was simply one of those people who is hard to dislike whether you agreed with him or not.
In my family, one of the highest compliments we can give a person is to say, 'Hey, you're a class act.'.
Breitbart was a class act.
Posted by: troyriser at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (f56b1)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 04:34 PM (ZPrif)
That gives me some hope that there are others out there just as able to see through the subterfuge of the left and think freely. I'll miss AB till the day I die. He fought, in a time when few do.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 02, 2015 04:34 PM (zxQ4h)
Posted by: alexthechick - Mmm pizza tower at March 02, 2015 04:15 PM
And then...?!
Posted by: The Cryptkeeper at March 02, 2015 04:34 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (lIU4e)
I'm with you on that one, especially since the 'It' in Let It Burn is my beloved country.
Posted by: troyriser at March 02, 2015 04:34 PM (f56b1)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 04:35 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:35 PM (rOq9/)
Posted by: FDR's Television at March 02, 2015 04:35 PM (ne2fm)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 04:35 PM (659DL)
I went to an Irish Catholic High School. One day one of the Keefe boys came home dusted up. His father asked him what happened. The son said a couple of boys pushed him around.
Mr Keefe ordered ALL his sons to get out of the house and fight those boys. And they did.
Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at March 02, 2015 04:28 PM (omuEe)
Now the Keefe boys would be expelled, then taken to foster care after their father was arrested for telling them to pound the bullies.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 04:35 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Dude, Where's My Car reference at March 02, 2015 04:36 PM (VAsIq)
I was a very left leaning Democrat as a kid.
And then Jimmah.
Scales. Eyes. Etc.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 04:37 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 02, 2015 04:37 PM (i55o+)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (16bOT)
This. Exactly. He never came across as mean and nasty like Olbermann. Jim Geraghty's description of him as being a man driven by love really is perfect.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 04:38 PM (6J/xZ)
----
Speaking of Keefe's... and since we're over 100 post AND talking about firebrands.....
..... What the hell happened to O'Keefe's "Im in fear for life to make this public...."
Rumor popped up .... then died.
**shrug**
Posted by: fixerupper at March 02, 2015 04:38 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 04:38 PM (16bOT)
Carroll LeFon, aka Neptunus Lex, ( 6 March, 2012) just five days later.
The world is a lesser place for the passing of both.
Every year, a toast of Jameson to Lex.
Posted by: Aviator at March 02, 2015 04:38 PM (sQzB6)
Rumor popped up .... then died.
**shrug**
It was a tape of I Can't Breathe guy's sister saying that Sharpton is an awful grifter who doesn't care about black people, only money.
The MFM promptly buried it with accusations of editing and all the usual weapons they use to defuse O'Keefe.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 02, 2015 04:40 PM (B/VB5)
tall thin Jones,
slow walkin' Jones
slow talkin' Jones
along came long, lean, lanky Jones
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 02, 2015 04:40 PM (JO9+V)
And the Great Man Theory of History can be overblown, but leadership plays a major role. Human beings are tribal and hierarchical and we crave a strong leader. Vast majority of people want a strong leader they can rally behind and fight for. It's a force multiplier, as they say.
Breitbart was a force multiplier.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 04:41 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: jewells45tryingtokeepfromgoingcrazy at March 02, 2015 04:41 PM (l/N7H)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 02, 2015 04:41 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:42 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Mickey Shwarma
No. It was more than "Well, I tried..."
Breitbart gave all he had. No one knows the number of his days, but he played out every last day he had.
He Died Trying.
That's the noblest thing you can say for any man. Whether it's a soldier in the field of battle, trying to save a drowning man and drowning yourself. Whatever the cause, to give up your life and being, to wager the only one thing that you really own.
He Died Trying.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....in the bleak midwinter at March 02, 2015 04:42 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 04:43 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 04:43 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 02, 2015 04:44 PM (B/VB5)
him, while telling terrible, unfunny, jokes. Still brings a tear to my
eye.>>
I smell epic thread in the offing (a la Dick Cheney's Dick).
Stuff Breitbart Did: The Legends.
I remember when Breitbart interrupted the Saddam Hussein hanging, cut the dictator down, and skull-fucked him on live Iraqi TV.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:44 PM (rOq9/)
It was his video of Garner's daughter explaining how poorly Sharpton's people treated her and tried to hijack the situation for their own purposes. Made the front page of a NYC paper, maybe the Post?
He *may* have had video of Sharpton himself - at least that's what I read. - but I never saw it...
Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 04:45 PM (lHHyw)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 04:45 PM (/HX7u)
It was his video of Garner's daughter explaining how poorly Sharpton's people treated her and tried to hijack the situation for their own purposes. Made the front page of a NYC paper, maybe the Post?
He *may* have had video of Sharpton himself - at least that's what I read. - but I never saw it...
Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 04:45 PM (lHHyw)
If that's the video he was in fear for his life over, then it's a bit anticlimactic.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 04:45 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 04:45 PM (1CroS)
Easiest way to "start living" is to change your mind first.
The most essential for those here is to get it out of their heads that the world is ending, the country is over, the Republic is dead, etc. And, no, there won't be a shooting war.
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 04:46 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: torquewrench at March 02, 2015 04:46 PM (noWW6)
Smuggled Bill O'Reilly onto the Falkland Islands, then singlehandedly conquered the Argentine army by beating them to death with a live sheep. That's why they surrendered.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:46 PM (rOq9/)
I cried because this man I'd never met was my personal hero and he felt like a personal friend. The best way to meet the evil we are up against is with audacity and great good humor, and Andrew had both, consummately. He was THE "Happy Warrior" we so badly need to lead the way.
I remember how his book was the only non-fiction book I think I've ever read all in one sitting. I opened it the minute it arrived in the mail (one of the few books I've ever paid full price for so that I could get it as soon as it was off the presses) and did not quit until the last page. Then I was ready to go back to the beginning and read it all over again! The man's spirit was so engaging, so invigorating, I just wanted to guzzle down it in great quantities.
I still shed tears when I think of him. I feel privileged to have "known" him, and he will always be an inspiration to me. He was one of the best specimens of the human race, and his glory still shines. I pray that one day the truth will be exposed about his death (yes, I do believe he was murdered -- as was the assistant coroner who investigated his death and "mysteriously" died of arsenic poisoning the day before the head coroner was to release the final report).
My favorite Andrew speech of all time was the one at CPAC at 2011 (the roller-skating one!) The link will take you to Part 1 of the speech -- so when it finishes, be sure to click on the link to Part 2, and then when that finishes, click the link to Part 3. It was like a 16-minute speech altogether, and you don't want to miss a single second of it!
http://tinyurl.com/o5vd5tb
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at March 02, 2015 04:47 PM (AcTdG)
Yeah, it didn't seem like something that would be life-threatening, but I'm not in NYC or in anyway connected to Sharpton's org (so maybe the underlings get rough?).
Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 04:47 PM (lHHyw)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 02, 2015 04:48 PM (i55o+)
Talk about artists speaking truth to power, he's got some stones to do that to a former President.
Called it like he saw it, nice work.
Posted by: Feh at March 02, 2015 04:48 PM (CWM2q)
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:44 PM (rOq9/)
I liked it when he sucker-punched Dear Leader right before Obumbe signed ocare into law. It's on youtube somewhere.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 04:48 PM (/HX7u)
Just this week I announced that I am closing my successful law practice. Every day was becoming a slow suicide. I am inspired by St. Iranaeus' maxim: The glory of God is man fully alive. I was dishonoring the life I have been given and the God I proclaim.
And it is pretty scary to leave the familiar after 23 years.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at March 02, 2015 04:48 PM (ljekH)
Posted by: Feh at March 02, 2015 04:49 PM (CWM2q)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson
Glenn Beck mercilessly mocked Olbermann's whiny, butthurt 'Sherrod' speech and it was an epic take-down. It's on youtube, but i'm too lazy to find the link.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 02, 2015 04:49 PM (I8YZX)
Andrew Breitbart rigged the Oscars every year from 2002-2010. He was never caught.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:49 PM (rOq9/)
I am inspired by St. Iranaeus' maxim: The glory of God is man fully alive. I was dishonoring the life I have been given and the God I proclaim.
Are you, perchance, about to embark on a Quixotic journey??
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 04:50 PM (omuEe)
"I remember when Breitbart interrupted the Saddam Hussein hanging, cut the dictator down, and skull-fucked him on live Iraqi TV."
Brian Williams told me that was him.
Posted by: Benji Carver at March 02, 2015 04:51 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 02, 2015 04:51 PM (i55o+)
life-threatening, but I'm not in NYC or in anyway connected to
Sharpton's org (so maybe the underlings get rough?).
Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 04:47 PM (lHHyw)<<<
Snitches get stitches.
Well, not Al, for being a snitch. But anyone else who snitches, they get stitches.
Posted by: Sharpton's Org. at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (OVx7B)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (ljekH)
Because if some of you are feeling Quixotic...I'm totally down with that shit! Count me in for a little La Mancha-ing.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:49 PM (rOq9/)
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Wonder why Helen Thomas was so ugly? Yup. Breitbart.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (/HX7u)
Andrew Breitbart ended the Air Traffic Controllers strike by beating every single ATC into submission with his thumbs, thus paving the way for Reagan to fire them.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (rOq9/)
While most of us went out to the country and did a little "cow-tipping", Andrew went to Russia and did a little "Yeltsin-Tipping".
-Three times within one week, he 'toppled the dictator'.
...and was never caught.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 04:52 PM (16bOT)
Well, not Al, for being a snitch. But anyone else who snitches, they get stitches.
Revenge. Cold. Dish. Served. Some assembly required.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 04:53 PM (Hmawh)
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I always assumed that ugliness on the inside eventually works its way out.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:54 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:54 PM (VAsIq)
Ugly? She said she was beautiful!
-Legally Blind IG Detective
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 04:54 PM (Hmawh)
Walked out of a meeting with Vladamir Putin in which the Russian "president" was seen crying like a bitch. No one know what took place during that meeting.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:54 PM (rOq9/)
Historical Note: Andrew Breitbart's dial went to 11.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 04:55 PM (1CroS)
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I always assumed that ugliness on the inside
eventually works its way out.
Beauty is skin deep. Ugly goes to the bone.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 04:55 PM (Hmawh)
~Stuff Samuel Adams Said
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 04:55 PM (kff5f)
"To dream the impossible dream..."
Heh.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at March 02, 2015 04:55 PM (ljekH)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:57 PM (VAsIq)
Visited Charles Manson in prison. No one knows what was said, but afterward, Manson went back to his cell, curled up in a fetal position, and whimpered for days.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 04:58 PM (rOq9/)
Posted by: Kraken at March 02, 2015 04:58 PM (5+mPY)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 02, 2015 04:58 PM (i55o+)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 04:58 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 04:59 PM (omuEe)
Made the MFM live in constant fear of a man who could break news without them.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 04:59 PM (VAsIq)
>>>It felt like the ground just opened up under my feet.
That's a good way to describe it. Terrifying and empty and sad.
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 05:00 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 04:59 PM (omuEe)
Oh F*CK yes!!!
Posted by: Robert Mapplethorpe's AIDS-ridden corpse at March 02, 2015 05:00 PM (2Ojst)
Between the years of 1997 and 2005, all 911 calls to LAPD were forwarded to Breitbart's phone. That was the lowest continuous crime period in Los Angeles history.
Posted by: SGT York at March 02, 2015 05:01 PM (rOq9/)
Determined the state of Schroedinger's Cat by opening the box and killing the furry little bastard.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 02, 2015 05:01 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 05:01 PM (vPh3W)
Not true. Breitbart's beard actually controlled global warming, and he would lengthen or shorten it, depending on how badly he wanted to mess with the scientists that particular day.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:01 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 05:01 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (vPh3W)
Easiest way to "start living" is to change your mind first.
The most essential for those here is to get it out of their heads that the world is ending, the country is over, the Republic is dead, etc. And, no, there won't be a shooting war.
Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 04:46 PM (3ZtZW)
that is the most depressing thing I've heard in a while...
for someone, anyone to see all that has happened, all that is still happening and still be stuck on this illogical idea that "everything will be fine" it just makes me want to hurt people and break things.
i apologize if anyone takes this as an insult, but that is the way I truly see it.
Posted by: Shoey at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (vA94g)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (Y0s1L)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 05:03 PM (glJL/)
Katie Couric's colonoscopy? That was Breitbart posing as the doctor who performed it. He was always laughing about what he put into Katie's colon.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 05:04 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (Y0s1L)
Probably not too much anymore.
Posted by: Kraken at March 02, 2015 05:04 PM (5+mPY)
Alas, Breitbart stopped being able to do that from the grave, sometime in mid-2014.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:04 PM (TOk1P)
there so much friction between these two?
Breitbart is Superman.
G. Beck is Aquaman.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 05:04 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 02, 2015 05:02 PM (Y0s1L)
because Beck had Breitbart on his show and treated him like shit, it was Beck's fault for being an ass.
Posted by: Shoey at March 02, 2015 05:04 PM (vA94g)
Posted by: Boehner'sTearDucts at March 02, 2015 05:04 PM (Gcu5R)
I disagree. I think Coulter relishes the fight, too.
I think the primary difference is that Brietbart (seemed to, at least) always have a specific goal in mind- specifically defeating the Left and returning to the Constitution.
Coulter seems alternately to want just to stir the pot, or to try to convince Conservatives that "everything will be okay."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 05:05 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 02, 2015 05:06 PM (Y0s1L)
John Schindler @20committee 9m9 minutes ago
If this profile of "star struck caliphettes" running to #ISIS didn't exist, @heartiste would have to invent it.
http://t.co/fF4CbULYpU
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 05:06 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at March 02, 2015 05:06 PM (mB6ez)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:07 PM (VAsIq)
And smell like goat.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 05:07 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:08 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 05:08 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:08 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Costanza Defense
Hey! [puffs rescue inhaler] I can kick some ass too.
Posted by: Pajama Boy at March 02, 2015 05:09 PM (GuwT9)
No she said herself she did not particularly care for the ad hominen which Brietbart purposely tried to solicit from the Left. Also as a Constitutional attorney , Coulter is most interested. But you don't care for her. To each his own.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 05:09 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 05:09 PM (Hmawh)
Coulter spread her legs for Bill Mahar. Needless to say, Breitbart did not.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:10 PM (TOk1P)
It doesnt matter. Iran will go nuclear and bomb Israel with Obama's help and we will all die in WW3.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 05:10 PM (iQIUe)
--
Biologically speaking, there is sense in women seeking the strongest males as mates.
Posted by: @votermom at March 02, 2015 05:10 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:11 PM (VAsIq)
Isn't that really the story of Obama?
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 02, 2015 05:11 PM (J0IP0)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 05:11 PM (ZPrif)
Coulter spread her legs for Bill Mahar. Needless to say, Breitbart did not.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:10 PM (TOk1P)
Judging by Maher's physiology, And Coulter's, I doubt she noticed the occurence.
Posted by: Kraken at March 02, 2015 05:12 PM (5+mPY)
Then she's doing it wrong (I've heard her in interviews, she's deliberately belligerent. I don't actually have a problem with that, but it has been my observation).
Also as a Constitutional attorney , Coulter is most interested.
Not saying she's not. Just that she seems less focused that Breitbart did. Again: my observation.
But you don't care for her. To each his own.
Fair enough. Actually, I don't mind her (and even own a couple of her books). I just don't know that the comparison to AB fits very neatly.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 05:13 PM (kff5f)
I think the primary difference is that Brietbart (seemed to, at least) always have a specific goal in mind- specifically defeating the Left and returning to the Constitution.
Coulter seems alternately to want just to stir the pot, or to try to convince Conservatives that "everything will be okay."Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 05:05 PM (kff5f)I think Coulter just likes to play with words. She's not so much into actions. Breitbart seemed an action kind of guy. I do agree with you about purpose though, although I think Coulter had a purpose but it was basically to sell herself, her books, her columns...She didn't/doesn't have a righteous purpose.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:13 PM (lIU4e)
1. Glenn had a segment about "responsibility" and called out Breitbart for editing the Shirley Sherrod video, when he hadn't.
2. Before Beck's website became "The Blaze", his previous "writers" stole entire paragraphs from Breitbart writers, (amongst around ten other websites' talent), with no attribution.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 05:13 PM (16bOT)
FIFY
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 05:13 PM (/HX7u)
I never got the idea that Breitbart was schilling anything. He was a bit of a New Wave movement conservative. He had a mission and tried to energize others to do join in.
Coulter is not movement. Yes, she's "conservative" to a degree but the end of the rainbow for much of her message is a new book and concomitant tour. Nothing wrong with that and we need such actors, but Breitbart was in a different realm.
I would not equate the Breitbart's goal of an internet presence to be pitching content for the sake of capitalism either. His web was a tool for dissemination. Essential to the mission. Maybe the difference is subtle WRT book tours and all, but I think the difference rather more substantial.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 05:14 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 05:14 PM (rDqRv)
1. Glenn had a segment about "responsibility" and called out Breitbart for editing the Shirley Sherrod video, when he hadn't.
--
I can't stand Glenn Beck. I think he's a net negative for conservatism.
Posted by: Y-not at March 02, 2015 05:14 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 05:15 PM (ZPrif)
not so much into actions. Breitbart seemed an action kind of guy. I do
agree with you about purpose though, although I think Coulter had a
purpose but it was basically to sell herself, her books, her
columns...She didn't/doesn't have a righteous purpose.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:13 PM (lIU4e)
Until shown otherwise, I am going to assume Coulter is a complete fraud. She's no more a conservative than Mary Matalin. She just knows what sells, and that's pretty much all she does. Sell it.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:15 PM (TOk1P)
Blaze is a very good website. And his radio show is funny. Liked his old FoxNews show, too.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 05:16 PM (ZPrif)
Isn't that really the story of Obama?
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 02, 2015 05:11 PM (J0IP0)
The story of Johnny Wadd, maybe.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 05:16 PM (CMkNk)
-Posted by: Y-not at March 02, 2015 05:14 PM (9BRsg)
For all his faults, I still enjoy Glenn.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 05:17 PM (16bOT)
Just remembering that he used to lurk here makes me feel pretty neat.
I like to think he still does.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 05:18 PM (0HooB)
I'll say this about Glenn Beck. He had the most annoying TV persona (Spooky Dude. Really?) - but he was dead balls on target about 97% of the time about what has transpired these past 6 years.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 05:18 PM (CMkNk)
Actually, he didn't. He got taken in with that misleading Shirley Sherrod video and the MSM hung him out to dry. And let's not forget his James O'Keefe boosterism. The same James O'Keefe that had to pay $100,000 to that ACORN employee who was fired and his other lackluster videos. Notice how very few of us even speak of O'Keefe anymore? What happened to that super important expose he was working on? Oh, right...it was just a bunch of African Americans saying some not nice things about Al Sharpton. After they got word that they were interviewed under false pretenses, they recanted their anti-Sharpton statements. Playing by Alinksy rules doesn't always work out, it just discredits you.
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:19 PM (stJii)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/persona-jason-travis-8.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:19 PM (bl7+W)
Posted by: Y-not at March 02, 2015 05:14 PM (9BRsg)
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Beck is a conservative until it's time to fight. Then he gets all wobbly and starts extolling Gandhi. Every time he does that, he marginalizes the very people he's trying to reach. Too bad. He could be a real force.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 05:19 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:20 PM (VAsIq)
But less histrionics, please
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 05:20 PM (zOTsN)
Or I need to take another Thorazine.
Posted by: Civil Rights Icon John Lewis at March 02, 2015 05:20 PM (zxQ4h)
This is turning into a circle jerk. We're reverting back to type. For a brief moment the memory of Andrew Breitbart had empowered us.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 05:20 PM (omuEe)
Isn't that really the story of Obama?
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 02, 2015 05:11
PM (J0IP0)
The story of Johnny Wadd, maybe.
Knoxville.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 05:20 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:19 PM (bl7+W)
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Nah. Fake ginger.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 05:21 PM (/HX7u)
"From Sister Monique, via Filles de la Charite, PARIS
Late Sunday afternoon on 1 March 2015, I received a message from M. Francoise, a delegate of the International Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and I managed to reach her by telephone.
She was leaving for Paris, and collapsed at the news she had just received: members of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Syria were kidnapped, along with their wives and children. The children were isolated and put into cages. Adults who do not deny their faith will be decapitated, and their children burned alive in the cages. M. Francoise had been in regular contact with several of them before all this occurred. She asked me to transmit the news and make a fervent appeal for prayers for these people, and all who are held hostage.
Let us remain fervently united in prayer, and have as our intention the welfare of all brothers and sisters in our Christian faith who are being held hostage"
Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (MYCIw)
-Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 05:20 PM (omuEe)
So?
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (16bOT)
Glenn Beck is anti-Semitic. When he was listing a bunch of names that were responsible for the decline of America, they were mostly Jews. You can't get more anti-Semitic than that.
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (stJii)
He'll always have that. Not being snarky. He was ahead of his time.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (1CroS)
>>>I can't stand Glenn Beck
My brother made me watch him on tv a few times and he has the crazy eyes. And the blackboard schtick I found massively irritating. So, not a big fan.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (lIU4e)
Correction: *Everyone* including Conservatives hung him out to dry.
This was largely because people (including Conservatives) were so focused on Sherrod that they missed the actual point- the audience. And Conservatives then screamed that she should lose her job.
Then the *full* video comes out, and made the full point more clear. Whoops.
As for O'Keefe, I think he needed Breitbart (and, frankly, still needs someone like him). Breitbart would have known better than to oversell some of the stories, and would have been better able to dribble out the good ones for best effect.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 05:23 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:23 PM (bl7+W)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:23 PM (VAsIq)
It's being afraid, and doing it (whatever "it" is) anyway.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:57 PM (rks47)
True dat. It's why I'm proud of my brother for still writing his articles even as the university turns on him.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at March 02, 2015 05:23 PM (+p2Ga)
MSN says that 'Climate Change' is a contributing factor to the War in Syria...
/facepalm....
I guess religion has nothing to do with it... its our fault for putting out CO2....
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 02, 2015 05:24 PM (qh617)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 05:24 PM (16bOT)
1. Glenn had a segment about "responsibility" and called out Breitbart for editing the Shirley Sherrod video, when he hadn't.
2. Glenn is a total dick.
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 02, 2015 05:24 PM (TPjwz)
>>>Blaze is a very good website.
Any site that makes my browser crawl immediately does not seem like a very good website. Blaze. Daily Caller. Some other annoying ones. I never follow those links if I can help it.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:24 PM (lIU4e)
bunch of names that were responsible for the decline of America, they
were mostly Jews. You can't get more anti-Semitic than that.
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:22 PM (stJii)
Barak Obama is Jewish?
Who knew?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 02, 2015 05:25 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: judah11
As I recall, the "unedited" Sherrod video made that horrible cow look even worse because she said she'd fcuk over that white farmer again if given the opportunity. That's why she dropped the threats of lawsuit after AB said "Bring it on." Either you're trolling or falling for the media narrative.
Posted by: Pajama Boy at March 02, 2015 05:26 PM (GuwT9)
>>>Blaze is a very good website.
Any site that makes my browser crawl immediately does not seem like a very good website. Blaze. Daily Caller. Some other annoying ones. I never follow those links if I can help it.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:24 PM (lIU4e)
Word. I can't even look at Daily Caller on my iPhone at all. Crashes the browser. Every. Single. Time.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 05:26 PM (2Ojst)
Unless there's some super-secret decoder ring I don't possess to decipher snark, that, Sir, is retarded.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 05:26 PM (1CroS)
MSN says that 'Climate Change' is a contributing factor to the War in Syria... /facepalm.... I guess religion has nothing to do with it... its our fault for putting out CO2....
Posted by: BB Wolf
____________________
Mahometans killing Mahometans? Let slip the dogs of CO2.
Posted by: Low Information Drudge Reader at March 02, 2015 05:26 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 05:26 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 05:27 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:23 PM (bl7+W)
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Hubba hubba!Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 05:27 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:28 PM (bl7+W)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at March 02, 2015 05:28 PM (GuwT9)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 05:28 PM (kff5f)
I am convinced Beck used to read this place. We'd be talking about stuff Obama did in his past or his Alinsky ties or whatever and it seemed like he would start talking about it on his show that night.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 05:28 PM (g1DWB)
>>I don't think Breitbart would say "burn". He would say "fight"
I like this. I hate the 'let it burn' sentiment.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 04:33 PM (lIU4e)
I'm not a huge fan of #WASTF either. All due respect to its frequent users.
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at March 02, 2015 05:28 PM (3yHhO)
But I had to make the joke.
That he is a dick.
Because, actually, he is.
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 02, 2015 05:29 PM (TPjwz)
Posted by: wizardpc at March 02, 2015 05:29 PM (0zvYv)
>>I'm not a huge fan of #WASTF either.
I actually have no idea what that means. I've seen it used but didn't ever see it explained.
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:29 PM (lIU4e)
A society's well being is a function of the optimistic heroism it is capable of engendering and leveraging.
Aye, it's nice to have a high standard for which to strive for. On the flip side, behind every successful negative ideology is a boogeyman.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 05:30 PM (omuEe)
O'Keefe's best story was ACORN corruption but even that was VERY spotty. He still couldn't prove that they committed a crime but the fact that they were acting so unethically was enough. He should have ran with that instead. The rest of his exposes were worthless.
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:30 PM (stJii)
We Are So Terribly Fucked.
Because we are.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 05:30 PM (0HooB)
That he is a dick.
Because, actually, he is."
-Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 02, 2015 05:29 PM (TPjwz)
Hilarious joke.
Hit the showers, son. You smell like vinegar.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 05:31 PM (16bOT)
I actually have no idea what that means. I've
seen it used but didn't ever see it explained.
We are so totally f'd
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 05:31 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:31 PM (bl7+W)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:33 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at March 02, 2015 05:28 PM (3yHhO)
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If we fight, much is going to burn. (And I have no idea what WASTF means)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 05:33 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at March 02, 2015 05:33 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 02, 2015 05:33 PM (DXzRD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 05:33 PM (bl7+W)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 05:34 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:34 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 02, 2015 05:34 PM (XUKZU)
Is it me or does it feel like the more insane, wrong, dishonest and patently obvious the left are, the more our side becomes ineffectual, neutered and ridiculed?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 02, 2015 05:35 PM (CMkNk)
I am too. Same observation.
On a sidenote, as far as The Blaze acquiring content from others without sufficient attribution, I believe that, too. And that's directly related to observations made when reading bloggers/comments on conservative sites.
Did Beck and his sidekicks do this? I don't think directly, no. But I get the impression that as the Blaze empire was growing, researchers pilfered ideas/stories from the web and co-opted them without explicitly footnoting the source.
Not a novel concept in the world of web, but still a problem.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 05:35 PM (1CroS)
No need to be salty. I'm not the only rightwing Jew who thinks this.
Look here:
http://www.thejidf.org/2011/06/glenn-beck-hates-jews.html
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:35 PM (stJii)
Clearly.
We will do nothing.
Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 05:37 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 05:38 PM (lIU4e)
Beck invited/interviewed countless Jews on his programs, regularly consults/prays with them, has been a huge defender of Israel, had a substantial mission where he invited Americans to join him to Israel, and on and on and on.
An anti-Semite charge against Beck is idiotic.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 02, 2015 05:43 PM (1CroS)
This has been nice. Let's gather together a year from now, and do it again.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 05:07 PM (VAsIq)
....and share with each other the moments during the year when we stood tall and spoke Truth.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 02, 2015 05:45 PM (T1005)
I anticipated a lot of the aging events. More aches and pains, less energy... the usual things. What I did not anticipate was the death of so many people I know. Friends (some close and some just "howdy's"), relatives, people I worked with. Last year was my 50th high school reunion and, although I did not attend, they listed the classmates that have died since 1963. Many we lost in Viet Nam but it was shocking how many others have gone over the years.
This is probably the main thing I was not anticipating with getting older, the loss of so many people I have known.
Posted by: anchovy at March 02, 2015 05:45 PM (PtVFw)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 02, 2015 05:48 PM (sQzB6)
The lawsuit is still on in spite of Breitbart's death. As for the rest of your 888, Breitbart regretted posting the spliced video. If she was really worse than what was presented in that clip, why would he regret it?
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:49 PM (stJii)
soldier in the field of battle, trying to save a drowning man and
drowning yourself. Whatever the cause, to give up your life and being,
to wager the only one thing that you really own.
He Died Trying."
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....in the bleak midwinter at March 02, 2015 04:42 PM (+1T7c)
Yeah, I hear that gets you a free doughnut and a bottle of Sisyphus Soda at the Five Dime.
Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at March 02, 2015 05:54 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: wheatie at March 02, 2015 06:05 PM (XIzXB)
Wish I was as quick on my feet as AB. He could throw some reason on some dumbasses. I get too emotional.
But I will start calling a spade a spade. I started last week and continued today.
Don't let them get away with it.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 02, 2015 06:29 PM (wVWRM)
Posted by: Frank Lopez at March 02, 2015 06:34 PM (6A6AQ)
"Beck invited/interviewed countless Jews on his programs"
So what? So does everybody who has a radio show. Only the fringiest Muslims and white racists don't interview Jews.
"regularly
consults/prays with them"
Court Jews. There are prominent liberal Muslim figures who do the same such as Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Doesn't mean anything.
"has been a huge defender of Israel, had a
substantial mission where he invited Americans to join him to Israel,
and on and on and on."
If you read that link I posted, you'll see that there is a reason for Beck's support for Israel. It's entirely self-serving.
Again, Glenn Beck constantly harps on specific Jews whom he thinks are responsible for destroying America. I'm not suggesting that he not name obvious villains like George Soros (who is only half-Jewish and never raised in Judaism) but the overwhelming majority list of surnames that he finds to be problematic are Jewish.
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 06:36 PM (stJii)
Look here:
http://www.thejidf.org/2011/06/glenn-beck-hates-jews.html
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 05:35 PM (stJii)
You are a moby.
Fuck off.
Posted by: filbert at March 02, 2015 06:47 PM (h6Mpm)
This is what separates him from a Coulter. This is what separates him from Ace.
Very few people on the right would ever take his risks but he believed in those risks. After all, the twitter sparring wasn't raking him in rights fees. We need more "enough of the BS" types. Sadly, they're all on the left and they're all sure of themselves... its more of not finding the right flavor of salvation.
Then again, Ace, you've done some good stuff by letting good people do their work. Its not as impactful, but the weekend crew is doing the service of any adequate newspaper and that you let DD go nuts under your aegis has been a good thing.
Not everybody is a 5-tool guy. Even most 5-tool guys in baseball aren't really. But damn when you get one.
----
The people who think Breitbart is a nasty piece of work... I'll judge him by how he treats those around him. From all that was said, quite well, even those who disagreed with him. Let it be said, his last social activity was shooting bull with some guy at the bar. Very few are willing to get down to that level... very few will have access to the top. He played at all levels.
Posted by: Former Mass Resident at March 02, 2015 06:55 PM (X9xhg)
I wonder just how important it was to take the giants from us. Are we being set up to fail here on all sides?
Fuck it, I'm going to fall back and reload.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 02, 2015 07:13 PM (bRtN3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlqiv-YL7c
Posted by: penny at March 02, 2015 07:44 PM (9lTCf)
God bless Andrew and comfort his family.
And give us all strength to Fight the Fight.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 02, 2015 08:00 PM (FsuaD)
Would all of this be happening if he were still with us?
Posted by: Mistress Overdone at March 02, 2015 10:11 PM (2/oBD)
You are an idiot. You are willing to defend a moronic, anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist over the most pro-Israel advocacy group on the internet. Does it piss you off that most Jews see through Glenn Beck's faux philosemitism?
Posted by: judah11 at March 02, 2015 10:24 PM (HuC5y)
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