I went to a reading for the same book back in DC upon its release. Not worth anything.
He gave a talk at Stuffwhitepeople Like University on the same theme. (I guess he's been milking it for a while.) I missed the talk, but one of the other faculty members said she asked him a question during the question period, and he responded by saying "I can tell by your accent that you are European" and then rambled on about how Europeans don't understand American values.
At dinner with the College Republicans he supposedly went on at length about some hippies that were so dirty that doctors actually found new diseases on them.
No, wait, bring this book for him to sign.
"Do you think the seeds of liberal fascism were planted back on the veldt?"
I think you should just go up to the mic and sneer, "Organic. Honey." and shake your head sadly and walk away mumbling "Fucking Nazis."
some hippies that were so dirty that doctors actually found new diseases on them.
Someone should have referred him to the scholarly work establishing that hippies are made of poo. And bears, of course, of honey.
"If this is your first night at Fight Club ... you have to fight."
Live encounters with famous evil morons are never satisfying. If you're a well socialized human, it's hard to go up to someone and say "hey, you are an evil moron, fuck you." I've fantasized about throwing my drink in certain people's faces, followed by a right hook, but instead you have to recognize the common humanity and walk away.
but instead you have to recognize the common humanity armed bodyguards and walk away.
A colleague and friend accosted John Yoo at a wedding reception, back in 2002 or so, before he was famous, but after he had explained more or less what he was doing. Apparently daggers were stared (including by my friend's wife), but he wasn't sorry then and isn't sorry now.
I wouldn't be able to pull such a thing off.
Told him he was a goddamn criminal and hoped he would end up in jail, or some such.
I did accost a guy at a social party. It was pretty hard, but I knew he was a sociopath and thought that the ladies he was talking to should also know. He was unfazed and equally rude back to me, but the women got uncomfortable and left, which was what I was after.
He was later arrested as a slasher-rapist, so I've never felt bad about cock-blocking.
I once threw a bottle at Russell Brand, if that counts?
At least, I think it was me; there was a lot of us in the audience and I was too drunk to remember much.
A bunch of drunken unfogged commenters tried to get me to accost McMegan at a party once, some may recall.
17: The picture of the two of you still cracks me up.
I once addressed a former US senator as "Former Senator," but that was awkwardness, not hostility. If they're famous enough they never hear anything said to them anyway.
A bunch of drunken unfogged commenters tried to get me to accost McMegan at a party once, some may recall.
It was a really good idea.
Was I standing there for that conversation? I remember drunkenly talking to Sifu about talking to McMegan, but can't recall if I was talking to the two of them at the same time.
Viz magazine once suggested that when Henry Kissinger goes to a restaurant, if by some odd chance on a busy night he is served a bowl of soup that the chef hasn't wanked into, he sends it back because it "tastes funny".
It's going to be as satisfying as masturbation, Ben. Save gasoline and money by staying home and doing that or go heckle him if you're in your refractory period.
Seriously, one's commitment to nonviolent conflict resolution accommodates a longstanding exception for Jonah Goldberg. You have to go and kick his ass, neb. For all of us who are too lazy to attend readings and lectures.
I think you should push the "Republican Communism" line during q&a. We developed enough material here for it, and I think he needs to be confronted with it.
I think you should push the "Republican Communism" line during q&a.
No, far better to pretend to be on his side, and press him toward more outlandish statements to discredit him with the audience. Start by quoting (ostensibly approvingly) from his book -- even better if you have a highlighted copy right there in your hands -- one of the more outrageous passages. Then riff off of that. Ask him if he didn't maybe understate the case in that passage. Or if he wouldn't agree that the statement applies not just to some liberals, but to all of them, once you think about it. Recite a judiciously selected excerpt from Mein Kampf, and then ask him if he can tell whether it was written by Hitler or Obama.
See how far you can go into Stephen Colbert territory before he suspects anything.
On topic, this appears to be a new work from our favorite symbolic artist.
Too few paintings come with talking points.
1. The reason I set it in Guernica, Spain is because there was a terrible battle there. It's on Wikipedia, look it up.
2. I know that's not what a horse really looks like, but this is an artistic effect that I am using to suggest an emotional quality.
27: Not exactly: neb should blindside him by getting him all worked up about Hitlery Hillary and her secretly Wagnerian plan to round up children like Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes, segue with "And Obama's even worse!" and watch him trip over his own pants in his rush to listen to himself agreeing with you.
You see this sort of thing with the School of Athens all the time:
1. This is Plotinus, or maybe Donatello. In any case, I fucked him.
So, should I go to this, you know, for old times' sake, or something?
I don't think it's in you to go there for the specific purpose of fucking with the Pilsbury Pantload until he bursts into tears. So, no. But, if I'm wrong about that: yes.