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Activist's Fiery Death Prompts Questions

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Posted by .com 2006-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Born in Dickinson, N.D., with the name Mark David, Ritscher dropped out of high school, married at 17 and divorced 10 years later. Eventually, he would change his name to match his son's and, coincidentally, a world-famous prophet.

WTF??? Should've called himself Kingsford

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-11-27 01:12|| 2006-11-27 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Like "Who cares?"

Posted by Cholunter Elmineck7388 2006-11-27 03:29|| 2006-11-27 03:29|| Front Page Top

#3 At the end, he worked in building maintenance and was a fixture in Chicago's experimental music scene.

Translation: he was a janitor and played music no one could stand listening to.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-11-27 05:20|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-27 05:20|| Front Page Top

#4 The world carefully ignored this insignificant being, and it wasn't happy about being ignored.

As a leftist he thought the world should listen to his views far more than he paid attention to their views (note the crap music).

His ultimate tantrum was his very public suicide.

Leftism is a mental illness based on neoteny.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-11-27 05:52|| 2006-11-27 05:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Activist's Fiery Death Prompts Questions

1. Malachai who?

2. How messed up do you have to be to set yourself on fire in Chicago?

3. Why couldn't he just wander the earth looking for TV cameras to make a statement in front of like Cindy Sheehan?

4. (Special bonus moonbat question) Did Karl Rove have him assasinated?

Posted by Mike 2006-11-27 06:25|| 2006-11-27 06:25|| Front Page Top

#6 He set an excellent example for all who hold his views.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-11-27 07:37|| 2006-11-27 07:37|| Front Page Top

#7 His flame-out didn't cause a stir here in Chicago - this is the first I've heard of him. It's one thing to go out in a blaze of glory, but another to go out in a blaze of apathy. Sheesh.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2006-11-27 08:13|| 2006-11-27 08:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Hope he provided some heat for the local ~~bums and winos~~ homeless population. Be the only good he's ever done.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-11-27 08:18|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-11-27 08:18|| Front Page Top

#9 "Activist's Fiery Death Prompts Questions"

"Who? He did? Where? To protest...what? And did anyone notice? Well, that went over real well, didn't it?"

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-11-27 08:26|| www.sgtryker.com]">[www.sgtryker.com] 2006-11-27 08:26|| Front Page Top

#10 The gene pool thanks you...

Posted by tu3031 2006-11-27 08:47|| 2006-11-27 08:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Note - he had a son - therefore the gene pool can't thank him. It's too late.

Posted by 3dc 2006-11-27 10:37|| 2006-11-27 10:37|| Front Page Top

#12 "It's one thing to go out in a blaze of glory, but another to go out in a blaze of apathy."

Rofl, Spot!

Posted by .com 2006-11-27 10:40|| 2006-11-27 10:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Mental illness burning bright on the left.

Posted by Icerigger 2006-11-27 11:01|| 2006-11-27 11:01|| Front Page Top

#14 Now, if he'd done it before reproducing...

Posted by gromgoru 2006-11-27 11:22|| 2006-11-27 11:22|| Front Page Top

#15 I am strongly apathetic about the whole thing. It moved me to sighs.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-11-27 11:55|| 2006-11-27 11:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Nearly made my notice.

Posted by Fred 2006-11-27 13:25|| 2006-11-27 13:25|| Front Page Top

#17 The culmination of self-loathing.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-27 13:55|| 2006-11-27 13:55|| Front Page Top

#18 And the irony of it was that he went up in a cloud of greenhouse gases.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-11-27 14:25|| 2006-11-27 14:25|| Front Page Top

#19 He was an alcoholic who collected fossils, glass eyes, light bulbs and snare drums.

Well then I'm glad he had a kid. At least somebody's left to give all of this swell shit to.

Posted by tu3031 2006-11-27 14:38|| 2006-11-27 14:38|| Front Page Top

#20 world-famous prophet

My Bible knowledge is post-modern european (less than zero), so I apologize if I mix up with a biblical prophet, but if this refers to the papal prophecies of Malachi, then tough luck, because they're most probably apocryphal.
Better luck next time.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-27 14:48|| 2006-11-27 14:48|| Front Page Top

#21 "WTF??? Should've called himself Kingsford"

A new saint: St. Kingsford, patron saint of anti-war leftist self-immolaters.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-11-27 14:53|| 2006-11-27 14:53|| Front Page Top

#22 I certainly hope this canonization will inspire many leftists to emulate the late Mr. ~~Kingsford~~ ~~Sterno~~ Ritscher.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-27 17:20|| 2006-11-27 17:20|| Front Page Top

#23 AC, as in "let there be many points of light across the nation...." ;-)

The image... a nice cartoon job ... your impromptu production?

Posted by twobyfour 2006-11-27 17:28|| 2006-11-27 17:28|| Front Page Top

#24 I get all warm and fuzzy over this idea of many points of light.

"It is better to light one ~~moonbat~~ candle than to curse the darkness."

Wish I could take credit for the .gif but I filched it from Free Republic and failed to note the specific source.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-27 17:35|| 2006-11-27 17:35|| Front Page Top

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