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2011-11-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Ventura, miffed by court, says he's off to Mexico

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Can you imagine the butt load of trouble he will get in down there?

They do not like flashy things in Mexico.

Posted by newc 2011-11-05 00:08|| 2011-11-05 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, I guess (but don't know) that he has enough money to be "eccentric" instead of "crazy." I understand Mehico's that kinda place these days.

Since my income leaves me at "crazy" I'm going to tough it out here.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-05 00:34|| 2011-11-05 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 He has a point. This place *is* getting kind of fascist.

Posted by Iblis 2011-11-05 07:50|| 2011-11-05 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Best comment so far is that "Jesse has gone full retard"(*).

(*) A line used in the movie 'Tropic Thunder', remembered far more than the movie itself, and not even needing the context of the quote to be appreciated.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-05 09:09|| 2011-11-05 09:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Not to be confused with the president describing his bowling game on late night laugh-o-vision.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-11-05 09:36|| 2011-11-05 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Jessie lost it a few years ago when he became a Truther. If the US is as bad as he thinks, that we'd blow up the World Trade Center and all that just to start a war he'll be a lot happier in Mexico.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-11-05 10:26|| 2011-11-05 10:26|| Front Page Top

#7 I like this guy. I had a relative like him. They just do and say what they want. Now that's freedom. You always know where you stand with them. He is an achiever. Let the dogs bark this wagon's movin' on, Woof bark snarl n snap.
"In Pioneer Theology, the church is the covered wagon. It is a house on wheels, always on the move. The covered wagon is where the pioneers eat, sleep, fight, love, and die. It bears the marks of life and movementit creaks, is scarred with arrows, bandaged with bailing wire. The covered wagon is always where the action is. It moves toward the future and doesn't bother to glorify its own ruts. The old wagon isn't comfortable, but the pioneers don't mind. They are more into adventure than comfort".

Posted by Dale 2011-11-05 10:44|| 2011-11-05 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Remember, an entire state voted this idiot governor. He was a doofus when he was in "Predator" and remains so now. The wisdom of the electorate.

Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2011-11-05 10:53|| 2011-11-05 10:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Sgt. D.T.: It was actually wise of the electorate to do so, as politics in his state had become both inbred and moribund, both parties too willing to "go along to get along", in exchange for "washing (not watching) each other's backs."

Ventura was a good medicine for that, forcing both parties to realize that politics is about contention as much as compromise, and when politicians are too comfortable with each other, the people lose.

But one term of this potent medicine was good enough. Any more than that and he would have become a major pain in the rear end.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-05 11:08|| 2011-11-05 11:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Ummm...'Moose? We're talking about the same electorate that sent this guy to the United States Senate. OK, in fairness, there was a little help from Minnesota's Nonrespiratory-American, Canine-American and Feline-American communities...

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2011-11-05 18:09|| 2011-11-05 18:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Jesse had some great moments in politics. He shook up the establishment and pushed some reform. Also, I remember admiring him when he walked out of Wellstone's funeral and shamed the dems when they tried to turn it into a political rally.

But the Truther stuff is too much. When you hear him talk now, it's quite irrational and belligerant too.

Posted by DJ Curtis C 2011-11-05 20:06|| 2011-11-05 20:06|| Front Page Top

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