Counterculture Iconoclast Stream Of Consciousness Hold
No Punches Drug Popping Chivas Chugging Raving
Journalist Hunter S. Thompson Dead Of Apparent
Suicide At 67
Wisdom From His Writings:
"Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in
the context of professional journalism"
"Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that
American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so
long"
"I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing
is the only recourse left for me"
"I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of
work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking, which is only fun for
amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling"
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the
nine-to-five hours"
"I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy
and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a
basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits -
and millions of Americans agree with me"
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to
anyone, but they've always worked for me"
"Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your
friends. Don't tell them anything"
"America: just a nation of two hundred million used car
salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no
qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to
make us uncomfortable"
"The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers
are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage &
whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy - then go back
to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the
tube for a nickel apiece. Probably the rarest form of life in
American politics is the man who can turn on a crowd & still
keep his head straight - assuming it was straight in the first
place"
On Richard Nixon:
"He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the
same time. He lied to his friends and betrayed the trust of his
family. Not even Gerald Ford, the unhappy ex-president who
pardoned Nixon and kept him out of prison, was immune to
the evil fallout. Ford, who believes strongly in Heaven and
Hell, has told more than one of his celebrity golf partners that
'I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon'"
On Meeting George W. Bush:
"Look, I'm not going to put this next sentence on the record.
Let's just say that 'a friend of mine' was buying cocaine. I
have friends in Houston from all walks of life. Lawyers.
Professional men. Bush was hanging around with this crowd
of what you might call gilded coke dilettantes"
"He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation
as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he
was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing.
He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and
consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he
passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in
another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him
taken away"
And George W. Bush Of Today:
"They are the racists and hate mongers among us - they are
the Ku Klux Klan"
"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole
world - bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live
peacefully. We are whores for power and oil with hate and
fear in our hearts"
In Noting Hunter's Passing Director Of Hearst Newspapers
William R. Hearst III Sez:
"Hunter was a gifted writer, political observer and sportsman
with a huge appetite for life in every dimension. Like Mark
Twain before him he occasionally wrote for this newspaper
and neither of them tolerated fools gleefully. We will miss his
words and collect his letters"
Asked Once By Kid Trainee Journalist Tony Jenkins How He
Wanted To Be Remembered Hunter Said:
"Every once in awhile I come across a pretty good line. Let me
read you the thing. Voice of my generation, a roadman for the
lords of Karma, that's my real job. Yeah. I'm a writer, and
that's what I want to be remembered as.
I heard the music, and I wrote to it. Some people beat drums.
Some people strum guitars. It's all in the music you hear"
LINK:
An Attempted Explanation Who Hunter Was
LINK: A
Collection Of Hunter Writings
LINK: Hunter On USA Campaign 2004
LINK: Hunter's Last Book Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the
Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
Intuitive*Analysis
May He Find The Perspective Of Peace Despite The
Realities
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