On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:52:13 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Thompson knew were he stood. In 2003's "Kingdom of Fear," he wrote: "We
have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world -- a nation of
bullies and *******s who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are
not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear
in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us
. . . . No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or
we'll kill you.

I find it interesting that all these tributes to Hunter Thompson are
to a man who, in retrospect, was probably one of the most degenerate
public figures in modern American history.

Not to mention that he would probably just as soon shoot you as look
at you.

Later,

Tom