Comments on: Novelist: Self-immolator who wanted to kill Rumsfeld “a pretty normal well-balanced guy”

By: Wolfman

Wolfman — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:48:17 +0000

All the way around, just sad. Even though he did what he did, he impacted lives around him – let’s hope that positive lessons are gained and not negative ones.

That just breeds more of the same.

Emmett J. on December 17, 2006 at 9:42 PM

Not to be a prick, but what exactly was the positive lesson that he left behind? Don’t be a tool?

By: Tantor

Tantor — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:28:04 +0000

Maybe it’s time that Muslim Rage Boy got a brother: Lefty Rage Boy.

By: bobeast

bobeast — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:19:33 +0000

I really think this Idiot’s 15 minutes of FLAME are up!

By: Emmett J.

Emmett J. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:42:54 +0000

All the way around, just sad. Even though he did what he did, he impacted lives around him – let’s hope that positive lessons are gained and not negative ones.

That just breeds more of the same.

By: Catie96706

Catie96706 — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:08:10 +0000

Well, a regular nutcase. What else can you say?

By: F15Mech

F15Mech — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:30:30 +0000

“Moderate liberals” is about to become a catch-phrase just like “moderate Muslims,” I’d bet.

Like “Where are all the moderate liberals?”

Merovign on December 17, 2006 at 5:59 PM

Merovign,

Damn. Do you have any idea how much blowing lasagna out of your nose hurts?

Lets just say it was not very fun.

By: John

John — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:20:20 +0000

I looked at a bunch of stuff on his website. He was a pretty sad individual. His son wanted nothing to do with him. He had no one. He went to Jazz shows and made recordings. Some of the recordings were released as records.

He grew hot peppers in 5 gallon buckets on the roof of his building. And he took lots of pictures of things that caught his eye, some were just textures of a particular wall. He actually had an artist’s eye to go with his musician’s ear. He was clearly very bright, though it only seemed to make him more aware that his life was a disappointment.

He believed in God, though I don’t get the impression he attended church very often. If you look at the pieces of this guy’s life, it’s pretty hard not to feel sorry for him. He’s not a figure to be mocked (or idolized as some on the left are doing).

It’s sad that the community of people he associated with — the Bush bashers and protesters — gave him something he felt was worth dying for but couldn’t offer him anything worth living for.

By: Merovign

Merovign — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:59:02 +0000

“Moderate liberals” is about to become a catch-phrase just like “moderate Muslims,” I’d bet.

Like “Where are all the moderate liberals?”

By: retired

retired — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:14:50 +0000

Is that him, that picture of

ISLAMIC RAGE BOY

By: ReubenJCogburn

ReubenJCogburn — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:40:35 +0000

Poor moonbat. If only he’d remembered to wear his tinfoil hat shiny side out that day, he might still be alive to spew insane leftist drivel.

Did anyone else notice that “Chicago Rash Audio Potential” = C.R.A.P.? Heh.

By: Frantic Freddie

Frantic Freddie — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:17:07 +0000

He was an “experimental musician”.Translation: No-talent wannbe hack.

By: Soothsayer

Soothsayer — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:15:44 +0000

Just your average liberal…Move along folks nothin’ to see here!

By: One Angry Christian

One Angry Christian — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:11:21 +0000

So there you go. Normal and well balanced. And by left-wing standards, he was.

Considering the left supports people like Cindy Sheehan and michael moore I'd say that's right on. Especially considering Cindy had some ... thoughts on murdering elected officials herself...

By: Sensible Mom

Sensible Mom — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:52:22 +0000

Trib’s “Message Or Madness”…

The Chicago Tribune published a long article about whether a man’s public self-immolation over the Iraq War was a message or a sign of madess. Seriously. How they can’t see the madness plainly in front of them is beyond me….

By: Spiny Norman

Spiny Norman — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:34:21 +0000

If Ritscher was “a pretty normal well-balanced guy”, what does Nnedi consider “unbalanced”? Oh, yeah: voting Republican.

Nevermind.

By: MOMinuteman

MOMinuteman — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:18:27 +0000

…a pretty normal well-balanced guy.

Yeah. Right. “I’m gonna douse my arse in gas and set myself on fire by the roadside. But I’m well balanced….”

Sure you are pal.

By: normsrevenge

normsrevenge — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:13:27 +0000

a pretty normal well-balanced guy
…
I had a knife clenched in my hand, and there were no bodyguards visible; to my deep shame I hesitated, and the moment was past.

—

I wonder what Rummy was packin’ that day? darn.