Ridley to Goracle: How about skipping the concert and staying home with your kid?
posted at 3:29 pm on July 6, 2007 by Allahpundit
It’s John Ridley, writer turned director turned, inexplicably, panelist on Joe “Work The Pole” Scarborough’s mornin’ yakfest on MSNBC. You’ll remember him from his recent sneering at basement-dwelling bloggers. He wants to know why a poor father who skips out on a suffering child to go to a ballgame would be an object of scorn while Manbearpig will be showered with media bouquets tomorrow at Gore-apalooza with his own son at home in crisis. Four reasons off the top of my head: (a) there’s at least a colorable claim of public interest to what Gore’s doing, (b) he’s got upwards of a billion people expecting him, (c) no doubt his kid is being well taken care of notwithstanding his absence, and (d) he’s going for some sort of carbon-emission world record tomorrow. He deserves to be there to see it happen.
Thanks as always to Greg H. of BeyondTheNews.com for the clip.
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Dude, like, it’s the concert of a life time man!
I gatta be there and down with my peeps.
The whole world is looking to me to fix it.
I am, after all, the all powerful and omnipotent Goracle! Man!
Kini on July 6, 2007 at 3:39 PM
“He was driving a hundred miles an hour…”
interrupted
“but he was in a Prius though, very responsible”
Does the leftard thinking get any clearer than that?
Guardian on July 6, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Even the imbeciles understand what a farce this is…
Jaibones on July 6, 2007 at 3:43 PM
” a little pot, some pills going 100 in a Prius” as if that is OK so long as it was not a 3 day meth binge.
What a little pointy-headed boy he is, and then Mika actually goes for “nuance”.
They do not want to learn or do the right thing, they are not adults.
bbz123 on July 6, 2007 at 3:52 PM
That was gross. No love for Al here but wtf. The guys kid has a problem and that’s an excuse to rip him a new ass. Oy!
sunny on July 6, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Ridley is right. Double standards. Hypocrisy.
Sorry, 100 miles an hour – Al Gore Jr. could have KILLED someone, even SEVERAL people after it had all been said and done. What would have been the excuses then?
He has priors. He is not demonstrating that he is credibly addressing his substance abuse problem. How come he has a license to drive at all? Where’s MADD? At the Live Earth Show?
Spit-inducing to hear the condescending comments of the other yak-heads. The only off-spring who are allowed to be criticised, no savaged, with no restraint are the children, adult or otherwise, of Republicans.
Democrats are the New La Noblesse. Indulged, close to power levers, access to huge amounts of money, decadently consuming massive quantities of resources for their personal comforts and fancies, exempting themselves from taxes and obligations that will be dumped on the Third Estate/tiers etat to burden the citizens.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 3:53 PM
His kid is an adult, and a few consequences for his actions would be a good thing right now.
Given that I don’t know that Gore screwed up his kid…but he’s obviously past the stage in life where that ususally happens and is off to ruin the world instead.
Vanquisher on July 6, 2007 at 3:53 PM
Hey screw the kids, Let’s party!!
Here’s an idea Let’s fly private jets all over the world and generate thousands of tons of trash and burn thousands upon thousands of gallons of fuel.
Rock on!
TheSitRep on July 6, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Speaking for myself, nothing is as important as my own children, and I mean nothing! Al Gore your an ass!
soulsirkus on July 6, 2007 at 3:57 PM
And the sound you hear is the carbon offset banker….Ka-ching, Ka-ching, Al does his thing.
Limerick on July 6, 2007 at 3:59 PM
Did she say “nuance”? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
tickleddragon on July 6, 2007 at 3:59 PM
If he raised his in the first place . . .
- The Cat
Just sayin’
MirCat on July 6, 2007 at 4:01 PM
Al Gore III, best wishes for you.
Now then.
I would love to know how much it costs the taxpayers just for the Secret Service to be dragged around the globe with jet-setting ex-office holders.
RushBaby on July 6, 2007 at 4:03 PM
A former Republican congressman and his guest bashing Al Gore for having a kid who smokes pot?
The onslaught of the LIBERAL MEDIA carries on.
Fragility on July 6, 2007 at 4:04 PM
Err, on Scarborough’s show, at least.
Fragility on July 6, 2007 at 4:04 PM
I’m going to be doing my part to fight the challenge we face from man-made Global Warming/Climate Change/ManBearPig (whatever the kids are calling it these days)by turning off my TV during the concert.
saltydogg14 on July 6, 2007 at 4:05 PM
He’s not a kid, he’s 24. There are plenty of legitimate things to criticize Gore for, and we should stick to those. If Gore were going around blaming people for the actions of their adult children, then we’d be justified in slamming him for this. But as it is, I think using this against Gore is tacky. Can we please go back to laughing at him for being a carbon hypocrite instead of jeering because his son has lots of problems?
Bad Penny on July 6, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Doubt you’d recover from the ticket-shock.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 4:08 PM
God knows I love my kids, but this one’s not a teenager–he’s plenty old enough to answer for his own misdeeds all by his own little self. I’m not a Gore fan by any stretch of the term, but I haven’t read anything negative about parenting in the Gore household…that I can recall–I don’t think the Gore kids were neglected or starved for attention from their parents, who, while I disagree with them on many issues, do seem to be devoted and dedicated parents.
Of course, I could be wrong. :)
Bob's Kid on July 6, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Let’s think about what’s important here, this concert will CHANGE THE WORLD!!! Just like Live-Aid and Live-8. Rejoice everyone, for tomorrow, a concert will make everything OK.
bmac on July 6, 2007 at 4:11 PM
Incredibly, you are exactly right! Typical Liberal Media carrying on: They poo-pooed the drugs, gave their stamp of approval to the car the man was driving and tried to play down the magnitude of the offense. They put down the only man in view with common sense – the Black guy, brought on perhaps for sdhallow diversity number crunching, but when he voiced his opinion, they belittled him. It’s Classic Left.
High speed chase while on drugs? Where does a driver, with a history of the same sort of offense belong to keep society safe?
Just ask yourself how fast can you leap out of the way with a reckless and under the influence driver screaming down at you at 100 miles an hour during his attempt to dodge the police? Would you care what kind of vehicle it was that smeared you across the pavement?
Be honest.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 4:16 PM
I’m gonna take a little road trip tomorrow in my Cadillac with the V-8 and be really concerned about little Gore and global warming…
DCJeff on July 6, 2007 at 4:17 PM
I agree. The son is 24, not 16.
MT on July 6, 2007 at 4:18 PM
QFT.
Mindcrime on July 6, 2007 at 4:21 PM
Good for Ridley for taking that stand, i got to laugh at the MSM, when a liberal’s son/daughter gets in trouble they need rehab and it’s an addiction so we must be sensitive. IF it’s a conservative’s son/daughter in trouble then they are spoiled brats who are an embarrassment to the country. At least they are consistant
kathleen on July 6, 2007 at 4:25 PM
With the amount and variety of drugs he was popped with, if it is anyone else they will be charged with possession for sale.
Blake on July 6, 2007 at 4:29 PM
I’m sure Dad could get him some more weed at any of the shows tomorrow… :)
DCJeff on July 6, 2007 at 4:31 PM
I hate the word “nuance”.
Where is Tipper? Is she totally embarrassed by the freak show her family is? Where was Algore all of his son’s life while he was developing such intelligent, responsible behavior?
From everything I read, Al 3rd wasn’t messed up when he was pulled over, identified himself right away and cooperated politely. Anyone else wonder if he might have done this on purpose?
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 4:32 PM
You’re not exactly being honest here. The issue isn’t that he smoked pot. The issue is that he had a car full of drugs and led the police on a high speed chase where he went over 100mph.
Now, having said that, it’s a non-story from my point of view….I don’t care that he’s Al Gore’s son. He’s not Al Gore.
The only newsworthy aspect is that the cops were able to get another drugged out idiot off the street which makes it (at least for a short moment) slightly safer for the rest of us.
JadeNYU on July 6, 2007 at 4:36 PM
I’m totaly Serial
bigskinny on July 6, 2007 at 4:38 PM
It’d be easier to keep it compartmentalized if Gore the father wasn’t spending all his time and copious amounts of money and entire power-grids worth of electricity telling the rest of us that he knows better than we how to live our lives.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 4:38 PM
I think the double standard displayed here is ridiculous, it wasn’t that long ago that the liberal media was all over the Bush twins. You couldn’t put on the tv without a report on their “behavior”, or some comedian using them for their monologe. Now because it’s Algores adult son, it’s hands off, It’s a family matter?
striper1 on July 6, 2007 at 4:41 PM
And E. his kid never was the most important thing in his life and F. obviously his kid isn’t the most ego satisfying ‘thing’ in his life either.
Lack of propriety or good priorities in a liberal parent…shocka.
Speakup on July 6, 2007 at 4:43 PM
About four months ago, a mile down the road, a young man in his twenties hit about 100 mph fleeing the cops out of town. He rode up the embankment, hit a tree and flipped the vehicle. Strewn about were drugs and cash. Think he was DOA at the hospital.
Al Gore Jr’s episode ended quietly. He lives to … do it again someday or clean himself up? Hope he cleans himself up, for his sake and for the sake of others.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 4:43 PM
Reggae on the river, Woodstock, Burning Man… It would pale in comparison to what we are looking at now. In my Profesional opinion, I think we are looking at a full blown hippie jamfest the size of which of which we’ve never seen.
bigskinny on July 6, 2007 at 4:44 PM
1.) The Bush Twins were underage, and hence Dubya’s responsibility. Al Gore’s kid is 24 and responsible for his own stupidity.
2.) You didn’t seem to watch the clip. There was obviously criticism. And most importantly, if the media is supposedly being “hands off”, why are they talking about it? If they’re talking about it, it’s obviously not “hands off”. The media simply would have blacked it out if it was supposedly sympathetic toward Gore’s kid.
Fragility on July 6, 2007 at 4:46 PM
He doesn’t need a hug he needs a foot up his A#@.
americaslaststand on July 6, 2007 at 4:47 PM
Crisis? The guy is an adult and got caught with drugs. I’d hardly call that a “crisis” worthy of skipping out on all your plans to ‘stay home with him.’
Damn those marijuana users threatening all of us!
OT: I saw this on Fark and had to post it.
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 4:50 PM
As much as I dislike Gore’s polotics and dishonesty, I think we should keep a politician’s family member out of the discussion. Of course this is as long as the family member isn’t themselves acting as a public figure (e.g. silkies wife).
FireDrake on July 6, 2007 at 4:51 PM
I bet it was all those evil Rock and Roll lyrics that messed up Gore’s son. Now if only we had some kind of rating system…..
bmac on July 6, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Why do you and Fragility insist on trying to make this about marijuana.
It may come as a shock to you, but, although I’ve never tried drugs (or even alcohol or cigarettes) even once, I also don’t think the “war on drugs” is winnable (or even worth fighting).
My issue isn’t that he was caught with marijuana (although it is still against the law) or even the pills (which, without a prescription is also against the law)…it was the 100MPH reckless driving, which put himself and the other people on the road in danger, which is (in my mind at least) the issue.
To keep trying to make this an issue of “prudish conservatives hating on some harmless pot use” is dishonest.
JadeNYU on July 6, 2007 at 4:53 PM
It wasn’t a high speed chase. He was cruising along doing his thing, like all these liberal elitist’s children, thinking he was above it all.
Who cares about these concerts. I haven’t heard too many names that get me excited. It’s going to be an elitist lovefest. They will tell each other how wonderful and concientious they are at these shows while neighboring towns have brown outs because of the power drain.
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 4:54 PM
This kid didn’t become an adult and then decide to screw up his life. The signs were there for years, Gore just decided that other things were more important. It reminds me of Chick Hearn, both his kids died, one of a drug overdose the other of anorixia. But he never missed a basketball game, missed his kids games, graduations, highlights and lowlights, but he never missed a Laker game.
Gore won’t miss this concert, he wouldn’t have missed his being VP, or living the good life, nope…even if his kids life depended on it.
Maybe, just maybe, the reason this kid is screwed up looking for attention, is because his father was AWOL when it counted the most.
And maybe, just maybe, if Gore stopped and said, there is something more important in my life than the limelight, he could really help society by saving a life…his childs life.
right2bright on July 6, 2007 at 4:59 PM
Personally, I can’t wait to hear about how the locals react during and after the green-fest. Who wants to bet that when all is said and done, that the environmental and property damages will be astronomical?
Guardian on July 6, 2007 at 5:00 PM
That’s exactly how I feel! Shallow, selfish people who will rise in irate self-righteousness to defend the use of an illegal substance for their personal entertainment, but find no time to write letters and emails and arrange protests against vicious Taliban who coldly strap bombs to other people’s children.
Priorities. Values. Empty tie-dyed shirts.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 5:02 PM
As I don’t watch MSNBC, I have no idea who these two diphits (see Merriam-Webster) were that Ridley was talking to.
But it was laugh out loud funny as they tried to backfill to cover for the Goracle.
And no, it’s not a private affair when you drive 100 miles an hour down the Interstate while you’re stoned out of your mind.
And for Al’s MSNBC apologist, “just a little pot”, adderal is freakin speed.
So, in the spirit of the Holiday weekend, you and Mika might want to STFU.
there it is on July 6, 2007 at 5:04 PM
I wasn’t aware a Prius could go 100 mph….
JetBoy on July 6, 2007 at 5:04 PM
I responded to what you said. I’m not pulling the topic out of my ass. If you didn’t want me to talk about drugs you shouldn’t have ranted on the topic.
And I’m sure the fact that millions of people engage in reckless driving will make you just as righteously indignant.
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:05 PM
With all the batteries, if it had crashed and burned, it would have been a HAZMAT incident.
Not joking. Look up the Fire/Rescue protocols.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 5:07 PM
I know! How dare people choose to put something in their body and not choose to go out onto the streets and protest the Taliban! How dare they! If you can break the law by ingesting a naturally growing plant you should at least protest the Taliban! I’m sure if they only protested the Taliban everything would be all right! What a bunch of hippie, commie, bastards!
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:07 PM
And I’m sure the fact that millions of people engage in reckless driving will make you just as righteously indignant.
Typical liberal, when one gets busted they say everyone does it. I just listened to Bob Beckel on the radio doing the same thing about Harry Reid and his family of lobbyists.
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 5:10 PM
And you liberals are always so hostile! Still angry at Mommy?
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 5:11 PM
I’m not excusing anyone’s actions, I’m simply making sure that JadeNYU’s (and naliaka’s) righteous indignation isn’t feigned (and millions of people doesn’t constitute “everyone”).
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:15 PM
Geez, I haven’t heard that viewpoint before.
But for some reason down here in Florida, I can only buy 15 days worth of Anti-histamines at a time.
Something about tweakers. You know meth, as in speed. (Al III caught with speed)
there it is on July 6, 2007 at 5:16 PM
Well, still waiting for you to defend the little Afghan children against vicious abusers, but guess it’s not your reality. You dodged the request several times now. You did manage to produce enough effort to respond to the report of the Taliban using that little boy by ignoring what they were doing by sneering at our troops, so evidently THAT was important to you. You are also quick to jump right in to defend illegal drug use.
Priorities. Priorities.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Got fuel to burn
Got roads to drive
Keep on Rockin’ in the free world
Keep on Rockin’ in the free world
DfDeportation on July 6, 2007 at 5:19 PM
You know the difference between a 35 year old liberal that smokes pot and a 35 year old conservative who doesn’t? The conservative was smart enough to see how stupid and destructive it is to smoke pot and stopped when he was 20.
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Yeah, I really want someone who ingested a drug that impairs depth perception to come up behind me in a car at 100 mph. Please don’t tell me mj is benign.
Blake on July 6, 2007 at 5:22 PM
First of all, I think you misunderstood my original post (which, upon rereading it, was ambiguous). So, I apologize for not being more clear. My reference to him as a “drugged out idiot” was, in my mind, although clearly not in my writing, a reference to his reckless driving (while on drugs – yes) which is why I said “off the street” which, to me, literally meant “off the street – as in no longer driving” and not “off the street” in the colloquial sense. Although, I’d hardly call the three short thoughts I wrote a “rant”, I suppose you are free to define “rant” in whatever manner you want.
However, the issue that you ignored in my first post (I mentioned it) and my second post (I made it more clear that was my concern) was the 100mph dangerous driving. You continue to try to make this about drugs when the reckless driving is the serious offense (since that’s what actually puts other people at risk).
As for your implication that I wouldn’t care about the 100mph driving under other circumstances, I’m not sure if you were implying I’m only upset by it because he’s Al Gore’s son or because he was on drugs – rest assured that dangerous driving pisses me off whether it results from someone being on drugs, being ‘high’ off of the adrenaline of having their friends around (as often happens with teens), or just being stupid/bad drivers.
In case you’re wondering, I also detest people that cross the double yellow to get into the carpool lane, people that tailgate, people that are distracted while they drive (whether with cell phones, eating, changing the radio station, etc), people that drive dangerously slow, drunk drivers, tired drivers, etc….people regularly do stupid things on the road which put other people’s lives in danger (and that means MY life) and I’m always grateful when the cops get those idiots (whether drugged out or otherwise) off the streets.
JadeNYU on July 6, 2007 at 5:24 PM
are they sure he’s a gore and not a kennedy?
fulhamfc on July 6, 2007 at 5:25 PM
From the link at top…
WOW! Maybe they should promote the concert as “unplugged”. Only acoustical guitars are green. :)
Guardian on July 6, 2007 at 5:26 PM
I’ve responded to questions exactly like this dozens of times over on this site and the fact that people like you still need to rely on it (on a topic about Al Gore’s son of all things) really demonstrates what lengths you’re stretching to in attempts to insult me; I guess if there were a word to describe what you are doing right now it would be “pathetic.”
And no pathetic post/rant is complete sans the claim that I’ve ‘sneered/insulted the troops.’
As is my choice, and as was a response to a previous poster.
Alcohol is far more destructive than marijuana ever will be. I can dig up a response to another thread if you doubt that claim.
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:27 PM
Gonna go out and buy me some Ted Nugent. Run a counter-concert protest right here in the back yard. Only use about 1000 watts for two hours of boom box. Get a three-fer: Protest drug use by Al Jr., no need for a designated driver, we’ll all sit right here in the lawn chairs and drink our legal brews, AND snub Live Earth Al senior – running a perfectly decent rock concert at miniscule cost and energy drain on the planet, plus no carbon burned to drive there.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 5:27 PM
I just checked out the line ups. Mostly filler with a few tired groups grasping for attention
Interesting how many rappers are involved. Are they giving up their Hummers and limos for Algore?
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Nonfactor:
Please state your position on the Taliban’s use of innocent children as bomb transport systems:
If you refuse again to put down for us all to read, then you do not care that these children are being abused in one the most disgusting manners possible under the sun. It would say a lot about the kind of person you are, wouldn’t it?
Meanwhile, I will be looking for my extension cord.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Course, if Al Gore overloads the grid in his zeal to demonstrate his concern for the planet, then we’ll be cooking dinner over the campfire to the sounds of crickets and the neighbor’s dogs barking at the passing bears.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 5:35 PM
I felt no need to comment about the reckless driving. I had written a few words on the topic early on in this thread but decided not to post them. I’m not debating the fact that driving 100mph is dangerous. I’ve run a red light before, dangerous? Yes, but it doesn’t make me an evil person that should be “off the street” the same way the millions of people who accidentally run red lights or speed should be “off the street” (and to be fair I thought you meant in jail when you said that). If driving 100mph was the main reason you’re indignant about this topic then I would expect you to talk only about that, not about who the driver is et cetera.
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:39 PM
Did you run the red lights on purpose? If you did you are an idiot and a jerk and should be taken “off the streets”. If you ran them by accident (which we have all done) you think that is the same as driving 100 miles and hour while smoking pot and eating pills?
This has been a lesson in moral equivalence, Nonfactor. See how many instances of this thinking permeate yoyr day.
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 5:45 PM
If this isn’t a non sequitor then I don’t know what is. Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look at this sentence; this is not how you win a debate. In fact it is exactly what you don’t want to do in order to win a debate; it’s what you do if you want to be laughed at and be called a jackass. So no, naliaka, I won’t humor you, not because I don’t enjoy giving my opinion on political issues, but out of principle. When you really want to know my answer you can look back at all the posts I’ve made in the past or wait until a new thread is made where this is actually a topic and I feel like giving my opinion.
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:46 PM
Judging by this post you wouldn’t know the meaning of moral equivalence if it rented out a spare room in your house and stole your wife. You really want me to repeat myself, don’t you? I’m not excusing his actions.
Nonfactor on July 6, 2007 at 5:48 PM
If you check the original post, the only reason I mention who he is at all is to say that he’s not a public figure and that I think who he is happens to be a non-story.
And, the only reason I posted at all was because Fragility kept brushing it off as if the only thing he was guilty of (and therefore the only thing we could possibly take issue with) is the fact that pot was involved – which is not the case at all (especially given the fact that the posts prior to Fragility’s post were either about Al Gore & his concert or the fact that AGIII was going 100+mph and NOT about the drugs).
Which now brings us full circle, so, I believe (though I could be wrong) that our conversation has run it’s course.
JadeNYU on July 6, 2007 at 5:49 PM
Nonfactor, did you stomp your foot after that last post?
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 5:51 PM
It’s six o’clock.
Is John Ridley certain he knows the names of all his children? Allegedly.
Stephen M on July 6, 2007 at 5:53 PM
I see, tell me, how do you personally arrange protests against defunct dictatorships?
And who do you mail these outraged letters to, by the way? Yourself?
Fragility on July 6, 2007 at 5:58 PM
I see, tell me, how do you personally arrange protests against defunct dictatorships?
As opposed to non-defunct dictatorships like the current administration?
peacenprosperity on July 6, 2007 at 6:01 PM
I have a hard time blaming the kid for being a drunk and a druggie. (No problem blaming him for driving though, idiot!)
I mean after all if I had the Gorecal for a father, I’d probably feel like getting wasted too.
A lot.
G-man on July 6, 2007 at 6:09 PM
They may have been underage as far as drinking goes (21), but last I recall, age of legal majority is still 18 and the twins were older than that when they had their issues, unless there is some arrest when they were 17 that I’m not remembering.
Alia on July 6, 2007 at 6:14 PM
Hurricanse Katrina must have been underaged too.
As a parent with two boys who have graduated from college, and with one still attending, I can tell you without hesitation that it is impossible to control the actions of your children when they are hundreds of miles away being corrupted by the partying lifestyles inherent on the college campus.
If you didn’t know that, you either have no children of college age or you’re just plain naive.
fogw on July 6, 2007 at 6:26 PM
Al’s son first started getting into trouble with drugs when he was 16….
…right about the time that bloated asshat was throwing the entire country into a recount.
Sorry ’bout that Gore III. I guess making the country suffer for your Dad’s election loss was more important than you were!
thareb on July 6, 2007 at 6:26 PM
Like Ridley said, save your family before you save the planet. More importantly, exactly what kind of two-bit hack is that Brzezinski chick? She’s managed to surf on her father’s name all the way to MSNBC but seriously but what has she done to be on tv? Ridley is an author, screenwriter and directer and she’s, what, the daughter of a has-been national security geek. Please, blondee, go home.
Thomas the Wraith on July 6, 2007 at 6:28 PM
Instead of having Rock Concerts, the Extreme Leftists should protest by FASTING, like Ghandi! Couldn’t ya just see Al, Sean, Sheryl, and Cameron fasting for about thirty (30) days? That would be priceless!
DfDeportation on July 6, 2007 at 6:38 PM
Brezinski? Is she Polish?
DfDeportation on July 6, 2007 at 6:40 PM
I have compassion for any family going through hard times with kids in crisis. That being said, I believe that the difference in how this would have been viewed by those two reporters if it was a Republican and his son who was in trouble. It’s amazing how understanding and compassionate they are for liberals and family dynamics in their situations. Does anyone honestly think they would have supported George Bush under similar circumstances? I don’t think so.
katieanne on July 6, 2007 at 6:56 PM
“Satan’s hog, no pig at all…”
clip needs more cowbell.
dingoatemebaby on July 6, 2007 at 7:10 PM
Didn’t he remember to say he was on his way to vote in the House when they pulled him over?
Possibly the help he’s getting is from Ted Kennedy about how to get away with driving under the influence. I thought that was a standard for all the Dems?
Hening on July 6, 2007 at 7:16 PM
I nominate that as the Quote o’the Week.
franksalterego on July 6, 2007 at 8:02 PM
I nominate him as a Useless Idiot.
Dark-Star on July 6, 2007 at 8:18 PM
It’s sad, really. He’s not just his son, he’s his namesake
Anyway, we all already well know the Hollywood mantra, “The show must go on!”
Now as for the ‘break a leg’ blessing… :/
SilverStar830 on July 6, 2007 at 8:19 PM
Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men. Producing more hot air than a locomotive. Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a tall building in a single bound!
Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman! It the Sultan of Chad! It’s the Ayatollah of Heat! No, it’s CarbonMan in a private jet painted green!
CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of mortal men, disguised as fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal Green League such as HummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never ending battle for science-fiction, hypocrisy and the Hollywood way!
MB4 on July 6, 2007 at 8:28 PM
Come on, stoners don’t stomp their feet.
They just post 20 times trying to get their incoherent points across and bore everyone to tears.
reaganaut on July 6, 2007 at 8:31 PM
Slightly off topic…but I want to see how the treehuggers really ‘love’ the planet. I promise you that after every ‘concert’, the concert grounds will be TRASHED!
Not to mention, the concert performers are flying a total of 222,623 miles between them to get to the concerts. Has anyone figured out what their carbon footprint will be?
Freaking hypocrites!
And yes, the Goracle, as selfish and self righteous as he is , probably never hugged his son. Poor kid
lsutiger on July 6, 2007 at 8:34 PM
I’ve watched a few “Morning Joes,” and Mika has to be the dumbest blonde on TV. I’ve even seen Joe smack her down a few times.
Second thought:
I disagree; Li’l Gore was on the public highways doing 100 MPH all hopped up on God knows what and he could have killed somebody. He committed a public crime, so it is a public issue. Go ahead…request the arrest report via FOI. If SmokingGun can do it, so can you.
MsUnderestimated on July 6, 2007 at 8:49 PM
Well, Nonfactor refuses to be on the record for opposing in any way the Taliban’s war tactic of using innocent kids to deliver their bombs to kill American and Afghan soldiers.
Just wanted everyone to see plainly what you’re made of. Your snarky comment about our soldiers you did have time and the inclination to put on the record. And you sure have made the effort to make your opinion on drug use known. It’s quite clear what you value and what you don’t.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Why don’t you write a letter to The Hague? They would be happy to inform you how to organize protests against defunct dictators. How about Human Rights Commission? How about UNICEF – you know the United Nations International CHildren’ Emergency Fund? Rights of the Child? They have a huge project to rescue child soldiers – chidlren beign forced into war by adults.
A bright thing like yourself could find out all you’d need to know before the end of next week, all available off the internet.
That is of course, if you really CARED and felt morally moved to try to make a difference in the world, make the world a better place to live in. Help a poor child have a future … or perhaps that’s too much effort.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 9:33 PM
Please name ONE political prisoner incarcerated on the order of the president
Please name ONE television station shut down for broadcasting opposing political views to the president
Please name ANY ONE section of the economy that has been nationalized and then divided ownership amongst friends and family of the president
Please name ONE person who has lost his job as retribution for voicing views against the president
Please name ONE instance when the president sent out personal elite guards to shoot at citizens peacefully demonstrating for their constitutional rights.
All these actions have been perpetrated by the following dictators for life:
Chavez
Mugabe
Kim Il Jung
Not a one has been done by President Bush. DO not EVER pass that ignorant and uneducated smear again.
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 9:43 PM
OMG! A Prius can go 100????
ritemama on July 6, 2007 at 10:53 PM
Yeah, but the trash left over from the concerts will still be pale in comparison to the trash dumped by Illegal Aliens at our Southern border. Come on Boooosh and Chertoff, DO YOUR JOBS OR GET OUT!!!!!
DfDeportation on July 6, 2007 at 11:22 PM
Ridley shows clarity, as compared for example to those ‘nuanced’ clowns around him.
petefrt on July 6, 2007 at 11:41 PM
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