Video: A. Whitney Brown salutes our “morally retarded” troops, still isn’t funny
posted at 3:42 pm on July 23, 2007 by Allahpundit
Via LGF, which had to go all the way back to this morning to find a troop-hating post in the dKos archives as filthy as “Killitary” — which, for the record, was a pro-troop troop-hating post. This one would be a career killer if there was a career left to kill; as it is, although it’s clearly not a joke, it’ll magically become one once it starts making the rounds and the requisite outrage is mustered. I guess the new, not-at-all-O’Reilly-inspired pre-electoral housecleaning operation hasn’t gotten going in earnest yet.
Imagine how many episodes of SNL he could have brought to a screeching halt in the 16 years since he’s been gone if only Lorne had kept him around. For of all sad words of tongue or pen…
Click the image to watch.
Update: Brown has clarified his remarks in the comments at dKos by indictating, yup, he meant every word.
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I don’t know, sounds more like he’s mocking the constant cacophony of “I support the troops”. And he’s got a point, people say “I support the troops” so often it’s become a meaningless platitude along the lines of “Think of the children”.
corbettw on July 23, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Remember when funny meant funny?
The Race Card on July 23, 2007 at 3:51 PM
I don’t need to, nor would I want to, click on the image to hear what kind of loony leftist bull@$#% that this pinheaded Brown might say. I remember this droning bore from his SNL days, and I couldn’t stand him then, either.
kevcad on July 23, 2007 at 3:52 PM
That was absolutely sickening.
kayawanee on July 23, 2007 at 3:53 PM
I would like to see that slimey little creep locked in a room with a “cowardly” or “queer” Marine.
It really is sad what our country is capable of producing.
By the way, since he hasn’t worked in years (aside from that stuff he does down in the Village at last call)what paychecks are having 35% deducted?
peacenprosperity on July 23, 2007 at 3:53 PM
I love that is seems like the Daily Krazy is swirming finally over all the garbage they have spewed over there.
They are anti american. Anti Semetic and just pure and outright hatemongers.
And they have the ears of the current party in charge of congress.
Time to let the American people know just what they got in the last election
William Amos on July 23, 2007 at 3:55 PM
Typical of the “intellectual” left to miss the obvious: It’s because of the “killitary” that you have the right to spout off your idiotic beliefs.
I just finished reading “Shooter” by and about the top Marine Corps sniper in Iraq. He said when the statue of Saddam was pulled down, some stupid Euro-trash anti-war protester shoved a calendar in his face with pictures of dead children and screamed “See what you did?!” He replied “What kind of a sick bastard makes a calender out of dead children?” Then a mob of Iraqis who were happy to be liberated was about to beat this anti-war moron to death and the author had to stop them. He saved the life of this ungrateful idiot then explained to the Iraqis that “This is democracy, everybody has the right to voice their opinion.” So they left the protester alone and she didn’t even thank him. As I said above, TYPICAL.
Tony737 on July 23, 2007 at 3:56 PM
He’s like Michael Moore with lung cancer after a round of chemo. But, like Moore he understands how to disguise self promotion and left wing hatred as comedic social commentary. Now millions of people will remember that A. Whitney Brown is still alive and his agent will return his phone calls for the first time in 6 years. Mission accomplished.
D0WNT0WN on July 23, 2007 at 3:56 PM
Who the hell is A. Whitney Brown?
Yossarian on July 23, 2007 at 3:56 PM
Not HotAir worthy.
Wade on July 23, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Oh? Why not?
Allahpundit on July 23, 2007 at 3:59 PM
A Witless Clown.
saint kansas on July 23, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Hell yes it is HA worthy. We oughta show what these guys are, as fatigued with their pathetic charade as I am. We can weaken Kos and the nutroots if we force their hate mainstream, which we can do, even with our limited media access.
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 4:01 PM
I agree with Allah, why not? I think it is.
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 4:01 PM
Quite sad.
And I do question their patriotism. They have none.
MarkB on July 23, 2007 at 4:02 PM
That about sums up the left’s meaning of I support the troops. One of the comments that threw me, he pays 35% in taxes which has added up to “hundreds of dollars”? WTF!
This video will be gone soon, real soon.
swami on July 23, 2007 at 4:04 PM
I hope someone makes a copy of this video, it’ll be scrubbed soon.
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 4:06 PM
Holy crap! At least A. Whitney Brown shows his true colors. He shows that he knows alot of words, but can only use them to formulate one-dimensional concepts: killing = bad; Bush lied, kids died; free healthcare for all.
Next time he applies for a job, I hope the employer tells him, “hey, Taco Bell has its standards…”
stonemeister on July 23, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Wow. He’s even an ass in the comments to a mother who lost her son in Iraq.
frankj on July 23, 2007 at 4:10 PM
The loon probably wants a respectful fact based argument to refute his screed. No.
No respect from him, no respect to him. A fact based argument just buys into his frame of reference. No!
This looks like the same trail the Truthers blazed.
TunaTalon on July 23, 2007 at 4:10 PM
While watching some one crash and burn is painful, A. Whitney Brown also has a lot to do with self destruction. Fortunately he won’t be able to use the worn out excuses of “I was drunk” or “I was taken out of context”. He was a non-factor on SNL, and looks like a non-factor in real life as well.
Rode Werk on July 23, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Hey, guys and gals I can’t see the blog section from my home computer…any ideas why?
tomas on July 23, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Exactly. Given the number of total losers employed by SNL over the years, how bad do you have to be to get rejected? I don’t recall ever hearing this schmuck’s name before, and I’m old enough to remember watching Belushi every Saturday.
Jaibones on July 23, 2007 at 4:16 PM
People need to be making screencaps of this, and the comments. Don’t let Kos scrub this!
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Well I made the mistake of playing that video for my husband who served in the military for 22 years. He’s thoroughly pissed off now.
speed911 on July 23, 2007 at 4:19 PM
:(
All aboard the Fail Boat.
askheaves on July 23, 2007 at 4:21 PM
I honestly don’t know which is more vile — the moron-snark of the video itself, or the sycophantic attaboys in the comments.
Il Padrino on July 23, 2007 at 4:21 PM
impossible to get through. I could take about 30 seconds
Locrian on July 23, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Il Padrino, I look at it as a mass conglomeration of badness, kinda like Tetsuo when he turns into the disgusting mass of goo and metal in Akira.
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 4:24 PM
When did Jerry Brown grow a goatee? What? Oh…sorry
KelliD on July 23, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Time has not been kind to A. Whitney…
marc@hubsandspokes on July 23, 2007 at 4:27 PM
Brown finds another way to be irrelevant.
I wonder what exactly it is that Brown does for a living?
drjohn on July 23, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Who the hell is A. Whitney Brown?
Yossarian on July 23, 2007 at 3:56 PM
A Witless Clown.
saint kansas on July 23, 2007 at 4:00 PM
That’s funnier than the video.
Miss_Anthrope on July 23, 2007 at 4:31 PM
If you hate America, it will only follow that you will hate the American military, too. This country is full of Americans who hold America in utter contempt, and the reason is – the Socialist control of our education system. The Socialists have targeted our children for decades – and their hatred for this country is now being manifested, in all of its glory – by adults who they have re-educated. This has been the plan – target the children – so that America will rot from within. Remember the Nazi, Hitler Youth. Remember the Communist, Young Pioneers. The children are ALWAYS the target.
To all of you parents who have children in school – take responsibility for their education. Question them. Question what they’ve learned – every day. Talk to their teachers. Attend school board meetings. Be heard. Our children are the future of this Nation, and if they become Socialists, by parental default – then our Nation, as we know it, is lost. Only your active involvement can stop the re-education camps – now known as schools.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 23, 2007 at 4:33 PM
Paging Bill O’Reilly! Kos has a clip he wants you to highlight on national TV!
forest on July 23, 2007 at 4:33 PM
Give the guy a break. He probably just wanted to spit on our troops but knew he’d get a first class butt whuppin if he tried it so he had to do it from the safety of the internet. Luckily for him the internet is a refuge for no talent hacks so he got his chance.
Benaiah on July 23, 2007 at 4:41 PM
One more thing. I detest the talking point that the US military is killing innocent Iraqi’s. This is one small step away from labeling the troops baby killers.
I despise people like this clown.
swami on July 23, 2007 at 4:41 PM
I watched about 30 seconds of that… what a creep. If this country could swap 50 sanctimonious, pseudo-intellectual pricks like Brown for one average Army corporal, we’d be ahead of the game morally, spiritually, and, I suspect, intellectually as well.
morganfrost on July 23, 2007 at 4:43 PM
This has been the plan – target the children – so that America will rot from within. Remember the Nazi, Hitler Youth. Remember the Communist, Young Pioneers. The children are ALWAYS the target…Only your active involvement can stop the re-education camps – now known as schools.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 23, 2007 at 4:33 PM
OSU –
Oh, yes…Lenin would be proud at how quickly the “education” system has worked at “retraining” our young.
For anyone interested, I recommend reading The Underground Grammarian…otherwise known as Richard Mitchell. His works can be found at http://www.sourcetext.com/grammarian/. Excellent at explaining 20th Century Edumacation (as I call it).
Miss_Anthrope on July 23, 2007 at 4:43 PM
A. Whitney Brown, or THE Whitney Brown?
An oldie but a goodie. “Funny forever”
mojo on July 23, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Maybe I’m too old or don’t watch enough TV, but who the hell is this idiot? That was funny to someone? Can we find someone who thinks this guy is funny and ask why?
JWS on July 23, 2007 at 4:58 PM
I would love to see this video posted to a military forum & read their response.
Ugly on July 23, 2007 at 4:59 PM
You know what’s depressing? Approximately 50% of our country is going to vote the same way this guy will and for mostly the same reasons…
JWS on July 23, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Why?
Hoodlumman on July 23, 2007 at 5:03 PM
What a dick head. So that’s funny, satrical? Every combat soldier is scared shitless. The brave are the willing. What a great example to reason to reinstate the draft, every male serves, no deferments even cowards and queers. You’ll find them to be brave and will continue to protect ass wipes like A. (Asshole) Whitney Brown. What scum.
Loser, loser, loser.
jimisright on July 23, 2007 at 5:04 PM
Chances that any Demo will be asked to defend or repudiate this garbage tonight? Zero.
Chances of some reporter calling Hillary on her soon-to-be starring role at Yearly Kos? Somewhere between Andrew McCarthy, James Spader and Robert Downey Jr…as in Less than Zero.
Mike D. on July 23, 2007 at 5:07 PM
I can kinda see this, but I think that level of satire is probably lost on ol’ A. Whitney. To say nothing of the KosKidz.
Lurking Vet on July 23, 2007 at 5:07 PM
this is a typical dkos entry. here’s another taste: What does “support the troops” mean?
the a whitney brown diary will be dodged as “satire”, but you can see in the link above that progressives go to great strain to make it very dry and unambiguous for us: progressives hate the troops.
but the weird thing is that if you google “progressives hate the troops”, here’s what you get:
that’s the first page and a half of hits, uninterrupted. except by bits like this and this in which progressives whine instead about the mean ol’ republicans stigmatizing them as opposing the troops!
jummy on July 23, 2007 at 5:08 PM
I forgot this guy existed. Just another old SNL D lister that hates the USA, military and Bush. Vietnam Comedy Syndrome warmed up for the war on terror. I would rate him right under C. Chase imitating President Ford by simply bumping into something or falling down.
It would be fun to see him try and hold up in the studio next to Dennis Miller.
Hening on July 23, 2007 at 5:12 PM
jummy, that is weird, but we keep seeing reports of conservative sites getting scrubbed or knocked down from searches.
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 5:15 PM
Who’s he trying to fool here? Unless he’s been mowing lawns on the side, Whitney Brown hasn’t had work in years.
And if this video is any indication, with good reason.
billy on July 23, 2007 at 5:17 PM
i think it has more to do with progressives writing it more and blogging smarter. for instance, to be fair, six of those hits are crossposts of the same item.
jummy on July 23, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Who is A. Whitney Brown? Seriously, I don’t know. Why does he have access to a mockrophone?
Anyway, since I don’t know who he is, the post seems either cryptic or esoteric, I can’t tell which.
I haven’t read any of the comments in the thread. I’d go back and do that if I cared enough to find out who this choad is. But how is this any diffferent than the hundreds of other brainless military-hating diaries on Kos?
jaime on July 23, 2007 at 5:48 PM
Jon Lovitz! Calling Jon Lovitz! You’re wanted for another Andy Dick special.
Jon Lovitz!
BowHuntingTexas on July 23, 2007 at 5:50 PM
A. Whitey Clown, another never was-has been.
Our fighting men and women are the best the planet has. This Whitey Clown guy is scum.
saved on July 23, 2007 at 6:01 PM
A SNL oldie. Like Stuart Smalley,Rutting around for
work. Maybe he should join the Army. Never mind. It’s way
beyond his ability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Whitney_Brown
Texyank on July 23, 2007 at 6:03 PM
Hmm…calling people in the military gay. THAT is a good idea…NOT. If I were this guy, I’d make sure not to show my face in public. If he runs into a Marine on the street, he’s going to find out just how NOT gay they are.
Hell, he sounds a hell of a lot like Fred Phelps.
otcconan on July 23, 2007 at 6:23 PM
Shouldn’t there be a Red Mosque Flag fluttering in the backround?
(Can’t we make a bargain with the Lord and get Daniel Pearl back in trade this guy? Or hasn’t our comedian heard of what the actual psychopathic enemies of humanity are up to?)
profitsbeard on July 23, 2007 at 6:24 PM
Trying out for a slot on Bill Maher’s show when he comes back.
PowWow on July 23, 2007 at 6:41 PM
PowWow-
Then Assclown W. Brown forgot to wear the obligatory Manta Ray Poisonous Spike (with fake blood, and ‘impaled’ in his chest) for some extra credit brownie points with Bill.
Maher being such a subtle satirist himself.
Brown’s picture should be placed on a DO NOT SAVE list during any upcoming disasters that mobilize the Guard.
profitsbeard on July 23, 2007 at 6:58 PM
Maybe I’m too old or don’t watch enough TV, but who the hell is this idiot?
SilverStar830 on July 23, 2007 at 7:34 PM
oops… that was supposed to be quoted from an above post.
SilverStar830 on July 23, 2007 at 7:35 PM
I know an Air Force Lt. and a Army Major who are both gay…almost flamingly gay. Really, I don’t know how they pull it off. We laugh about it all the time and they have some great stories.
But seriously the military is full of the gays…they’re everywhere, percentages–they catch up with you. Don’t delude yourself.
JaHerer22 on July 23, 2007 at 7:57 PM
Nothing more than the ranting of an unfunny commedian who’s career went down the crapper. This is nothing more that an attempt at gainful employment. In his mind he believes this will give him a major comeback.
Helloyawl on July 23, 2007 at 8:12 PM
There’s that, and there’s also the fact that Google/YouTube itself filters to their own bias. About a year ago I Googled Congressional Scorecard, and the hits were evenly distributed among left- and right-leaning sites. About a month ago I did the same thing, and at least 95% of the hits in the first 7 pages were hard-left groups. The most prominent example is that the NRA was either the second or third hit in the original search, and was NOWHERE in the second.
I guarantee that NRA memebers look up their congressional scorecard at least as often as the Latin American Working Group, but currently you cannot find the NRA scorecard through Google. I’m weaning myself completely off of it, so should everyone. No Google, no Wiki.
Freelancer on July 23, 2007 at 8:19 PM
It’s too bad there’s a big wall around this country keeping the people who hate it here from leaving… Oh wait… there isn’t one.
imshocked on July 23, 2007 at 9:23 PM
This is just another example of a leftard who is able to state his hatred of America and the military because of the freedom that he enjoys due to our military. In other words, he is just an a$$.
However, I must respond to OSU and other people who also believe this.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 23, 2007 at 4:33 PM
I have been teaching high school for twenty years and can assure you OSU that not all teachers are what you think. I suggest every year to my senior students to consider serving for four years in the military before going to college. I tell them that very few eighteen year olds know what they truly want to do with their lives and that serving in the military will give them more time to mature and will also teach them habits that will make them more successful in college. I say this from experience because this is what I did. Every day I am thankful for my military experience because of what it taught me about duty, honor, and country. Without that experience I seriously doubt that I would have the success in life that I have enjoyed. Believe it or not there are many other teachers in public education who feel this way as well. You just don’t hear as much about us because we do not do idiotic things in the classroom that put us in the news:)
dawgyear on July 23, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Ungrateful and pathetically ignorant. This guy just assumes that he’s entitled to personal safety and freedom evidently. He dosen’t realize how fortunate he is that there are better men than him who are doing the job required to protect him.
Dork B. on July 23, 2007 at 9:29 PM
Via dKos:
This one would be a career killer if there was a career left to kill; as it is, although it’s clearly not a joke, it’ll magically become one once it starts making the rounds and the requisite outrage is mustered.
Imagine how many episodes of SNL he could have brought to a screeching halt in the 16 years since he’s been gone if only Lorne had kept him around. For of all sad words of tongue or pen…
BadgerHawk on July 23, 2007 at 9:56 PM
Stupid quote button
BadgerHawk on July 23, 2007 at 9:57 PM
That’s 4 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. Morally retarded indeed. How does he think he got the freedom to say such drivel?
Ordinary1 on July 23, 2007 at 10:03 PM
I’ve heard so much of this anti-US/military crap lately that I really can’t get too upset over AWB’s version. Sorry individuals like him exist in large numbers these days, we just need to get used to it because it isn’t going away.
PBoilermaker on July 23, 2007 at 10:08 PM
I was going to click on the video to watch but when I saw the link led directly to dKos, well, I just couldn’t click it. I just don’t have the stomach anymore to visit the place for any reason whatsoever.
Same goes for the recent links here to the LATimes: I’ll click the link only to find that I have to register to read their crap. No thanks.
Hats off to those of you with stronger stomachs – and a big note of gratitude and respect to Allah for his daily reporting on his trudge through the vast cesspool of left-wing, freak- show lunacy.
Rod on July 23, 2007 at 10:10 PM
Check out what Whitney’s saying in the comments now!
I tried to email this to tips, but I keep getting kicked back.
Bad Candy on July 23, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Most of the people I work with get very angry with what this idiot said but they would also die defending his right to say it. The dilemma of an American Soldier.
Claimsratt on July 23, 2007 at 10:20 PM
You said it.
BadgerHawk on July 23, 2007 at 10:27 PM
He’s drawing a check? I call bullsh*t!
Pablo on July 23, 2007 at 10:53 PM
With what, empty, hateful rhetoric?
Frozen Tex on July 23, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Please, he’s a sniveling little nobody. Down in the comments a military wife confronts him (kinda) and he weasels a mealy mouth apology to her for this comment:
Anyway whatever, he obviously had his lunch money stolen a lot and was saddled with the name “Whitney” so childhood must have been a real pleasure. To quote Metallica “Ain’t gonna waste my hate on you”
Dash on July 23, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Really, if you’re going with “Whitney” what the heck does the “A” stand for?
Pablo on July 23, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Would somebody please mail this dog a bone from Iraq… thank you.
T J Green on July 23, 2007 at 11:00 PM
If I wasn’t in the military to defend the Constitution and the right to free speech, I’d knock every one of this guy’s teeth straightaway down his throat. But God bless the Army, for giving me the discipline to not just do whatever the hell I want to.
Spc Steve on July 23, 2007 at 11:08 PM
That piece of turd can go fornicate himself!
DethMetalCookieMonst on July 23, 2007 at 11:41 PM
I hated him on SNL. I couldn’t understand how a brilliant mind like Lorne Michaels could hire such a boring shmuck. Now he’s doling out his droll platitudes, poorly delivered, on the internet. My, how times have changed for A. Whitney Brown (the pretentious name might have tipped you off Lorne?).
thedecider on July 23, 2007 at 11:48 PM
The most ironic thing about it is that the military he so hates and blasts as morally retarded and a waste of money is the only reason A. Whitney Brown can write a poorly concieved, pathetic satire, go to sleep at night, and wake up the next morning in the same bed.
BKennedy on July 24, 2007 at 12:02 AM
Very true, and it’s a dull surprise he found his second breath within a cesspool of ignorance.
thedecider on July 24, 2007 at 12:10 AM
Yes. The only check I see him getting is welfare. It”s been too long to qualify for unemployment. Either way, no taxes though
PowWow on July 24, 2007 at 12:12 AM
Jackass (EOM)
Dirthead on July 24, 2007 at 12:18 AM
Good on you, but crap like this is my breaking point. I guess people like him are lucky they can hide behind a computer screen because I’d drop him where he stood if I ever ran into him or others like him. My patience runs out on jack asses like this when they bring the family into it. I find that turds like this aren’t quite so confrontational when they get face to face with the people they are badmouthing.
gator70 on July 24, 2007 at 1:34 AM
Also you know, I hate to say this, but I have never really payed very much attention to the DK. I am a firm believer in the “know your enemy” concept, but I just cannot stomache their B.S. Today I really read the posts and I am stunned to see how ignorant the readers are of DK. It really is a sad and pathetic commentary on the education system in the U.S. Are these people legally allowed to breed?
gator70 on July 24, 2007 at 1:39 AM
A. Whitney Brown is just another liberal coward who feels the need to mask his lack of self esteem by insulting those who cause him to feel like the little girl that he is.
It’s one of the more obvious cases, as with other comedians such as Bill Maher. It’s well known that these class clowns are drawn to cracking jokes in an attempt to avoid actually being themselves.
It wouldn’t matter if these fools felt 100% sure that our country was in the right, or that a fight was absolutely necessary for our survival. Even if they felt war was justified, you wouldn’t see them signing up to protect their own families, let alone their country.
It must suck to be a full grown man and still want to hide under the bed. Trashing the brave would be the only way to live with yourself.
Gregor on July 24, 2007 at 1:44 AM
I wrote a reply, but can’t find my dKos password, so I’ll post it here:
A reply from Baghdad
I’m reading this from Baghdad, shortly before I leave my FOB for a little jaunt into the red zone. And I have to say, I find your point refreshingly honest.
Of course, being a soldier (actually a sailor, but we’re all soldiers now) I think your words are factually incorrect and morally bankrupt, but refreshing nonetheless. I understand that a lot of people oppose this war, and I’m fine with that. What makes me angry is when people use “I support our troops” as a fig leaf for opposing everything we do. “Support our troops, Bring them Home!” strikes me as one of the most craven, hypocritical bromides to ever bubble up from an activist committee or political focus group.
Your diatribe is dishonest because it ascribes evil motive and intent to one party (the US military) without evidence or proof while ignoring the empirical evidence of evil motive and intent given to us every day by Al-Qaeda and the other fascists we fight, people who deliberately target civilians. It also attacks the military strategy we’ve enacted to oppose the fascists without offering an alternative, which I see as the greatest flaw of the anti-war movement.
But I like the fact you’re honestly anti-military. I respect an open opponent more than one who pretends to embrace me only to hide the raising of the knife.
Regards,
LT Nichols
Jason on July 24, 2007 at 1:58 AM
Somebody posted it for you. Here it is cut & pasted before it disappears from the thread over there…
SilverStar830 on July 24, 2007 at 4:22 AM
I reset my password and was able to post it, but thanks to ‘an aquaintance’ for the help.
Jason
Jason on July 24, 2007 at 4:41 AM
I was not amused. As a former US Navy Hospital Corpsman I could say but my I am trying to keep to comments PG.
jaybird on July 24, 2007 at 7:38 AM
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