tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post2819484625951194862..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: My Tribute To Christopher HitchensSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-91276972911616312732011-12-23T01:28:47.043-06:002011-12-23T01:28:47.043-06:00though he isn't a woman, this neal pollack pie...though he isn't a woman, this <a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/12/20/i_knew_christopher_hitchens_better_than_you/singleton/" rel="nofollow">neal pollack piece</a> captures hitch quite well.skippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-79243887580380772562011-12-22T11:21:46.241-06:002011-12-22T11:21:46.241-06:00Heh. Yes, it is.Heh. Yes, it is.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-51660260473506402822011-12-22T10:49:18.666-06:002011-12-22T10:49:18.666-06:00Is Google messing with me?Is Google messing with me?Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12518031629589891562011-12-22T10:48:33.331-06:002011-12-22T10:48:33.331-06:00Hitch pulled a version of the transatlantic cross-...Hitch pulled a version of the transatlantic cross-ruff, originated by Raquel Welch (who went to the UK pretending to be a US starlet and returned as one). He combined his increasingly famous British friends and his supposed fame on US TV to score some pretty good gigs back in Britain. But I think he was actually more notorious in the US.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-34858871702298856952011-12-21T22:06:03.692-06:002011-12-21T22:06:03.692-06:00I'm wondering if Hitchens was as widely regard...I'm wondering if Hitchens was as widely regarded in England as he was here... after all, history has proven time and again that Americans will buy the most unbelievable bullshit imaginable if it's presented in a British accent.*<br /><br /><br />*See also: Blair, Tony; <br /> Gecko, Geicosatchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-2077281504860968422011-12-21T19:41:00.609-06:002011-12-21T19:41:00.609-06:00Sarah Silverman.
OK, we're done here.Sarah Silverman. <br /><br />OK, we're done here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-66148686620466192472011-12-21T18:17:41.271-06:002011-12-21T18:17:41.271-06:00Sorry about the double post — no idea how it happe...Sorry about the double post — no idea how it happened. Do delete if possible, please.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-80331660231809522362011-12-21T10:36:29.427-06:002011-12-21T10:36:29.427-06:00Perrin informs us that Hitchens asked for and appr...Perrin informs us that Hitchens asked for and appropriated his knowledge of British comedy. I remember that someone else reported a call begging for information, similarly used, about an obscure midwestern singer trading as "Bob Dylan." Hitchens was a self-promoting hack, and I am delighted to see the reaction to attempts to eulogize him.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-50420390016337146512011-12-21T09:45:40.706-06:002011-12-21T09:45:40.706-06:00... and another thing! He was probably riffing on ...... and another thing! He was probably riffing on the popular-for-a-while gag about men having evolved brave strong <i>Hunters</i> who now like football, and women silly, easily distracted <i>Gatherers</i> who like to shop.<br /><br /><i>Double</i> Bleah.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-31897264800562584002011-12-21T09:43:46.361-06:002011-12-21T09:43:46.361-06:00Sounds like a cynical effort to get lots of commen...Sounds like a cynical effort to get lots of comments by writing something "controversial". For a supposedly intelligent person,his arguments weren't very smart, let alone clever & funny. <br /><br />Bleah.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-47860774705810105682011-12-21T07:22:48.961-06:002011-12-21T07:22:48.961-06:00Hitchens was the sound and the fury.Hitchens was the sound and the fury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-70982543832961018272011-12-21T00:19:25.950-06:002011-12-21T00:19:25.950-06:00For the long and short on this particular subject ...For the long and short on this particular subject I highly recommend this <a href="http://redstateson.blogspot.com/2006/12/you-cant-spell-funny-without-penis.html" rel="nofollow">2006 post</a> from former Hitch intimate <a href="http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Dennis Perrin</a> who got to watch the man up close before his post-9/11 hard right turn to respectability.Coldtypehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509152474515164151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-34876445861654794462011-12-20T20:30:00.337-06:002011-12-20T20:30:00.337-06:00I don't agree with Hitchens' conclusion ab...I don't agree with Hitchens' conclusion about women and humor but I will miss his eloquence and iconoclastic writings.<br />I guess Hitch never listened to Stephanie Miller or Ellen Boozler.Time Servedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542250218026984153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-87575523800407468442011-12-20T19:01:49.436-06:002011-12-20T19:01:49.436-06:00I wish somebody would have explained all this to m...<i>I wish somebody would have explained all this to me (slowly and carefully because I'm a woman) before I started trying to be funny. I could have saved myself a lot of time and effort.</i><br /><br />Yeah, well at least you have womb power.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-46103224570158669862011-12-20T17:31:25.441-06:002011-12-20T17:31:25.441-06:00That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen (H...That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen (Hitchens article, not your comments). Seriously.Or maybe the dumbest thing masquerading as intellectualism.Ufotofu9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12211994492168099117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-67890171644230647742011-12-20T16:32:42.686-06:002011-12-20T16:32:42.686-06:00I wish somebody would have explained all this to m...I wish somebody would have explained all this to me (slowly and carefully because I'm a woman) before I started trying to be funny. I could have saved myself a lot of time and effort.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-4632615400905142902011-12-20T16:15:27.517-06:002011-12-20T16:15:27.517-06:00Science, especially evolutionary science, should n...Science, especially evolutionary science, should not be attempted by amateurs. It can only cause harm to both the writer and the reader.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.com