Anthony Bourdain – His Battle With Weinstein And Clinton – He Was No Lover Of The Elites.

IWB ^ | Ruby Henley

[davikkm]

Anthony Michael Bourdain (1956-2018) grew up in Leonia, New Jersey. His parents had colorful backgrounds in the classical music industry for Columbia Records and with THE NEW YORK TIMES.

Anthony, however, was a free spirit, owned nothing, and he loved wild adventures . In his own words he had nothing until his breakthrough job with CNN – suddenly the world opened up before him. He was able to travel, and he became beloved by the world as a travel-chef for CNN.

He was a humble and kind man who touched everyone with his sentimental demeanor. He had nothing to do with the elites and often ate with the staff of the exotic restaurants he frequented. Anthony had captured the hearts of many ordinary people around the world; thus, now they are mourning the loss of such a compassionate soul.

[IronJack]

Compassionate soul? He was one of the most bitter, vitriolic cynics to grace the airwaves. His was a poisoned soul and eventually the poison overwhelmed him.

I found nothing interesting about him or his meandering travelogues, and I never understood why anyone would pay him to do whatever it was he did.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Can’t imagine suicide a week before the World Cup. Or anytime really but especially a week before the World Cup.

[publius911]

Anthony Bourdain – His Battle With Weinstein And Clinton – He Was No Lover Of The Elites.

Monday morning...

Time to note that I have no wish to read a word about this drug addled hedonist loser.

He is no more a role model as the First Rapist and his sicko wife; or their devil child.
Or entertainers.
Or professional Sports.

Or fake news stations and channels.
Or Hollywood and pervert movies.

Just good news, if any. Or real news.

How's Hawaii and Guatemala doing?

[publius911]

If you can’t say anything nice.................LIE.................

Nah.
Life is too depressing in that milieu; I eschew vulgar populist trends (except for political and social polls...)

[MarDav]

Just as a side note, I grew up in Leonia, New Jersey and am 60 (about the same age as Bourdain). I don’t remember him from school. Leonia, at that time, was a town filled with lots of professional people, so it is likely he went to a private school.

[NobleFree]

He spoke freely of his heroin addiction which he said he had conquered. HOWEVER, if you ever watched his show he was always drinking.. drinking.. drinking.

But that's OK, because alcohol is legal and has a long history in our culture. /s

[kenmcg]

Let's remember before he gets so many glowing remembrances; Anthony Bourdain, host of “Parts Unknown” on liberal CNN, said last week that he would poison Donald Trump if the celebrity chef was asked to cater a peace summit between the President and Kim Jong Un.

[ontap]

Little white wash going on here ...he was a blazing liberal!!!

[Truthoverpower]

Could not agree more
I miss Dr Laura
She did more to make this point than anyone
Once you have kids. THEY are more important than YOU and YOUR FUN

[Rockingham]

A troubled soul to be sure, and not a conservative, Bourdain nevertheless had genuine merit from a conservative standpoint.

Watch Bourdain's episode in Nicaragua. He referred several times in passing to the country's poverty and political oppression. About halfway through, eating at a street-side food vendor, Bourdain did so again and pointed to a large residential compound on a hilltop as the source of Nicaragua's troubles. He then named and blasted Daniel Ortega, the billionaire dictator of Nicaragua who lives there.

When a local food critic in small-town America posted a gushing review of a new Olive Garden, she was mercilessly pilloried by sneering foodies. Bourdain though came to her defense and praised Olive Garden. Similarly, his favorite last or first American meal on trips abroad was Popeye's fried chicken. And on an episode in West Virginia, Bourdain referred to the locals with affection despite political differences and wondered if New Yorkers were unfair and narrow-minded and betraying their own supposed belief in diversity in disparaging West Virginia.

I think I know why Bourdain killed himself. He had money and fame but, as he showed again and again in his travels, not just good food was to be found in homes and humble bistros, but also the deeper satisfactions of regular contact with a close circle of family and friends. Making his living though required a brutal travel schedule, leaving Bourdain exhausted and deprived of the rootedness and human connections that we conservatives recognize as essential to genuine human happiness.

All around the world, Bourdain is being mourned. We do not see it easily, but for millions of people in other countries who saw his shows, Bourdain was a friendly American who visited and embraced ordinary locals and their foods and customs. Flawed as he was, Bourdain nevertheless was part of America's cultural power and an example of what Americans are like in our better selves.

[SMARTY]

Elite and Non ELite are distinctions way to simplistic to be functional....

Liberals invent those dichotomies and throw them in our faces.

[Albion Wilde]

Making his living though required a brutal travel schedule, leaving Bourdain exhausted and deprived of the rootedness and human connections that we conservatives recognize as essential to genuine human happiness.

I've seen this "reason" being bruited about for days. It's ridiculous. He could have opened a restaurant or a cooking school, written a cookbook, done podcasts or videos from his own kitchen, designed a collection of cookware or aprons, he could have written restaurant reviews, gotten an agent and done television specials, and on and on and on. No one was forcing him to continue an exhausting travel schedule if he was feeling sick with depression. Surely there were other things he could have done so that he could have fulfilled his proper responsiblilty to his daughter.

I'd say this oft-repeated story is part of a cover-up.

[Bellflower]

The big question, was he killed?