Dumb show (UK's Guardian Cries Out for Bush Assassination)

The Guardian (UK) ^ | 10/23/04 | Charlie Brooker

[GeorgeBerryman]

From the article by Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker:

"On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?"

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To: GeorgeBerryman

Co-Founder and Creative Director - Zeppotron

Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist, TV and radio presenter.

He created TV Go Home, a hugely successful comedy website that was turned into a book and a TV series.

His TV writing credits include the 11 O'Clock Show, Brasseye Special, TV Go Home, Unnovations, and The Art Show. He has a weekly TV column in the Guardian and is currently writing a new Channel 4 series with Chris Morris.

charlie.brooker@zeppotron.com

93 posted on 10/23/2004 2:42:15 PM EDT by kcvl

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[kcvl]

[mirkinmuffley]

Some of you sound like the Frenchman from the Holy Grail.

I think we should build a trojan rabbit and push it in front of the guardian office. When they take it inside, we shall leap out taking them by surprise. Or should we just count to 3, and lobbeth thou holy hand grenade?

Holding Britain responsible for this moron is like Michael Moore representing you or me. I realize leftist are more plentiful there, but not everyone is a crazed leftist lunatic. Just nearly the entire media.

I sent him the following email:

Mr. Chuck Brooker:
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

[mirkinmuffley]

Some of you sound like the Frenchman from the Holy Grail.

I think we should build a trojan rabbit and push it in front of the guardian office. When they take it inside, we shall leap out taking them by surprise. Or should we just count to 3, and lobbeth thou holy hand grenade?

Holding Britain responsible for this moron is like Michael Moore representing you or me. I realize leftist are more plentiful there, but not everyone is a crazed leftist lunatic. Just nearly the entire media.

I sent him the following email:

Mr. Chuck Brooker:
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

[daybreakcoming]

Thanks for the Guardian email addy. This time, it really is worth the trouble. Here's what I wrote:

Since your Ohio plan to interfere with our election failed, you call in this FatBoy Clearasil Challenged Brooker to troll for assassins to kill our President?? You have no idea what fighting words those are but thanks for uniting us even more. We remember the Alamo - we'll remember you too - your little 15 minutes of fame will be your undoing.

[daybreakcoming]

The address is: washi@fco.gov.uk

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Just did - thank you

[Auntie Dem]

True, but sooner or later he will come visit this country and when he does, put him in the slammer.

Even better, send him a letter saying he has won the Grand Prize from the "Literary Left Society", and he is invited to come to the US to get his award, and $500,000 prize money. When he gets to customs in the US, bust his A$$, and hang him out to dry.

[paddy12]

For years Noraid has poured funds into the IRA who have systematically murdered and maimed British civilians. Neither Clinton nor Bush has seen fit to proscribe Noraid or the IRA. Indeed Clinton welcomed Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness to the White House. Damn sure that you would be upset if the Brits had a whip round for Osama Bin Laden and his followers.
Why should anyone care about what The Guardian prints about Bush? He is happy to give tacit support to the murder of Brit civilians and then turn round to ask Blair to supply Brit troops to help him against other terrorists.

[visualize-no-libs]

Here is a copy of the email I sent to the America hating rag called the Guardian:

How you could publish such a disgusting, disgraceful, and CRIMINAL piece of "journalism" defies reason. As an American, I so wish you Socialist, pathetic, weak and meaningless "elites" would just shut the hell up. Your news organization is an absolute joke. Charlie Brooker is a vile piece of crap to be wishing ASSASSINATION on any one of our presidents. I pray to God George Bush does win, if only to put you appeasing twits completely over the edge. You should be ASHAMED to print such CRIMINAL garbage. I hope Charlie Brooker is the one who drops dead. Long live President Bush.

[zeppenwolf]

"The address is: washi@fco.gov.uk"

Ditto.

Ok people. Er, Freeple. Let's get to work, shall we? I'm thinking I really don't give a scone about sending mail to Mr Brooker; may his zits forever pop. Done.

I'm much more concerned with swing states, and getting this advertised, most especially to the people in Ohio, most especially again those Ohioans(?) who received some stupid letter from Le Carre or some other ass Guardian reader.

Now, unless I'm mistaken, we have no way of knowing which people in Ohio got those letters, right? The best we can do, I thmink, is to plaster the Ohio newspapers, and ensure that they are aware of this article, and make sure they see a terabyte of emails in their boxes guaranteeing that they understand this is a big deal.

I saw a list of papers a ways back, but it didn't have any email links. Can we do better? Or does some Ohio freeper have the Ohio-GOP office chairperson's email, (the person I would expect does himself have emails of all these papers) ? If I go to the mentioned link of Ohio papers , it gives you a huge list of links, but they just go to homepages, so to get emails we'll have to poke around on them one by one...

Anybody else think I'm on the right track?

[KwasiOwusu]

"For years Noraid has poured funds into the IRA who have systematically murdered and maimed British civilians" Don't let me even start on the crimes committed by the British against the Irish masses for at least the last 500 years. Freepers might recall the murder, pillage, slaughter and rape carried out by the British general Oliver Cromwell when he invaded Ireland and carried out such barbaric acts that the Irish still shudder today when they recall his terrible crimes against them. The Irish have been fighting against British oppression long, long before Noraid was in existence, and long before America was even founded. Your attempt to blame Irish resistance against British oppression on America carries about as much water as John Kerry's new found "toughness on terrorism". Both don't hold any water. BTW, It was the American Senator Mitchel who (using American money) spent years brokering the current Irish peace agreement. Without America, the IRA would still be trying to put the British oppressors out of business. Just thin about that for a minute will you, dude?

[nickcarraway]

The title of this article is a reference to Hamlet, I guess the Guardian has fallen for his Polonius-like speeches.

[lainde]

I'm Speechless....

I am shocked and sickened by this article. The author is obviously a sick, malevolent psychotic masquerading as a writer. That this hateful, contemptible missive ever got published is a damning indictment of the Guardian as an irresponsible, unethical member of the press. I have fired off emails to every program of consequence at Fox News. Hopefully it will get adequate coverage.

[KwasiOwusu]

"The author is obviously a sick, malevolent psychotic masquerading as a writer" He is all of that. As are most of the "journalists" at The Guardian, the BBC and most of the British media. They are a sick, psychotic bunch. " I have fired off emails to every program of consequence at Fox News. Hopefully it will get adequate coverage" It will get plenty of coverage alright, so everyone can see how really evil these people are. We are going to make sure of that. :) Plus we have the added bonus of this making so many Americans mad that they vote even more for President Bush. :)

[Question Liberal Authority]

JOHN HINKELY JR???? Hinkley missed. Why would this yutz pine for a botched assassination attempt? He might as well wax nostalgic for Richard Lawrence, who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Andrew Jackson in 1835, or Squeaky Fromme who failed to kill Gerald Ford or Sara Jane Moore who also failed to kill Gerald Ford or Saddam Hussein who failed to kill Bush 41.

Well, I'm sure he DOES pine for Saddam.

[Question Liberal Authority]

I predicted that the old time dems were going to leave the party in droves when they find out their party has been taken over by the radical socialists.

Speaking of those radical socialists, I met with a couple today. They've spent the past year or two participating in every left-wing march, protest, activist cause they could find in at least 3 states. If they bothered to fill out tax returns, I'm sure each one would list their occupation as "activist".

Anyway, it turns out neither of them registered to vote.

[Stateline]

This puke pile (in his safe home) was not attacked on 9-11...this is the filthy stench of radical socialism....don't forget to send this turd some "nice e-mail"......

[Stateline]

I think he's having a bad hair day.......

[Fedora]

This should be sent to conservative rivals of the "Guardian"--Ivan, would that be "The Sun" and "The Daily Telegraph"?

[Erich4Dubya]

This is when you know things are going Bush's way. This is the left's compassion- their love for all of humanity. I know they are going to lose now. This is an all time low. People this is hate. They are desperate and have no where else to turn.
So, the three things going our way today: this article of panic/hate, the Ohio ruling that says you actually have to vote in your own neighborhood and Iowa turning into a red state (it voted for Algore last time).
Good times are on their way: A time when judges will not act as the legislature. A time when our government will proactively hunt and kill our enemy. A time when our economy will explode with responsible growth (4.8% in the last 12 months already!)
Don't let your guard down for a second. I called from the Bush-Cheney HQ in Washington St. over 250 households urging their support. Bring at least 5 people to the polls with you. Pray daily for God to guide President Bush. You have to produce-exert effort; then we will defeat this vile man.

[Felland]

The Guardian is really on a roll, disgracing my country twice in as many weeks, shameful. I don't know if there is anyway that they can be punished for this, incitement to murder?

[Felland]

This is the email address for the Press Complaints Commission in the UK:

pcc@pcc.org.uk

Please take a moment to let them know how outraged you are about this article.