Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Anthony Bourdain—What the Media Eulogies Left Out
townhall.com ^ | 6/16/2018 | Humberto Fontova

Posted on 06/16/2018 8:07:41 AM PDT by rktman

In brief, Antony Bourdain wore his “anti-corporate hipness” on his shirtsleeve, always smirking and snarking that “evil corporations” and “crass commercialism” repelled him.

But he gleefully signed on as a shameless tourism agent for the Castro-Family-and-Military Crony-Crime Syndicate, a thieving, murdering criminal-corporate empire that makes the Mafia look like Boy Scouts of America.

“I will never eat in his (Donald Trump’s) restaurant. I have utter contempt for him, utter and complete contempt… I’m not going. I’m not going.” (Anthony Bourdain, Eater.)

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cuba; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anthonybourdain; arkancide; bourdain; clintonbodycount; cuba; leftwing; newyork; partsunknown; suicidal
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-112 next last
To: wardaddy

I am all about Italian seafood. Yum Yum


81 posted on 06/16/2018 10:57:42 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: Georgia Girl 2; tongue-tied

I remember Tony and Zamir in Uzbekistan.

Looked like good fun.

Tongue-tied was there... RIP buddy RIP

Taught me Ukranian bombers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0duNFtM4Uw


82 posted on 06/16/2018 11:04:32 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: Pilated

I’m with you , never liked him.


83 posted on 06/16/2018 11:09:13 AM PDT by Vinnie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

incredibly sad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFpPghvB_Fk


84 posted on 06/16/2018 11:12:43 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 82 | View Replies]

To: OldSmaj
Bourdain was complicated and inconsistent. In spite of visiting Cuba and making no unfriendly references in the episode to the Castros, Bourdain slammed Nicaragua's Ortega regime on his visit there. He pointed to Daniel Ortega's large residential compound on a hilltop as the source of Nicaragua's poverty and other troubles. He even named and referred to Daniel Ortega as a billionaire dictator.

Perhaps the explanation is that as to Cuba, Bourdain was bound by CNN's house policy of coziness with Castro, while his comments against Ortega more accurately reflected a genuine hostility toward corrupt dictators. Indeed, CNN may have edited out comments by Bourdain that were hostile to the Castros.

85 posted on 06/16/2018 11:21:46 AM PDT by Rockingham
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

Correct. It’s what I said


86 posted on 06/16/2018 11:29:58 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: leaning conservative

Yes. French. What I said


87 posted on 06/16/2018 11:31:04 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Rockingham

No Clash LPs for Tony! Ramones!

The guy was a walking quandary.


88 posted on 06/16/2018 11:32:03 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 85 | View Replies]

To: mylife

I don’t put politics before entertainment. He just was too snarky for me, too dour, too hipster-esque. I also couldn’t get through his book. Great minds can disagree occasionally, ml!!


89 posted on 06/16/2018 11:34:27 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 80 | View Replies]

To: mylife

And, while Bourdain sometimes slammed “evil corporations” in the food business, he also offered praise for Olive Garden and freely admitted to liking KFC and Popeyes’s.


90 posted on 06/16/2018 11:46:48 AM PDT by Rockingham
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 88 | View Replies]

To: miss marmelstein
I don’t put politics before entertainment....

Ah well we know you don't, but the overwhelming folks in the entertainment industry do put politics ahead trying to disguise it as entertainment.

here's a link to reddit/youtube.

despicable that Bourdain continued eating while that racist rant went on....

german chef's idea of utopia...in 70 years there will be no more white people, just cappuccino color....Bourdain earnestly replies, " It's the only way..."

Bourdain's words, vetted and approved before broadcasting. Now how does one achieve that without murdering whites. The vehemence of the German is rather surprising.

91 posted on 06/16/2018 11:56:02 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 89 | View Replies]

To: rktman

They keep forgetting to mention that he bourdained himself.


92 posted on 06/16/2018 12:37:27 PM PDT by A Cyrenian (Nobody is perfect. And I'm nobody.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rockingham

Love Popeyes! some folks don’t.

KFC? the Colonel is dead...

Last time I ate there I had this tremendous hankering for Chicken pot pie...

Not a shred of chicken in it! I’m done! LOL

Another KFC story was when we took turns going on the food run, and it was my turn.

My buddy Richie, an anal retentive goofball and general germaphobic wanted KFC.

I obliged.. the gal that was getting the chicken placed each piece in the box with precision, until the moment she dropped one on the floor!
She looked at it.. She looked at me...
Did that 3 times and picked it up put it back in the bin and picked out another piece of chicken! LOL

I waited till Richie ate it all to tell him the story.
LOL OMG!


93 posted on 06/16/2018 1:18:29 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 90 | View Replies]

To: miss marmelstein

Apparently I am not as concerned as he was.

I still find incredibly sad.


94 posted on 06/16/2018 1:21:07 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 89 | View Replies]

To: Covenantor

I think we are all basically mutts at this point.


95 posted on 06/16/2018 1:25:48 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 91 | View Replies]

To: Covenantor

Well, just another reason to dislike this jumped-up Jersey line cook, Cov. It never fails; the haters take themselves out.


96 posted on 06/16/2018 1:41:29 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 91 | View Replies]

To: Kickass Conservative
Bourdain was like the "cool" guy or girl in school. He might have been wrong about things and might have been a real jerk, but he made things lively and interesting.

Sometimes the attractive thing about the "cool" person is their ironic attitude or put downs. You might not want to be that person's friend for fear that he or she might make you another victim, but it was certainly possible to appreciate the humor and find it refreshing from a distance.

One of the things that made Bourdain interesting was he didn't wholly correspond to the stereotypes. He was bit of a snob, but not entirely. Maybe time spent washing dishes made it harder for him to fit into the yuppie stereotype.

97 posted on 06/16/2018 1:44:24 PM PDT by x
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: ealgeone

He had 600,000 to 1,000,000 viewership after eight years

Second on cable in his time slot

I get your point

Not famous to you

My kids know all sorts of YouTube personalities with tens of millions of subscribers I’ve never heard of

The trick shot basketball guys por ejemplo

Bourdain could be insufferable but l watched


98 posted on 06/16/2018 1:53:04 PM PDT by wardaddy (Hanged not hung.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: rktman

Once a junkie , always a junkie ( somewhere , deep in their mind ) Self centered , self focused ,lots of suicidal ideation . Heroin takes you to the brink of death , every time you get high . But you (usually) come back .

I’d like to see the autopsy report on his death . Any heroin use going on ? Would not surprise me .

In the same vein ( no pun intended) ; drug test Obama . There is a reason why he likes his little visits to SEA . Laos has the best China white and he knows all about it .

Once a junkie , always a junkie ....


99 posted on 06/16/2018 3:01:38 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kozak

Why would the marines risk injury saving this piece of contemptuous POS?


100 posted on 06/16/2018 3:21:51 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-112 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson