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SheriffBob

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2. love Doctor Thompson

Reply to cali (Original post)

Mon Aug 8, 2016, 03:05 PM

Aug 2016

Trickle down economics reminds me of the dark ages when the lords of the manner would declare a holiday for the peasants and offer them grease droppings from their castle walls.

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Words of wisdom from Hunter Thompson [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

A observant man... bonemachine Aug 2016 #1

Money and power and death. Wow. That hooks you right in the guts. PatrickforO Aug 2016 #19

love Doctor Thompson SheriffBob Aug 2016 #2

That was the whole idea Diremoon Aug 2016 #30

Add to that SheriffBob Aug 2016 #39

I actually met him back in the early '70s pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #3

I spent quite a bit of time with Hunter over the period of a year cali Aug 2016 #5

Wow--how cool is that? First Speaker Aug 2016 #7

He just kind of looked after me for some reason cali Aug 2016 #8

Very cool cali panader0 Aug 2016 #14

very cool! nt TeamPooka Aug 2016 #23

Cali... kentuck Aug 2016 #28

I surrender pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #10

hey, it's not a competition. I was a lowly au pair girl cali Aug 2016 #12

That's still way cool pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #13

Have you read the biography by William McKeen? DinahMoeHum Aug 2016 #22

I never have. I will now. Thank you so much, Dinah. cali Aug 2016 #34

How incredibly cool! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #31

I was very lucky to ride Further with the Dr. and Ken Kesey out to Kesey's farm. callous taoboy Aug 2016 #21

K&R. nt DLevine Aug 2016 #4

If Only He Was Still Here colsohlibgal Aug 2016 #6

Yes, Matt won me over with Griftopia. PatrickforO Aug 2016 #17

I'm truly curious what he would have thought about Bernie bonemachine Aug 2016 #38

I can only imagine the choice adjectives he would come up with to describe the spectacle of decades Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #9

The most important and accurate thing here is that republicans don't believe in democracy. Spot on Augiedog Aug 2016 #11

Hunter Thompson had STYLE. PatrickforO Aug 2016 #15

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." thucythucy Aug 2016 #16

Thomas Paine on Acid mjvpi Aug 2016 #18

"Trickle down, trickle down, is anybody wet?" bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #20

I admit that I see their game and take advantage of it Cary Aug 2016 #37

trickle down economics=the rich get richer & the rest of us get tricled down on Motley13 Aug 2016 #24

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #25

I went to hear him at a university in the 70's. He walked onstage completely plowed LuckyLib Aug 2016 #26

He warned us all shadowmayor Aug 2016 #27

I remember reading that remark. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #32

Damn I love Hunter. And it's Hunter S Thompson (gotta get the S in there). CaptainTruth Aug 2016 #29

K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Aug 2016 #33

True as far as it goes. malthaussen Aug 2016 #35

Evil! n/t Cary Aug 2016 #36

"where the buffalo roam" SheriffBob Aug 2016 #40