I feel, sort of, cheated.No Whammy Burgers.We refer to, of course, yesterday's action of one, seriously deranged, likely-mentally-ill Joseph Andrew Stack, flying his airplane into the Austin, Texas building, that housed the local area Internal Revenue Services offices.Subsequently, as Cable News went into DefCon 5, wall-to-wall coverage, a ranting manifesto was unearthed, with Stack writing that he was wronged, by just about everyone, except, possibly, SpongeBob SquarePants.Yeah! ... Power to the people! ... Down with The Man!Trouble is, for Stack, a serious lack of imagination.We've seen this movie before, specifically, back in 1993, with 'Falling Down', starring Michael Douglas.Douglas's character was an engineer, just like Stack, felt like he was getting screwed, just like Stack, and then snaps, just like Stack, except, this was in the day before flying airplanes into buildings was in vogue, so Douglas's character goes on a romping, engaging rampage through the city (Los Angeles), including, visiting, and shooting up, the above-referenced Whammy Burgers.
What did Stack give us?A charred IRS office (if, indeed, he did hit their office, since other businesses also occupied the building), in the center of Nowheresville, Austin, Texas.
Not sure Douglas is gonna want to sign up for this sequel.So, today, we had the usual follow-up, with the Flying Monkeys of the Right Wing Freak Show, throwing feces at anybody dare say he was one of them, or a Teabagger (with his flaming manifesto, this guy could have had a "E" Ticket to any one of about a dozen tinfoil hat entities), while others, including the Obama Administration downplayed the "terrorism" angle, leading David Neiwert, over on Crooks and Liars, to ask "Huh? Since when is attempting to blow up a federal building NOT an act of domestic terrorism?"Now, this might have boiled over, and ruptured, with the heat of Three Mile Island, except, Mister-Flying-Into-Buildings-Manifesto, again, didn't plan this out all the way.Tiger Woods held court this morning, causing Cable News to go to DefCon 6, and bring in every talking head following it, to parse every single word Mister Can't-Keep-His-Golf-Club-In-His-Bag had to say (and, for our money, Woods came off like the President of the National Honor Society, apologizing for getting caught drinking at the Home Coming Dance).Tough going in the Lone Wolf Revolution biz.
News Item: The New Conservative Hierarchy10. Learning Spanish, in case they get to meet Mark Rubio 9. Saw them furiously scribbling notes on the palm of their hands 8. Praying, that on their flight to CPAC, Kevin Smith isn't on same plane 7. They have a "No Teleprompter Zone" sign posted on their lawn 6. Breathlessly hoping, since she sold her company, that Michelle Malkin has time to stalk them 5. Admitted that they have volunteered to let Dick, or Liz, Cheney torture them 4. Making plans to touch Mitt Romney's hair 3. Witnessed them breaking in heavy work boots, so they can stomp on Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews 2. Since RNC meet with Teabaggers, plans on lobbying to have Lewis and Clark Tea Party hang Senator Patty Murray at CPAC 1. Watched them take batting practice, to tune up for whacking the Nancy Pelosi piñataBonus CPAC Riffs
Kate Zernike: CPAC Speaker Bashes Obama, in Racial Tones
Eve Conant - This Week in Conservative Media: 'Air America Has Shut Down and Gitmo Is Still Open'
Media Matters - Erickson: Media Matters employees are "the guys who can't get jobs anywhere else"
Media Matters - Armey: "The number 1 biggest problem in America is the physical size of this government"
News Item: Kevin Smith: Too fat to fly? ...The director gets grounded by Southwest but proves the supersonic power of social media10. Not sure of their inventory, ask Smith if he would be bothered sharing food cart with other passengers 9. Since flight was going to Burbank, ask Smith if he was contestant on "Biggest Loser" 8. Rather than board plane by sections, or rows, call boarding by height and weight 7. Keep calling him Dom DeLuise 6. Make pointed apology to Smith, that the In-Flight movie was 'La 'Grande Bouffe' 5. Advise Smith, In case they had a Captain Sullenberger moment, he would have to stand on other wing, alone, to balance weight of plane 4. Ask him if he was related to Chef Paul Prudhomme 3. Inquire if his real name was "Tuesday" and did he come from New Orleans 2. Jet tire ... Smith standing next to it ... Ask boarding passengers to vote which one was slimmer 1. Have him get on moving sidewalk in terminal lobby, and see if it still movedBonus Kevin Smith RiffsKate Harding: Kevin Smith Kicked off Southwest Flight for Being FatMenachem Kaiser: Twitter Wars: Kevin Smith vs. Southwest AirlinesFoster Kamer: Update: The Kevin Smith Southwest Airlines Fat-Flight Tweakout of Epic ProportionShow your support, or follow Kevin Smith, on his Twitter Account
