I want my obituary to contain the phrases 'chewing gum', 'international crisis', and 'The frozen body of Joseph Stalin'. All in the same paragraph.

I've never heard of this guy, but it would really make my day if I next saw his name in an obituary.

1. Needs flowmaster exhaust to make it sound tougher.

2. Racing a moped is like trying to sing better than Ashley Simpson-- not really a good test of your vocal abilities.

3. That dude is going to wipeout and the resulting obituary in the newspaper will be interesting.

>> ^evil_disco_man:
"George Carlin - the filthy blasphemer, the obscene potty-mouthed skeptic, agnostic and profane atheist who had nothing but disdain for God and the Bible."
I'd be proud of that obituary.


Amen

"George Carlin - the filthy blasphemer, the obscene potty-mouthed skeptic, agnostic and profane atheist who had nothing but disdain for God and the Bible."

I'd be proud of that obituary.

>> ^Shepppard:
>> ^therealblankman:
RIP, Clarkson. You fat bastard.

You do realise he's not really dead...right? >.>



Everyone can dream...

^ You still have a voice and a vote. As long as you still use both to push back against this, there's still hope for America.

This is a rallying cry, not an obituary.

"The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan offered to 'detain bin Laden and try him under Islamic law'"

You need to get the whole story before posting such misinformation. You are plainly trying to make it sound like the Taliban was willing to work with the Americans against Osama.

They're original offer was conditional on presenting evidence, and even if such evidence was considered persuasive they would not hand him over directly, but instead to Pakistan. The best and final offer they were willing to make was to have him tried under Sharia law. Sorry, but if you think that's a reasonable and measured response you need to study the history of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda more before voicing such a strong opinion.

You might want to start by reading up on Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was a prominent leader in Afghanistan who had been warning about the strong ties between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and in April of 2001 he was warning of a pending major attack. If you are ill-informed enough to say "so what", then read his obituary. He was killed on Sept. 9, 2001.

My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week has rankled News Corp executives so much that they're trying to make sure no one sees it. The New York Times' Richard Perez-Pena reports that a WSJ representative attempted to snatch up all the copies in the LA area, where they made public ahead of schedule.

Highlights of the My Wall Street Journal parody — brought to you by the same team that created the 1982 Off The Wall Street Journal include a full-page spread of a topless Ann Coulter, a gossip section called "Page Sex," headlines like "Cleaning Lady Sees Virgin In Merrill Lynch Q4 Loss," and "Obitcharies," wishful-thinking obituaries for people vilified by the far right, including Susan Sarandon and Paul Krugman.

>> ^therealblankman:
RIP, Clarkson. You fat bastard.


You do realise he's not really dead...right? >.>

Oh, yes, FOX is sooooo sensitive to the grieving families of dead celebrities. Just check out their obituary for the far more admirable Kurt Vonnegut.

yeah really, what an terrible obituary, rather than celebrate one of the most skilled writers of our time they categorize him as some radical leftist coot... proof yet again that Fox News is all about getting the population to stick their heads in the sand and stop thinking... Vonnegut was so unhappy because he actually bothered to look at the world and see how fucked up it all is, Fox News, however, would prefer we all just be happy little sheeple who work our jobs, pay for our health care and all the other things that make those in charge ever-richer, enjoy our vices and addictions that keep us quiet, and make no lasting marks upon the world.

There's nothing worse than a bad obituary, one like this which completely fails to understand and convey the significance of a life. From the way it was done, I'd guess the most Vonnegut the reporter ever read was the back of a couple of his books. Not to mention the subtle insinuations that Vonnegut was in it for the money/success. I mean, they made it sound like the pinnacle of his career was making a 10-second cameo in a Rodney Dangerfield movie.

One who obviously knows so little about someone else's life has no place eulogizing them and does them a disservice by doing so, though in this case, that was probably what those hacks had in mind. Bastards.

Posted in memory of Paul C. Lauterbur, who passed away at 77. Paul won the Nobel Prize in 2003 for his work with MRI.