Posted on 06/27/2006 7:16:42 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot
A+Bert was, in his own way, truly unique. I remember him trying to get the USA vs Clinton thread folks up at around 3 AM on Inauguration Day in 2001. "Hey, the day is here! Start the thread!" At the same time, he was very kind and considerate when we spoke on threads. I do miss him.
I never dealt with A+Bert. What was the cause of his departure?
Alcohol. LOL
Drunken posting?
I admired his ability to flame. I could probably argue that he was the inspiration for our Smoky Backroom.
Out of control. I forget exactly when, but one could practically set one's clock by it.
Only if decides to put on a "martyrdom vest."
He sounds like a total moron.
Afghanistan was part of the job.
Iraq was another part of the job.
Two, or maybe three, parts are left:
Iran, Syria and possibly Saudi Arabia if the Saud family doesn't stop pandering to Wahhabists.
Doctor's appt. Back later....
Paul Craig Roberts suffers from Bush deraingement syndrom. Moreover, he joins a sad pantheon of former conservatives who hate Israel more than they love America.
Neocon and "Jew" mean the same thing. It's these foreign agents with nefarious motives pulling the wool over the whole country!
Paranoid delusionists like Roberts and Buchanan are not about to be deterred by mere facts. Its a conspiracy, I tell you!
Marry him off to Cindy.
There must clearly be a new psychological syndrome to be classified, akin to the Stockholm Syndrome, where a formerly rational person adopts the world view and accepts as truth the perfidious lies and falsities of the most vicious enemies of the sufferer's own culture and national group. I would call it "Fisk's Syndrome".
Perhaps first experienced by T.E. Lawrence, though I would be happy to accept correction on this, it is essentially a form of "going native", or "going Arab". The sufferer seems not to understand the implications of his his turnabout in values and world view, as if it were followed out to its fevered and obsessive conclusion, it would mean the death of the afflicted, his family, culture, and everything he formerly held dear. Roberts seems to be trying to find someone to surrender to, and at the same time he attacks the foundation of logic and reality that his own feet stand on.
Where will this lead the sufferer? To personal decline and mental torment, certainly, since his grand predictions are falling one by one, more a series of paranoid rants than reasoned arguments. How long will he remain in this condition before he descends into bedlam, is anyone's guess.
The man in delusional, if not completely insane. Case closed.
I had never heard of him, but did a search to see if a particular artilce of his I just saw was posted on FR. It said he was a former editor for National Review and had a post in the Reagan Admin. But, reading his article was like reading someting from DU. Was he always like that?
susie
This piece is an embarrassment to all 'stream of consciousness' journalism everywhere.
Maybe he wanted a post in the administration and they turned him down? He seems to have come unhinged during this administration. Maybe he's got mad cow?
As good an explanation as any. I don't recall what he was like before, but he seems like a raving lunitic now.
susie
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