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Was channel-flipping the other night, and caught a few minutes of former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura’s conspiracy thing. If you haven’t seen it, suffice it to say this is your idea of a documentary, if & only if you think Michael Moore puts out “documentaries.”
Could someone please get this man the help that he needs?
I’m going to break form here, and start picking on men now. There is a certain type of man who falls into this trap. You know Jesse Ventura’s speaking style. It is very distinctive, but it is not limited to him. Men are out there, men who may be fans of The Body Ventura. Or not. Maybe they detest him. Maybe some of them have never heard of him. But they still talk this way: E-flat, third octave below middle-C. Blah, bla-blah, bla-blah, bla-blah, bla-blah, bla-blah. Less confrontational than just-plain-bulldozing.
It reveals a mindset that only pretends to inspect things. A mindset unprepared for any kind of genuine discourse.
I think what happens is this: They float this trial balloon — in Jesse’s case it is “Bush knew about 9/11” but in other cases, it’s something more mundane like “I saw a UFO last night.” Or, let’s be fair, “Barack Obama was born in Kenya.” The moon landing was faked. The Cubans rubbed out JFK.
Someone else in the room, unprepared for the unrelenting assault emanating from the human subwoofer who has now monopolized the dinner conversation, throws in the towel, “Okay okay okay! You win!” Perhaps they say this on behalf of everybody else, or perhaps they speak only on behalf of themselves.
But I think what happens is, with that token victory achieved the trial balloon is a trial balloon no longer. Human subwoofer says to himself “I have no prevailed. I have conquered. I convinced someone. That is proof enough for me.” And from then on, it is absolutely inconceivable that the moon landing could have been real, or Obama could’ve been born in Hawaii, or that Bush wasn’t involved in the 9/11 attacks, or that Oswald acted alone or the “UFO” was just an optical illusion or funny aircraft. Those possibilities have now been dismissed. My conspiracy theory must be true; I convinced somebody of it with my magical juggernaut voicebox. That’s proof.
What kind of hope should I keep for this man? That he stays sane? That’s probably a lost hope. What if it isn’t, and he somehow retains his sanity after his flirtation with this theory has lost its luster? It’ll just be some other thing after that…some cool chestnut by which he makes a dinner-conversation conquest, and then the whole sick cycle will start again. Bill O’Reilly is really a Martian and the Rothschilds are taking over our money.
And so I will simply hope he gets the help he needs for his sickness. And maybe that he loses his voice. That is the root cause, after all.
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So I’m perusing through my blogs alphabetically and I see this –
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/12/john-mccain-defends-joe-lieberman-after-stewart-smalley-cuts-him-off-video/
…then I see this post and I’m left to wonder, what the fuck is wrong with Minnesotans?
Seriously, is it the brutally cold winters, is that nasty lutefisk; is it the all the lakes; is it because your so close to Canada you actually believe you are Canadians; is it because the Vikings lost four Super Bowls and they always break your heart just when you think their good…what, what the freak is it?
I will give ya’ credit on your choice of a state bird though, the Common Loon is perfect for you.
- tim | 12/18/2009 @ 11:13tim, as a Canadian I can’t find a decent rebuttal to your dig. Although I’m pretty sure there are just as many pinheads on both sides of the border. Present company excepted of course.
- glxi390 | 12/18/2009 @ 11:50Dick Shrivels,
Coldwater, Ontario
You should watch Red Eye, Morgan… midnite your time, M-F. Or DVR it. Jim Norton, a frequent Red Eye guest, had a confrontation with Ventura recently during a radio show and it almost got violent; Red Eye showed a brief clip of the action. Ya gotta respect Norton for standing his ground… Film at Eleven.
- bpenni | 12/18/2009 @ 12:35Dick Shrivels in Coldwater..hehe.
Buck,
Saw that one on Red Eye a couple weeks ago during one my infrequent insomniac episodes. Gott’a give the guy credit, he didn’t back down, even threw back at ole Jesse “Yea, bye tough guy”. Classic.
Love how Jesse pulls the childish ‘Chickenhawk’ rebuttal, as if anyone who hasn’t served can’t have an opinion about war. Weak.
- tim | 12/18/2009 @ 13:02Ventura is a textbook example of why wrestlers have no business in politics.
A few years ago (he may have already been out of office at the time), he uttered his now famous comment, “Religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people.” For this, he picked up the nickname Jesse “The Bigot” Ventura. I’ve disliked the man ever since. It’s one thing to disagree with people of faith, but he doesn’t need to suggest that he is somehow intellectually superior to them.
- cylarz | 12/18/2009 @ 23:40I’ve got a question for the “moon landing was fake” people.
ALL of them? You know, we went to the moon more than once, and even drove a rover there. It was more than just Apollo 11. We went there, what, five more times, six if you count the failed Apollo 13 mission?
- cylarz | 12/18/2009 @ 23:42If you’re not paying close attention, Jesse Ventura can seem like a tough no-nonsense guy. But it doesn’t take long for his shtick to wear on you. I watched a few minutes of the episode on global warming. It was so ridiculous that it made me want to believe in it.
The format of the show is a perfect match for his personality.
- Gordon | 12/19/2009 @ 14:33