In Remembrance...Hunter S. Thompson... July 18, 1937 ~ February 20, 2005

[jus_the_facts]

~*~RIP Hunter S. Thompson~*~

Born: July 18, 1937 Louisville, Kentucky
Died: February 20, 2005 Woody Creek, Colorado


"Buy the ticket, take the ride..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson

"Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for—but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6562575/fear_and_loathing_campaign_2004/


"Football Season is over":

"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun—for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax—This won't hurt."

"The Edge...there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." ~Hunter Stockton Thompson~

[jus_the_facts]

1. Fans Pay Respects....youtube.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Nt46BE9oE

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4. More Videos...

John Cusack on HST...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ6nvSicoM

HST interview with Keith Richards...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xi6MbNvKE

Another Fan Tribute To HST...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhyYsP6_hI

HST on Nixon and More...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRTDz3j-eA

Johnny Depp reads HST...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KC8rL1ZF-k

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13. HST talks about *

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SRWgwQ9fuU

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Hard to believe that was two years ago.

[jus_the_facts]

3. Yep....my my how time does fly....

....sure do miss his commentary on things. :(

[mcscajun]

5. HST

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

"He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

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7. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”

[trof]

6. His best quote is in my sig.

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10. “For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.”

“If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.”

[NoGOPZone]

8. One of my faves

As the avatar would suggest.

"All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House."

[jus_the_facts]

11. “You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.”

“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”

[Forkboy]

9. He had,and still has,a huge influence on me

One of the very few writers whose books I read over and over.

[jus_the_facts]

12. HEY....yeah... me too....sigh...

“Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of ''the rat race'' is not yet final.”

:hi: :hug:

[Earth_First]

14. Two years already?

Would someone please put the brakes on? Please?

RIP

[jus_the_facts]

15. I say let the next two years fly by....that is...

....if the next election will go our way...then fly time fly!

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16. “Fear is just another word for ignorance”

[mitchum]

17. I bawled like a baby when I heard of his death...

and I was truly shocked by that. It had been quite awhile since my teenage infatuation with Thompson's work and myth, but I felt a profound sense of loss.
Both "Hells Angels" and "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" are fine examples of the writer's art. They will stand.
Rest In Peace