Some modest insights on the passing of this modern day Iago
“…The Evil that men do lives after them; the Good is oft interred with their bones…” Julius Caesar Act III sc 2. The problem when it comes to Andrew Breitbart is that there is nothing good about him or his life’s work to inter with his bones! This Los Angeles media elitist passed away on March 1st, 2012. And as of this writing, what was Andrew Breitbart is sitting at room temperature in the meat locker of an LA funeral home becoming “lump of foul deformity” Richard III Act II sc 2, which mirrors the lump of foul deformity displayed to the public as the mind and spirit of Andrew Breitbart. As of this writing, the “liberal” media, which Mr. Breitbart so derided during the course of his career, is busy with retrospectives, which respect the deceased even when the deceased deserved no respect.
And the very good reason that this “idol of idiot worshipers” Triolus and Cressida Act V sc 1 deserves no respect in death is because he gave so little respect in life. To quote the man directly, “You’re the most despicable life form I’ve ever seen!” and “Get out of my face, get out of my face, get out of my face!” and “Fuck. You…”
In an age where we desperately need intelligent discussion of important matters (for the problems of Climate Change, Population, Unemployment, etc, are very serious) we have allowed ourselves to have the national agenda set by this man.
His record is one of:
-Out and out demagoguery when a group of political opportunists who were monitoring Representative Anthony Weiner’s twitter communications for months, stumbled upon a picture of his penis intended for Gennette Cordova and gave it to Brietbart. As a result of Breitbart appearing on the Opie and Anthony show, the photo was leaked nationwide. He was party to a violation of privacy and the ensuing scandal that wrecked the career of Anthony Weiner. Oh, and by the way, no actual sex was involved between the two. Truly, Andrew Brietbart “Thou art relish’d of a base descent.” Pericles. Act V, sc 2
-Selectively edited testimony from Georgia USDA official Shirley Sherrod in order to make her seem like a racist. She was in fact describing her journey away from racism by describing an episode in the past to illustrate how far she had come. Mr. Breitbart accompanied his selective editing with a blog post noting approval of NAACP members in the clip. And he knew damned well the reaction of white conservatives to something like this. He deliberately and dishonestly fanned the flames of racism in order to advance his agenda. The ensuing fallout from the Right Wing Noise machine led to the resignation of Ms. Sherrod. With such Racism and Machivellian dishonesty it is no exaggeration to compare the late Mr. Breitbart to Iago from Shakespeare’s Othello.
-Having the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN owe its demise to the slanderous selective editing of Mr. Breitbart. It was a collection of community-based organizations in the United States that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues. Conservative activists Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe entered the offices of ACORN and lied to ACORN employees about being a prostitute and a pimp. Brietbart’s website BigGovernment.com selectively edited the interview to look as if the ACORN employees were giving advice on how to avoid taxes and detection by authorities. On one case the ACORN employee alerted the authorities immediately after the dishonest interview was over. A former investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General found that the videos had been edited substantially. But the damage had already been done by the smear campaign. There was massive loss of private donors, a Defund ACORN act (only 10% of the ACORN funding was Federal) and the organization disbanded in March 2010. This was the result of a man who, now deceased, was born into wealth, had a stellar career in the media and used it to actively work against neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues affecting working families. Now he has “neither heat, nor affection, nor limb, nor beauty to make thy riches pleasant” Measure for Measure Act III sc 1
What does it say about one’s political perspective when it must rely on such slander and dishonest editing?
What does it say about a man who can afford the very best medical care in Hollywood when he drops dead at 43 from “Natural Causes” in a wealthy section of Los Angeles? He appeared VERY hyped up on pretty much every television appearance I can remember him making. I have no direct proof that Mr. Breitbart had a problem with the “White Line Highway” modern slang. But I have grown very used to hypocrisy and double standards coming from the Right Wing noise machine.
Jeff Gannon-Talon News reporter and self identified Born Again Christian. Also a homosexual male prostitute
Ted Haggard-Another Born Again Christian (and advocate of Intelligent Design) who used Crystal Meth and frequented homosexual male prostitutes.
John Ensign-my former Senator (whom I never voted for), who had a sex scandal where he actually had sex with the woman in question (unlike Anthony Wiener) and laundered money through her family.
Rick Santorum-got into Congress by running against someone who lived in Virginia while representing Pennsylvania, then wound up doing the same thing himself. (And that’s just one instance of Santorum’s hypocrisy.
So I’m very interested in the Breitbart autopsy and just how transparent the toxicity report is.
Because this comes at a time when The War On Drugs has caused civilization to collapse on the Mexican border. It comes at a time when Corrections Corporation of America is putting pressure on legislators to keep prisons at least 90% capacity so they can show a profit. It comes at a time when we could use the money that could be reaped by legalization and taxation.
I have no doubt that if that turns out to be the case his death will be exploited like Len Bias’s was in order to further these horrendous and anti-democratic policies. But honestly, while he is sitting at room temperature let’s be very honest about what kind of man he was.
He was a shrill dishonest but powerful elitist media hack of whom Josef Goebbels would be proud and the world is a better place with him feeding worms.
Good riddance to bad rubbish
“Thou art unfit for any place but hell.” Richard III Act I sc 2
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