Letters posted here are associated with the following Salon Premium Member:

Mister Marker

Published Letters: 339
Editor's Choice: 8

Thursday, August 7, 2008 08:59 PM

This Is Horseshit

I like indoor plumbing. Don't you? Indoor plumbing is responsible for much of Western, industrial civilization. But that's not new. The Romans had indoor plumbing. Then the Visigoths and Vandals arrived and destroyed it. No one had indoor plumbing again for about 1300 years. Once we got it back, civilization began to spread all over again. Interesting, isn't it?

Sunday, August 10, 2008 08:59 PM

It's All Piss

Why do you people bother???

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 09:27 PM

When Is Someone Going To Pull the Plug On Tarantino??

Seriously, the man is a fraud. Both "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" were based on earlier, better movies. Now this. I honestly thought that with a title like "Inglorious Bastards" we were finally going to see a genuine Tarantion movie. But apparently it has taken a long time for Quentin to rip off another story/director.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:18 PM
Original article: Bring back community baths

Mmmmm...hot baths, saunas.....

They all feel great until the stroke happens.

--Your Lady of Hypertension You Fucking Moron You!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:21 PM

Guess What, Kids?!

Men like beautiful young women, whether the men in question are in their teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s...you get the picture.

I hope.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 06:28 AM

Clarification

By "fraud" I wasn't merely referring to the plots of the two films, though I know it came across that way. Someday Roger Avery will be given the credit he deserves for both "Reservoir Dogs" AND "Pulp Fiction" - the shared Oscar and "Story By" were both outrages. Don't believe me? Watch Avery's film "Killing Zoe" and compare. Especially the dialogue rhythms and wording. If anything it was Tarantino who most likely was the tail gunner.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 01:04 PM
Original article: Accent the negative

"(called the Motor City because of its auto industry)"

Gee, thanks Camille. I never would have guessed.

*rolls eyes*

Saturday, August 16, 2008 03:45 AM
Original article: The Democrats get religion

This Is Completely Insane

The only thing Barack Obama has to do is say the following words:

"I believe in Jesus, and I believe in what he said. When his followers came to him to complain of Roman taxes, he said 'Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, render unto me what is mine.'"

The end. If so-called "Christian" Evangelicals and other theocrats had any sense of what the man said, they'd know this already and would shut the hell up.

Saturday, August 16, 2008 06:26 AM

No, Moron...

...Rohmer is an old man, an artist, who is dreaming of his youth. The fact that he has a camera and access to other artists of his own trade are a happy accident of his own fate...and our's.

Saturday, August 16, 2008 08:05 PM
Original article: Opus

Boy!

That was a hoot!

Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:28 PM
Original article: "Hamlet 2"

I'm Stunned

Pam Brady is a hack. Team America was a thoroughly UNfunny movie. But hey, she's all tied up with the guys who make South Park so she MUST be funny, right?

Wrong.

And this movie is proof. If your script can't help Steve Coogan be funny, then your script is shit. Period.

Friday, August 22, 2008 10:21 AM

This Straight Male Does Not Condone Adultery

But he also doesn't condone the ridiculous stud/slut double-standard. How generations have to die away in this country before people realize that a robust, healthy libido is part of being HUMAN. It's not a gender issue.

Friday, August 22, 2008 10:42 AM
Original article: "Death Race"

LEAVE JASON STATHAM ALOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!

Just kidding.

In all seriousness, I thought he was quite good in Guy Ritchie's movies. He was witty as hell, funny and a bit nervous. None of it prepared me for his...OTHER dimension, which he pulls off with equal aplomb. Face it, the man can act.

Friday, August 29, 2008 02:20 AM
Original article: American revolutionary

Are You Kidding Me?!

Those who are comparing this speech - or, for that matter, Barack's keynote speech in 2004 - to Cuomo's in 1984 need to grab hold in earnest to the CD I own, entitled "Great Speeches of the 20th Century."

And once you have hold of it in earnest, listen hard to Cuomo's dazzling, amazing keynote speech from 1984. It attacked Reagan - and Reaganomics - full on, with tooth and claw. It was brilliant, and miles away better than Obama's speech last night. The speech Obama delivered was what you would expect, once you had come to expect it. And I have.

Obama is better than McCain, but only marginally so. Please don't coat him in plaudettes and smiles just because he knows how to speak in public better than you do. Please.

Monday, September 1, 2008 11:03 AM
Original article: Staycation Nation

What Drivel

The last time I checked - and that would be my childhood and adolescence in the 70s and early 80s - never being able go anywhere meant POVERTY. Jeez...

Monday, September 1, 2008 12:39 PM

I Offer the Following Bit of Dialogue to Any Protester/Activist Who Would Like to Use It.

Excuse me, officer, but do you have a grandfather? Did you have a grandfather? Did he fight in World War II? I only ask because if he did see combat in World War II he was shooting, strafing or bombing men just like you. Kind of ironic, don't you think??

Monday, September 1, 2008 05:55 PM

The "MAN" Who Made Her Pregnant?!

The last time I checked, 18 and 19-year-old boys have gone to prison for making their "underage", 17-year-old girlfriends pregnant.

Having once been a boy that age, I have never and will never like those laws...but they exist, and where are the police in all this?

Oh, right...never mind.

Monday, September 1, 2008 06:03 PM

I Have A Personal Message For These Fuckers

Click my name for a nice video.

Most Active Letters Threads

369

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
204

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
104

How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!

So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again
57

The crazy, irrational beliefs of Muslims

Tom Friedman explains the real problem: stupid Muslims think the U.S. is about war and aggression.
51

Police to talk to Woods

Early morning crash raises questions, and revives tabloid speculation

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon