Alabama has a story no one will believe (John Archibald/al.com)

[eppur_se_muova]

April 1, 2010

Dear Publisher,

I had an idea for book. Sort of a Carl Hiassen-meets-Kingfish political journey of the absurd. Pure fiction. All fiction. I call it "Houses of the Holey." But let me tell you about it.

There's this guy who can't get along with anyone. His own men try to frag him in Vietnam, and he brags about it. He goes to law school and his own professor makes fun of him. Calls him names like "fruit salad" because he's all mixed up and topped with nuts.

But he graduates and moves to the country, where he becomes prosecutor in a small town. I mean, the guy is inept. Once, while demonstrating to a jury how a crime was committed, he accidentally stabs himself with the murder weapon. They had to declare a mistrial and try it all over again. And he cut himself again.

Classic comedy.

This guy runs for office and loses and goes off to Texas to learn kickboxing. He disappears in Australia for a while, but comes back and settles down to marry his high school sweetheart - well it wasn't his high school, but he was sweet on her.
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more: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/11/boy_do_i_have_a_story_you_wont.html

[Pachamama]

1. I recommend reading the whole editorial....its hysterical...

[Hortensis]

2. Good, but funniest of all is that it's published by AL.com,

which basically issued a "bring it on 'cause we're going to dish it big time" response to Moore's cease-and-desist demand and threat to sue for defamation.

Seriously, the nation needs educating about personality and other mental disorders. They're very common, and are showing up all over extremist politics. Moore's history makes me willing to place a sizable bet that he is diagnosable, just...how to collect? He and/or Rump's team may someday seek out diagnoses in attempts to ward off prosecution and make deals, as Reagan's did, but until then...

[MyOwnPeace]

3. I think...

the entire Cabinet could qualify - and they'd better hurry because they could lose their medical coverage - just like how many more millions of Americans that had mental disorders and voted for him?

[Hortensis]

4. :) Mental disorder is at least a partial excuse, and

I'm not inclined to excuse Trump voters for anything. What is justifiable?

I am wondering how many of the cabinet might be diagnosable. From normal to clinically disordered is a very broad range, and before you get to people whose ability to function in society is so chronically disordered that they could carry a firm diagnosis, you have millions upon millions of people who exhibit "traits of" disorder.

Seems like the whole damned cabinet is traits of disorder. We could call them The Traits for short. Short for traitors, which I consider the whole lot of them.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. To be "serious" for a moment...........

I truly don't think most of them (the Cabinet - NOT the voters!) do have any "mental disorder" - any more than the rest of us do!

And also, I also do not consider them traitors - they are VERY loyal - to the 1%!!

Actually, they are driving ME crazy!!!!

[Hortensis]

9. Lol. Points to be settled only after professional evaluation.

Of course, we do know that sociopathy/psychopathy is so common that, on average, every sizable school class and department at work will have one. 5 in every 100 or so, and more, so no surprise that everyone who reads a book about, say, personality disorders starts understanding what was going on with some unforgettable, and frequently very harmful, people they crossed paths with.

Also that unusual degrees of charisma have been identified as a characteristic in many (certainly not of all). Also that they are typically very manipulative and tend to seek positions that give them power over people.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. According to SAMSA.....

(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) 1 in 5 Americans have some sort of mental disorder.

So, you're out with 4 other friends.

Which one is it?

[Hortensis]

13. At very least, I'd prefer not to find out I'm one of the 20%,

but lying awake in the middle of the night assures me that, whatever my problems, at least I do have a conscience.

[MyOwnPeace]

14. OK, Hortensis...........

You've declared that you are NOT a Republican!

[Hortensis]

15. Tremendous reassurance, thanks! I've actually wondered

a number of times how many of them endure dark moments when doubt creeps in, or if any do.

[marble falls]

5. I'd like to pitch this: so there's this orange wigged scamster from NYC, see, who's got political...

ambitions ......

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Yeah..............

It's the old "would you buy a used car from this guy" - and they fell for it (the 3 million fewer, that is!).

[marble falls]

10. Over priced real estate to Russian mobsters .... nah, who'd believe that?

[Nitram]

6. This.

[Vinca]

12. Wow - the nutjobs sure show up in the comments section.