The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson

“This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won’t hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force.” Hunter S. Thompson, “Fear and Loathing in America” ESPN: Page 2

“The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now — with somebody — and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.” Hunter S. Thompson, “Fear and Loathing in America” ESPN: Page 2

“But never mind the nights, my love, because they never really happened anyway.” Ralph Steadman on Hunter S. Thompson (source)

“But now, looking at the big red notebook I carried all through that scene, I see more or less that happened. The book itself is somewhat mangled and bent; some of the pages are torn, others are shriveled and stained by what appears to be whiskey, but taken as a whole, with sporadic memory flashes, the notes seem to tell the story.” Looking back at Hunter S. Thompson’s classic story about the Kentucky Derby - Grantland (via hamez)

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