What?

This is The Poor Man.  It is an Institute. You are not.

19 Responses to “What?”

  1. peter ramus Says:
    January 16, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    I like the look of the place now that you’ve cleaned up the two dirts.

    The lower left hand corner is a particularly nice touch.

  2. ploeg Says:
    January 16, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Huh? What the…? How? Who…? Oh, Jesus Christ.

  3. lynndi Says:
    January 16, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    I missed the Poor Man Institute very much. Thanks for the comeback!

  4. Chris Says:
    January 17, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Where the f*#k have you been?

  5. Todd Says:
    January 17, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    That mural! Ken shape-shifting into vol 22 of a Choose your Own Adventure novel? I fucking wept, man. I wept, because I just saw God.

  6. @§©¡¡-†®À§H Says:
    January 17, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Welcome back!

  7. Shlomo Firefly Says:
    January 18, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    welcome back, you salivating, prurient sots… the lights are back on, the floors have been swept, the fridge is stocked with veggies and cans of Fancy Feast

  8. Todd Says:
    January 19, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    Thank You.

  9. Todd Says:
    January 22, 2008 at 1:00 am

    I don’t represent a coalition of concerned citizens who are anti-laser. Here are the facts that Big Laser doesn’t want you to know.

    1. Lasers = Death
    2. Anyone who as seen documentaries like “Star Wars” and “Battlefield Earth” know that lasers are here to kill us.
    3. They want to put the lasers in your eye. Your eye! What? Have they seen documentaries like “Star Wars” and “Battlefield Earth”?
    4. Don’t let them tell you that you can ride a laser. You can’t.
    5. Lasers will burn your ass. Don’t find out like we did.
    6. Lasers prey on our children with their various cool colors. Fuck you Big Laser, stay off my boy’s lunch pail!
    7. Everyone is pro-laser? Wrong, we’re anti-laser. See?
    8. A Laser killed Obi-Won Kenobi. Big Laser will tell you otherwise, all they’re interested in creating the next generation of photon torpedoes, laser swords, light sabres, and even now laz-o-chucks. Laser Nun chucks! Who’s side is Big Laser really on? The Chinese, the Russians, and the Cylons, that’s whose.
    9. How annoying are laser pointers, really?
    10. You can’t even go light-speed dude, you’re twin will get all old, and you’ll only be going -.1 the speed on light. Who has time for that?
    10. The Bussard Ramjet is the ONLY technology that will, 1. Clean the environment, 2. Keep good jobs here at home, 3. stop the greed in D.C., and 4. Not kill us to death like lasers.

    Thank You.

    - Not a Lobbiest for Big Ramjet.

  10. Todd Says:
    January 22, 2008 at 1:16 am

    and here’s a third #10!
    10. We can’t even mention the number of times in the Bible Christ or Lord and Saviour who sits on the right hand of our Father til Perditons Adevent, warned his followers to resist the temptation of lasers.

    We’re the National Assoc. Massing Back Laser Action, or NAMBLA.

    .

    Thank You,

    - Not a Lobbiest for Big Ramjet

  11. Paul Curtin Says:
    January 27, 2008 at 9:35 am

    i can has little mustache?

    is gift?

  12. ERIC PENNEY Says:
    February 8, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    Are you fucking kidding me? This book is the most stupid thing in the history of man. I can’t even bring myself to hate you. you’re an idiot.

  13. Paul Curtin Says:
    February 12, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Oh eric, eric (May I call you eric?),

    As one who comes to bury the editors, not praise them, allow me to frame a simple reply:
    1. yes
    2. possibly
    3. emotions are illogical. don’t bemoan your inability to emote.
    4. closer reading may cause you to re-evaluate this statement.

    greetings

  14. Jack at The Crossed Pond Says:
    February 12, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    Hi,
    I am a long time reader and fan of The Institute, despite my libertarian orientation. (That would be Jim Henley-style libertarianism, not the old professer glibertarianism, by the way). I am one of the posters at http://thecrossedpond.com/ I am writing to solicit a post from you that mentions the fifth anniversary of the three American hostages in Colombia. The background:

    On February 13th, 2003 four Americans under contract with the U.S. Department of Defense and a Colombian citizen onboard a Cessna 208 crashed in the Colombian jungle. They survived. Unfortunately, they were deep within territory controlled and patrolled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, widely referred to as the FARC, the largest armed insurgent force in the Western hemisphere. The revolutionaries soon surrounded the crash site. They executed pilot Tom Janis and Colombian Luis Alcides Cruz on the spot. They took the three other Americans, Marc Gonsalves , Keith Stansell, and Thomas Howes, prisoner. And so they remain to this day. Five years held hostage in the Colombian jungle.

    I have written a bit about them here:
    http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=2407
    http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=2416

    Here is what I propose: On the fifth anniversary of their imprisonment, I hope for every blogger and journalist with which we have the slightest influence to post something about Marc, Keith, & Tom. Anything. Decry the drug war. Rail against the communist-based, narco-trafficking insurgents. Rage against Western imperialism in Latin America for all I care. Just remember Marc, Keith, & Tom. Express concern for their welfare, and hope for their freedom. Demonstrate to their families that they are not forgotten. Help me spread the word. I don’t care if you link to us, I really don’t. Just post something. This should be something that can cross most ideological boundaries. I don’t know what good this can do, but I would like to think that it might elevate the issue in the minds of influential parties. Hostages do, on occasion, get released for public relations reasons.

    I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

    - Jack

  15. Jack at The Crossed Pond Says:
    February 12, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    dang it. Sorry about that. I was trying to send you a comment, and did not realize I was commenting in a thread. SHould not drink scotch and post. Should not drink scotch and post.

  16. Paul Curtin Says:
    February 14, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Right you are Jack!
    A pint of gin is yer only man!

  17. Porgie Tirebiter Says:
    February 25, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Fucking hell. I had changed my bookmark to the blogspot address. Make up your mind already. Flip-flopper!

  18. Stogie Says:
    February 28, 2008 at 10:17 am

    Where can I find back issues of the Keyboard Kommandos?

  19. Sifu Tweety Fish Says:
    February 28, 2008 at 10:47 am

    Right here.

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