Jack Thompson's New Gig: Pundit
Jack Thompson's New Gig: Pundit
November 13, 2008
Everyone's favorite disbarred attorney has a new gig.
It seems that Jack Thompson is now penning a column for conservative website Human Events.
Thompson teased his new assignment in a post on GamePolitics yesterday:
This new ESRB bandaid just gets more of the camel's nose into the video game industry's tent. Look for a federal law prohibiting sale of mature games to minors in Obama's first term. It will be wildly popular with parents in both parties, as a recent video game industry poll proves.
The new statutory approach is constiutionally bullet proof...
PS: Hey, I have a new job that began today, and I'm not saying what it is, but you kids won't be pleased!
GP: So, Jack Thompson, cub reporter?
Big thanks to: GP reader Maxamegalon2000 for the tip!
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Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
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Subscribing to his rss feed
I hope JT has the common sense to use spell check before he posts his articles or else:
I like this one more, haha.
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I love that no matter where JT goes, controversy follows, haha. Once the gaming mass finds out, he will have trolling all over his articles, just like he has done.
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"Here I go again, on my own, goin' down the only road I've ever known. Like a stripper, I was born to walk alone..."
This is going to be fun! Yes, Jack, we are pleased!
Yes, we are. :D
P.S. The lyrics are "Like a drifter...", not "Like a stripper..." XP
Game on, brothers and sisters.
In before "lol wonder when jack will show!"
Which industry poll is he referring to? The last two that I read both said most parents were gaming with their kids, not clamouring for increased prohibitions.
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Good to see Mr. Thompson back in the work force. :)
Also you have to love how the his description at the bottom of the article described him as a "former lawyer" instead of a "disbarred lawyer" which is more accutare. xD
I was surprised he was able to FIND work, the way the economy is going.
By the way, I wonder how much being an author on an online conservative rag pays...
Game on, brothers and sisters.
I'm a little suprised any website wanting to be taken seriously would allow a disbarred lawyer who submitted pornography in his court filings to write a column. Especially a conservative website. Do they even bother to do any research on their own writers? Oh well, I suppose I'll just go right ahead and assume they already knew all of that and fully support his previous actions.
:: facepalm ::
Forget being Disbarred the man can barely write. Reading some of his court statements makes me wonder if his spell and gramar check software in office was removed.
I predict his column will be read more by his opponents (gamers) than by others. Don't give him any attention, he is a pundit now, he has no power anymore.
Oh for the love of...Excuse me while I go and damn everything.
You mean he will actually have a paying job for once?
So, who wants to bet on how long till they get annoyed with his antics and distance themselves from him?
$20 says three months at the most.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Well. He isn't gone for good -- but I'm glad that he did find a new job.
I know. SHOCKER. I'm happy that he found a job. The reason why, though, is that he is a father with a son. I'm sure things are hard for him too, with everything the way it is. A conservative reporter/blogger type of job is perfect for him. He lost touch as a lawyer, so I hope he can rant away to his heart's content.
But, at least he's happy.
Amy Levandoski
His wife is a sucessful lawyer, they are not hurting for money.
Though I imagine, given his theological background, it must REALLY eat at him that his wife is the breadwinner instead of submissive to him (like he seems to think other women should be to their husbands)
He believes in that? Seriously. Wow...
Amy Levandoski
More fundamental Christians believe in the authority of the husband (it is related to Islam and Judaism). The husband lives to serve God and the wife lives to serve the husband...which pleases God.
You have to be a woman, no gentleman of the internet would actually think of someone elses happiness, much less Jacks.
You'd think the name, Amy, would be a dead give away... XD
I just don't wish a thing on my enemies.
Amy Levandoski
I tend to wish eye cancer or ninja bear attacks on my enemies. I know I could go with more conventional horrors but I figure those are rare enough that if they actually happen, I've achieved something.
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"Ninja bear attacks"
Lol, okay, I just imagined that. Big teddy-bear looking bears with headbands and belts with shurikans on them.
I picturing a team of juvenile grizzly bear ninjas it's the TMNU!
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Ursas!)
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
Hahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha
his unending faith in Ronald Reagan will be the end of him :(
Big whoop.
But of course, he couldn't tell the truth in his bio, besides the "former" instead of "disbarred" lawyer:
He secured the first broadcast decency fines ever levied by the FCC (1989) and represented Oliver North at the 1992 Time Warner shareholders meeting, persuading TW to pull rapper Ice-T's "Cop Killer" from store shelves worldwide.
False. Everyone knows that Ice-T pulled the album himself. Go watch his VH1 Behind the Music.
Geaux Saints, Geaux Tigers, Geaux Hornets, Jack Thompson can geaux chase a chupacabra.
From the article:
"Mr. Thompson is a writer and former lawyer in Miami who was Janet Reno's Republican opponent in 1988 for State Attorney. He secured the first broadcast decency fines ever levied by the FCC (1989) and represented Oliver North at the 1992 Time Warner shareholders meeting, persuading TW to pull rapper Ice-T's "Cop Killer" from store shelves worldwide."
Y'know, I think that little blurb of his summarizes just about all of his successes in his professional life. Check that, he also failed to beat out Janet Reno.
No mention of his more unpleasant activities, his nearly innumerable failures, his dozens of counts of professional misconduct, his logic-less rantings, downright malicious harassment.
Edit: Beardog beat me to it. Another 'success' crossed off the list.
Oh dear now he will be spreading his anti video game messages to a MUCH larger group of people. 0_0
Yeah, but they're probably already against us anyway. So he's just kind of an echo to them of what they already think, only louder and with more rabies.
^^^This, more or less.
Thompson's always more or less preached to the choir and what he'd probably generally call "his people." But in all consideration, this is likely better than his idiot mug on Faux News and other broadcast media where he reaches a more broad and otherwise equally as uninformed audience to sway to his kind of narrow-minded thinking.
After all, people find it easier to just watch the idiot box than read an article of fluff, much less anything of meaningful, critical value. Why do you find it that it's most often celebrity and tabloid rags that are placed at the supermarket checkout? Personally, with Thompson's imagination, I always figured him more likely to get work writing for the Weekly World News.
lol
that'll get him heard! seriously... aren't there just barely more readers of conservitive blogs as compared to, say, tabloids?
whatch out JT or them aliens may get ya and let big foot do his thing on yer behind!
i think he'd get more out of standing on the side of the street with a sign that said "games made me this way" as he was all dressed up as a bloody hobo or something...
ROFLMAO
So wait, now he's writing for a conservative paper and uses the name Michelleobamarama on gamepolitics? Someone needs a lesson on... well actually JT needs a lesson in a lot of things.
No disrespect to pundits intended, but when you go from being a lawyer to a pundit because you were disbarred, I don't think you should be jumping up and down with glee about it. That being said, I actually read the first article he had up today, and it's not too shabby actually. Perhaps he may have found his niche :p His "signature" or whatever it is, is self righteous, but the rest of it seems as unbiased as you possibly can be from a conservative site.
Actually, going from respectable professional to pop-media after disgrace is a pretty normal thing to do.
Professional organizations have standards, and people who can't play by the rules but still rant well enough find that it can be far more profitable to go the media route. I mean, look at Dr Phil... he had his license revoked for ethical violations and then became quite popular (and wealthy) via beocming a pop-psychologist where the ethical standards are much lower (and no oversight).
So wait, he writes reports and expects the president to actually care? Am I supposed to be impressed or something here? I feel like this is just another epic fail for him. Good to know that he got a new job. I'll take bets on how long he can hold it till he gets fired for sending porn to his boss or something like that. Hahah.
No, seriously... I'm happy for the guy. I mean... as an attorney, JT was just a caustic, abusive, jerk. As a pundit... well... I think after a long drawn out election year, we're all pretty resistant to written insanity :P. But I hope his tenture at human events bear more fruit than his previous career... cuz a little constructive use of his time would probably be really good for the guy.
okay, well that didn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense...
but the message still stands: CONGRATS JACK! GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW DIGgS!
Y'know, maybe JT and Bill O'Reilly can have a show together. They fit so well, like two gay men going down on each other.
Now they're having gay sex~
Pundit gay sex~
Sod-o-meeeeEEEEE!
-Family Guy cover
aaaiiihhhhhh you know if the two ever where in the same room, they sky would turn black, and the earth would crack open, heralding the firey, mucus filled apocalypse
Dude, you're lucky that was predicted. You almost divided by zero just there.
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Congrats Thompson. I don't know why you thought we wouldn't be pleased. I think writing for a conservative publication is wholly appropriate for you.
Just remember that you're a contributor, not a columnist. I'd hate to have to contact Human Events and tell them that you're misrepresenting yourself.
Andrew Eisen
Haha, well played.
Also:
"It will be wildly popular with parents in both parties, as a recent video game industry poll proves."
A) Whenever Jack refers to a poll/survey/study/research without evidence of it, a majority of the time it turns out to not really exist either at all or in the form he claims it did.
B) In the cases where it does exist and says what he says it does, in proper context, or he does reference it, it turns out to be BS.
C) Allowing for the possibility that a fair and unbiased poll found the majority of the pollsters in favor of video game regulation, I say this: Just because something is 'popular' does not make it good, or right. See Britney Spears, Heroine, Gas Tax Holiday, Patriot Act, the list goes on.
LOL I see he finally got his own blog ;)
That is quite the mixed metaphor he's got there... How did he get hired as a writer?
Oh no, he can write articles about us, I am shaking in my boots, haha.
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Congrats to him, idiotic rants won't put foods on his family's table.
Don't be so sure... it's worked well for Joe Lieberman for years....
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Congratulations to Jack Thompson. I am glad he found a job. Although it's a far cry from being a lawyer, he can now write for like-minded people. My money is on him saying or doing something stupid to get fired or sued.
Some advice, Jack: You best keep the hyperbole and outrageous statements under control. You can and will be held accountable for what you say by your employers. Also, there will be comments placed to your articles you may not agree with. That does not mean you can harrass them, email them, find out who they work for, sue them, or add them to your "gay conspiracy". Deal with it like an adult for a change.
By the way, what ever happened to your jackvsgoliath and copycatviolence websites?
Wow! He looks like a stone cold lifelong pyronecrohomobestiphiliac sociopath in that picture. He must be a man on a mission from some lame God to be sure.
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So who will be the first to spam his articles with Press releases and letters? Any takers?
Congrats on the new gig. It is a far cry from Raise Hell Inc. I was really looking forward to finding out what that company was. But this new gig suits you well. Enjoy and have much success.
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Raise Hell Inc. sounds like something Stone Cold Steve Austin would come up with.
Geaux Saints, Geaux Tigers, Geaux Hornets, Jack Thompson can geaux chase a chupacabra.
You just know he is going to get hammered by gamers if comments are allowed to be posted to his column. It would nice to see about 10k gamers join that site and make it crawl on its knees with all the rebuke they would shell out.
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"The most difficult pain a man can suffer is to have knowledge of much and power over little" - Herodotus
I posted a comment on the site and it got accepted. I didn't bash Thompson in it though.
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I didn't bash him either, so Game On!
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Me. I already declared war on him in the first place.
Wars over :p
Yeah, the war ended when his disbarment took effect.
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I know, I couldn't resist saying that. And No for clarification, I'm not going to spam his editorials. I actually left him a nice a comment there for once.
I, for one, won't be signing up to his rss feed, won't be visiting his blog, and I won't be posting comments to his site.
Please people, keep in mind that places like that count HITS, not opinions. Which means he can be full of spit, you could log on there and say he is full of spit, everyone could be proving that he is full of spit, but the website would only count hits.
This is ONE case where ignoring him would make him go away.
I am also surprised that anyone would hire him when he has already been disbarred for lying among other things. I doubt he put much truth in his resume, and unless they actually looked up stuff (rather then just calling his references a.k.a. Wunderman) then they probably don't know Jack.
His disbarrment doesn't matter to Christian Conservatives. Apparently, Christians are allowed to get away with anything so long as its religiously motivated. He will be preaching to the choir there.
Remember, they think Free Speech only applies to Religious Speech.
That and disaggreeing with government policies. That's about it.
It's funny though, gun control advocates can point to the wording of the second amendment and say 'they meant guns only belong with a 'well regulated militia''.
Certain Conservatives would disagree yet say the first amendment only covers free speech when you're protesting the government yet there's nothing to suggest that.
Disclaimer: I do not support gun control other than background checks and possibly (short) waiting periods. I do not support banning assault rifles and I believe the framers of the bill of rights intended for citizens to own guns. I base that off a quote from Jefferson.
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Its one of those paradoxes. Both liberals and conservatives think the Bill of Rights isn't absolute. Liberals say that about the 2nd Amendment, Conservatives about the 1st Amendment.
I say its all or nothing.
Agreed
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Actually, both parties have their way with the first ammendment. Dems like to label most anything as "hate speech" if it offends anyone and are usually PC nazis. Conservatives meanwhile usually want more religious involvement in the government while at the same time putting hate on the Muslims. These are generalities, of course. Both sides have their various ammendments they like to take as casual advice rather than a core tennant of our country's belief and legal system, but they both go hate'n on the 1st ammendment.
I completeley agree. Let the comments section on his articles remain a barren wasteland.
But if anyone finds that they absolutely cannot resist posting something, please remember this:
KEEP IT CLEAN!
I'm not even kidding. Even one "lulz jt u shud die" among a thousand posts, and he'll wave it around as an example of what gamers are, and the 'unjustified harrassment' he 'bravely' suffers through. He's done it many times before.
There's no need to stoop to his level.
Most people here already know this, and wouldn't act like that anyway, I know. This is for the few who would: Please don't give us gamers and more of a bad rep than we already have.
With that said, he'll probably just post stuff like that on himself and claim he's being threatened.
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1. Human Events? That rag has no credibility at all. I've seen ads for them in my Gmail. They publish Ann "Coultergeist" Coulter, Robert Novak, L. Brent Bozell III, Michelle Malkin, Bill "BillO the Clown" O'Reilly, and Phyllis Schlafly. If that doesn't give some indication of their inanity, I don't know what will.
2. How would federal legislation on video games be a conservative thing? I thought that conservatism (at least in the American sense) meant less government intervention and regulation, not more.
Spekkio, Master of War
Conservatism only ment that when it was felt that liberals were in charge.
As the concervative movement gained power over the years it shifted to 'the government needs to protect people from themselves' so you got more morality laws. Freedom means living your life their way.. so if something goes against their way of life it is infringing and needs to be stopped, but if it goes the other way then it's the democratic process deciding how everyone should live. 51% is always right as long as it is them.
Sigh well so much for my hope that we wouldn't hear for him for at least a few months. Well I'm sure he'll be a big hit on Bill O'riley and Fox News.
So, now he's just a Right Wing nutjob writing for a Conservative blog run by other Right Wing nutjobs that will only be read by more Right Wing nutjobs. Sounds fine to me. Based on the comments I read it sounds like he's just preaching to the choir, which again is just fine (hey, the guy's bound to have at least some people who share his extremist viewpoints, improbable as that may seem.) We've been after him for years to get his own blog so he can spew his hatred, lies and outrageous statements. Well, he's finally pretty much got that now. So just let 'im. At least he now has a venue to do that, so hopefully that'll mean he'll be harassing us here less often and abusing the comments section here with his spamming, insults and threats.
Personally I thought maybe he would have been hired by the PTC, which would have been a match made in hell. At least now he's just another Conservative hack and can't threaten anyone with lawsuits. As long as Fox News doesn't give him a television show, I don't think we have much to worry about from him. I won't subscribe to his RSS feed, but I might bookmark it. It should be good to read at least for a few yuks.
Congrats on the new job Jack.
No more really need be said, at least for now.
(shrug) - OK - so, he's got a blog. Nice.
Jokes aside, I kinda knew he was gonna end up just another douchebag with an opinion. What's remarkable is that anybody would pay for it. Still, you know what they say about fools and their money. Well, good for him really, I know allot of people out of work these days, have to kind of make the best of it.
People will pay for anyone with even a midly recognizable name these days.
Good luck, Jack.
I'm curious if this is actually a paying gig or not. Looking at their "contributors" most of them are just republications of nationally syndicated columns that they convieniently don't mention.
I find it quite funny that at one point he writes, "he told this reporter." So now he's calling himself a reporter?
http://www.popularculturegaming.com
I'm not so sure getting paid 10 cents a word for the occassional article qualifies as a "job." I'll bet Jack won't make more than $5,000 a year doing that -- not that he was making $5,000 a year before. And it's not the first time he's a contributing writer (and I use the word "writer" loosely) for a conservative news/opinion blog. Back in the day, he did a stint contributing drivel to NewsMax.
I just realized how perfect a set up this new "job" is for Jack.
Now he has even more reason and time to spend on a computer, something that has already been long his favorite pastime.
And any site that includes Ann Coulter and many of those other names in a positive manner isn't one that deals much with sensible reason. Which means Thompson will really fit in there!
Reading all the comments saying 'Good on you for getting a job' makes me smile. Because if, say, a GP editor was fired and then it was reported that he passed the bar or something, I'm almost positive Thompson would call him a 'Godless bastard' who is 'corrupting the youth of this country' or something. It would probably be bitter and laced with various nasty comments.
Showing humility in victory. Gamers ftw.
Am I the only one who gets the sense that "conservative columns" are for washed up people whose actual careers have gone down the toilet? There was that Pat Boone guy who Dennis covered a while ago and now this.
Why am i not surprised that this is all he could cook up? Now instead of staring at the computer typing endless rants and press releases, he's now a news blogger. Blogging. Just what his 'opponents' do. The circle is now complete...
That said, i'm glad he at least got SOMETHING to fill his financial void. Though sadly, this will probably make for more of a profit for him than his last decade as an attorney...
I also find it mildly ironic that his lunacy will be protected under the first amendment. Talk about cruel twist of fate.
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It always was, it's really amusing when nuts like Jack fight the very thing that lets them say whatever they want, (like mocking a suicide for instance) barring lies and whatnot (which I think he was disbarred for).
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Would this be related to the Eagle Forum? I recall the interviews he did there and they really kissed his behind.
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This is Jack's big surprise? How typically impotent. Well, enjoy your new "job" while you can, Jack. If your own propensity towards self-destruction doesn't get you, the hackers will.
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http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
wait wait wait??? "gay conspierecy" come on seriously that has to be a joke??? anyone??
Honestly i'm 50 50 on this one yea its good he has a job so he can support his family but he'll screw it up when people start to not agree with his stories and he will do the classic gp move of "if you are going to post here you are legally suppose to put your full name address and phone number" bull that he pulled how many times on here??? Given it is sad to a point that he lost his career (ok not really) but maybe this will work...thats a tough maybe though..
Keep in mind, he never supported his family. His wife is a successful and well respected Lawyer (even a member of the bar's board.). She has been the breadwinne since I can't recal JT actually having won any cases in decades.
She's a member of the Bar's Board? Wow I didn't know that. Which brings a question to mind, and that question is this: Why didn't she tell the gasbag to shut the hell up when she knew as well as anyone they could and would eventually take the hammer to him?
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
I would like to put forward a recomendation to the court of GP. I am requesting that we ban Mr Thompson from living on this planet. Will anyone second?
Secondend!
Ok... but only if we can make him really itchy first.
Nothing says torture like an itchy-planet ban.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
I thirdeded that! or i secondeded that again..Damn how would you say that
You say"I third that"
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
"Back in 1988 Bennett was the GOP challenger to Palin for the district attorney's job in Dade County. Bennett's unique campaign message was that Palin was unfit for the job because, as a closeted lesbian with a drinking problem, she was great candidate for blackmail by the criminal element. Bill never explained why this remained a threat even after he exposed her "secret." Reno cruised at the polls.
Jack Thompson Disbarred Attorney
Maybe now you idiots will listen".
Well its nice to see that first day on the job and he still acts immature..*shakes head* wow and people call gamers immature
Durrrrrr, it's already illegal to sell to minors without parental knowledge, no one cares.
If a law was made that required people to twirl around and sing every time they saw a guy with a red hat, no one would do it, and no one would enforce it.
It's the same thing with this law : JT has made anyone that dares criticize violent video games look like a braying jackass. It'd be like a heroine addict shooting up and telling me antibiotics were destroying my body.
Somebody needs to shut this guy up, as his rantings have made it OKAY for the industry to escalate video game violence exponentially over the past few years. With gears of war 2 and fallout 3's 'blow their heads into anatomically correct chunks' (okay, maybe not anatomically correct) violence being sold as just "M" alongside games like unreal tournament 3 (which had some gibs and blood and cussing, which should be M), parents can't make an informed decision.
But nope, as long as he still throws idiotic hissy fits and claims he's intelligent because he DOESN'T play violent video games, people are going to look at the violence, just to NOT be like him.
And if JT, like the obsessive twit we know he is takes the time to read comments reads this one, I'd love to hear his response)
Apparently live action violence, such as Batman, and comic violence, again Batman (one of his favorite shows), don't affect people.
CSI, law and order:SVU, 24, sarah conner chronicles, none of these shows that go as far as depicting rape scenes and throat slittings create violence or desensitize. No, hookers laying in a puddle of their own blood, a man getting his head blown to bits with a shotgun, all of this is fine and dandy.
Nor do shows about certain superheros dedicating their lives to vengeance and ignoring loved ones send a message to young kids. Something about turning the other cheek, about who vengeance belongs to.
Also, in romans chapter 14 there is a verse about not purposing to cause other people to metaphorically stumble based on your beliefs. Wow. For a supposedly 'christian' 'right winged' 'conservative' you sure have some nasty habits contrary to your label.
It's not illegal to sell M rated games to minors anywhere in the United States. It is an industry imposed and supported action. In fact, all the laws that get struck down are ones that do try to make selling to minors illegal.
Cub reporter? Not quite, Dennis. That would refer to someone who hasn't done this before.
I covered the Elian Gonzalez saga for Newsmax.com and on Fox News Channel a dozen times in 2000. I then covered the Bush v. Gore post election fight here in Florida for Newsmax.com as well and on Fox.
There's a lot about Jack Thompson that Dennis McCauley doesn't know. If he did, he would be even more nervous than he already is.
This assignment by Human Events has been fun. Palin's press conference today was a fiasco. Read all about it at a site that covers real news. Jack Thompson
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
Just curious oh might jack...if palin is a "lesbian" what does that have to do with anything?? arent people's own sexual orientation their own business???
Apparently not, according to Jack.
Nice. Have a cookie.
Check out the one I did!
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Prove it or bullshit, Jackie- boy.
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Collin Griffin, A.K.A. Shadow Darkman, Sane Human Church-Goer, And Look What Jack's Been Reduced To.
Prove what? The Newsmax thing is true.
Andrew Eisen
What about the FOX thing?
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No reason to doubt it's true. Thompson's been on Fox News plenty of times. And seeing how much ink he spilled over the incident at Newsmax I don't find it much of a stretch for him to have talked about it on Fox News.
Was it actually a dozen times in 2000? Probably not but you never know.
Andrew Eisen
Yeah, but the thing is, you look through the list of article titles, and you can see that Thompson was essentially using the NEwsmax site to bash Janet Reno. How disrespectful Thompson is.
Oh gawd, jack posted here and Im having a mind block on what to respond with.
Seriously. Jack this is the first (at least as far as I know) time that a few of us are saything something positive. I mean congrats you got a new job! But yeah like I said, don't screw it up.
Oh yeah, that's Jack for you.
Nice to know somethings never change.
"Even if it was online gaming that somehow inspired him to kill his parents, he must have realised at some point that they wouldn't drop any good loot." - GP member, Doomsong
Glad you found a new hobby John.
And I honestly hope your page isn't trolled.
So you have another site that you will never update, and are likely to be fired from because if soemoen dares disaggree with you you will try your damn hardest to ruin their lives.
Also, just because you don't see the articleso n this site as news doesn't mean we don/'t. Of course, you only believe it to be news if your ugly face is posted up on the front page.
In any cas,e I know you only told us because you believe we can't resist harassing people, so, you sit there with your sense of false superiority, and I'll sit here and never go near your blog.
I wouldn't call what you did for NewsMax on the L'l Elian saga "coverage." More like you used NewsMax to constantly disparage the efforts of the family's attorneys and tout yourself as the only attorney in Florida capable of saving Elian from his inevitable fate: deportation back to Cuba. And that makes you a seasoned news reporter? If you say so.
Maybe it's because I'm sick but when I watch him write that, I'm imagining him sitting on Dennis' desk with a pair of sunglasses on, going, "Dennis, Dennis, Dennis... So good to see you. I... missed you." Like the Matrix.
Mr. Thompson, with all due respect... You didn't prove anything in the last few years. What're you going to prove now? You have your own blog now, so go write on there. If you harrass people now, you will get harrassed back an' I don't want to hear you whine and moan about it.
NO! I won't HEAR it young man. No ands, ifs, or buts. You go to your room right now young man and you are grounded from writing on that blog of yours. Honestly! Children these days... Give them a computer and they think they can rule the world!
Amy Levandoski
"NO! I won't HEAR it young man. No ands, ifs, or buts. You go to your room right now young man and you are grounded from writing on that blog of yours. Honestly! Children these days... Give them a computer and they think they can rule the world!"
LEGENDARY WIN!
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Amy Levandoski
bud dum bum bum tiss....
Don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses...
Epic Win BTW :)
How's this for a bow, seeing as you're a girl?
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Lol! XD That bow works for me!
Amy Levandoski
Happy to help.
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http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
well thank god i didnt have a diet coke or something right now that would of ruinded the screen...awesome pwn there amy..definitly will look for ur posts
... that'd explain his delusions of being a good lawyer/columnist/human being.
seconded on 'legendary win'. :P
Seriously though, I'd just as soon leave him to do his thing, since he's reduced to 'just another know-nothing blogger', it's not like he has any legal teeth anymore, so why should any of us give a damn?
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Excellent. Here, have a cookie. I promise, by the time you finish it, you'll feel right as rain.
Game on, brothers and sisters.
Yay cookie!
Amy Levandoski
Bob Dole loves talking about Bob Dole! Bob Dole!
Man, people really get up onto a high horse... Or, rather, think they're on the high-horse. But being on a high-horse is the polite way of saying "you're being an idiot." And that's my polite way of saying... Well, even for some people, I have basic standards...
... Jackass...
Anyway, you realize a federal law would be pretty much moot? Dedicated gaming stores (Game Stop, EB Games) have policies. I had to present my ID to get Fable II, and I'm 18 (I look well into college age, though). Besides, it doesn't stop the kids from getting the games. It would just be a redundant law, wasting precious time and money (like they always do) in order to pass, that ultimately wouldn't have much of an effect. My parents bought me Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty when I was 12. They let me play GTA3 when I was the same age too (my dad personally though I could stand the violence (I've been playing shooter games for as long as I rmemeber (Duck Hunt counting, that is), but was against the possibility of killing cops (his father was a detective in the Philly police a long time ago)). My mom's only concern was if I knew what a prostitute was or not (in which I responded with "hooker").
Something like these games are like curse words. By age 8, all kids know all of the curse words. They may not say them, but they know them... So, really, they way for the Thompson "cause" to succeed, you'd have to take away fundamantal rights of citizens, adults, and parents. The freedom of speech, the freedom to buy legal items, and the freedom to raise their own children how they want (within legal boundaries). Quite frankly, a lawyer such as yourself would understand that such an accomplishment would be impossible... At least as long as America is, you know... America... you facist pig.
John Bruce, would you mind clarifying the following statement on your article:
I don't understand where you get that Palin ran for DA in Dade County nor how she is a lesbian and a drunk. I also don't see how shw was doing much in politics in 1988.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091
Hey, EZK, read my reply to what JT said in that article.
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Jack is getting his rants confused. I think he meant Janet Reno, not Palin. You know I get the 2 of them confused too, they look so much alike.
Trust is the sound of death.
He's also confusing Bill Bennet with Jack Thompson. But, I imagine, that's easy for Jack to do when he constantly thinks of and refers to himself in the third-person.
When you get to be old, your memory is the first thing to go...
Cub reporter? Not quite, Dennis. That would refer to someone who hasn't done this before.
I covered the Elian Gonzalez saga for Newsmax.com and on Fox News Channel a dozen times in 2000. I then covered the Bush v. Gore post election fight here in Florida for Newsmax.com as well and on Fox.
There's a lot about Jack Thompson that Dennis McCauley doesn't know. If he did, he would be even more nervous than he already is.
Oh, God, I finally realized why he acts this way: he thinks he's some hot-shot reporter, blowing the cover off of some gigantic conspiracy that will rock the world to its very core. Jeezus Chroist...
Read all about it at a site that covers real news.
HAH! Ah-hahahahahaaa! "Real news", he says. Pah!
Again, Mr. Thompson, you FAIL!! Oh...but congratulations on the new "job". Have fun.
Game on, brothers and sisters.
Lol he thinks he's clark kent.
Just wait for him to start wearing his underpants on the outside of his pants and screaming how he can fly. Yeah... all part of Jacks inability to tell reality from fiction, that he so wants to believe all gamers have a problem with.
A lot of us, heck, all of us, DO pay attention to real news, Mr. Thompson. The internet as a whole is just a crappy place to get it. TV and newspapers cover it better.
Sorry for posting for fun on miscelaneous news about things we happen to enjoy to any degree. You're posting on a place about something you hate. Strange, isn't it?
David "DavCube" Gagnon, Mature Human Being, and You're Not.
Cub reporter? Not quite, Dennis. That would refer to someone who hasn't done this before.
Oh! Then by that rationale, Jack, for 31 years, you were a cub lawyer.
Ahhh and here's the jackass now. Hello Jackie boi, been along time. Gimme a kiss!
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
sadly thats how society views things as video games..its hipocracy at its best..If someone were to complain about hell lets just say the departed (god that movie is AWESOME) and they complained about all the violence and things like that lobbied to have R rated movies not shown anymore then every single person who is against violent video games would shout the whole "you cant do that" bull but 2 weeks later will yell out the same crap about banning gta and its ok to have our rights taken away..
stupidity at its best
He'll be fired the first time he disagrees with their editor in chief over something and calls him/her a satan.
I see he's back to his "million usernames march" again, btw, and referring to himself in third person.
Pixelantes Anonymous - I'm not an attorney, but neither are you! Hoah!
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http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
ahhhhh the million username march...memories...those were good times actully
Protip: you can reply to messages instead of starting a new thread.
Protip: you can stop telling people what to do.
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Pot, stop calling kettle black.
Sorry, I don't smoke that.
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Why don't you give out warnings about it?
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
woops my mistake..Sorry about that i thought when i reply it reply's to the last post..ok will keep that in mind
thanks
Can we please ban JT now that he has an outlet for his fail rage? It was nice of GP to give him some sense of belonging here, even if it was really just sugar coated hate, but he is no longer all that interesting. Honestly now, how long can you laugh at someone whose ruined their life before you start feeling bad for doing it?
No. He still generates 1u1z.
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I've been laughing for years with no ill effect.
I hear smokers say the same thing all the time. In a few years we'll learn that all this exposure to Jack is carcinogenic.
If anything, he'll spam that here now.
no come on guys, JT hasnt been disbarred its going exactly to plan.
JT told me personally on a thread a few weeks back, that he wold NOT be disbarred, and we had to 'wait and see' because he had a 'smoking gun' to save his career.
He cant possibly have another job, he didnt lose his old one because of his fantastic last minute evidence. Wha.. what was it? hell i dont know... lies you say? NEVER!
So THIS was the Secret Plan (TM) Jack's been hinting at all through his disbarrment proceedings? Allowing himself to be stripped of his attorney's title, ending his legal career in disgrace, so that he could make a miraculous comeback as... a right-wing rant-writer (say that 3x fast) for some obscure political blog?
Wow, guess he sure showed us. Congratulations, Jack, you win.
Totally predictable. However knowing how much this narc loves time on-screen, I figured he would try to get on a 24hr propaganda network like FOX.
So he's a newsie now?
Decided to take a stroll through their obscene material. I'm an adult, I can do that.
I love this phrase on the About Us page:
"In every issue, you will savor that rare moment in journalism when the thick fog of liberal bias is blown away to reveal... THE NAKED, BEDROCK TRUTH!"
Actually, if we REALLY wanted to read that properly, it would read:
"In every issue, you will savor that rare moment in journalism when the thick fog of liberal bias is blown away to reveal... Conservative bias"
A clearly Christian religious bias can be seen in just the overwhelming Anti-Muslim stories.
Not to mention the reference to the Anti-Theory of Evolution in public education stance. Perhaps they support the Theory of Creationism or the Theory of Intelligent Design? Not likely they want the Spagetti Monster taught in schools.
So, in fact, we aren't dealing with a REAL news organization. Only politically biased and bigoted garbage. You might call it a political sensationalist rag, if anything.
I did notice at the bottom of the page that "Human Nature" is a part of the "Eagle Publishing Co.". Is that associated with the hate group The Eagles Forum?
As to John Bruce being a contributor, big fat hairy deal. Eric Rudolph is a contributor of articles too. I have no doubt that Fred Phelps is as well. And certainly Lyndon LaRouche has a few published articles too. There are a large number of individuals who contribute to print. So what? A religious sociopath had an op-ed piece published in a newspaper earlier this year advocated abuse against kids based on their sexuality, preceived or actual, and claimed it was their religious Right to do so and they were against an Anti-Abuse (Anti-Bully) law in NC because of it. I'm about as impressed with their ability to publish as I am with John Bruce's.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Nightwng2000 has also updated his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/nightwing2000 Nightwng2000 is now admin to the group "Parents For Education, Not Legislation" on MySpace as http://groups.myspace.com/pfenl
"I did notice at the bottom of the page that "Human Nature" is a part of the "Eagle Publishing Co.". Is that associated with the hate group The Eagles Forum?"
You noticed too. cool.
- Warren Lewis
It still surprises me that there are people this stupid in the world. Man has officially beaten mother nature, as not only are lesser specimens of our species living long enough to reproduce... they are in positions of authority...
What's that scraping sound?
Oh, it's just coming from this barrel behind me, nothing to worry about I guess.
This is the jobt that John Bruce said that we would supposedly have issue with? Really, I really could less of a shit with Jack writing his psychotic drivel for some conservative whack job rag.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
So Jack is a commentator for a website, which makes him less than a journalist, so I think that makes him less than Dennis. Oh well better than being unemployed I guess. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Father Time (haven't been fired on ethics charges but I can't say the same for Jack).
Kinda funny that the article he made isn't about games. Let's hope Kotaku never hears about this.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Hey, GamePolitics! Ever heard the term 'feeding the troll'?
Believe me, it gets worse when he feels ignored.
Can't help myself. Whenever I feel like a wreck of a human being, Jack's antics can usually be counted on to make me feel better. In contrast to him, I feel downright well-adjusted. He's like a human episode of Jerry Springer.
Rather odd that Jack thinks we actually care what the hell he does for a living. As long as he is no longer an attorney, therefore most everything he rants about in regards to videogames will be ignored. With one less childish psycho in the mix, maybe there can actually be some sort of reasonable dialogue about videogame violence and it's impact, rather than having to listen to the sensationalistic ravings of an attention whore.
Glad he has found his place among the likes of Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and Phyllis Schafly. How fitting.
You forgot Hannity, Never forget Hannity.
Question: while we gamers, his favorite targets for hate, arrogance and prejudice, will probably one day end up on the crosshairs of his new commentary, what are the chances that he seriously offends and comes to conflict with fellow right wing religious conservatives in his writings?
Oh. 95% chance. At least.
more if they find out about his little gay porn in the legal filing fiasco.
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Seriously, well done Jack, hopefully this will keep you busy.
Maybe we should go over there and send him email with links from Obama and if he fails to print them demand that he quits for refusing to print the truth and hiding facts from his fellow bloggers ;)
So, Jack, whatever happened to this Once and Future Attorney crap? Decided you didn't have a legal leg to stand on? Giving up?
You're so pathetic.
Hey, I have a new job that began today, and I'm not saying what it is, but you kids won't be pleased!
Know we know what it is I can honestly say 'I don't give a crap'. Though I am out 10 bucks as I had you down for a shopping mall Santa. Oh well, can't win 'em all.
He'd be fired from that in an hour, as any kid that asks for a video game would be berated by him.
I'm honestly surprised he didn't try to hide his "former lawyer" status, or that he had been a lawyer at all, from his tiny little bio:
"Mr. Thompson is a writer and former lawyer in Miami who was Janet Reno's Republican opponent in 1988 for State Attorney. He secured the first broadcast decency fines ever levied by the FCC (1989) and represented Oliver North at the 1992 Time Warner shareholders meeting, persuading TW to pull rapper Ice-T's "Cop Killer" from store shelves worldwide."
I'm also surprised he has NO mention of his crusade.. maybe they told him it was too controversial to include? But then, he would've flaked-out if they'd strong arm'd him on that.. unless he REALLY needed the money.. hmm.. confused..
"Life sucks, get a fuckin helmet" - Denis Leary
Seriously, who would give this guy a job after all the crap he's done, then theres the fact that he's disbarred in Flordia. Yeah, can't believe it honestly, maybe the people who hired Jack here just didn't read up on him or something.
....Never heard of it. He couldn't even get a gig with a more well known wingnut website.
This
BTW "Jorb" is intentionally misspelled
Funny enough, I reported his post on his new job's website as being offensive, and they pulled it. :)
Trust is the sound of death.
That's awesome...
I knew he was trolling for job offers.
Jack Thompson is like Britney Spears...if you keep talking about him, he'll keep showing up in the news. Ignore him completely and he'll fade away into nothingness. Personalities like his thrive on recognition more than any desire to serve the public good.
So he's writing a column for some internet rag. Meh.
you can't spell pundit without Pun!!!