The taser incident: BRAVO! (Update on Randi Rhodes)

I've hesitated to mention the taser incident which occurred during Kerry's speech, because I know my readers. Mere mention of John Kerry's name brings out a Pavlovian response -- mindless, hostile barking -- even though I am even prouder of my 2004 candidate than I am of my 2000 candidate.

Frankly, I avoided seeing this video until -- well, just now. Life is rather stressful at the moment; who needs new reasons for anger? But when I finally caught sight of the thing, my reaction was precisely the opposite of what I had predicted.

I applauded.

That motherfucker got what he deserved.

You know why I no longer go to politically-oriented public events? Because I can no longer tolerate braying jackasses like Andy Meyer, the "taseree." (I refuse to use the word "victim.") During the question-and-answer period of any given lecture covering a hot-button topic, some asshole in the audience will invariably attempt to commandeer the proceedings as Andy did.

I am sick of guys like that.

Meyer was ranting about Skull and Bones, which means he inhabits one of the lower levels of conspiracy buffdom -- he lives on a plane somewhere below the trannies and just above the folks who take Texe Marrs seriously. I know the breed well. If you hang out with occult plot-spotters, you will note that many of them have a disease we may call "interruptitus" -- defined as a love of one's own voice, coupled with an inability to allow anyone else to complete a thought. You can never speak to hard-core buffs in complete sentences. The moment they hear a noun, they will cut you off and deliver a three-minute "brain dump" inspired by that noun.

Let such a person near a microphone and he will never give it up. The normal rules of civilized behavior apply to lesser mortals. Those possessed of the beatific vision may do as they please.

As you watch the video keep one thought in mind: Fruitcakes like that love to view themselves in the role of oppressed victim. Meyer's own words prove that he intended to make a public spectacle of himself -- to play the "Martyrella" role, as one of my old ladyfriends might have put it. To paraphrase Hamlet: "He did make love to this employment."

The video reminded me of that scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "You see him repressing me? That's the violence inherent in the system! Help, I'm being repressed!"

Yeah, I've encountered quite a few Andy Meyerish guys over the years -- but none of them have attained Andy's Olympian levels of obnoxiousness. While it helps to know the details of what preceded the tasering, the video itself settles the matter beyond all reasonable doubt.

Here's the background:

... there was a long line of people waiting to ask questions, and Meyer was near the back. He rushed up to the mic, butting up past many, many kids and making a scene. Apparently he’d been talking with the police and they were arguing long before Meyer ever got to the mic (reports from Florida are that they threatened him with arrest already). That’s why there are police in the video when you first see it. They tried to remove him before he said anything, but JK intervened, calling them off and saying he’d answer his question. Remember, back in 2004, there was a lot of press about how open the Kerry campaign was to outside questioners and even protesters, especially compared with the hermetically sealed Bush campaign. JK’s done thousands of these events, really enjoys them (he told me once that doing Q&As with regular citizens is the best part of his job), and he’s totally comfortable dealing with disruptive people. So he made sure to call the U of F police off. Which, technically, he had no authority to do, since this was a U of F event, not a Kerry event. They were their police.

The upshot was a clear case of resisting arrest. The calm and professional police officers tried to subdue this buffoon. He kept physically counterattacking, screaming, and trying to get away. Meyer injured an officer.

The video evidence proves that he was a danger to other audience members. The cops had to act as they did.

Look, I know about cops. Once they have you, they have you. If you're in Meyer's position, the best advice (unless you possess the powers of the Amazing Spider-Man) is this: Calm down. Apologize. Use words like "sir" and "ma'am" a lot. Have enough brains to understand that some battles cannot be won. If six cops surround you and you are jerk enough to think you can fight your way free -- well, you deserve what you get.

When I saw that clown getting his much-deserved jolts, I kept visualizing the same treatment being meted out to all the obnoxious followers of Milton William Cooper who ruined public speaking events during the early 1990s. Yes! About fucking time!

I haven't been this pleased since Uncle Miltie himself ate lead. (Alas, that devoutly-wished consummation occurred only after he shot an innocent police officer.)

In closing, let me offer a hearty fuck you to all the Pavlovian Kerry-haters out there. America's best senator did not see the tasering -- and (unlike me) he wishes that the incident had not come to that finale.

Even so, I can predict with confidence that many of you will contribute vituperative anti-Kerry commentary.

My readers did not have a thing to say about the preceding post, even though the topic was controversial enough (Israeli interaction with a drug-dealing terror group). That's dull stuff. But will my readers miss an opportunity to bash John Kerry? Naaahhh. Dem-hate is sacrosanct, and I'm sure that many of you are itching to give your latest variant of the SIBPATS speech.

Ding! Ding! Ding! That's your bell, puppies. Do what you've been trained do.

UPDATE: I understand that Randi Rhodes castigated Kerry -- who acted flawlessly -- and rallied to Andy Meyer's defense. Small wonder. Randi also suffers from severe interruptitus, so she naturally sympathizes with a compatriot. Randi's opening rants are fun, but when she continually shouts down her guests and callers, I want to make her eat her own teeth.

I must confess that compulsive interrupting is one of my big personal bugaboos, since my unbeloved stepfather was notorious for never allowing anyone else to get in a syllable. Later, I discovered that conspiracy buffs think that they are being repressed if they are not allowed to badger others.

I just cannot STAND chronic interrupters.

Rhodes is on the air 15 hours a week. Andy wrote for his school newspaper and has a web site. These people have a forum. It is not as though society has disallowed them from speaking. They do not need to be rude to others.

Of course, being a talkaholic conspira-crank is not what earned Andy his electrifying moment. Let's not lose sight of one key fact: This man committed a crime. Title XLVI Chapter 843 of the Florida Criminal Code defines resisting arrest. The crime carries a stiff penalty, which Andy probably will never pay.

The cops say that Andy was acting lighthearted once the cameras were off. Apparently, "THE Andrew Meyer" (as he styles himself) arranged for the filming and intentionally yelled "as loud as he could as to sensationalize his presence." In other words, the whole thing was a set-up.

Police noted that his demeanor "completely changed once the cameras were not in sight" and described him as laughing and being lighthearted as he was being driven to the Alachua County Detention Center.

"I am not mad at you guys, you didn't do anything wrong. You were just trying to do your job," Meyer said, according to the police report.

At one point, he asked whether there were going to be cameras at the jail, according to the report.

Believe it or not, Meyer had told Kerry: "You will take my question because I have been listening to your crap for two hours."

WHAT AN ASSHOLE! Arrogant jerks like Andy Meyer turned this country against the left.