Tim Blair

That Pat Tillman is dead and Ted Rall is alive is a cruel joke. I can only hope that Teddy Rall gets his ass handed to him one day very soon.

About what I'd expect from Ted. But one should never expect too much from pond scum.

Is that cartoon supposed to be funny? What a leaden, clodhopping piece of dreck (quite apart from the fact that Rall draws like he's wearing boxing gloves).

Ted Rall has no talent, no wit and his final two brain cells are clearly exhausted (undoubtedly from the effort of attempting to walk and chew gum at the same time).

Let's see how many democratic talking points Ole Teddy fits in to his strip!

Denigrate the military by referring to them as mindless, illiterate Arab killers?

Check.

Ignore the al-qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and refuse to admit that the Taliban sheltered Osama?

Check.

Ignore the connections between Saddam and international terrorism?

Check.

It's all about the OOIIILLLLLL!!!!

Check.

Bring up the non-looting of the museum AGAIN?

Check.

And then to end the strip in leftist insanity, accuse a true hero who gave his life to defend our freedoms by calling him a sap or an idiot?

Check.

Is that like, a record for one strip or something?

What a truly clueless stooge. May he be beaten senseless by a Muslim fanantic one day.

Well after wading through the expected asshattery, I was surprised to read that Al Qaida was in Pakistan and not Afghanistan. The next time someone complains about missing Osama at Tora Bora, just reply "Well Ted Rall says he was never there, you're not doubting Ted Rall are you Zionist?"

Then kick him in the nuts

I wouldn't worry. This kind of thing over time converts people over to the opposite side because it's so hateful. I know. I'm one of them.

FREE DIRTY DANNY

What a maroon.

Until Ted can produce work like this how can he expect anyone to take him seriously?

Note to self: 9/11 widows put up more of a fight than you'd think! Next time, safer to attack somebody dead.

The only good thing that I can think of about this is that it may cause enough of an outrage among those who see it that more papers drop Rall's work.

What is truly sad is that servicemen voluntarily give their lives so that ungrateful idiots as Rall may continue to enjoy their freedom of speech.

Is it good or bad that I've progressed from feeling enraged by things like this to just shaking my head in amazement?

Whoever reads that and agrees isn't worth my time. If I was on the fence and read it, I'd be completely turned off to that ideology.

how the f*** does Ted Rall explain that until 9/11, his biggest boogeyman, other than his daddy, was the Taliban? what the F***? check his archives, he used to hate those guys til Bush started having 'em killed.

Wow! That's really outrageous, Ted! Scandalous! How do you do it???

Too bad your fire has already been stolen by a puerto rican kid from UMASS.

I'm disappointed in Ted. I would have expected him to make fun of Tillman's family as well. He's clearly losing his edge.

What a douchebag. What a fucking douchebag.

Perhaps his resentment over not being able to draw (My five year-old niece is a better artist than Rall.) fuels his ill-considered spewage.

AuSceptic:

You're obviously an open-minded man with integrity. Welcome aboard.

Gotta love that compassionate left.

TO: Everyone
RE: Drop UComics & Tell Them Why

I used to read Calvin and Hobbes, at UComics every day.

After discovering Rall's latest there, I've informed UComics that I'll stop seeing anything on their sites until they drop Ralls.

I recommend all of you send them the same message.

Regards,

Chuck(le)

TO: Everyone
RE: Here's the Contact UComics URL

Contact UComics

I continue to shake my head in amazement, that so empty-headed an excuse for a non-artist gets as much press as he does.

If it was merely his ideas, I'd consider his work despicable. But coupled with his sad lack of drawing skills, I have little ability to continue to take him seriously at all.

As a wise man once said: if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck... it's a duck; don't run tests to see if it's a chimpanzee. Similarly, Ted Rall draws like a ten-year-old, writes like a ten-year-old, has all the worldly sophistication of a ten-year-old, and responds to criticism like a ten-year-old.

For my money, he *IS* a ten-year-old, and should be treated as such. 'Nuff said.

cheers,
Daniel in Medford

God, I wouldn't live inside Ted Rall's head for any money. What a nasty little Gollum he is; craven, whining, obsessed with something completely beyond his reach (like, say, talent?) and ready to stick a shiv in the back of anyone with a scrap more integrity than he has.

A mental image comes to mind:

Somewhere in America there is a high-school history class. In the third row, right of center there sits a fine young boy. His build has peaked at over six feet with developed broad shoulders. His body makes him perfect for the varsity football team, in which he plays first string Tackle. Therein, under the tough love of his coach and the hopeful cheering of his parents, he struggles to be the best player he can be. He wants to do good enough to maybe get drafted by the state college team, get a scholarship, and from there, work his way up to better things.

His face displays a serious look as he listens to his teacher discuss trustbusting under the Roosevelt/Taft/Wilson administrations, a look uncommon for the typical high school "jock". He knows that getting into college means he needs good grades in high school. Book learning doesn't as easy for him as for the brainiacs in the front row, so he knows he has to buckle down.

But in the end, our young protagonist is fooling himself. Just a month ago, he witnessed on TV terrorist fly planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, along with the rest of the Class of 2002. Since then, it seems like more history went by in the last month than the teacher has discussed all semester. After this year, he knew his foolball days would probably be over.

why the fuck is ted rall still alive?

MSNBC, to their credit, pulled it down and distanced themselves from it. I would like to see them ban him permanently for this.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4893131/

Forgot to say; Good analogy Howard. That's exactly what he sounds like.

Nicely put, Howard.

Ha. Brit Hume just showed Rall's cartoon on Fox.

Some people never learn! For the love of God, the man just finished a weeks-long whine-a-thon about being dropped by the New York Times. I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before others follow suit (MSNBC?), and we'll be treated to endless Rallblog posts about how he's the victim of censorship and fascism in Ashcroft's America. Spare me!

what a dick

I'm using this on
the DRUNK report today. Thanks for the tip T-dawg (i'll credit you). That's really offensive and stupid and something my audience will be very pissed about.

Howard,
Good stuff. You should write more often.

About Ted Rall
Ted Rall writes for a generation unjustly maligned as a pack of lazy slackers. He voices Generation X's frustration and resentment at the excesses of the baby boomers who've left a spent America in their mammoth wake. Ted's irreverent attitude and deft use of satire combine to make his work as fun to read as it is thought-provoking. And Ted's ability to connect with current culture gives his writing an of-the-moment perspective that is edgy and sharp.

Look's like Ted's publicist has found his way into TB's comments string. When you're done selling the good points of Ted, maybe you'd like to explain the benefits of bovine spongiform encephalitis to the rest of us?

Oops. Typo. "...deft use of satire" was actually supposed to be "...daft use of satire". And the line about Ted's ability to connect to current culture should probably mention something about how even the New York Times won't carry him, but he is still beloved in local leftist freebie rags, where his fine cartoons can be found wedged between the Phone Sex ads.

But I stand behind my statement that Rall is as "fun to read" as he is "thought-provoking".

I find it hard to believe some take him seriously.

However, Alan in Tim Dunlop's blog quotes him about supposed "aid to the Taliban". (Alan's own weblog is Southerly Buster

WILL I GET TO KILL ARABS?

Until the link is clicked on, it sounds as if the "I" is Tim. Quotation marks - are they your friend?

Yeah, Rall's whole "aid to the Taliban" thing has been debunked. You can read about that at SpinSanity. If anyone tries to cite Rall's ramblings about that in an argument, kick them in the nuts. It's IXLNIX grade material.

There's nothing can appall
Like a 'toon by Ol' Ted Rall,
It's claimed he's not a fan
Of the dreaded Taliban,
But he gets all in a fever
'Bout a now dead wide reciver,
If you think his cartoons stink, well
Drown the fucker in his inkwell.

Rall is utter scum. More on that here.

Maybe Ted Rall can make up for his lost NY Times income by doing spot illos for Micah Wright?

Rall's going downfighting.From Editor and Publisher tonight. Soon to be seen doing sidewalk cartoons for quarters...

http://tinyurl.com/2n2fb

....When E&P called Rall, he had only received one message about the cartoon. But, as the interview went on, the messages started pouring in. A few were positive, but most were vicious. As Rall opened each e-mail for the first time, he quoted briefly from each one. "You make me sick"; "lies and distortions"; "move to France"; "I pity you"; "disgusting"; "sad and pathetic"; "f--- you, you coward bastard"; "I will s--t on your grave"; "horrendous"; "rot in hell"; "freak"; "I hope you're killed by an Arab terrorist attack"; "people died to publish the b.s. you do."

Rall, who risked his life in Afghanistan himself as a visiting cartoonist/writer after 9/11, told E&P: "The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief."

"Tillman gave up millions of dollars," Rall added. "To that extent I think he's admirable, but the cause is not. ... He would have been a better person and a better husband if he took the $3.6 million and played football and left the poor and beleaguered people of Afghanistan and Iraq alone."

Rall's going downfighting.From Editor and Publisher tonight. Soon to be seen doing sidewalk cartoons for quarters...

http://tinyurl.com/2n2fb

....When E&P called Rall, he had only received one message about the cartoon. But, as the interview went on, the messages started pouring in. A few were positive, but most were vicious. As Rall opened each e-mail for the first time, he quoted briefly from each one. "You make me sick"; "lies and distortions"; "move to France"; "I pity you"; "disgusting"; "sad and pathetic"; "f--- you, you coward bastard"; "I will s--t on your grave"; "horrendous"; "rot in hell"; "freak"; "I hope you're killed by an Arab terrorist attack"; "people died to publish the b.s. you do."

Rall, who risked his life in Afghanistan himself as a visiting cartoonist/writer after 9/11, told E&P: "The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief."

"Tillman gave up millions of dollars," Rall added. "To that extent I think he's admirable, but the cause is not. ... He would have been a better person and a better husband if he took the $3.6 million and played football and left the poor and beleaguered people of Afghanistan and Iraq alone."

I have to respond to that cartoon.

I didn't support the war on Iraq but did back America'a actions in Afghanistan.

Nevertheless, when I heard about Tillman I was almost moved to tears. Without prompting, the first thought that came into my head was "hero".

The cartoon is puerile beyond words. Most 12-year-olds would be embarrassed by it, irrespective of their views on US foreign policy.

Who is this Rall idiot?

'Better person .. better husband'

Who's Ted rall to make that call? Some kind of god?

Note to Fred: we didn't need to read this twice (just click once and wait, the comment script is a tad slow); and having some magazine fawn all over you (in the form of lauds like "risked his life in Afghanistan" -- as I recall, he spent a few days in some hotel in Kabul, and his columns were no more informed about the situation in that country than columns from someone writing on the same subject from a New York office building) is not exactly "going down fighting." It's more like "going down on your cell mate so he'll protect you from the other prison bullies."

If anyone can use the dead to make a point or boost their own egos they are psychopaths.

Actually, he'd be doing the people of Afghanistan a favor if he did kill Arabs there, since the Afghans aren't Arab and the Arab Mujahadeen have brought them nothing but evil. The Taliban were the products of Saudi financed madrassahs. But I guess Rall doesn't know that or care. It wouldn't be funny if he had Tillman (amazing likeness, btw) say, "Will I get to kill Pashtuns?"

How this art-challenged, humor-challenged and humanity-challenged jackass finds any work at all is a greater mystery every day.

BH, next time you hear a tirade about vicious anti-American commie scumbags who are actively cheering for the other side, remember Ted Rall. He's real, he's taken seriously (his cartoons showed on MSNBC, after all), and he is, in fact, a self-proclaimed Marxist.

You're obviously sensible enough not to associate with people like him so it may seem like some of us are making these people up when we start raving about them, but they are real.

And someone actually pays this Ted Crawl character to say these things? That's the saddest part of all.
Go and do something useful, Ted.

"Because that’s what good people do. They leave the poor and beleagured alone."

Brilliant Tim. Epitaph of the Western left. (I hope).

How can this c@nt walk down the street without
being beaten to pulp.

Yes - leave the poor people of Iraq and Afghanistan alone to the tender mercies of Saddam and the Taliban.

Let me use one of those favourite leftie principles - All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing? So what is Ted advocating here? Pathetic weasel.

It is because of lines like the last one of that post that i read this site. Brilliant work Mr Blair.

Thats one nasty cartoon. Fuck Rall.

This isn't even Rall's worst work.

A few years ago, before the war, 9/11, Bush, or Iraq, my local free weekly alternative paper ran a cartoon by Rall that was so snotty and offensive, it almost bent time and space.

It portrayed Arlington Military Cemetary. The headstones were engraved with words like "Chump", "Loser", "Fool", "Sucker". The caption read HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY. This was Ted Rall's middle finger to fallen veterans, their sacrifice and the country they sacrificed for, for Memorial Day.

This was over 4 years ago, and the son of a bitch has not had the guts to upload it to the internet or put it in his archives. You'll just have to take my word for this.

I've hated the motherfucker ever since.

Rall never misses a chance to offend people

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=008Icg

I'd call Ted Rall a douchebag, but that would be offensive to douchebags everywhere.

And I liked the "I'll shit on your grave" e-mail that somebody sent to Rall. Sounds like a plan. And whenever that day may come, I'll be sure to have an extra bran muffin or two, just so that ol' Ted can get full measure.

Rall, who risked his life in Afghanistan himself as a visiting cartoonist/writer after 9/11,..

Oooooh, some dumbass cartoonist "risks his life" by visiting Afghanistan. Such bravery.

Fred:

How manyh times have I heard that question.
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Rall is quoted as an authoritative and respectable source in today's Chicago Tribune. (In the arts section, on page one, above the fold.) A good indication of how far journalism has declined.

So, why does John Rocker get booted from sports teams and sent to sensitivity training for things that are nowhere near as offensive as this crap?

WHAT A COMPLETE IDIOT!

All this spewing about Tim Rall seems the height of hypocrisy coming from radical right wing nuts who are spending half their time trying to smear a highly-decorated soldier named John Kerry.

Over and again you nuts, in your pandering way, whine about supporting the troops. Well the last time I checked, John Kerry was a troop, one who one the silver and bronze stars and three purple hearts.

Meanwhile you support a president who has gotten us into a catastrophic quagmire with no exit strategy, and people like Pat Tillman are dying.

Moreover, the bush administration diverted $700 million from the war in Afghanistan, where Tillman was fighting, for his pet project in Iraq. And what are you doing? Spouting off about a CARTOON.

Incredible. But so predictable.

Not to mention your rabid, venemous anger, including saying things like you wish Ted Rall was dead. And you say you're better than he is?

The hypocrisy on this site is truly breathtaking. You want to talk about offensive, take a look at what these troops were doing to other human beings. You can't have it both ways.

And by the way, when speaking about "risking his life", how many of you yahoos have done that? Oh, right. About the same number as bush and his "hawks": zero. Bush, AWOL from the national guard. Rummy serve? No. Cheney? Uh, no.

Not to mention Rush Limbaugh, who lied about what got him out of Vietnam, saying it was a football knee injury when it was some kind of cyst. Talk about courage!

And now, today's comforting words from the Supreme-Court elected bonehead: "The first time, uh, I saw those images, uh, was on TV."

Way to be on top of things, shrub.

Hey, the REAL hero are outstanding citizens like yourself, who spew hatred, lies and misinformation, who support one of the most inept, arrogant, deceitful, cynical, radical administrations in the history of this country.

Way to go, Tim Blair, way to go. You're a real hero to the U.S.S.A.