The. Wisdom of Hunter Thompson in Times lIke These

From Ed -- Neighbor Ron mentions Hunter S. Thompson. An Air Force veteran, journalist, motorcycle rider, loved to drive fast, always fueled (alcohol, drugs) but he seemed to speak to our current moment in time.  My two favorite quotes from Thompson are these:

“There are times, however, and this is one of them when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death? If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a puddle of black poison right in front of your eyes, there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It’s a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.”

 

"I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.”