Has the planet reached its limit as an ecosystem that can include us?

If so, I vote we chuck that stupid fucker off the planet first. It should buy us another 17 seconds.

I read stuff like this, and I wonder why these sanctimonious jerkoffs don't live by the courage of their convictions and jump off a frickin' bridge.

At the end of the article, he says he's interested in our opinions.
So, in my opinion, he's gone batshit crazy. Next he'll be saying that Katrina was Gaia's way of reacting to our cancerous presence. How this is any different from Greek mythology is beyond me.
If Gaia wants us gone, she could build us a spaceship capable of reaching the next habitable planet. Or at least stop wrecking our space shuttles. Until then, she's on her own.

Oh, and I bet none of this would have happened if Gore had won. I'm sure Gaia is a liberal democrat.

Slu, it's because YOU are the cancer, not them. The world would suffer without them to lead us towards the path of.... I dunno. It gets hard to parody shit like that...

Gaia, or the total ecosystem if you prefer, has accommodated human life as one species among many, but it is hard to see any planetary mechanism that can check the spread of humans in so many destructive areas.

I agree, they need to be stopped.

"Thanks to Allah Pundit, who really should get a blog or somethin'."

I'll second that.

Does the $1500 price of the Ace of Spades HQ Spiritual Awareness Weekend include the butt massage?

Indeed it does. JeffB. will be on hand to give you a deep-tissue gluttal shiatsu.

Actually, let me amend my last remarks. He isn't batshit crazy. Tom Cruise is batshit crazy. This is some newly-discovered level of crazy that Tom Cruise couldn't see if he were standing on Katie Holmes' shoulders.
He's so far off the deep end, Shirley Maclaine won't return his phone calls.

Dude has a kid, too.

Cancerous bastard.

Atrios is gonna be some kind of pissed to learn that Deepak and Ace charge $1500 for a weekend. Dunc let his sycophants off for a mere $50.

So, JeffB is the designated butt boy at this retreat?

Photos of you guys rubbing each other's butts with KFC grease? Priceless.

Lipstick - I assure you, nothing about Ace's butt is priceless. You can have it for a pack of smokes. Also, KFC grease is not needed. He naturally oozes a water repelling oil - like an otter. Generally, it is neutral smelling, but when he is stressed it becomes extremely pungent.

Didn't I read in some trilogy that "crazy aunt in the attic" Gaia got her ass smacked by Cirocco Jones? And mutant Llamas were involved....

Seriously - who cares if we trash this planet?

There's billions more where this one came from - wasting this one is just like flicking a booger out the window while doing 150mph in your Countach.

If I'm going to be a pathogen, I want to go GALACTIC baby. Settling for one puny planet seems so...so...defeatist.

What self-respecting virus would settle for a infecting a single cell? Piffle - I want to spread like the black plague at a wharf rat convention.

Don't know so much about the cancer thing, but there are sure a fair number of parasites.

Chopra sees one every morning when he gazes at himself in his gold-plated reflecting pool.

Does the $1500 price of the Ace of Spades HQ Spiritual Awareness Weekend include the butt massage?

I think such a weekend would look something like this:

Friday Night

3-5 p.m. - Registration. Each participant receives copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance a book Ace hasn't actually read, but has really thought seriously about. Everyone also gets a bottle of Val-U-Rite vodka for 'vision casting' purposes.

5:30-7 p.m. - Settle into rooms.

7 - 8 p.m. - Dinner, consisting of chinese take-out and chicken wings. Bring your own beer.

8 - 10ish - Ace gives long rambling speech consisting of quotes from 80s movies, old rock lyrics and D&D scenarios. Says spiritual enlightenment can be found only by purchasing his soon-to-be released book.

10ish - ? - Cocktail hour. Well, if 'cocktail' is defined as vodka, vodka and more vodka.

Cocktail hour. Well, if 'cocktail' is defined as vodka, vodka and more vodka.

C'mon Slu, you've gotta mention the brand name.

The good folks at Val-U-Rite didn't give ace a sponsorship for nuthin'.

Slublog:

If you're actually going to be in charge of this event, you can sign me up right now.

Plus, I'll cover the registration fee for Lipstick. I know you'll do the right thing when it comes to room assignments.

*Slobbers*

If I was to be in charge of this event, I'd demand a cut. And I have a feeling that Ace is like Jimmy the Gent in Goodfellas - he doesn't like to share and would be willing to do anything to keep from sharing.

And I don't want to end up in a refrigerator truck.

I've got 1000 gallons of rubbing alcohol. That's cheaper than the Val-u-rite.

Flavor it up with some a few cases of 20 year old Christmas peppermint sticks and this brain dead crew will never know the difference and just think they got wicked peppermint schnapps hangover.

Tony, I think you're new here, but you're going to fit right in.