Braindead Shithead

As a Deadhead and a freedom-lover, I am wounded to the bone that you think the two do not naturally go hand in hand. The Deadheads I just met casually and not through conservative politics were almost always right-thinking, whatever they called themselves. Deadheads believe in freedom – not a government telling people how much water they can have in their toilets or where they can smoke or whether they should be allowed to own a gun. (Remember the photos of Jerry testifying before some Congressional committee while chain smoking? Yeah, he'd really bond with Henry Waxman.)

One of my Dead friends I met at Vail made candles for Grateful Dead merchandizing. His daily routine consisted of waking up, smoking a bowl, and turning on the Rush Limbaugh radio show while he made his candles. (It's true. He's so far out there he practices this weird, freaky ritual known as “commerce.” Don't try telling me pot is harmless!)

Umm... OK Ann. Normally I don't go in for talking much about Ann Coulter because that just legitimizes her, but you've absolutely got to read this surreal interview. On the face of it I want to say I don't believe a word she says, but I do recall a certain kind of countercultural impostor back in my college days who would wear the tie-dye shirts, smoke the herb, and generally go through all the motions of fitting in but never managed to assimilate any of the values of the community. And every now and then there was someone who would come back after summer break and they would suddenly have short hair, wear ties and join the Young Republicans. It happens, but I still find it hard to believe that Coulter, who gives the impression of saying outrageous shit just because she knows it'll get a reaction (positive or negative), was ever a deadhead.

Note: In the interest of full disclosure, I was never a deadhead either. I'm normally too contrarian to be a joiner.

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