Jack Thompson subpoenas George W. Bush : internet goes LOLZ

AngelHedgie

Thompson subpoenas the President and his brother.

Okay, this is getting sad. I'm seeing this more as a stalling tactic - if Bush refuses to honor the subpoena until he leaves office, this would stall his disbarment until 09. Still, one has to wonder if the judge will buy into this.

Evander

DELIGHTFUL!

Echo

So, who is a bad enough dude to rescue the president?

cloudeagle

I.... what?

So he's about to get disbarred, so he wants the President to step in?

Okay, some of his past wackiness could be seen as "crazy like a fox" attempts to generate PR for his cause. But this is just insane. Any judge hearing this would bounce this right out of court and cause Thompson to not just be disbarred, but be chained to a tree nude for being annoying.

The guy really is a nutcase.

chasm

No fucking way.

Daedalus

The laughs never stop. Somebody should buy the movie rights.

Jasconius

Slowly making a page for himself in the "DO NOT DO THIS" book for lawyers.

AngelHedgie

cloudeagle wrote: »

I.... what?

So he's about to get disbarred, so he wants the President to step in?

Okay, some of his past wackiness could be seen as "crazy like a fox" attempts to generate PR for his cause. But this is just insane. Any judge hearing this would bounce this right out of court and cause Thompson to not just be disbarred, but be chained to a tree nude for being annoying.

The guy really is a nutcase.

Not according to the psychiatrist who analyzed him.

chamberlain

I can see bush sending him to guatanamo bay as a terrorist.

8-)

Echo

Someone fire up Photoshop!

"The president has been subpoenad by Thompson! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?"

Accualt

Well now.

Clever or Crazy?

Unicron

What always amazes me with JT is how very thin his veneer of sanity is. I mean it really doesn't take much to turn him in to some rambling fool who doesn't really seem to understand how the world works.

Don't you have to be smart to become a lawyer? I can see insanity being hard to spot and who knows, maybe he was an OK guy 20 years ago. But the stupid should be easier to spot. Or am I just too naive?

AngelHedgie

Unicron wrote: »

maybe he was an OK guy 20 years ago.

20 years ago...that would put him in the middle of his crusade against 2 Live Crew.

So no. He was never OK.

Evander

Guys, I think Jack Thompson is sane, and it's just the rest of us who are crazy.




But seriously, if you're about to get disbarred anyway, why not go out with a bang?

Unicron

AngelHedgie wrote: »

Unicron wrote: »

maybe he was an OK guy 20 years ago.

20 years ago...that would put him in the middle of his crusade against 2 Live Crew.

So no. He was never OK.

Haha yeah I forgot about that. At least he's been providing entertainment (for those with a sufficient distance from him) for over two decades now.

That must count for something, right?

Mordrack

What I don't understand is what kind of judge would grant a subpoena for such an outlandish claim.

chasm

chamberlain wrote: »

I can see bush sending him to guatanamo bay as a terrorist.

8-)

Best use of the Patriot Act ever.

Anonymous Robot

Evander

indulge me for a momment, because in light of the obvious idiocy here, we've all overlooked something else equally hilarious:

Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court in Florida requesting to subpoena President George W. Bush for a deposition to retain Thompson’s license to practice law. Thompson, the bane of gamers everywhere, is in the midst of two ethic complaints which were filed by the Florida Bar and will face a court appointed mediator on November 26th. Wacky Jacky is currently suing the mediator, Judge Dava Tunis, along with the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar.

Seriously, I'm all for due process, but Jacko is really starting to test my patience.

Omeks

It's obvious what must be done.

Make a game where you're a gay serial killer who has lots of gay, erotic sex and afterwards, kill everyone with fire, masturbate to Janet Reno, and then listen to rap music while giving children gigantic dildos. Also rate it E for Everyone.

His head would explode so fast.

apotheos

subject changed because the facts of the matter are the best part and should be seen by all

apotheos

Omeks wrote: »

Make a game where you're a gay serial killer who has lots of gay, erotic sex and afterwards, kill everyone with fire, masturbate to Janet Reno, and then listen to rap music while giving children gigantic dildos. Also rate it E for Everyone.

I prefer games that distract me from my real life.

Evander

simplify that idea

I want agame where you play as a 2d sprite that looks STRIKINGLY similar to JT.

The character's name is Tom Jackson

And all you do, in the entire game, is run around giving gigantic dildos to children.






Before anyonepoints out that it doesn't make sense, it makes more sense than subpoenaing the president.

slash000

Thompson thinks that Bush's deposition is going to save his him from disbarment.

.......


ok.

JCRooks

I wonder how many times this tactic has been attempted in the past. Surely Jacky hasn't been the first nutjob to think of this as a stall maneuver. I'm guessing it just doesn't work and it'll get rejected soon enough.

chasm

Evander wrote: »

indulge me for a momment, because in light of the obvious idiocy here, we've all overlooked something else equally hilarious:

Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court in Florida requesting to subpoena President George W. Bush for a deposition to retain Thompson’s license to practice law. Thompson, the bane of gamers everywhere, is in the midst of two ethic complaints which were filed by the Florida Bar and will face a court appointed mediator on November 26th. Wacky Jacky is currently suing the mediator, Judge Dava Tunis, along with the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar.

Seriously, I'm all for due process, but Jacko is really starting to test my patience.

He's doing that to claim that because of his lawsuit against them, there's a conflict of interest. This guy makes real lawyers' brains melt.

Evander

chasm wrote: »

Evander wrote: »

indulge me for a momment, because in light of the obvious idiocy here, we've all overlooked something else equally hilarious:

Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court in Florida requesting to subpoena President George W. Bush for a deposition to retain Thompson’s license to practice law. Thompson, the bane of gamers everywhere, is in the midst of two ethic complaints which were filed by the Florida Bar and will face a court appointed mediator on November 26th. Wacky Jacky is currently suing the mediator, Judge Dava Tunis, along with the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar.

Seriously, I'm all for due process, but Jacko is really starting to test my patience.

He's doing that to claim that because of his lawsuit against them, there's a conflict of interest. This guy makes real lawyers' brains melt.

You know, I almost want the case to get more complicated, so that it eventually has to go to the US Supreme Court.

Just so they can make a ruling that fucking nutbags like JT need to shut the fuck up.

darleysam

Evander wrote: »

Guys, I think Jack Thompson is sane, and it's just the rest of us who are crazy.




But seriously, if you're about to get disbarred anyway, why not go out with a bang?

don't give him ideas..

Pata

Little does Jack know that the Video game companies planned for this!

Why else would Nintendo give Bush a DS?

To brainwash him into a Video Game worshiping nutcase!

Holy Crap

Video games are the reason we're in Iraq!

JihadJesus

I really, really, REALLY want to play a game staring uber-lawyer Tom Jackson on a legal crusade to save the world, over-the-top JRPG meets Pheonix WR\right style, with tons of unnecessarily gruesome violence, and all the plot twists taken directly from his completely fucking insane legal tactics.

Seriously, if someone doesn't eventually make a full scale game based this moron's career, the video game industry fails. Hard.

Also: Evander, I'm with you. A 'No Free Speech for Fucking Nutbags' ammendment would be an excellent thing (as long as I get to decide who's a nutbag...:P )

Kreutz

So I see they're still keeping the gaming voters distracted with this bullshit.

Good on them.

meeker

Actually, it is a fairly common tactic to subpoena people who will not show up to the trial as it delays other actions and wastes the time of the court while gives the defense more time to prepare. You are able to subpoena anyone you can prove would have something important to say on your behalf.

Evander

JihadJesus wrote: »

I really, really, REALLY want to play a game staring uber-lawyer Tom Jackson on a legal crusade to save the world, over-the-top JRPG meets Pheonix WR\right style, with tons of unnecessarily gruesome violence, and all the plot twists taken directly from his completely fucking insane legal tactics.

Seriously, if someone doesn't eventually make a full scale game based this moron's career, the video game industry fails. Hard.

Also: Evander, I'm with you. A 'No Free Speech for Fucking Nutbags' ammendment would be an excellent thing (as long as I get to decide who's a nutbag...:P )

dammit, I will fucking write the game, if I can just get people for the art and programming.

JihadJesus

Well, the this is clearly going to get tossed out. Dubya doesn't have anything important to say period. The subject is really irrelevant.

Evander

meeker wrote: »

Actually, it is a fairly common tactic to subpoena people who will not show up to the trial as it delays other actions and wastes the time of the court while gives the defense more time to prepare. You are able to subpoena anyone you can prove would have something important to say on your behalf.

Sure, but the President AND his brother?



When you are already being scrutinized for being batshit insane, this sort of stuff doesn't help you.

Djiem

Evander wrote: »

JihadJesus wrote: »

I really, really, REALLY want to play a game staring uber-lawyer Tom Jackson on a legal crusade to save the world, over-the-top JRPG meets Pheonix WR\right style, with tons of unnecessarily gruesome violence, and all the plot twists taken directly from his completely fucking insane legal tactics.

Seriously, if someone doesn't eventually make a full scale game based this moron's career, the video game industry fails. Hard.

Also: Evander, I'm with you. A 'No Free Speech for Fucking Nutbags' ammendment would be an excellent thing (as long as I get to decide who's a nutbag...:P )

dammit, I will fucking write the game, if I can just get people for the art and programming.

I'd art it.

GSM

It's things like this that made me get a Google News Alerts RSS feed about Jack. He like to say gamers have an obsession with him, but all projection issues aside, it's hard to not find his wild dithering at least as entertaining as some comedy shows.

Evander

Djiem wrote: »

Evander wrote: »

JihadJesus wrote: »

I really, really, REALLY want to play a game staring uber-lawyer Tom Jackson on a legal crusade to save the world, over-the-top JRPG meets Pheonix WR\right style, with tons of unnecessarily gruesome violence, and all the plot twists taken directly from his completely fucking insane legal tactics.

Seriously, if someone doesn't eventually make a full scale game based this moron's career, the video game industry fails. Hard.

Also: Evander, I'm with you. A 'No Free Speech for Fucking Nutbags' ammendment would be an excellent thing (as long as I get to decide who's a nutbag...:P )

dammit, I will fucking write the game, if I can just get people for the art and programming.

I'd art it.

cool.

anyone else want in? I am dead serious about this. This will be a game that will be played by the entire gaming community based on context alone.

Khavall

Pata wrote: »

Little does Jack know that the Video game companies planned for this!

Why else would Nintendo give Bush a DS?

To brainwash him into a Video Game worshiping nutcase!

Holy Crap

Video games are the reason we're in Iraq!

He probably thought a handy Bolt 2 would take care of the situation.

Echo

Hell, Congress can't get the Bush administration to respond to subpoenas.

Khavall

Also, I will totally Audio design/compose for/sequence the score to this game.