Johnny Ramone is a jerk

[nankerphelge]

I knew most of this already and should know better than to read anything from the Washington Times, but all I have to say is thank god Joey and Dee Dee don't have to be around to read this garbage:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20040311-085521-1823r.htm

[BlueEyedSon]

1. No one ever said he was SMART.

Plus, he lives off his capital, not his labor - like most Republicans - so the tax cuts really help him out.

[nankerphelge]

2. Very true

Not very smart, living off capital - I guess he's got the deck stacked against him - repuglicanism was inevitable.

[geniph]

3. He's always been a dick

the wrong two Ramones were taken from us, in my view.

[nankerphelge]

7. He doesn't deserve to be called a Ramone

Maybe he should call himself Johnny Nugent from now on.

[mitchum]

4. Always has been a jerk...

and a talentless cretin. Fuck him.

[aquaman]

5. That is a disturbing article.

No question about it.

[nankerphelge]

8. I wouldn't expect anything less from the Washington Times

n/t

[Melsky]

6. If you sniffed glue and had lots of money

you'd be a Republican too.

[nankerphelge]

9. Probably

Joey and Dee Dee were the glue-sniffers; Johnny was the teenage lobtomy.

[XanaDUer]

10. He still alive?

Eom.

[Kat45]

11. No wonder "Blitzkreig Bop" is used in a commercial

That explains it!

[BigBigBear]

12. Johnny never was

the saltiest fry in the bag.

[Nevernose]

13. "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"

Really the only poltical song the Ramones ever did...

[flamingyouth]

17. And Johnny was never happy about that song

He consistently criticized it in the press, saying it was "wrong not to support the president" back then. :eyes:

[jonnyblitz]

14. this is old news. I have known this since the 80's n/t

[dbt]

15. Completely off topic, but

I LOVE your handle, nankerphelge!

Bonus points to anyone who can explain who it refers to!

:smoke:
dbt

[nankerphelge]

20. I know who!

n/t

[mac56]

22. I know, but I'm not telling.

Time is on my side.

[dbt]

23. Y'all so COY!

Get off my cloud, the both of yez!

:smoke:
dbt
(there's no ham like an Oldham)

[AntiCoup2K4]

16. Thank God Joey and Dee Dee wrote the lyrics!

And I have no intention of burning my Ramones albums..... I'll just try to block this awful fact from my mind when I listen to them. If Eddie Vedder can tolerate Johnny Ramone in person, I can tolerate him on CD.

[emad]

18. The Ramones once played a 48 minute gig in London's

Roundhouse (and that was almost a double bill! - their usual routine was 24 mins....) and afterwards Joey and Johnny had a gawdawful punuchup about "The Meaning of Satire" as one local london paper later put it...something about not having a sense of humour I think.....
Was a long time ago, 1983 I think...

[NightTrain]

19. How fargin clueless can you be???

<<"God bless President Bush, and God bless America," he said, clad in his trademark T-shirt, ripped blue jeans and leather jacket.

<<"I said that to counter those other speeches at the other awards," Mr. Ramone says in a phone interview. "Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.">>

"There is never anyone to stick up for them?" Has Johnny Ramone ever heard of Rush Limbaugh? Sean Hannity? Ann Coulter? Laura Ingraham?

What a moran!

[jpak]

21. Cretin Hop

autobiographical???

Gabba Gabba Hey!

[tigereye]

24. yeah this isn't really new info

I miss Joey - don't really know much though about what his politics were.... Johnny always looked so forbidding when I used to go see them