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February 29, 2008
Globe-Trotting Moonbat Barely Makes It across English Channel
The advance of moonbattery has suffered a minor setback in Calais, France, just across the English Channel from Britain:
A British man who aimed to walk from Bristol to Gandhi's birthplace in Porbander, India without spending any money has been forced to give up at Calais. Mark Boyle, 28, who began his trip with only t-shirt, sandals and a bandage four weeks ago, hoped that strangers along the way would provide him with food and places to stay. He is a member of the Freeconomy movement, which believes in a "moneyless society in which no money changes [hands] and there is no duality between giving and receiving", and would like to see money disappear altogether.
The epic journey came to an end when Calais residents correctly perceived Boyle to be a useless freeloader and refused to give him a handout. Maybe there's hope for the French after all.
On a tip from Ian from the EUSSR.
Posted by Van Helsing at February 29, 2008 9:31 AM
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a "moneyless society in which no money changes [hands] and there is no duality between giving and receiving"
And nobody has to work because all goods and services are provided by magical elves.
It's not too different than Barack Obama's economic platform.
Posted by: V the K at February 29, 2008 9:36 AM
We've known for a long time; Don't feed the Trolls!
Posted by: Jimbo at February 29, 2008 9:54 AM
Instead of asking for handouts from people one at a time, once he got to France he should've immediately applied for political asylum and unemployment benefits. Then, he would have been able to sashay across France to the tune of $50,000 a year, for the rest of life if he wanted to.
For a left-wing freakazoid, he sure missed the point about relying on INDIVIDUALS versus the GOVERNMENT.
Posted by: mega at February 29, 2008 10:00 AM
This reminds me of a recent terrible excuse for a movie (directed by Sean Penn, of course), Into the Wild which glorified the life of a freeloading traveler who abandoned his family to go to Alaska.
Posted by: Kristy at February 29, 2008 10:06 AM
He should have gone to Iraq and been blown to bits by the nice peace loving insurgents.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 29, 2008 10:20 AM
I hate to nit-pick, but I believe the correct spelling of Boyle's organization is "Freak-conomy."
Posted by: Sean A at February 29, 2008 10:46 AM
What's a Freakconomy movement anyway... describing constipation in Euro-Moonbatese????
Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at February 29, 2008 10:51 AM
"We've known for a long time; Don't feed the
Trolls!"
HA HA HA! Priceless, Jimbo!
Posted by: monsterforge at February 29, 2008 10:57 AM
"Go away you silly moonbat or we will taunt you a second time!"
Posted by: monsoon at February 29, 2008 11:42 AM
the correct spelling of Boyle's organization is "Freak-conomy."
And the correct pronunciation is "Freak-IN COM-mie."
Posted by: V the K at February 29, 2008 11:43 AM
Lets see...freeconomy..I build you a house, you make me a sandwich...OK
Posted by: JamesB at February 29, 2008 11:51 AM
If the French reject your nonsense, you KNOW you're in trouble...
Posted by: PabloD at February 29, 2008 11:57 AM
"Lets see...freeconomy..I build you a house, you make me a sandwich...OK"
No, I walk through your neighborhood, you give me a house (and a sandwich),
Posted by: avalon at February 29, 2008 11:57 AM
I have HOT sandwiches for all you guys!
Posted by: hashfanatic at February 29, 2008 1:00 PM
I find it ironic he was attempting to travel to Ghandi's birthplace.
Ghandi once said - "bread eaten without labor is stolen bread."
Posted by: TMO at February 29, 2008 1:31 PM
I think Gandhi would despair at many of the pitiful heaps who try to associate themselves with him.
Posted by: Ian from the EUSSR at February 29, 2008 2:12 PM
a "moneyless society in which no money changes [hands] and there is no duality between giving and receiving"
So what exactly is he giving? Or is he only subscribing to one side of the allegedly non-existant duality?
Imagine if everyone lived like this free-holiday moron, or that jerk Mohamad 'unemployed for £19000 a year' Salim.
When everybody is taking, where does the giving come from? As V the K suggests, do the free goodies come from an enchanted nullification of the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics?
Posted by: BUUUUURRRRNING HOT at February 29, 2008 6:50 PM
BH good point, but to the other poster(s) are you talking about freakonomics? Read that stuff, you don't have to agree with it, but it is fun reading. Keep an open mind, as I don't think it is real propaganda, heck read it to mock it.
Posted by: Mr. Parker at February 29, 2008 10:53 PM
Now if we can get people to stop giving him FOOD!
Posted by: Conan at March 1, 2008 5:53 AM
"If the French reject your nonsense, you KNOW you're in trouble..."
"Maybe there's hope for the French after all. "
The frogs treated the Irish hippie like a shit because he only spoke English.
If he'd been rich they'd have taken his money and acted the same.
There is no hope for France.
Posted by: simon at March 1, 2008 6:52 AM
"Go away you silly moonbat or we will taunt you a second time!"
DANG that's a good one!
Posted by: Elisa at March 1, 2008 10:18 AM
By the way, how is walking 12,000 km supposed to create peace?
Posted by: ent at March 2, 2008 12:06 AM
By walking 12,000 km, he was looking for the peice of mind he lost, not peace in the world.
He was confused.........oh so sad, to bad.
Darwin would say that he was not of the fittest to survive (or accomplish his goals), mainly due to having been raised by Moonbat leftist parents who failed to give him the peice of mind he was searching for...............
Posted by: ent at March 2, 2008 12:48 AM
