{"id":53567,"date":"2014-05-02T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=53567"},"modified":"2014-05-02T13:52:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T19:52:22","slug":"rewind-my-first-brief-conversation-with-the-ghost-of-raped-and-murdered-us-ambassador-to-libya-christopher-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=53567","title":{"rendered":"Rewind: &#8220;my first brief conversation with the ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[Note:\u00a0 when I posted this back in Oct of 2012, Google asked me to remove it or else give up my Google ads account.\u00a0 Which, yeah, fuck you, Google.\u00a0 Anyway, now seems a good time to revisit it. Because one of the many things we&#8217;ve never learned from the Benghazi cover-up is the state of Ambassador Stevens&#8217; body; reports surfaced that he&#8217;d been sodomized, including with a broomstick handle, but those reports were quickly disappeared in favor of reports on the vile treatment of Muslims by a video depicting them as intolerant and violent.\u00a0 Which we were told is what caused them to act out violently and intolerantly. Making it a no-brainer to scapegoat the messenger.\u00a0 As you can probably divine from the &#8220;interview,&#8221; I was a little pissed at the time.\u00a0 Still am.\u00a0 The last few days have only served to remind me just how much &#8211; ed.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>Dude<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;I know. It&#8217;s fucked up, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;I mean &#8212; what can I say? I&#8217;m at a loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;It&#8217;s okay. It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s your fault. But it <em>is<\/em> messed up. I mean, I knew something was up. The Israelis and MI6 knew something was up. So I kept asking for a step-up in security. And par<em>tic<\/em>ularly around the anniversary of the 911 attacks. I mean, don&#8217;t get me wrong: some of the Libyan people are quite nice. And I&#8217;m as tolerant as the next liberal ambassador stuck in some middle eastern hell hole to the cultural peculiarities of the Other. And I try to moderate my Gaze accordingly. But make no mistake. Islamism <em>is<\/em> the controlling culture there, religiously, politically, as a method of unofficial law enforcement&#8230;&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;Not as much fun getting stoned in the middle east as, say, a Phish concert, I bet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;Because, like, dragging out a spliff versus being put in a hole up to your neck and then having sandy people in robes throwing rocks at your skull&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;Okay, sorry. Point taken. I won&#8217;t trivialize it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;d appreciate that, thanks. After all, I got ass raped. So I&#8217;m still a bit raw, emotionally speaking. Not ready for jokes just yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;You&#8217;re right. I completely understand. Which, by the way, how&#8217;s Heaven working out for you?\u00a0 Assuming, <em>you know<\/em>&#8230;? I&#8217;ll rephrase:\u00a0 What&#8217;s it like being dead, if you don&#8217;t mind my asking?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;First thoughts? Well, I&#8217;m pleased with the &#8216;no Islamic dicks pumping into my ass&#8217; part of the new arrangement. And secondly, I can finally get some good sushi again. Couscous, T&#8217;ajeen, black tea and Bazin &#8212; all that&#8217;s okay for about a week. After that, though, you can almost understand why these people are so fucking <em>mis<\/em>erable all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;I look forward to Heaven sushi myself. Or rather, sashimi. Not big on the rice. Too many carbs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;Normally I&#8217;d be with you. But, you know, it&#8217;s Heaven. So starches aren&#8217;t going to <em>re<\/em>-kill you or anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;That&#8217;s an excellent point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;I do miss my family terribly. And I have to say, the ceremony they held for me back at Andrews was a bit too maudlin for my tastes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;What did you think about Hillary putting the blame on that film maker&#8217;s YouTube clip, or the Egyptian consulate essentially apologizing for having inflamed Muslim sentiment to the point where Al Qaeda orchestrated an attack against you in Benghazi, murdering you, dragging you through the streets and, like, you know &#8211;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;Putting dirty dicks in my ass? It&#8217;s okay, you can say it. I&#8217;m feeling much better now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;Okay. Well then yes, all that. What did you think when you heard Hillary and the President and Justice all blaming your treatment on the abominable first amendment rights of American citizens?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;Honestly? I was pissed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;Because you knew they were covering their own asses &#8212; knowing as you did that they had the information in advance, that you&#8217;d tried to get beefed up security and DC denied it? Some reports say the Israelis delivered the intel as early as <em>September 4th<\/em>, for instance &#8211;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;Right. That, and because the Administration and State were blaming the wrong person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me<\/strong>: &#8220;So you knew it was Al Qaeda?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ghost of raped and murdered US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens:<\/strong> &#8220;Well yeah. But you miss my point. Which is, <em>why weren&#8217;t they blaming Bush<\/em>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>me:<\/strong> &#8220;Do me a favor, will you? When you run into Corey Haim or Brittany Murphy there in &#8216;Heaven,&#8217; tell&#8217;em <strong>protein wisdom<\/strong> says &#8216;hey&#8217;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Note:\u00a0 when I posted this back in Oct of 2012, Google asked me to remove it or else give up my Google ads account.\u00a0 Which, yeah, fuck you, Google.\u00a0 Anyway, now seems a good time to revisit it. 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