# Milum is a babbling fountain of shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293 "2003-10-29T19:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/1 "2003-10-29T19:44:35Z")
Check this out: (from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=220185) \*\* > [@](#): > > Gentlemen. This is not Viet Nam. The hippies are gone and so is their license to unduly influence the course of political events. We left Viet Nam on the brink of complete victory, and afterwards 2,000,000 Cambodians died as a consequence of our withdrawal. > > Maybe some of you think that the life of an asian or a african or a european is not equal to the life of an American. But I do, and so does the American people. Forget the polls. Forget the body counts. We listened to the simple minded chants and slogans of the street protesters in the sixties and left Viet Nam, and as a result we delayed the collapse of the totalitarian Soviet Union for tens of years. This time the will of the people will not be denied, even by the people. The brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces will not desert the good people of Iraqi until our mission is done. > > Oh, you think not, do you? Well think back. Remember? You were against the beginning of the Bush war for the liberation of Iqaq and the American people were 75% in favor of it. > > So take heart doom-criers, most always a free citizenry knows best, and not knowing any better, your children and grandchildren will thank you for it.\*\* _“The will of the people will not be denied, even by the people.”_ I want to carve this onto the side of Mount Dipshit. **Milum** ,are you Yogi fucking Bera’s moronic right-wing cousin? Yes, Viet Nam was what was holding the Soviet Union together! Of course! I think not, do I! Everything out of this guy’s mouth is delivered like he’s fucking Moses, but instead of the Ten Commandments, all we get is a river of uncited, unsupported SHIT! Wouldn’t be so bad, but he’s posting in GD. The sample above is just one of many gems. I wish he would either: 1. stop posting, or 2. Read, attempt to understand, and then correct his own fucking nonsense. So take heart **Milum** -haters, most dipshits stop posting eventually, and not knowing any better, your children and grandchildren will thank you for it. (sic) ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/2 "2003-10-29T19:51:48Z")
I think if the Chicago Reader printed up a few thousand “Milum is a babbling fountain of shit” t-shirts and sold them for $20 a pop, they’d raise enough money for a new server. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/3 "2003-10-29T19:52:46Z")
I don’t hate **Milum** but I have learned to ignore most of his posts. More importantly, which would be the better band name, _Mount Dipshit_ or _Yogi’s Right Wing Cousin_? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/4 "2003-10-29T19:59:56Z")
and…? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/5 "2003-10-29T20:00:10Z")
“The will of the people will not be denied, even by the people.” > [@](#): > > I want to carve this onto the side of Mount Dipshit. Beauty. I’ve yet to come across this poster but after this I’ll approach him as I would a bouncing vial of nitro. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/6 "2003-10-29T20:02:54Z")
“The villiage had to be destroyed in order to save it.” “The will of the people will not be denied, even by the people.” “What a terrible thing it is to lose one’s mind. Or to not have a mind. What a terrible waste that is.” I think we have a new classic on our hands, people. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/7 "2003-10-29T20:03:49Z")
I’m no **Milum** fan, and I think he’s done lots of Pit-worthy stuff, and I certainly disagree with what he says in the quote, but it seems odd to Pit someone simply because you disagree with what he said in a GD thread. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/8 "2003-10-29T20:14:48Z")
Did **Milum** get a Purple Heart for having his shins blown off in The Big One? ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/9 "2003-10-29T20:20:41Z")
It’s not just the stupid things he says, it’s the needlessly asinine way in which he says it. to wit: > [@](#): > > It pleases me to say that Dershowitz is a flaming liberal jerk. > > The irony of a sub-set of liberals being pro-palestinian is in the lies that underlie the creed of the larger group. Namely that… > > Liberals are crusaders for the oppressed. > > HA! > > NPR style guide for NPR reporters > > terrorism, terrorist — Terrorism is the act of causing terror, usually for political purposes, and it connotes that the terror is perpetrated on innocents. Thus, the bombing of a civilian airliner clearly is a terrorist act, but an attack on an army convoy, even if away from the battlefield, is not. Do not ape government usage. The Israeli government, for instance, routinely refers to PLO actions as terrorist. A journalist should use independent criteria to judge whether the term is accurate. > > Now tell me Bleeding Hearts, when was the last time that a Jew put on womens clothing and went to a Palestinian marketplace and blew up innocent men, women, and children? > > Hmmm? The above post would be appropriate in the Pit, but it is factless and pointless, so it is “right out” of GD. I hope his wacky fonts, etc. showed up in that paste. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/10 "2003-10-29T20:26:10Z")
I’d like to disagree with the title of this thread. I think it’s misleading and uninformed. It misrepresents Milum as a person, as a poster, and a member of a board dedicated to irradicating ignorance. As a replacement, I’d offer the alternative: **"Milum is STILL a babbling fountain of shit"** ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/11 "2003-10-29T20:27:48Z")
I can say one good thing about **Milum** : **Daisy Cutter** is worse. If Milum, Daisy Cutter, Aldebaran and Reeder got their own room and never returned here this board would gain _a lot_. ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/12 "2003-10-29T20:28:08Z")
Damn, didn’t come through. **Blowero** , I see your point, but it’s the combination of the fact that he’s more full of shit than a Christmas goose, AND acts like he’s our God-given Anti-Chomsky, that made me hit the Pit. BTW, \*\* Milum\*\*, regarding your first quoted post: the Vietnamese Communists overthrew the Khmer Rouge, ending the genocide the U.S. did nothing to prevent. But don’t worry, you’re only 90% wrong. Also his grammar and spelling are for shit, but I’ll let that pass. ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/13 "2003-10-29T20:35:24Z")
**Sailor** : that’s the spirit. **Munch** : Touche’ ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/14 "2003-10-29T20:36:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\*I can say one good thing about **Milum** : **Daisy Cutter** is worse. > > If Milum, Daisy Cutter, Aldebaran and Reeder got their own room and never returned here this board would gain _a lot_. \*\* It would put us years closer in our fight against ignorance, that’s for sure. Still that much concentrated stupidity in one room would be quite dangerous. I guess we could give them a large supply of tin foil and some live journal code to keep them out of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/15 "2003-10-29T20:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > a board dedicated to irradicating ignorance. [Mrs. Bucket (pronounced “Bouquet”)] Shouldn’t that be “inrradicating”? Or is it “inrrandicating”? “Inrrandincanting”? [/Mrs Bucket] ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/16 "2003-10-29T20:45:45Z")
Fine. So I misspelled “fighting”. Sue me! ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/17 "2003-10-29T21:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > BTW, Milum, regarding your first quoted post: the Vietnamese Communists overthrew the Khmer Rouge, ending the genocide the U.S. did nothing to prevent. But don’t worry, you’re only 90% wrong Prevent? The US SUPPORTED the Khmer Rouge as a supposed stopgap against the Vietnamese Communists. [Cite: “A Problem from Hell” : America and the Age of Genocide, by Samantha Power]. And this bit of mishegoss: > [@](#): > > Forget the body counts. We listened to the simple minded chants and slogans of the street protesters in the sixties and left Viet Nam, and as a result we delayed the collapse of the totalitarian Soviet Union for tens of years. The Soviet Union collapsed from its own inefficiency and corruption, not from any American military efforts. Moreover the defeat of Vietnam was not caused by “hippies” but from the combination of American underestimation of the enemy’s determination and the utter ineptitude of the South Vietnamese government. A reading list for Milum: The March of Folly, by Barbara Tuchman, pp. 233-378 Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, by Neil Sheehan ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/18 "2003-10-29T21:29:58Z")
[I agree.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218328) Milum is a disgrace to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/19 "2003-10-29T22:19:26Z")
**Gobear** : You’re 100% right. I couldn’t find a ref. that handily summarized America’s shameful support for Pol-Pot. Then I didn’t even put in the link I did find. Once again, my day job ruins a good post. BTW, I think he’ll need those books on tape. **Snax** , I missed that other pitting **Milum** received. Too bad. I was about to work my way around to the feverishly shitty work he did on that “FOX and liberals” thread, but I guess I don’t hafta. I would buy the **Milum** t-shirt, especially if the back had an artist’s depiction of Mt. Dipshit, where I am now chiseling the immortal words of The Shame of Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/20 "2003-10-29T22:47:21Z")
Can’t we just focus on the positive around here? Like the fact that **december** is gone? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293.md?page=2)