Gonzo

I saw the Gonzo documentary at the local pizza and brew theater here Monday night. HST still inspires today with his affinity for random gunfire, honest politics, and a (little utopic, i think) belief that the only thing drugs gateway to is World Peace. On his search for the American Dream, he inevitably came up short, burning out young in a blaze of glory and sticking it out long enough to bag himself a hot young wife before his untimely end. With his death, a legend was cemented. Perhaps this is the American Dream. Even more than the Great American Novel or riding the bucking, infernal stock market. HST found a way to live big and die bigger. His mystique will grow with the passing of time. With all trends pointing the way they do, we are in for belt tightening and moral strengthening. Chances are, HST was one of the wildest of the wild of men in the (soon to be) old west.