Nicky Cheese

As a protest against Islamofacism and the Left’s passive method in dealing with it, right-wing political blogger Ronald “Ronbo” Barbour (pic left) allegedly killed himself two weeks ago.

I say allegedly because, while his final post did describe the how and why, the obituary to surface was from a “Ronald Barbour” 12 years younger. At this point, the blogosphere remains silent.

No, it’s not the timeliest of news but I believe the comparison to Malachi Ritscher (pic right) – a 50-something Chicago man who, in opposition to the Iraq War, publicly set himself on fire November 3rd, 2006 and, like Ronbo, “blogged” about it beforehand — has yet to be made. And moreover, is fairly interesting.

Obvious comparisons aside, both men planned high-level political assassinations earlier in their lives. Really. In 1994, Barbour targeted President Clinton and spent 4+ years in prison. As for Ritscher, he said the following in his self-penned obituary (link above):

…at 8:05 one morning in 2002 I passed Donald Rumsfeld on Delaware Avenue and I was acutely aware that slashing his throat would spare the lives of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of innocent people. I had a knife clenched in my hand, and there were no bodyguards visible; to my deep shame I hesitated, and the moment was past.