Like the quirky “newspaper” itself – famous for its doctored photos of Bigfoot, aliens and a creature of its own invention called Bat Boy -- Ed’s views were black and white. The Economist’s obituary for legendary WWN publisher Ed Clontz listed Ed Anger’s pet hatreds as, “foreigners, yoga, whales, speed limits and pineapple on pizza; he liked flogging, electrocutions and beer” and called Ed’s opinions “so vitriolically right-wing that [they] possibly came from the left.”
The Economist reported that:
“Despite their extremism, Anger's columns were one of the more mainstream elements of the WWN during Clontz's editorship and found a loyal audience, especially in the more conservative and rural areas of the United States.”
Originally written and created by Rafael Klinger in 1979, Ed Clontz wrote the Ed Anger columns from 1990 until he left the paper in 2001. A few years later, Justin Mitchell “outed himself” as another Ed Anger ghostwriter, in an entertaining article about his days as a WWN staffer.
Mitchell recalled:
“I was the fourth ‘Ed’, and while my results varied -- it was hard to top Clontz's lines like ‘The only good space alien is a dead space alien’ and ‘Let's pave the rainforests and give school teachers stun guns!’ -- I was good enough...”
Alas, Ed Anger and all those other Weekly World News favorites were forced into retirement in the summer of 2007, when the familiar black and white tabloid published its last print edition.
The paper’s demise, and Ed’s subsequent retirement, was lamented throughout the mainstream media, including the New York Times.
However, the Weekly World News survives online, and recently, Ed Anger has returned, busier and angrier than ever. And not a moment too soon, now that the man Ed calls the "Communist-in-Chief" is in the White House.
For instance, Ed Anger has trashed Obama's swearing in as the "worst Inauguration ever", warning that Obama and Joe Biden "aim to turn our noble bald eagle of a nation into one of those carnival chickens that plays the piano – and the tune’ll be written by the Antichrist himself!"
And as for Obama's pointed attacks on Rush Limbaugh, Ed Anger is quick to rise to his fellow right wing pundit's defense:
"Obama says he’ll meet with that Ahmed Dirtybad in Iran, but he’s scared of some chubby bald guy who lives with a bunch of cats and scented candles?"
Ed Anger vows to fight Barack Obama's "communist" agenda -- at least until his oxygen tank runs out! All "red, white and blue blooded patriotic Americans" should welcome this beloved culture warrior back to the battle!
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