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Cher – This wouldn’t fit in the small reply box. The first part of Idiocracy:

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 3:06 pm

Cher, very glad you mentioned this, I heard someone else addressing the true nature of the Boston Tea Party last week and thought, “This should be on The Planet!”.

It was anti-corporate, as you describe. Anti-monopoly. Parallels the situation we now have with banks and corporations.

And not at all what today’s Teabaggers whine about (to hide that they are just radical, racist Repubs), deficits, HCR and taxes.

“Taxation without representation” referred to a lack of power and democracy back then. The only comparable dynamic today is the corporate vs. people dynamic.

Our taxes are taken by them in part by the politicians they put in office and we have little to say about it.

At least, that’s how it has been. Maybe not so much in the current atmosphere.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 3:02 pm

Palin is more of a pawn than Bush was and would be the perfect corporate delivery system if she wasn’t so obviously shallow.

Even most Teabaggers who’ve been polled say they don’t want her as president. They just like that she gets so much in the press attacking Obama and the Dems, that’s the only role they want her in.

Minister of Propaganda.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 2:55 pm

A huge problem is the binary thinking that is programmed into the lesser-informed people.

If I’m happy with most things right now, support the people in office. If I’m not, vote for the other party.

There is no critical thinking or reason. No long term thinking. This is knee-jerk, childish, simple-minded thinking passing for political opinion.

Many Americans, Dem and Repub, are convicted in their beliefs…even though many more Repubs are convicted in court for them too.

Many so-called Independents though have little in terms of accurate information and principles and will gladly support a candidate tomorrow who stands for overturning everything the last candidate they voted for supported.

They are children and think like children. “I want to feel good now, I don’t want long term planning! I’m mad now and want to throw a tantrum to let everyone know how mad I am! Scott Brown for Senator!!!”

I would suggest that polls in April have absolutely no meaning. It does seem like the economy may be recovering, if people are getting more jobs and feeling less worried about the economy in November, as they may, then the current polls will prove to be totally worthless.

It is far easier and logical for the arsonist to watch the fire he caused and rally the angry mob against the firemen for not putting it out fast enough…that way, the angry mob isn’t focused on them as the perps.

What you seem dismayed about is the gullibility and ignorance of far too many to swallow such BS without a second thought. I agree, it is dismaying that so many people are not equipped with reason.

That’s why I think it’s important for informed and reasoned people to work hard to get their voices out there into those people’s heads that are only used as echo chambers.

It’s not fair that those who are honest and support what’s best for the majority in this nation have to fight to get people to support their own interests. However, that is the way things are and we can either participate or concede.

And I know, many here just don’t do “concede”.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 2:52 pm

Exxon doesn’t pay taxes to the U.S. Neither do many billion dollar earners.

They drain the U.S. of money and resources and put nothing back.

They are leaches, they need to be stopped.

As for the whiny Baggers, these liars who claim it’s all about economics and taxes, are the only ones who haven’t a clue that their taxes have gone down under Obama.

So, if they aren’t hating him for real reasons, wonder why they blindly hate this black president?

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 2:36 pm

BT – I think AZ is unique in this area. Here in Cali, we have our share of racists and haters but they represent a small minority.

And Cali now has a majority population that is not white, non-Hispanic whites make up only 42.3% of the population.

So unless there are a lot of self-hating people in CA, there’s no way that AZ mindset could win out here.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 2:32 pm

Especially back then, corporate Hollywood needed the creative people (liberals) to make the movies they could profit from.

In a way, how different is that from Fox having Family Guy on its network, attacking McCain/Palin in the middle of an election by showing their campaign pin on a Nazi.

For the greedy, liberal money is as green as conservative.

At the same time, Fox denied “Idiocracy” from getting a real release and tried to bury its DVD release afterward.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 2:27 pm

BT, this is one of the primal scenes in movie history for me, what a fantastic choice!

Paddy Chayefsky was a true visionary in extrapolating out the death of democracy and journalism under the weight of corporatism.

What is sad is that in 1976 when “Network” came out, it was a parody to portray news organizations as entertainment vehicles for greedy corporations, that dispensed with real news for the revenues that could be generated by crass exploitational pandering.

Here in 2010…it is the way things are.

Chayefsky did have the benefit of witnessing first hand this corporatization process as it was occurring to journalism back then. He just observed that the ways of the past, respecting journalism as an end unto itself was dying and thus came this epic project from him.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 2:21 pm

Yeah but they don’t need them now so criminalize being Mexican.

What is interesting, I recently re-read about the history of the criminalization of marijuana and though there was a puritanical aspect to it, one other reason for laws against it was a normal practice of Mexicans to smoke it for relaxation the same way Americans drank alcohol.

There was a big migration of Mexicans into the US at the time and a lot of prejudiced white people wanted to stop it. So, they trumped up stories such as this current rancher one in AZ (there is no proof that a Mexican killed this rancher yet it’s the main rallying cry against Mexicans) and decided that if they made marijuana illegal, that would instantly have the tools to criminalize Mexicans.

What is happening now in AZ has happened before. I hope that this time, those who have learned from history and those who are a bit wiser will expose these racist politicians and those in AZ for who and what they are and use the law of the land to crush their attempts to legalize prejudice.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 11:26 am

It’s because the Baggers are exactly what they were originally portrayed to be. An invention of Fox News and FreedomWorks, which is funded by Corporate and RW Republicans.

It was and is a a fraud that enough real people, who are selfish and racists, were fooled into believing was real and now help populate.

The Tea Party Movement is merely a heavily funded Republican campaign hiding behind economic issues to cloak their real intentions, to undermine and destabilize Obama and Democratic control of Congress.

When Clinton was president, they financed an industry to undermine and destabilize him. This is just the new and improved version.

» Posted By AdLib On April 26, 2010 @ 11:15 am

Vox Populi – AfterChat – 4-23-2010

Yum!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 9:32 pm

Patsy, that is the result of a corrupt cache, the chat software sends that message in such a case…it’s even happened to me. If it happens again, clear your cache then restart your browser and all should be well.

Unless there is a can of Spam in your cache, you may want to cook it up in a casserole first.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 9:03 pm

Boo!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 9:01 pm

Thanks to you Cher! And look forward to that link and info, we should definitely put it in Troll Busters!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 8:58 pm

How Do You Take Your Tea?

Same here! Let’s figure out our next target!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 2:33 am

😆

W is for the Wit WTS has.

T is for the Tea Partiers he’s skewered.

S is for the Satire he uses.

WTS!!!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 2:15 am

A Conversation with The Earth

Thanks javaz!

Good thing the Grand Tetons weren’t named by corporate America or we’d have a national monument named, “The Grand Hooters”.

I don’t think Earth would have any problems with man-made lakes but might consider man-made mountains “implants”.

Terrible that people hike in nature and dump their garbage while they’re there. A law should be passed that not only fines them but requires people in their neighborhood to take a tour through their home dropping cigarette butts and beer cans as they go.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 9:03 am

Earth should be very proud of such beauty. Gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, rain forests, The Rockies, The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, beaches, islands, dramatic clouds, snow, sweeping deserts…Earth is quite an exhibitionist but its totally justified.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 2:01 am

Earth has many features it is proud of but is still a bit miffed at whoever named the Grand Tetons.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:55 am

Earth doesn’t have a birth certificate but does have a published notice of its birth in a very popular book.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:52 am

Thanks CL! She knows you love her and sends it right back at ya!

I will try to get her to sit down for another interview on that topic. In fact, my friend Atlas has offered to give her a ride.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:48 am

I must agree that Sue’s series on religion in politics is a fantastic asset and reflection of the quality of posts and thought at PlanetPOV.

It’s the combo here of all of our approaches and sensibilities that makes The Planet a unique and engaging site.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:45 am

Thanks Sue! I have to catch myself too sometimes when I get too serious.

Thank goodness for friends like Earth and God to give one perspective and gently encourage one to lighten up.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:39 am

Tourist traps are often sadly amusing.

You should see how much we laugh at tourists who come to our backyard to view “The World’s Smallest Giant Orange Tree.”

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:36 am

Cheers dildenusa!

What’s ironic is that people would rush to their lawyers if there was toxic mold or radon in their homes but when corporations spew toxic waste and chemicals into their water, soil and air, they worry about the costs that will be passed onto them from polluters who would be forced to limit their pollution.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:34 am

From the kindness of Escribacat, always an encouraging word!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:25 am

Earth doesn’t wear pajamas, just an ozone layer that’s disappearing and giving her a bit of a chill.

But she said to pass along that she loves you too. Oh, and that your footsteps and those of your kitties tickle (in a good way)!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:19 am

Thanks BT!!!

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:16 am

Thanks my friend!

Yep, Earth is going through a kind of mid-life crisis. It has tried transplants and appreciates your wife and her BFF’s help with that.

And please tell the coal and oil companies that Earth doesn’t want planetary liposuction to continue. Earth is quite content with a round figure.

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:15 am

Earth was actually far more relaxed about pollution and climate change than I would have expected. I asked if Earth had flipped its cap and Earth just smiled, “Nope, just melted it.”

» Posted By AdLib On April 23, 2010 @ 1:10 am