How can anyone take this douchebag seriously, and, how can people ignore what he says but criticize other people that say pretty much the same thing?
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How can anyone take this douchebag seriously, and, how can people ignore what he says but criticize other people that say pretty much the same thing?
he's in the entertainment business. there are no more 'political pundits' from the classic definition - limbaugh, beck, olbermann, and matthews (right and left) have found a way to monetize themselves. they could be talking about anything, they've just decided that politics was easier, since few Americans question politics anymore.
Bloomberg news is the best source.
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That was a stretch. Granted Beck is whiny moron, however he actually has the countries best interests in mind -unlike the Oberleader. I find it disturbing that Fact checking and vetting is left to him and widly ignored by the media (Van Jones).
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
They are all whiny morons. Listening to them for fun/enjoyment is one thing. Regurgitating what they say as your ideological platform is a fucking joke.DBBrinson1 wrote:
That was a stretch. Granted Beck is whiny moron, however he actually has the countries best interests in mind -unlike the Oberleader. I find it disturbing that Fact checking and vetting is left to him and widly ignored by the media (Van Jones).
The last election cycle was the greatest thing to happen to me politically. I have largely become apolitical in regards to American politics. There is so much bullshit and misunderstanding regarding government and politics on so many levels that it's not even worth thinking about. For all the shit slinging, finger-pointing and promises being made, you can still break it down to the chorus of a Wu-Tang song - Cash Rules Everything Around Me. The fact that most people either willingly ignore this in their diatribes against ____(insert political platform/politician/ideology) or pass it off as a minor hiccup in the cardiopulmonary system that is the social contract is equally as laughable as repeating the sentiments of blowhards like Rush, Olbermann et al. I don't necessarily blame the political commentators - no, I blame the people with brains so dense that the only thing that permeates into their consciousness is the bile these infotainers spit out for them to regurgitate like raptors feeding their newborn spawn.
Lets take a look at the political topography of the US over the last 40 or so years - we have religious moral socialists fucking little boys like they were Zeus picking up Ganymede; so-called progressives against big business filling their silk-lined power suits with corporate capital; a lobby industry that has grown exponentially in power and balls; government spending out of control with little to no accountability by us, the general public; government agencies contracting PR companies to convince us (the people they are supposedly serving) that their initiatives are in our best interest; concentrated capital flowing through government on all levels...where does that leave me? More jaded (and really drunk) than Dophus Raymond in To Kill A Mockingbird.
The smutty underlying theme in all of this seems to be that we as a nation, a community, have largely allowed this to happen right under our noses. We as a nation are so worried about banal problems, trivialities brought forth by consumerism, arguing about how wrong the 'other side' is (as if we exist on a 2d plane) We have allowed the dirty money and public policy to take the path of least resistance and create a shitstorm unseen since Bodhi disappeared into the Australian surf. Soon that path of least resistance will mimic the colon of a 30 year-old anal porn queen, and soon that poop chute will be transposed into the bowels of the American public if you don't believe its already happening. Hey, at least we'll be able to sustain our gluttonous way of life with a colon that can easily pass a bowling ball
fuckin johnny utah
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This. Of course the reaction to Beck is far more entertaining than anything he writes, says, or does.burnzz wrote:
he's in the entertainment business.
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he may say he is an entertainer but I would bet a large portion of his listening and viewing public dont see him that way.
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Whose fault is that?eleven bravo wrote:
he may say he is an entertainer but I would bet a large portion of his listening and viewing public dont see him that way.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
the greeks and their direct democracy ideas
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Yea, he actually mocks he devout followers sometimes.JohnG@lt wrote:
Whose fault is that?eleven bravo wrote:
he may say he is an entertainer but I would bet a large portion of his listening and viewing public dont see him that way.
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like the guy who lost that election in NY?Kmarion wrote:
Yea, he actually mocks he devout followers sometimes.JohnG@lt wrote:
Whose fault is that?eleven bravo wrote:
he may say he is an entertainer but I would bet a large portion of his listening and viewing public dont see him that way.
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He does it in a manner that illustrates why you should not hang on someones every word. Not to try and win votes.eleven bravo wrote:
like the guy who lost that election in NY?Kmarion wrote:
Yea, he actually mocks he devout followers sometimes.JohnG@lt wrote:
Whose fault is that?
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He said Sarah Palin was the modern George Washington of our time.
In the sense that she would be perfectly happy staying home, out of politics, like Washington. I believe George Washington though.Phrozenbot wrote:
He said Sarah Palin was the modern George Washington of our time.
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now you dont believe she would be perfectly happy staying home out of politics do you?
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No. I said I believed George.. who actually demonstrated it.
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Yea, what makes you think she won't run in 2012?
I hope fervently that she doesn't. She would guarantee a second term for ObamaPhrozenbot wrote:
Yea, what makes you think she won't run in 2012?
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
truth - that's only if she's nominated though. but considering the number of insane social conservatives there are, i wouldn't be surprised if she did easilyJohnG@lt wrote:
I hope fervently that she doesn't. She would guarantee a second term for ObamaPhrozenbot wrote:
Yea, what makes you think she won't run in 2012?
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
The problem with that is only registered Republicans can vote in the primaries. Us independents get shut out and we're the ones that would be screaming at the far right not to vote for her She could probably carry the primaries among registered RepublicansSpark wrote:
truth - that's only if she's nominated though. but considering the number of insane social conservatives there are, i wouldn't be surprised if she did easilyJohnG@lt wrote:
I hope fervently that she doesn't. She would guarantee a second term for ObamaPhrozenbot wrote:
Yea, what makes you think she won't run in 2012?
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
well i guess that's reasonable. after all it's the party's decision who they nominate.JohnG@lt wrote:
The problem with that is only registered Republicans can vote in the primaries. Us independents get shut out and we're the ones that would be screaming at the far right not to vote for her She could probably carry the primaries among registered RepublicansSpark wrote:
truth - that's only if she's nominated though. but considering the number of insane social conservatives there are, i wouldn't be surprised if she did easilyJohnG@lt wrote:
I hope fervently that she doesn't. She would guarantee a second term for Obama
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
See but that is part of the problem. A substancial base of the R's identifies with relegion. It is a great way to bring out the relegious right conservative votes. In turn the independants swing left. Shit, I don't blame em either.Spark wrote:
well i guess that's reasonable. after all it's the party's decision who they nominate.JohnG@lt wrote:
The problem with that is only registered Republicans can vote in the primaries. Us independents get shut out and we're the ones that would be screaming at the far right not to vote for her She could probably carry the primaries among registered RepublicansSpark wrote:
truth - that's only if she's nominated though. but considering the number of insane social conservatives there are, i wouldn't be surprised if she did easily
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
In some states at least. I'm all for open primaries across the board. My card still says [R]. Otherwise, being in Fl, I'd have no voice.JohnG@lt wrote:
The problem with that is only registered Republicans can vote in the primaries. Us independents get shut out and we're the ones that would be screaming at the far right not to vote for her She could probably carry the primaries among registered RepublicansSpark wrote:
truth - that's only if she's nominated though. but considering the number of insane social conservatives there are, i wouldn't be surprised if she did easilyJohnG@lt wrote:
I hope fervently that she doesn't. She would guarantee a second term for Obama
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errr... I dunno about that. Remember Limbaughs "Operation Chaos"?Kmarion wrote:
In some states at least. I'm all for open primaries across the board. My card still says [R]. Otherwise, being in Fl, I'd have no voice.JohnG@lt wrote:
The problem with that is only registered Republicans can vote in the primaries. Us independents get shut out and we're the ones that would be screaming at the far right not to vote for her She could probably carry the primaries among registered RepublicansSpark wrote:
truth - that's only if she's nominated though. but considering the number of insane social conservatives there are, i wouldn't be surprised if she did easily
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.