Thinking Bill is an intellectual and a political expert is akin to thinking Bill Murray is a golfer and businessman. Look up satire in the dictionary. I love Bill. He is smart, hip, and funny. What more can we ask for?
Eric_Lorentzen: Thinking Bill is an intellectual and a political expert is
They're not racist, they're just really greedy! The mormans that regularly show up at my training stable to convert me are usually elderly and terribly sweet. I listen politely to their brainwashing, nod my head thoughtfully every once in awhile and give them some ice tea or lemonade (spring and summer appear to be their most active conversion time) and just let them patter on for about 20 minutes until I give them the PBO; they're not racist - what they really want is your hard earned dollars. I very much want to keep all my hard earned dollars. As I stopped attending Methodist services in my early 20's, I'd rather send any extra $$$ that I have lying around to charities of my own choice rather than hand it over to the already super-wealthy mormons.
Oxerjump: They're not racist, they're just really greedy! The mormans that
Well, they do allow guns in bars and classrooms these days, so why not coffee shops? (Rednecks who are well-armed and intoxicated...now that's what you call Darwinism in action).
rollingrock: Well, they do allow guns in bars and classrooms these
Big fan but one thing really bugged me this week that I am surprised he did not jump all over. When discussing the incident with Romney and the "Rapper". (I love how his job title becomes his name). Mr. Hill Harper brought up the most important point that the "rapper" was removed from the plane and not Romney. No issue with that? This is a huge problem to me.
malberg: Big fan but one thing really bugged me this week
I have a huge problem with Maher suggesting that Romney, and indeed all Mormons, are racist. That was slimy.
I would like a complete and accurate description of what happened in that plane. That rapper was removed from the plane suggests that the incident occurred while the plane was on the ground, in which case rapper had no business putting his seat back.
BlackRabbit: I have a huge problem with Maher suggesting that Romney,
I think it would be in the national interest for Starbucks to restrict gun-toters from consuming more than 30 cups of coffee per hour, or at least advising other patrons when this occurs so that they can choose to vacate the premises.
JonathanDS2U: I think it would be in the national interest for
The public plays hardly plays a role, except for a choice every four years within a narrowly ideological framework of choices crafted by state-corporate managers. One consequence is fragmentation of society and slavery of isolated individuals with self-destructive ambitions and crushing debt. A feature of these self-serving games of manipulation and control is the vigorous efforts of the business class to instill a consumer oriented and materialistic society in order to serve their ends. In the early 1900's, it was realized by state planners that it was no easy task to keep the population in-line through the use of force, and that it would therefore be imperative to use propaganda and concept control to slow the achievements gained by the population in order to ensure that the wealthy few were protected from the rest of the population. Today, these are very important psychological tools used by modern state capitalism to ensure there remains the illusion of democracy.
novo_organon: The public plays hardly plays a role, except for a
when supreme court decisions that are outrageously political or allow corporations to contribute unlimited funds to the candidates of their choice
go away,
and when some politicians and some of the media no longer get away with spewing untruths,
then novo organon's ideas will
go away.
dahlia97: when the lobbyists go away, when supreme court decisions that
Yes, did you see the movie The International? It was about how a world bank keeps control over all countries of the world by keeping them in huge debt. It was also about how that bank financed both sides of many conflicts, and controlled what weapons were sold to each side.
The same is true with our government and its citizens. Debt is the objective. Keeping people in debt is keeping them "controlled" or enslaved. Thus, our consumer driven society. There is a reason we don't hear our government telling us that debt is bad, and why anyone can get a credit card or 10 credit cards.
indywoman: Yes, did you see the movie The International? It was
Unfortunately, understanding what is actually going on in the world is like trying to understand the cosmos....too much is hidden from us. Maybe we get a glimpse of truth now and then.....
dahlia97: Unfortunately, understanding what is actually going on in the world
I was disappointed in Bill ,a rare occurrence, in the way he let Amy Holmes take over the show Friday As usual conservatives think that talking over people is a way to win the argument
fla_kracker: I was disappointed in Bill ,a rare occurrence, in the
I thought he cut her down a few times, and appropriately... like when she was talking about global warming and said something ret@rded, and he pretty much shut her up by saying something about how she should read... or when she was accusing people of using scare tactics when talking about Global warming, and he just said "because it's scary"... I thought he made her look positively simple-minded. Loved it!
Natalie_Buddo: I thought he cut her down a few times, and
Yes I noticed that too. In fact most of the times there are conservatives on the panel, they feel the need to talk over everyone else to get their empty-headed talking points across instead of engaging in an honest debate.
Anne_Johnson: Yes I noticed that too. In fact most of the
ROLF..
I would like a complete and accurate description of what happened in that plane. That rapper was removed from the plane suggests that the incident occurred while the plane was on the ground, in which case rapper had no business putting his seat back.
go away,
when supreme court decisions that are outrageously political or allow corporations to contribute unlimited funds to the candidates of their choice
go away,
and when some politicians and some of the media no longer get away with spewing untruths,
then novo organon's ideas will
go away.
The same is true with our government and its citizens. Debt is the objective. Keeping people in debt is keeping them "controlled" or enslaved. Thus, our consumer driven society. There is a reason we don't hear our government telling us that debt is bad, and why anyone can get a credit card or 10 credit cards.