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@joelgabrielgrey

It's impossible to fathom the activities of corporations without their propaganda machines (what you are probably calling PR staff), so maybe your comment would read better if it were worded:"I didn't think about this subject until recently." Fact is, the larger a corporation b...

If I gave her a pearl necklace, we wouldn't need a condom...

Right?

Yeah, I know....how can you spew on a cartoon?

@highrollin2,

The truth hurts, but you've nailed it on the head (except that I'd say it was anger AND cruelty that they love).

@optionsupdate,

In the US, we're basically trained to respond viscerally whenever we hear the truth, which explains why you probably hated Rachel. She is a very intelligent, hardworking sort who uses her gifts to help the rest of us see what's going on under our noses - if she'd applied her gif...

Doubtless, that gash was flowing with the seed of several executives from the station when this aired. I'm sure she was ready for her close-up.

I've got a peace pipe you can toke down on, bimbo.

Rather than take pot shots at the man, or parse his words looking for a chink in his logic, I'd suggest that more of you at least hear him out. A large part of the problem we all face is that people tend to reject bad news, simply dismissing it wholesale rather than ascertaining its merits (if a...

HE never had a point. Neither do you. If something doesn't fit your perception, you interpret it as an insult. Moore used a stilted version of things to present his case, and so did Stossel, yet you both wish to view the latter as 'factual' because it suits your limited perspective.

Hope you'r...

Please - don't punch me in the nuts! That hurt just to watch.

There is no shortage of people willing to snipe at this man and make ad hominem attacks, yet he offers a very cogent argument and illustrates the points he's trying to make by citing history, so I'd be more inclined to lend him credence than I would his detractors. Also, I've heard people all my...

Charlie Rose plays the part of the willfully obtuse American to the hilt here, so much so that I doubt that very much of Dr. Ferguson's message got through to him - hopefully the viewers were more receptive. While Dr. Ferguson may not be correct on all points, his warnings should not be ignored....

By the time this was produced, Keye Luke already had quite a body of work in Hollywood behind him, and had doubtless developed many contacts - it's far more likely that he exercised input into what this character would entail, than it was that fate had any hand in the matter. After the producer...

Gettin' jundarpash wid' it!

You don't understand! His thing is bigger than yours! Stop!

Great job of supervising there, hubby. You do that every bit as well as my boss. :)

That's right, Glenn....take sloppy seconds from the dead guy....

So....if a speaker doesn't spend the requisite (by your arbitrary standards) amount of time bashing YOUR nemesis, then you feel entitled to discount not only his POV, but his experience, accomplishments, erudition, etc., as well as his topic, AND question his loyalties? No comment (it would be t...

This young woman has just enough education to affect a much higher level of erudition than she actually possesses, and her look is so premeditated, it should be illegal. She has nothing substantive to offer, but she will also have no shortage of venues in which to offer it. The fact that she ca...

oddball,

Talk about monopolizing a site - methinks thee doth protest too much!

Just because other countries have a history of human rights abuses does not excuse the brutality of what did happen at Nanking. I lived in Japan for nine years, and although I moved there as a Japanophile, because I'm...

My father made the best Lyonnaise potatoes I've ever had, and this recipe is a travesty compared to his method, with several dishes dirtied unnecessarily, far too much cooking time and fat, plus a poor presentation at the end. Whatever happened to a sense of craft? The classic dish is a model o...

It was the end of the discussion, but if you watched the movie (if memory serves), you know that once out of range, the skipper took off with the boat, leaving Rocco stranded.

Ain't karma wonderful?

@stephencarlsbad ,

I said nothing to support eugenics, nor the Rothschild dynasty; I admitted that I don't have an answer to a pernicious problem. Rest easy - I can't very well put the gun to your head, as I'd risk injuring my own organ (think on that for the next two weeks while you attempt to ...

I don't want my neighbors to gossip about me beating my wife. Do you know how I accomplish this? Give up? I just don't beat my wife - ever. :)

If the US government is prickly about being accused of human rights abuses, they could always take a page out of my book. No, I wasn't expecting comp...

I realize that these remarks by Dr. Friedman were made prior to our current economic woes, but if they are based on sound economic theory, then why do they miss the mark so? Chinese industry is certainly government sponsored and subsidized, and it has largely supplanted the US version. The same...

tgmcrad,

I never said Aussies don't work. I've been several places in the country, and thought well of most of the people I met (better than Americans, certainly); I think you've misconstrued my point.

The history of colonialism in Oz may vary from that of other areas, but it can't be denied tha...

I never tried to defend the ex-professor's position, nor would I. I was just trying to point out how Hannity tried to set someone up to make his own point without any attempt at being equitable.

The larger problem is a centuries-old mindset which many whites have bought into (due to Pavlovian co...

I'd submit that Dr. Chomsky is fine with where he's at. He is able to keep his position at MIT, make his speeches, and publish his books, all of which are very constructive and useful. To attempt to elevate him to the level of a public figure/talking head with sufficient exposure to widely diss...

The point of bringing this to light should not be to vilify all Japanese people, but to highlight the extent of the government's cover-up, which has led to a warped view of the outside world by contemporary Japanese. I'd posit that a similar approach might benefit many Americans, who seem totall...

Interesting how the landowner tried to portray himself as being in the same boat as his workers, yet he wound up clearly illustrating the fact that the system he supports essentially forces them to depend upon his patronage for their incomes - why would anyone willingly support such a paternalist...

Doomed to fail? I'm sure you mean well, and probably have a strong sense of ethics, which is commendable, but no system is going to fail simply because it's 'evil'. It may fail because it's poorly constructed/maintained, or possibly due to some unforeseen calamity. As much as I despise the sys...

I'd say it's a mistake to equate acknowledgment of Dr. Chomsky's prowess and wealth of knowledge with simple adulation, and it's inane to say that there is nothing special about the man. From his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War down to the present, he has often been the most prominent cr...

Any food can be ruined by people who don't comprehend it, it's presentation or it's context. Go to a nice dim sum place and have a bowl of congee (rice gruel) with these in it, and there their flavor will be nicely framed, and so will really shine.

I just love watching some Mickey D weaned twerp...

2dum,

What's draconian about the tax code that has steadily reduced taxes on the wealthiest sector ever since Eisenhower left office? And what 'free market' are you referring to? It can't be found here. Why parse words about crony capitalism or robber barons, since neither could occur without ...

I'll' concede that the argument can't be reduced to 'Dems vs. GOP', and I'll agree that many in both parties don't conform to their party lines, but I think your statement is not well thought out. One of the main precepts of the GOP base is preservation of corporate profits, and this has been ac...

You flatter yourself to even attempt to label this exchange as a debate: you made an unfounded assertion; I stated my reasons for disagreeing; you then proceeded to stalk me on-line, and now, since your communicative abilities are clearly not up to the task, you resort to calling me names and oth...

Wasn't that Dick Cheney driving? If so, didn't he write those lyrics?