Tuesday, September 30, 2008

SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM! TAKE TO THE HILLS!



All the thunderers on the right protest in furious chorus. The US government shall not intervene to save the global economy for that would be the godless abomination of socialism. Oh yes? Oh no! Not for nothing did our fathers and grandfathers chant the mantra “better dead than Red.” The holy tenets of free-market capitalism shall be preserved even though the heavens fall and the whole world fall with them, for thus is the will of the Almighty. What next they cry, universal healthcare?

Michael Moore comes at it from a slightly different angle.

“Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake about it: After stealing a half trillion dollars to line the pockets of their war-profiteering backers for the past five years, after lining the pockets of their fellow oilmen to the tune of over a hundred billion dollars in just the last two years, Bush and his cronies -- who must soon vacate the White House -- are looting the U.S. Treasury of every dollar they can grab. They are swiping as much of the silverware as they can on their way out the door.” Click for more.

Or, by way of a bonus, click here for the entire second Tina Fey-as-Palin clip from last Saturday’s SNL.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are we doomed?

Anonymous said...

"Sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed from within the United States..."

Pity.

steve

Anonymous said...

CUT IT WIT ALL THAT JIBBA JABBA SUCKAFOOL! DON'T MAKE ME PITY YOU!

& REMEMBER KIDS, DON'T DO SLEEP & GET ABOUT 8 HOURS OF DRUGS IN EVERY NIGHT!

Mick said...

Steve -- see if you can access this one

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/28/fey_again/

Anonymous said...

How the hell did Mr. T get in here?

Anonymous said...

On this blog any damned thing is possible, except maybe staying on message.

Anonymous said...

There was once a theory, back in the time of the old big comments board that all of you were figments of Doc's imagination.

Anonymous said...

I'm a figment, I'm a figment, great god almighty I'm a figment!

Anonymous said...

If you're a figment, then there's no trouble or crime in murdering you... no?

Mick said...
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Mick said...

Never threaten the self-destructive, even when they're figment, it gets them excited.

Anonymous said...

I may be a figment but I can speak for myself. And no, you can't murder me.

Anonymous said...

That wasn't meant to be a specific sort of threat, just an inquiry, that's all... meant for nothing other than maybe mild offense.

Anonymous said...

& 14

Anonymous said...

The line between murder and mild offense can be very thin.

Gerin said...

Michael knows (as we do)...
so let's dance.