Another limousine liberal outs himself: Bill Murray: 'I think we ought to be personally responsible'

[HiPointDem]

Actor Bill Murray on Friday said he believes Americans need to be more personally responsible for their well-being.

"I think we ought to be personally responsible," he said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Friday morning. "I think if you can take care of yourself, and then maybe try to take care of someone else, that's sort of how you're supposed to live.

"It's not a question of asking other people for help or being rescued or anything like that," he continued. "I think we've sort of gotten used to someone looking out for us, and I don't think any other person is necessarily going to be counted on to look out for us.

"I think there's only so many people that can take care of themselves, and can take care of other people. And the rest of the people … they're useful in terms of compost for the whole planet, you know."

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/209927-bill-murray-on-personal-responsibility


you & mitt romney, baby.

[villager]

1. Goddamnit. And I had always liked him.

n/t

[DLevine]

2. Would not have expected that from him. What a kick in the gut. nt

[CBGLuthier]

3. People have been saying for years that he is really a prick and a half

I guess they were underestimating the man. I grew tired of his shit when he walked out of the Oscars crying. Now the SOB is playing FDR attempting to get a little gold man for himself.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. I'm sure Bill Murray doesn't have to rely on anyone

I'm sure he mows his own lawn, cooks his own food, drives his own car, manages his own finances, arranges his own media events.

Bill Murray, self-sufficient survivalist.

Except that he's full of compost.

[Odin2005]

5. These are the kind of "liberals" who support the DLC.

[closeupready]

6. 'The love of money is the root of all evil.'

Very disappointed.

[TwilightGardener]

7. I would like to let the nursing-home patients that I've cared for know

that Bill Murray says that they are basically human compost. BTW, STFU, you unfunny has-been.

[ieoeja]

8. In other news professional comedian says, "{people} useful in terms of compost for the whole planet"

[ChazII]

9. Unbelievable.

Karma will get him.

[jsr]

10. Wise advice

Thanks, asshole.

[skypilot]

11. Didn't a lot of those wagon-pushing pioneers...

...die along the way? How does that fact fit into his argument? What exactly is he saying? This "pull yourself up by you bootstraps" crap is SO old. Tell that to, say, the thousands of Enron employees who lost their jobs and the thousands and thousands of people who've lost their jobs and their savings and their pensions in our current economic mess. This kind of talk is really stomach-turning coming from a rich celebrity who has apparently lost his ability to think, "There but for the grace of God..."

[grantcart]

12. Actually I think liberals take more personal responsibility than others.

Its the Michelle Bachmanns that don't take personal responsibility, live off the federal government with farm and medicare payments and then complain about a government too big.

Its the oil companies that demand subsidies as they make record profits.

I assume that is what he was talking about.