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Raffi Ella

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29. A memorable moment from the movie, "Syriana":
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 01:13 PM
Feb 2012
DANNY
Some trust fund prosecutor, got off-message at Brown, thinks he’s
gonna run this up the flag pole, make a name for himself, maybe get elected some two-bit, no-name congressman from nowhere, with the result that Russia or China can suddenly start having, at our expense, all the advantages we enjoy here. No, I tell you. No, sir. (mimics prosecutor) “But, Danny, these are sovereign nations.” Sovereign nations! What is a sovereign nation, but a collective of greed run by one individual? “But, Danny, they’re codified by the U.N. charter!” Legitimized gangsterism on a global basis that has no more validity than an agreement between the Crips and the Bloods!

(beat) ...Corruption charges. Corruption? Corruption ain’t nothing more than government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulation. That’s Milton Friedman. He got a goddamn Nobel prize. We have laws against it precisely so we can get away with it. Corruption is our protection. Corruption is what keeps us safe and warm. Corruption is why you and I are prancing around here instead of
fighting each other for scraps of meat out in the streets. (beat)
Corruption... is how we win.


http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/REVIEWS/51130002/1023

There are no answers. And now that the corruption is absolute and is on its way to completely wiping out the middle class? Occupy Wall Street springs up.

And what does the Media say about OWS? And even some DU-ers say about them? They focus on fucking flag burning.

Seriously, it's enough to make you throw up your hands and just "get yours" and forget about the rest. Life is too god damn short.
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A memorable moment from the movie, "Syriana": Raffi Ella Feb 2012 #29
Interesting... Quantess Feb 2012 #30
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