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In reply to the discussion: Know your BFEE: John Roberts earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes as an Iran-Contra cover-up artiste. [View all]Raffi Ella
(4,465 posts)29. A memorable moment from the movie, "Syriana":
DANNY
Some trust fund prosecutor, got off-message at Brown, thinks hes
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, theyre 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 aint nothing more than government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulation. Thats 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.
Some trust fund prosecutor, got off-message at Brown, thinks hes
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, theyre 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 aint nothing more than government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulation. Thats 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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Know your BFEE: John Roberts earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes as an Iran-Contra cover-up artiste. [View all]
Octafish
Feb 2012
OP
Prof. Alexander delivers Truth regarding the racist and fascist natures of the War on Drugs.
Octafish
Feb 2012
#6
His means to occupying the Oval Office was to ensure there would be no ''October Surprise.''
Octafish
Feb 2012
#7
The BFEE - the world's ultimate I'll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch mine club.
Initech
Feb 2012
#3
Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. Theirs is a line of toadies in service to warmongers going back generations.
Octafish
Feb 2012
#10
That's exactly why they keep scumbags like Roberts and Alito and Scalia in power.
Octafish
Feb 2012
#18
No surprise. Almost all of W's people can be found somewhere in the the criminal ranks of the past.
jwirr
Feb 2012
#5
On a side note, Lawrence Walsh celebrated his 100th birthday last month.
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2012
#9
Thank you for your effort and dedication in pulling this together so we can see the full picture
suffragette
Feb 2012
#15
You are most welcome, suffragette! The guy's friends with the likes of Clarence Thomas...
Octafish
Feb 2012
#37
And both he and Thomas clearly view rights as something for the privileged class and corporations,
suffragette
Feb 2012
#39
Understand, completely. My own Mrs. Octafish says, ''I am so glad I don't know what you know.''
Octafish
Feb 2012
#38
"Just because I look drunk and stoned in the photo doesn't mean I am." - Bush (R)
Miqqyy
Feb 2012
#19