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Post by b2r on Jun 2, 2011 19:03:09 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In clips that will hit the Internet to promote a new book, producers including "Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman and "House" creator David Shore say Hollywood discriminates against and belittles conservatives.Some of TV's top executives from the past four decades may have gotten more than they bargained for when they agreed to be interviewed for a politically charged book that was released Tuesday, because video of their controversial remarks will soon be hitting the Internet. The book makes the case that TV industry executives, writers and producers use their clout to advance a liberal political agenda. The author bases his thesis on, among other things, 39 taped interviews that he'll roll out piecemeal during the next three weeks. The Hollywood Reporter obtained several of the not-yet-released clips. Each contains a snippet of an interview, usually some historical footage of the TV shows the interviewee was responsible for and, naturally, a plea to purchase the book, "Primetime Propaganda" by Ben Shapiro and published by Broad Side, an imprint of HarperCollins. In one video, Kauffman says that when she cast Candace Gingrich-Jones, half-sister of Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as the minister of a lesbian wedding in a "Friends" episode, "There was a bit of 'f--- you' in it to the right wing." Kauffman also acknowledges she "put together a staff of mostly liberal people," which is another major point of Shapiro's book: that conservatives aren't welcome in Hollywood. Maybe that's because they're "idiots" and have "medieval minds." At least that's what "Soap" and "Golden Girls" creator Susan Harris thinks of TV's conservative critics. However, the ranks of dumb right-wingers has dwindled, according to Harris, whose video has her saying: "At least, you know, we put Obama in office, and so people, I think, are getting -- have gotten -- a little bit smarter." www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=news&cd=1&ved=0CCoQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F06%2F02%2Fus-hollywood-idUSTRE7517JQ20110602&ei=kyDoTai5GZLmsQOxouHiDQ&usg=AFQjCNEHxD1bUVDVBhqkHqymTJCa72TlCwPrimetime Propaganda: Kauffman Says "Friends" a "F--- You To The Right Wing"
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Post by billisonboard on Jun 2, 2011 19:21:17 GMT -5
Ain't free enterprise great?
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www.theblaze.com/stories/is-sesame-street-spreading-left-wing-propaganda-exec-admits-yes/IS SESAME STREET SPREADING LEFT-WING PROPAGANDA? EXEC ADMITS, YES Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:11pm While the theme song to the kids show Sesame Street encourages people to ask how to get there, one author just finished an expose exploring what’s really in the popular show: left-wing propaganda. Sesame Street, with its loveable and fuzzy characters, is really a mouthpiece for the left’s agenda. That’s the conclusion of author Ben Shapiro, who after interviewing hundreds of industry insiders found that many of Hollywood’s most popular shows, including the popular kids program, are inundated with secret political messages. And he got top executives to admit it. Shapiro’s new book, “Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV,” according to it’s description “is the story—told in their own words—of how television has been used over the past sixty years by Hollywood writers, producers, actors, and executives to promote their liberal ideals, to push the envelope on social and political issues, and to shape America in their own leftist image.” For example, Shapiro quotes Mike Dann, one of Sesame Street’s founding executives, saying it “was not made for the sophisticated or the middle class.” Using the premise, the team worked in all sorts of messages, including Grover breaking bread with a hippie and Oscar the grouch who was supposed to address “conflicts arising from racial and ethnic diversity.” Dann also admitted he used the program in the wake of 9/11 to highlight peaceful alternatives to war. “Sesame Street tried to tackle divorce, tackled ‘peaceful conflict resolution’ in the aftermath of 9/11 and had [gay actor] Neil Patrick Harris on the show playing the subtly-named ‘fairy shoeperson’,” writes Shapiro, according to THR. The news may not be surprising considering the left‘s recent use of the show’s cuddly character, Elmo. The furry, red puppet has been used to trumpet free internet, lament job loss, and even plug Michelle Obama’s child nutrition bill. But the left-wing messages aren‘t limited to children’s programs. Adults are inundated, too. The Independent explains: The TV series Friends undermined family values; Sesame Street taught ethnic minorities about civil disobedience; Happy Days had a subtle anti-Vietnam subtext; and the 1980s cop show MacGyver tried to persuade pistol-packing Americans that guns are bad. Happy Days? Friends? Believe it. Shapiro even got Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman to own up to intentionally hiring liberals and sending a strong message to conservatives in a popular episode: Among Shapiro’s most revelatory interviewees is Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of Friends, who recalls how she hired a “bunch of liberals” to run the programme to “put out there what we believe”. In 1999, she admitted casting the actress sister of Newt Gingrich, the prominent Republican, to play a preacher at a lesbian wedding because she wanted to annoy conservatives. “When we did the lesbian wedding, we knew there was going to be some flack,” said Kauffman. “I have to say, when we cast Candice Gingrich as the minister of that wedding, there was a bit of a ‘fu** you’ in it to the right-wing, directly.” So how did Shapiro get these executives to say such things on record. According to him, he took advantage of liberal stereotypes. “There was a certain amount of stereotyping on their part in granting the interview,” he told the Independent. “Many probably assumed that with a name like Shapiro and a Harvard Law credential, there was no need to Google me: I would have to be a leftist. In Hollywood, talking to a Jew with a Harvard Law baseball cap is like talking to someone wearing an Obama pin.” “I was shocked by the openness of the Hollywood crowd when it came to admitting anti-conservative discrimination inside the industry,” he told the paper. “They weren’t ashamed of it. In fact, some were actually proud of it.”
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Post by billisonboard on Jun 2, 2011 19:33:21 GMT -5
The creative people of Hollywood tend to be liberal. They hire like-minded people. And......?
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Post by cereb on Jun 2, 2011 19:34:00 GMT -5
www.theblaze.com/stories/is-sesame-street-spreading-left-wing-propaganda-exec-admits-yes/IS SESAME STREET SPREADING LEFT-WING PROPAGANDA? EXEC ADMITS, YES Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:11pm While the theme song to the kids show Sesame Street encourages people to ask how to get there, one author just finished an expose exploring what’s really in the popular show: left-wing propaganda. Sesame Street, with its loveable and fuzzy characters, is really a mouthpiece for the left’s agenda. That’s the conclusion of author Ben Shapiro, who after interviewing hundreds of industry insiders found that many of Hollywood’s most popular shows, including the popular kids program, are inundated with secret political messages. And he got top executives to admit it. Shapiro’s new book, “Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV,” according to it’s description “is the story—told in their own words—of how television has been used over the past sixty years by Hollywood writers, producers, actors, and executives to promote their liberal ideals, to push the envelope on social and political issues, and to shape America in their own leftist image.” For example, Shapiro quotes Mike Dann, one of Sesame Street’s founding executives, saying it “was not made for the sophisticated or the middle class.” Using the premise, the team worked in all sorts of messages, including Grover breaking bread with a hippie and Oscar the grouch who was supposed to address “conflicts arising from racial and ethnic diversity.” Dann also admitted he used the program in the wake of 9/11 to highlight peaceful alternatives to war. “Sesame Street tried to tackle divorce, tackled ‘peaceful conflict resolution’ in the aftermath of 9/11 and had [gay actor] Neil Patrick Harris on the show playing the subtly-named ‘fairy shoeperson’,” writes Shapiro, according to THR. The news may not be surprising considering the left‘s recent use of the show’s cuddly character, Elmo. The furry, red puppet has been used to trumpet free internet, lament job loss, and even plug Michelle Obama’s child nutrition bill. But the left-wing messages aren‘t limited to children’s programs. Adults are inundated, too. The Independent explains: The TV series Friends undermined family values; Sesame Street taught ethnic minorities about civil disobedience; Happy Days had a subtle anti-Vietnam subtext; and the 1980s cop show MacGyver tried to persuade pistol-packing Americans that guns are bad. Happy Days? Friends? Believe it. Shapiro even got Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman to own up to intentionally hiring liberals and sending a strong message to conservatives in a popular episode: Among Shapiro’s most revelatory interviewees is Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of Friends, who recalls how she hired a “bunch of liberals” to run the programme to “put out there what we believe”. In 1999, she admitted casting the actress sister of Newt Gingrich, the prominent Republican, to play a preacher at a lesbian wedding because she wanted to annoy conservatives. “When we did the lesbian wedding, we knew there was going to be some flack,” said Kauffman. “I have to say, when we cast Candice Gingrich as the minister of that wedding, there was a bit of a ‘fu** you’ in it to the right-wing, directly.” So how did Shapiro get these executives to say such things on record. According to him, he took advantage of liberal stereotypes. “There was a certain amount of stereotyping on their part in granting the interview,” he told the Independent. “Many probably assumed that with a name like Shapiro and a Harvard Law credential, there was no need to Google me: I would have to be a leftist. In Hollywood, talking to a Jew with a Harvard Law baseball cap is like talking to someone wearing an Obama pin.” “I was shocked by the openness of the Hollywood crowd when it came to admitting anti-conservative discrimination inside the industry,” he told the paper. “They weren’t ashamed of it. In fact, some were actually proud of it.” OMG that's wicked funny!
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Post by b2r on Jun 2, 2011 19:38:57 GMT -5
Primetime Propaganda: DiBona Celebrates Blacklisting Conservatives
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Post by deziloooooo on Jun 2, 2011 19:48:09 GMT -5
Is it new that Hollywood is [Movie industry, entertainment folks I mean} is heavy with liberals, not forgetting John Wayne, Reagan, Arnold...some others] is weighted heavily by Liberals, has been that way forever, so Cons now going to swear off going to Movies?
It's also true in higher circles of executives, ones who run the Industry, even today after the end of the executive power house studios of the past, very heavily populated by those of the Jewish Faith...a fact , though here, since most support heavily Israel , it might be a plus for the cons,.,,
do I go to the movies , do I not. do I go to ...
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Post by shelby on Jun 2, 2011 19:51:00 GMT -5
Oh the horror how dare they teach peace and acceptance to children. What exactly would be portrayed on conservative t.v. the opposite?
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Post by b2r on Jun 2, 2011 19:56:37 GMT -5
Primetime Propaganda: COPS -- Politically Correct?
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Post by Mkitty is pro kitty on Jun 3, 2011 9:43:42 GMT -5
I'm just going to give responses similar to what Conservatives give, so here you go: You have every right to not go see those movies. Oh wait, I forgot you people hate the free market and want everything to be socialist/marxist/communist/whateverist. If you don't like them, just make your own movies then. You're just jealous and hateful of successful people. Conservatives just want to sit in their trailers, play the banjo all day while collecting the guberment checks. Oh, just more Hollywood bashing. Poor people, why must you hate them? Oh that's right, you people just love to stifle free speech and can't stand viewpoints other than your own. I hope all these Hollywood liberals run for office just to watch conservatives go through convulsions and their heads would spin so much, that it would put The Exorcist to shame. You just can't stand liberal men and women who are beautiful, talented, smart, and successful. Go Hollywood liberals, go! As long as you're bothersome to Conservatives, you must be doing something right! This is all part of the Republican agenda. You see, Hollywood mostly puts serial killers in a bad light, and since 80% of serial killers are Republican ( scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Politics/pages-3/Poll-finds-eighty-percent-of-serial-killers-vote-Republican-Scrape-TV-The-World-on-your-side.html oops, that was bad of me: if I were a real Conservative, I'd just declare it), you can see why Republicans don't want you see those movies, it makes them look bad. it also makes CEOs look bad too, so Conservatives get awfully sore when a mirror is put in front of their faces. Also many movies end happily, and we know Conservatives would see America go up in flames so they can overthrow the government and never hold elections again. You just want all those people involved in Hollywood movies to be unemployed so the US can be a socialist paradise. Isn't Karl Rove's Rules for Republicans #13 is to keep repeating a lie over and over and people will believe it. And wasn't he pals with Richard Nixon? Also, movies sell popcorn and candy. And you don't want people freely choosing what to eat. Also I heard that Conservatives want everyone to sit in alphabetical order too. Also, you'll want to pass a law to make people show their birth certificates and a signed statement that they won't have an abortion or gay marry during the movie.
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Post by cereb on Jun 3, 2011 9:57:03 GMT -5
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 3, 2011 9:59:16 GMT -5
Hee! You gave me a laugh, Mkitty! Too funny and right on target! ;D
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 3, 2011 10:02:54 GMT -5
Oh, noez! Not dat! Not Sesame Street! I shall prolly swoon (if da Count will count me down).
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Post by burnsattornincan on Jun 3, 2011 10:08:36 GMT -5
You have every right to not go see those movies. Oh wait, I forgot you people hate the free market and want everything to be socialist/marxist/communist/whateverist.
No problem but this logic doesn't wash when you're talking about shows for little kids like Sesame Street. Inserting little messages of liberalism in media disseminated by children is really the most calculated and sinister form of subjugation and the penalty for such a crime should be nothing less than execution.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 10:12:46 GMT -5
Dalton McGuinty Burns III
Good Morning Sir..and Oh Canada hey??
Thanx for posting bail for me and getting my old butt out of jail this AM....no wonder you are so admired and held in such high esteem on this forum..
P.I.
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Post by cereb on Jun 3, 2011 10:14:41 GMT -5
You have every right to not go see those movies. Oh wait, I forgot you people hate the free market and want everything to be socialist/marxist/communist/whateverist.No problem but this logic doesn't wash when you're talking about shows for little kids like Sesame Street. Inserting little messages of liberalism in media disseminated by children is really the most calculated and sinister form of subjugation and the penalty for such a crime should be nothing less than execution. Dalton McGuinty Burns III Dalton, you really need to relax and possibly have a bowel movement. It's Sesame street, not the antichrist. This message brought to you by the numbers "3" and "5"", and the letter "C".
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Post by burnsattornincan on Jun 3, 2011 10:37:12 GMT -5
Dalton, you really need to relax and possibly have a bowel movement.
And to think I was going to run all the way to New Hampshire last night. What could I have possibly been thinking. I will need to be more careful as to whom I show my true feelings towards.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 10:39:38 GMT -5
[ And to think I was going to run all the way to New Hampshire last night. What could I have possibly been thinking. I will need to be more careful as to whom I show my true feelings towards.[/quote][/color]
Excuse me again for butting in Dalton but a good BM is almost as great as good sex...IMHO ...try it you might like it..
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Post by cereb on Jun 3, 2011 10:44:16 GMT -5
"And to think I was going to run all the way to New Hampshire last night. What could I have possibly been thinking. I will need to be more careful as to whom I show my true feelings towards. " Dear Dalton, you must have a sense of humor here. It's ok, you may laugh. I promise you won't die or go to hell for laughing. It's good for your lungs! See, it's a two-fer...
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 3, 2011 10:45:11 GMT -5
Couldn't have said it better myself - so I decided to copy-paste.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 3, 2011 10:55:25 GMT -5
The creative people of Hollywood tend to be liberal. They hire like-minded people. And......? Isn't that a common complaint among some conservatives? They are against Affirmative Action and believe employers should be able to hire whomever they wish.
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Post by burnsattornincan on Jun 3, 2011 11:18:15 GMT -5
Dear Dalton, you must have a sense of humor here. It's ok, you may laugh.
Ms. cereb my dear, laughing is something I do with almost every post. I do get a little contentious though at times when certain important topics are being discussed but blown off or ridiculed by liberals. They will not be laughing for much longer as the true patriotic real Americans pick up their broken pieces.
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Post by cme1201 on Jun 3, 2011 11:20:21 GMT -5
The creative people of Hollywood tend to be liberal. They hire like-minded people. And......? Isn't that a common complaint among some conservatives? They are against Affirmative Action and believe employers should be able to hire whomever they wish. And isn't the lefts contention that anyone who is disallowed because an employer doesn't hold the same view as an employee should be a protected class, one who gets jobs based off things other than merit and buddy buddy relationships.
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Post by cereb on Jun 3, 2011 11:30:25 GMT -5
Dear Dalton, you must have a sense of humor here. It's ok, you may laugh.Ms. cereb my dear, laughing is something I do with almost every post. I do get a little contentious though at times when certain important topics are being discussed but blown off or ridiculed by liberals. They will not be laughing for much longer as the true patriotic real Americans pick up their broken pieces. Sorry Dalton, but this would be where we must part ways. I am a liberal. I am no less an American and no less patriotic than anyone else who would consider themselves to be more so than I. I am no less deserving of my voice. I work with children. I also work with adult schizophrenics. Day in, day out more hours than should be humanly allowed I work with broken, battered, abused drug addicted teenagers and adults whom society would like no better than to lock up and forget about. I walk the walk every day I get up. My husband is the CEO of his own company and for the last several years has not drawn a paycheck in order to not lay off employees during this economic crisis. He continues to do so for the moment, although thing are finally beginning to turn around and we actually anticipate being able to hire a couple more engineers by the end of summer. Don't ever give me that BS condescending tripe about "real Americans" ever, ever again or you shall have my verbal foot up your ass.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 11:34:28 GMT -5
Dear Dalton, you must have a sense of humor here. It's ok, you may laugh.Ms. cereb my dear, laughing is something I do with almost every post. I do get a little contentious though at times when certain important topics are being discussed but blown off or ridiculed by liberals. They will not be laughing for much longer as the true patriotic real Americans pick up their broken pieces. Sorry Dalton, but this would be where we must part ways. I am a liberal. I am no less an American and no less patriotic than anyone else who would consider themselves to be more so than I. I am no less deserving of my voice. I work with children. I also work with adult schizophrenics. Day in, day out more hours than should be humanly allowed I work with broken, battered, abused drug addicted teenagers and adults whom society would like no better than to lock up and forget about. I walk the walk every day I get up. My husband is the CEO of his own company and for the last several years has not drawn a paycheck in order to not lay off employees during this economic crisis. He continues to do so for the moment, although thing are finally beginning to turn around and we actually anticipate being able to hire a couple more engineers by the end of summer. Don't ever give me that BS condescending tripe about "real Americans" ever, ever again or you shall have my verbal foot up your ass. I agree Ma'am...but again we have had some who claim to be "real americans" and this issue was aimed at Liberals in general and not you specifically or anyone here specifically... I think that is a bum rap...because we have some who are anti-miliary here and they were labeled as NOT being real americans...does this clear this thing up?? BTW love New Hampshire in case you were wondering
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Post by deziloooooo on Jun 3, 2011 11:41:36 GMT -5
You have every right to not go see those movies. Oh wait, I forgot you people hate the free market and want everything to be socialist/marxist/communist/whateverist.No problem but this logic doesn't wash when you're talking about shows for little kids like Sesame Street. Inserting little messages of liberalism in media disseminated by children is really the most calculated and sinister form of subjugation and the penalty for such a crime should be nothing less than execution. Dalton McGuinty Burns III Dalton, you really need to relax and possibly have a bowel movement. It's Sesame street, not the antichrist. This message brought to you by the numbers "3" and "5"", and the letter "C". ;D To funny, sorry burns but it is... "It's Sesame street, not the antichrist" A , almost made me P my pants...just made it , [whew] and to lose the humor we are back to the discussion of "They will not be laughing for much longer as the true patriotic real Americans pick up their broken pieces. " real Americans again, [blah, pa-tooey, splat, yich" aha, mistaken, hope for us , the zone after all..... "Don't ever give me that BS condescending tripe about "real Americans" ever, ever again or you shall have my verbal foot up your ass"
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 11:42:39 GMT -5
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs. The seven dwarfs always left to go to work in the mine early each morning. As always, Snow White stayed home doing her domestic chores. As lunchtime approached, she would prepare their lunch and carry it to the mine. One day as she arrived at the mine with the lunch, she saw that there had been a terrible cave-in. Tearfully, and fearing the worst, Snow White began calling out, hoping against hope that the dwarfs had somehow survived. "Hello...Hello!" she shouted, "Can anyone hear me? Hello!" For a long while, there was no answer. Losing hope, Snow White again shouted, "Hello! Is anyone down there?" Just as she was about to give up all hope, she heard a faint voice from deep within the mine, singing; "Re-elect Barrack Obama, vote for Barrack Obama...." Snow White fell to her knees and prayed, "Oh, thank you, God! At least Dopey is still alive."
Source: highly unreliable hollywood liberal media.
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Post by cereb on Jun 3, 2011 11:57:50 GMT -5
Sorry Dalton, but this would be where we must part ways. I am a liberal. I am no less an American and no less patriotic than anyone else who would consider themselves to be more so than I. I am no less deserving of my voice. I work with children. I also work with adult schizophrenics. Day in, day out more hours than should be humanly allowed I work with broken, battered, abused drug addicted teenagers and adults whom society would like no better than to lock up and forget about. I walk the walk every day I get up. My husband is the CEO of his own company and for the last several years has not drawn a paycheck in order to not lay off employees during this economic crisis. He continues to do so for the moment, although thing are finally beginning to turn around and we actually anticipate being able to hire a couple more engineers by the end of summer. Don't ever give me that BS condescending tripe about "real Americans" ever, ever again or you shall have my verbal foot up your ass. I agree Ma'am...but again we have had some who claim to be "real americans" and this issue was aimed at Liberals in general and not you specifically or anyone here specifically... I think that is a bum rap...because we have some who are anti-miliary here and they were labeled as NOT being real americans...does this clear this thing up?? BTW love New Hampshire in case you were wondering New Hampshire is lovely. I am very happy here. It's my peace and solitude reward for having worked so hard. I am not from here, but here is where I belong. Please pardon the irritability factor on my part. I tend to get aggravated and punchy when others think they have the patent on patriotism, family values, so on and so forth. I'll go have another cup of coffee. Woke up late in the morning as it's the second of my three days off after a very long stretch of no days off. Think I should go some gardening as well and ignore my cell phone. I have already had no less than 26 calls from work.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 12:07:46 GMT -5
Ok understand but let me say..but Mr Burns owes you an apology if he upset you Ma'am but as you may know I just resigned as Leader of the Pack. So he may just tell me to shove it or stick it someplace where there is No Canadian Sunset..
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