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Because they love you like nobody else, C-SPAN started a Tumblr last week with screenshots from floor speeches in which the speaker used some kind of chart, which the world otherwise might not have noticed. Your challenge is to decode this one. Your gift is C-Span's Floor Charts.
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Jobs coming or going in the great state of North Carolina?
that's the Fruit of the Loom guys, not veggies :)
I caught that right away too.
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It's a speech about manufacturing jobs moving overseas. He is calling out each company including Hershey's, Fruit of the Loom, and Huffy. The building is the Cayman Island "headquarters" of several of these businesses.
you really should issue spoiler alerts.
I don't really care what it was "really" all about - I like Pretzelogic's, All Davis, Trollop, and who dat's answers better!
And Paul's too!
I think it's Byron Dorgan and I gather from the charts that he's talking about the "tax loopholes" - maybe how to close them because of all the manufacturing that's been allowed to "outsource to China" and specifically how the "money being made" somehow ends up in the Cayman Islands where NO TAXES are being paid into the US treasury.
But that's just my guess....
The one thing I got out of this is that the quality of the artwork on the posters has improved dramatically over the years. 1993 still featured posters drawn badly with color markers. Today, we can make even the most obscure and ridiculous point look supercool with computer graphics! I just watched "Idiocracy" again over the weekend, and as far as I can tell, we have reached that stage and are continuing to sink ever more downward.
Speaking of movies, I suspect that the future (or the present) might be more a hybrid of "Idiocracy" and "Metropolis," the 1927 classic in which the 1% live wonderful lives while the 99% slave away in misery on 12-hour shifts until they collapse.
In regard to "Idiocracy"--I love the satire, but I am a bit troubled by the covert eugenics presented in the film, not to mention how Mike Judge frequently identifies "stupid" with "Mexican" or "black."
Interestingly enough, Rush Limbaugh once mentioned "Idiocracy" in connection with a caller who really did think that only stupid people were reproducing. Rush himself wasn't so sure about that, but he did note, "the Democrat Party would love it if this is the truth."
So for Rush (so I conclude), "Idiocracy" was a right-wing satire about a world populated entirely by descendants of people who got food stamps and free phones from Obama.
To the best of my knowledge, Rush's opinions on "Metropolis" have not been recorded--assuming he knows that there is such a movie. (For myself, I note with interest how the film diplomatically walks a fine line between the Right and the Left--but that's another blog post.)
(If you are willing to give Rush's website the hits, here's the transcript:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2009/05/06/are_we_living_in_an_idiocracy3 )
Byron Dorgan gets appropriately huffy about US companies moving sweet jobs overseas while parking the fruits of those looms in the Caymans...
The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.
- Arnold H. Glasow
;-)
He gives that Huffy bicycle speech about one a year. . .
too funny...i knew there was nothing going on inside the beltway!
Speaking of Twinkies. You know there is just something that just keeps going through my mind that I do want to know about. First NBC and MSNBC have increased in their ratings, but it was attributable to the very fact that they needed the way to do it. As I see it, many of us bloggers have definitely majorly contributed to changing NBC and MSNBC for the better. And I want to know what is in it for us bloggers who have really contributed majorly to the improvement of NBC and MSNBC, especially financially. Your terms and conditions in my frame of mind suck so if you could explain how it can really benefit us contributing bloggers who have stimulated NBC and MSNBC to change in the right direction? It would be appreciated if you didn't use the typical business bull crap and pony out something substantial.
they still suck...but you can continue to practice here...it is what MSNBC does with it's network...practice practice practice...the Peacock and Software house are in the same toilet.
MSNBC doesn't suck, because actually they are good at what they do. But I do want to know about the bloggers contributions.
Deb: I do know that it is possible to write online for money. "Content aggregator" or "content farm" websites, for example, will accept articles; you get paid based on the number of hits your work attracts. But as for posting comments here (or at ThinkProgress or the Washington Post or wherever)--well, we do that out of pure love for online discussion.
Maybe we can all talk Rachel into giving the MaddowBlog's "top influencers" (to cite the wonderful phrase that LinkedIn uses for members who post tons of stuff) a free NYC vacation. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
No actually this is something that I do want to know here and I have my own personal reasons for that. So I will wait for a reply as it is intended to be.
deb: you are not a blogger here. the blogger is Laura Conway in this instance. not the same person that ran the blog in which you asked the very same question just a little while ago. at best, you, and i, are commenters on this blog.
if you're angling to find out how much we get paid to "spout this liberal swill" the answer remains: close your eyes and what do you see? take that to the bank.
I don't agree.
Byron Dorgan decries the wasteful practice of cooling down on oppressively hot days by placing minty comestibles in one's underclothing. He suggests instead thinking about cooling tropical breezes, and definitely advises against biking - on- or off-road - once the minty treats have been inserted.
Dang! I was completely going to say something about exercise. Here's my thinking, gang: The York Peppermint Patty is delicious. But unhealthy. Vegetables walking is a physical representation of your body taking in the nutrients and using them for your benefit- hence, them walking. The building is to represent how corporations are trying to keep you in a low life of unhealthy eating of subsidized fattening food. The solution? Get a bike!
Also, the butler did it in the dining room with the candle stick.
Only un-American candy-asses, fruit loops and bicycle-seat sniffers stash their money in the Caymans to avoid paying taxes in the U.S.
He's trying to save the Twinkie by making us feel nostalgic.
...they're going over disbursement options for when trickle-down economic theory finally begins to pay off...oh, wait..never mind...I got 99 problems, but Mitt 'aint one!...And on another note, here is some new GOP schlock hiding behind a marketing campaign based on the appearance of neutrality:
http://www.mainepeoplebeforepolitics.com/
...is this what we should expect at the national level, too? Hoping Not.
they have such gems as:
BREAKING: 15 Maine Legislative Candidates Make Explicit Promise To Raise Taxes On Job Creators In Their District (With Figures)
with figures. With Figures! WITH FIGURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but, of course, it's "people before politics." they use every buzz-word and dog whistle in the entire right-wing lexicon so we know we can trust them.
New energy proposal by Congress-a York in your gut as you and your fruit of the looms trade in your car for a Huffy bicycle.
(yes we are now renting space in congress to brand names, after all big business owns us anyway)
RM, The challenge: What is the deal with The Senate Floor Charts/Story Boards? The White House, fruit, mints, bike...
An offer of entitlements, excuse me, obvious enticements ...to gain support...to keep Congress in session til the current "fiscal cliff" is cleared. Enticements as follows:
1) White House private tour, including overnight in the Lincoln bedroom, and a private screening of hot, new "Lincoln" film, with Daniel Day Lewis and Spielberg attending.
2) Upon White House arrival...valet/concierge service...including welcoming basket of supersized fruit from Michele's organic garden.
3) Bike symbol: For unltd availability during WH stay...of Secret Service transporation detail...for all DC events, shows, etc.
4) Special turndown service with WH swag and mints on pillow.
5) Thank-you parting gifts....a set of postcards...illustrating famous "off the cliff" scenes from around the country: The Grand Canyon, Niagra Falls, The Hoover Dam, and more. END..for now. All above fictional. Any similarity to real person(s), event(s), and/or place(s) are coincidental. Not responsible for errors. Strong shows of late.
Eat too many of these and even your underwear will turn against you and you'll be forced to live in a crowded Cayman Islands office building and all you'll have to get around on is this @!$%#ty Chinese bicycle!
what does this mean, the feed is not comming through on my comp.