Yeah, in the old days they used to always walk around in documentaries - now it seems to be mostly voiceovers and interviews.
Speaking of old documentaries, I just watched this last night.
Nothing to do with AE but I found it interesting and a bit nostalgia-invoking. I remember watching those tractor-pulls on TV as a little kid. It’s impossible to imagine any new entertainment niche emerging outside of Hollywood and without the influence or involvement at one level or another of the Pentagon.
Clayton -
Ten bucks says that they are paid Chinese across:
That’s actually a tough call. You might be surprised what brainwashing can do. In the film Kimjongilia you hear interviews from North Korean refugees, and they are able to reflect on what they felt and thought before they escaped the country and discovered the world. One woman admits they didn’t even think Kim urinated.
But yes, I don’t doubt there is plenty of “going along to get along”. I think this covers it pretty well…
Though I do not agree with all of his points (especially about the last one), he does present an interesting reductio ad absurdum when trying to reconcile the South’s desire for both votes and slavery - Because slaves were technically property and the South wanted slaves to count toward representation, then the North should have had the power to ask for tables and chairs to count as well (though I am not sure the North actually used this argument). Heh.
Meh. That’s not hard to reconcile. Slaves are property that actually can vote. When you can tell your chair to go cast a vote, and it actually does, then we can talk.
But slaves didn’t have the vote.
But the point is they have the capacity to vote. I think that’s a pretty easy distinction to make between types of property.
For a pretty good look (OK, not that good but the best I’ve ever seen) inside of North Korea, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLBywKrTf4
Clayton -
That was actually another I’ve seen (multiple times actually…I watched when it aired, and also recently)…they’re both on Netflix streaming.
When the “demo” in “democracy” have no idea what numbers mean:
I meant it as a joke. See this (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/world-cup-2010/7719050/Chinese-actors-to-cheer-for-North-Korea-during-World-Cup.html).
ESPN does hatchet job on Ron Paul:
No chance of winning, surrounded by trash talking bitches, no fresh ideas, less likely than anyone on Earth to be president.
Yeah I remember hearing about that, which is why I figured you were at least halfway serious.
Wheylous, I literally lol’d.
lol Clueless people make me laugh sometimes…
Paul’s age gapBy BEN SMITH
Aaron Blake spotted a remarkable figure in some polling out of Iowa today: “Ron Paul wins more than 50 percent of 18-29 and 30-44 year olds, but less than 12% of 45-64 and 65+.”
A Republican operative who is not working for Paul emails to make the case that this is why Paul’s poll numbers are overstated: Republican primaries and caucuses have never seen young voters show up and pick the winner.
And:
Caucus is people standing up & being seen where they stand…12 percent of over 45 may even be high…no neighbor wants people to know they’re with this guy. Obama had enough mainline/older voter support as well…Paul just doesn’t.
This sounds, superficially, like what Clinton aides were saying when they now-notoriously dismissed Obama’s crowds of supporters in Iowa in 2008 as “Facebook” – kids who wouldn’t show up. But Obama really was a broad national youth phenomenon; Paul may not be. And the Democratic Party, of course, skews far younger than the GOP.
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Ron Paul gets a new super PACBy Emily Schultheis
From today’s POLITICO Influence, Ron Paul gets some help from a new super PAC:
NEW PRO-RON PAUL SUPER PAC FORMS: Calling itself Ron Paul Volunteers PAC, this new Miami-based super PAC has filed paperwork with the FEC to begin raising and spending unlimited sums of money to boost the Republican presidential ambitions of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). Super PAC Treasurer Hector Roos tells PI that the committee has begun fundraising in earnest and hopes to spend “into the six-figures” to independently support Paul’s fortunes and do so in Florida. The new super PAC will focus its communications efforts on direct mail, Roos said. “We can’t wait for Iowa to happen. We’re such big fans of him down here and want to support him,” Roos said.
Paul’s campaign has come out with some pretty strong anti-Gingrich ads so far — and a super PAC on his side could do even more damage to the former speaker (and boost Paul) in advance of Iowa.