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Too Big To Fail, Leno Ed.
19 Jan2010
I’m sure most of people have either heard or become angry over the Conan vs NBC & Leno debacle. Sure during the media frenzy of the Haiti earthquake, it may seen superficial to some to even be worried about “two White Guys” and millions but, as a long time Conan fan and observer of his nearly up-hill battle with NBC, you better understand why you need to be concerned about the fate of Conan and realize what he truly represents the small business vs the too big to fails and the prize pig counterparts.
See for entertainers, its either a Leno should be blamed or its just Conan failed persecutive but if you see how Conan was setup for failure since his Twelve05 presence , and Leno’s past run in with Letterman, you will realize there is nothing noble or innocent in this final outcome.
Now why would I say Conan represent the regular person? Consider this, the Tonight Show has always been a power job. Once you get it, you are official apart of the “Suits of the Industry.” This means you can make everything work around you because you are the cash cow. If you fail, someone on the show list has to give up the budget to keep the cash cow alive. Sound familiar?
The way I see it, Conan represents the small business, micro American consumer. His show was never really contracted with NBC in confidence so, he worked from literally a check to check gig for the longest. (Look it up, its one the only if not the longest contractual option in entertainment.) So in a sense NBC worked with Conan but never had any intentions of really putting a buget behind him. Similar to a small business get a loan aproved from a big bank. Its when Conan’s fans put him up not a network budget, they had to take note.
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You know, I had a lot to say about the Tiger Woods hype but, as I waited to see what would happen, everything I expected and more occurred. See ,you thought this was about Tiger cheating, or Tiger catching hate from the media,etc. Nope, in one single swoop, Tiger Woods was activated as every billionaire has to, in order to be used as a distraction.
I can imagine they all sit around and say, this will happen and you will be slightly bruised but, that will happen to cover and distract from a bigger issue.
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Capital T, Error
18 Nov2009
Well, thanks to Illinois’ long standing debt that has continuously caused the state to be managed by and bartered with the devil, the state will now be the proprietors of some 100 plus, terror related criminals. Anything for a buck right? Eric Holder said book’em and everyone else is once again either insulted or appaulted but, both equally rilled up. Not sure if that means ppl are happy for finally trying the “assumed” criminals of 9/11 but, if you look at the status of this all those against… way 2 go for being all confindent in our justice system letting these guys off…not.
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Collapse Trailer
17 Nov2009
A one on camera film about Michael Ruppert, an ex LA cop, turned reporter who “predicted” the economic collapse and additional things to come. In this sit down film that plays more like a less campy version of Michael Moore’s movie about the Collapse of the comfortable world as we know it.
Directed By Chris Smith | Official Site | View Trailer
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Black Dynamite
17 Oct2009
Word is many of the actors in this movie, personally funded the production which makes it all the worth while to support paying to see this and later purchasing the ACTUAL DVD.
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Fallon & The Roots: Unemployment Slow Jam
15 Oct2009
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The Rush Card
14 Oct2009
Someone asked me if I had a problem with Rush Limbaugh owning a portion of the St. Louis Rams and my response was a real quick… No…not really.
Now I’m sure people would expect outradge and what the fuzznuts but, I look at things differently than most, for which I have long ago accepted.
See there seems to be a real sure thing, if you want someone do the opposite, basically just say “Rush likes it too.” Not only has he become the sure fire distraction for big issues in news/media. Its a sure way to get someone to do exactly what you want and for those that agree with him, its a two-fer cause the reality is, Rush doesn’t agree with half the stuff coming out of his mouth, making him dangerously impressionable but, in no way one of a kind.
So for my response to him owning a part of a NFL team, I asked this question to the person who asked me…”You know about Rush, but I bet you have no clue were the heart lays for the men who own most of this stuff. ” And that is the real question, if you found out a major company owner was a racist or a child molester or Michael Bolton fan, would you continue to use their products? 9 out of 10 chances is, you already have been and would come up with excuses to continue being a loyal customer.
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Crime, Its What’s For Dinner
14 Oct2009
You know for a moment, I almost forgot that with all of the crazies shouting from the rooftops about a secret government, plotting to put us in a fascist state, that there was actually a good amount of ice crackingly crime to put us all over the top. Sure it would be easy to say, they wanna kill us all but what fun would that be? Sorta like giving the plot twist to the Sixth Sense 3 mintues into the movie.
But with the turmoil in cities, is it really going to be that hard and that arm twisting to beg for some sorta of dog, m-16 combo protection to go grocery shopping? Yeah sure, it sounds extreme but, in some cases people will eventually start requesting even harder penalties than the guys up top could even fathom.
See for towns like Chicago, the notion of a police state for places, at least in the Brown & Black neighboorhoods was always one vote away. Sure the Democrat convention riots could spark an ugly sight but, the reality, most ppl who would show up to something like that, or even attended the actual riots, would never even go into the crime ridden neighboorhoods, less than 5 minutes away from the actual location of that historic event. Why? Cause its been creedance to say its only crime when poor people do it.
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