That video is utterly retarded.
I really hate a good chunk of the posters here now that I think about it.
At least black people knew when they were slaves. You remain clueless.
You don't like the video? Good. Go to North Korea or Cuba where pukes like those in the vid constitute the prevailing thought. Or just stick your head in a bucket of Al Franken-spunk you whiny cunt.
Stewart's shitheads are even more clueless than Becks'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlMq1R-64Qc
The Rush/Ayn Rand bit was priceless.
Yeah. Apparently you know best Birdy/Brady.But I think there still million years better than Becks fans. And Ayn Rand fans for that matter
Every time I observe people debating politics, whether IRL or on teh webz, I realize most people don't know shit about fuck.
If that was directed at me, please point out where I've been unclear or non-concise. I was drunk last night and I'm drunk right now. The "We Carouse" below my username doesn't quite do me justice. But I will do my best to enunciate my views so that everyone can get it.
And btw, if anyone can demonstrate that Aristotle was pro-collective and Plato was pro-individual, I will bow down and call YOU master.
It wasn't, exactly. It's just that my position is that of an anarchist. I hate calling myself that, because it's such a tainted term, but that's what I believe. I have no respect for the alleged authority of the laws of the state. Our government, and governments the world over, are just different breeds of the same animal. I realize that modern technology would not exist without government and bureaucracy, and that is why I grudgingly accept humanity's need for it. Government is a lot like the gun - essential yet deadly.
This still rings true today with the new people in Congress.
Distilled to its essence, the answer to your question is that what is best for the American people is very different than what is best for major corporate interests, and the latter has more say than the former in who eventually gets elected. In order to be elected president, a candidate must raise several million dollars from groups and organizations that represent a business interest which is completely opposed to the betterment of American citizens' lives. In order to gain enough votes to win an election, a candidate has to receive a lot of positive media attention and all major news outlets that reach a lot of viewers are owned by media conglomerates that also do not have the American people's best interest at heart. So the candidates who make it to the presidency are the ones who were most effectively able to court big businesses, the military-industrial complex, and the media, something that requires a candidate to not actually want to solve most of the problems in this country and better the lives of his electorate. Gravel and Kucinich are the only real liberals in this race, just as Ron Paul is the only real conservative. Those three do extremely well among the most informed and active voters, but have no mass appeal and are considered fringe candidates because they aren't bland enough and want to change too much of the status quo to be accepted as legitimate candidates by the media or to receive enough funding to succesfully campaign. Of course they're better candidates, because they really do want to drastically change the country for the better, but what makes them great candidates is exactly what makes them unelectable in the modern political system and its extremely close ties to big business.
Looks like he actually learned a thing or two in the last year. Good for him.