Posted on 03/21/2005 1:19:32 PM PST by Pokey78
On this we agree perfectly.
"You’ve got to use a lot more carrot and a lot less stick"
The perverts you defend would like to use both.
My point is that self-control is what this Republic is dependent upon absent government control.
How can you get people to retrn to self-control when the culture spits on restraint?
"Try it, you'll like it"
"If it feels good, do it"
"Don't judge me"
Absent a people who control themselves there WILL be a government that will control them.
hey HB, was just down round your way (McDonough, NASCAR weekend).
re: your last... more than that, friend, we owe it to Life.
And also that the taxes are not personally directed at them.
The movie focuses on a news anchor who, on the eve of his retirement, has a meltdown on the air and starts ranting and raving about what's wrong with the world. Since the show caused such a ruckus and had huge ratings, the show's producer (a feminazi before the term was coined) decides to go for the bucks and put him back on the air. He continues to have meltdowns, but she doesn't care, because the ratings are huge.
She then creates a bunch of reality television shows, supplants reporters with soothsayers and other wack jobs, and "Howard Beal," the "Madman of the Airwaves" evening show replaces the news.
The movie's focus is the manipulation of the masses by the media, the silencing of voices of change, the dumbing down of society, and the ills of liberalism.
Fantastic work; funny, shocking, alarming, and thoughtful, without being overly crude. Fast moving dialogue and very involved characters. Don't blink, or you will miss something that stays with you for years.
Sheeee.....
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