tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21518728.post8605800321067966248..comments2023-10-09T15:44:27.802-07:00Comments on the Barstool Chronicles: FOUR YEARSe.b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05980172158357804066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21518728.post-51390361699276999922007-03-18T14:25:00.000-07:002007-03-18T14:25:00.000-07:00Lee, you've smacked the nail on the proverbial hea...Lee, you've smacked the nail on the proverbial head, in that financial difficulties among the middle and priviledged classes will likely be the ONLY lever to activate awareness and resistence, as crass as that is; the problem seems to be that they have an inexhaustible capacity to absorb one outrageous rip-off after another without blinking an awful lot. As far as the price of gasoline is concerned, I bought some this morning for $3.19 a gallon, which just isn't high enough yet, I guess. A new war should take care of that, however.<BR/><BR/>Hey, Professor: Yeah, I've been reading Chomsky for years, all the way back to my Air Force days, which, in tandem with my Deadhead proclivities, raised a few eyebrows on occaision. I think he's just about the only thinking person to put the false dichotomy of the Republican-Democratic "divide" in the proper context, which is largely the reason why I have far more contempt for our erstwhile Democratic "saviors" than I do for the Repugs ...e.b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05980172158357804066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21518728.post-51506729344905754462007-03-18T13:15:00.000-07:002007-03-18T13:15:00.000-07:00if you read noam chomsky, you will find that he ag...if you read noam chomsky, you will find that he agrees with you... the plan has been and is to "dumb down the masses," and, i think we all would agree, it's worked quite well... however, as chomsky also quite accurately points out, there is nothing particularly "dumb" about someone who can spout baseball statistics all the way back to 1900... we've been given to believe that the Great Issues of Nations, the Workings of International Relations, and the Wisdom of Statecraft are all far too complicated for the common man, and are best left to the Wise Ones who, with their Broad Perspective and Superior Skills, will take care of it all for us...profmarcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148708132624420673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21518728.post-25189450562807745462007-03-18T12:09:00.000-07:002007-03-18T12:09:00.000-07:00The conspiracy buff in me thinks that this has bee...The conspiracy buff in me thinks that this has been the plan all along. Dumb down the masses; Feed them a steady diet of msm propaganda and american idol and who gives a shit that poeple are being blown apart in the new 'American State of Irak'. So long as gas prices stay low what's a few hundred thousand dead Iraqi's and a few thousand dead American soldiers? Makes me want to pull what's left of my hair out. WTF is going to make people wake up?Captain Quahoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212689267677241429noreply@blogger.com