Mainstream Media Genius of the Day
**Written by Doug Powers
Intrepid and inquisitive reporter Meredith Vieira wonders what’s so good about tax cuts. Why should we keep them? After all, they’ve been tried, and the economy is still sucking wind like Michael Moore trying to catch up to the hot dog vendor at Mile High Stadium, right?
The economy is on life support with Obama standing on its oxygen hose because of a binge in spending, Meredith.
To put it in the form of a question that Vieira can more easily, but probably still won’t, correctly answer: Is ABC News laying people off by the bushel and closing bureaus because their taxes aren’t high enough?
Don’t answer that. I’ve laughed enough already.
(h/t The Hope for America)
**Written by Doug Powers
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Uh, Spacey. Dune?
Which, to quote Major Charles Emerson Winchester; “Is like being the finest ballerina in Galveston.”
Spacey –
Kyle McClachlan – YUM!
And David Lynch is one of the most unique directors around. Wasn’t Sting in that one too?
It’s not that she doesn’t believe in tax cuts, though she probably doesn’t. In the video she made the false claim that the Bush tax cuts were supposed to stimulate the economy but “didn’t succeed.”
They succeeded somewhat at the time but were overtaken by other events. Apparently, the concept of time is too much for her. Either that, or she’s just shilling for Obama. Or both.
LOL, Hangfire–would you prefer Krull (1983)?
There is something about Dune that forces me to watch…it’s either Patrick Stewart’s presence or Kyle MacLachlan’s hair.
Patrick Stewart H A T E S Dune. Saw him say it on a talk show.
He was excellent in ‘Excalibur‘.
I guess I should have stopped whilst I was ahead.
Yes, frostrt; Sting played Feyd Rautha
On September 14th, 2010 at 5:13 pm, spaceycakes said:
LOL, Hangfire–would you prefer Krull (1983)?
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You reminded me of Ricardo Montalban, which reminds me of the “Naked Gun” movies.
I like the choice of Nigel Terry as Arthur.
Unique as Michael Moore?
The most fascinating thing about this is she makes a real boatload of money to be such a complete ignoramus. It’s stunning.
On September 14th, 2010 at 5:15 pm, spaceycakes said:
I guess I should have stopped whilst I was ahead.
Yes, frostrt; Sting played Feyd Rautha
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And, shockingly, he didn’t give up music for acting full-time.
The movie (Dune) did not age well.
Now.
On to the ’70s…
I’d rather watch Grease II than Dune.
And I’d rather cough up a yak hairball than watch Grease II.
She’s a friggin genius. Even if the Bush tax cuts didn’t stimulate the economy, is this bubble headed idiot suggesting RAISING TAXES WILL?
Hey! No knocking bubbleheads!
“Star Wars”
“The Exorcist”
“Love Story”
“Jaws”
80′s movies, My favs:
Blade Runner
Raising Arizona
Princess Bride
Bull Durham
A Fish Called Wanda
Brazil
Untouchables
The Sting
Deliverance (1972)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Chinatown (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Godfather (1972)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
The French Connection (1971)
On September 14th, 2010 at 5:23 pm, SpeakEasy said:
80′s movies, My favs:
Raising Arizona
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Hear, Hear! How could I have forgotten that one.
“Son, you got a panty on yo’ head . . . “
The Big Bus
On September 14th, 2010 at 5:24 pm, spaceycakes said:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
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Oooh, that NURSE! If I could have reached through the screen and gotten my hands on her . . .
Its too bad it wasn’t Katie Couric making a lame remark like this. I would love to see her step in it.
Alien (1979)
Star Wars (1977)
Dirty Harry (1971)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Patton
On September 14th, 2010 at 5:29 pm, Hangfire said:
Patton
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George C. Scott – now you’re talkin’!
The Cowboys (1972)
Which is worse? Love Story or Last Tango in Paris?
I almost forgot one of my favorite 80s movies!!
The Long Riders (1980)
fabulous.
Hangfire–Love Story
Which is worse? Earthquake or Towering Inferno?
Vieira and Obama are ignorant of history, which puts us in danger of repeating it. Why else would they want to emulate President Hoover, a republican, who raised the highest personal income tax rate from 24% to 63% during the Great Depression. That didn’t work out so good. Instead of increasing tax revenues for the government, revenues decreased.
Raising taxes on the rich has been tried many times and almost always reduces tax revenue. Instead of following advice from Hoover, democrats should follow the advice of their hero President John F. Kennedy. He lowered tax rates for the rich and it worked. So, if democrats don’t want to listen to Reagan, they should at least listen to Kennedy:
Good point, Papa.
It also should be noted that what is considered rich is a variable.
It could get to the point that anyone with a job is considered rich.
Hangfire; Earthquake, definitely. At least TI had Paul Newman and Steve McQueen in it (if I recall)
This is easily the cruelest thing anyone has ever said about Viera. What? Oh, your dog, sorry….
Which is worse? “Love means never having to say your sorry”? “I can’t believe it’s not butter.”
your = you’re
Airplane
When you put that dunce cap on, it must get so tight it sucks all the blood from your system.
Meredith Viera should stick to hitting on young guys. Oh, wait a second…
She was allowed to get away with that bald faced lie and now it lays around stinking like a dead albatross that she pinned on the Republican party.
I’ll say it again, if the GOP doesn’t play pin the blame on the donkey, the left’s many minions will throw it like a bucket of excrement on our heads to shame us all.
I’m glad you asked, Mrs. Vieira. My wife once asked me that, wondering how the Government would have money to work if people didn’t pay taxes. Like I told her, I am not opposed to paying SOME taxes to pay for things like a military, FBI, etc.
But, if taxes are cut and we have more money, then we’ll go buy a new car. The car dealership makes money, and hires more people. One of those new employees then buys a house. The realestate company makes money, and hires more people. One of those people then buys new livingroom furniture. The furniture store makes money and hires more people. Etc. etc. etc.
THAT, Mrs Vieira, is how tax cuts stimulate the economy.
But the car dealers are evil capitalists, and the real estate people are evil real estate tycoons, and the furniture people are evil Amish enablers…
Not if you saw it in a “rocking chair” theater!
Wow,I just read my comment and realized it sound like Steve McQueen wasn’t in the movie if you saw it in a rockin chair theater.
Yes, Steve McQueen was in towering inferno.
Earthquake was a better movie if you saw it in a rocking chair theater.
Both are better than coughing up a yak hairball.
Why are most media stating this is a tax cut. This is a tax increase Congress is wanting to impose on taxpayers. How can not increasing taxes be called a tax cut?
Ah, yes. Sensurround. My girlfriend almost wet herself when the whole theater started shaking.
The best way to teach people what is wrong with high taxation is to impose high taxes on them. Apparently, Viera doesn’t pat her share of taxes.
Meredith Viera is an elitist twit. Since her big shot with John Stossel back in the 80s on the hip New York news mag tv show “West 57th Street” her career has been a slow ride down the muddy slope of low expectations.
Viera is the hostess of a Regis Philbin game show for golly sakes! You make money by winning it on tv. Meredith has no insight as to how one makes money other than timely bend overs on tv sets. Gotsta shake it to make it is her deep secret career strategy. Anyways…is it working, Mer?
Tax cuts…less money for Gubmint swine and more for We The People. The Nation was founded on Tax Cuts for criminey sakes. Didn’t Mer pay attention in US HIstory class? Oh! I forgot— she was busy being “attractive” and trying to get into college at the same time.
Cut the size of government in half at federal, state, and local levels. 50 per cent. Crawfish on existing union pensions to public employees. The only federal pension in full should go to military personnel serving their full 20 years. Police and fire too but only counting “line years served”— not administrative duty (that is 30 per cent in order to encourage rotation in and out of admin to develop leadership and disinfect the bureaucracy— longevity in admin sets up cliques and clubs to foster corruption and graft).
I don’t have a pension. I have wealth that i created with my two hands and a good brain— as a farmer, as a teacher, a businessman, a stock trader, a commodities trader, and a currency trader. I own a lot of hard assets and i am an economic hard ass too.
Can you imagine what would go through Mer’s head as she read this little bloggy posty thingy i am writing here?
All of them….they have no idea what is coming….the Titanic has all but turned upside down and they are huddled up criticizing the people in the life boats.
DUH.
Bear1909 out!
This is why it is wiser (but not any less intellectually vacant) for liberals to say that giving “the rich” tax cuts is “unfair,” and that taking “a fair share” from them is necessary in order to “level the playing field.”
It never ceases to amaze me how these brain-dead minions can’t figure out that it takes “the rich” to produce wealth, not simply having the Federal Reserve pumping trillions of dollars in fiat currency into circulation, AND that taking away their capital (all in the name of “fairness”) destroys productivity of and for everyone. It’s either that, or they’re simply evil.
Nice catch, I originally had type 12 ga. but changed it to 20 almost. Even after reading it back I was still seeing 20 ga. My mind is definitely goi…
Meredith, look at China from about 1950 – 1978. Next look at America over this same time period. Which government allowed people to keep more of their own money? Which country had a higher standard of living and was more productive? Taxes penalize productivity and result in less wealth creation.
On September 14th, 2010 at 5:11 pm, J S Ragman said:
Mainstream Media Genius of the Day
Which, to quote Major Charles Emerson Winchester; “Is like being the finest ballerina in Galveston.”
heh
Questioner: Charles, would you like another four years of Obama?”
Charles: Thank you, uh, noooooo.”
If Meredith thinks the economy sucks on tax cuts, what does she think its doing on wild, crazy, uncontrolled spending when there’s no money to pay for it? Nah, she is just repeating the liberal media meme, tax cuts bad, max spending good.