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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 02:14 AM
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What did I do to get over the recession? I changed my shampoo.
WTF?? THere are no limits to my hatred of crass commercialism in this country. And there are no limits to how low they will go to sell....shit. Loads and loads of shit.

THink about this: Somehow....we've managed to become a country that is overweight, in debt, and owning mounds and mounds of garbage that will make its way to goodwill, landfills, or 3rd world countries.
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Gardeaux08 Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 02:50 AM
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1. Have you seen
Bowling For Columbine? Marilyn Manson sums it up very well: Americans are in a cycle of fear and consume.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 02:55 AM
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3. yes. I bought that movie used from a video store...
watched it. was amazed. they really tied together so many disparate and dysfunctional aspects of this society.
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Gardeaux08 Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 03:03 AM
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4. What kills me about it
is that Michael Moore doesn't really find any answer to our problems other than the campaign of fear we are subjected to at all times.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 03:26 AM
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5. yep. Michael Moore has been a good agitator and...he makes you
see what many people don't want to see....but then it's up to us to do something about it. WHAT SHOULD WE think it all means?

One thing...I remember "The only thing to fear is fear itself."

SO fuck you, TERROR THREAT LEVEL ORANGE! I don't fear and I don't buy just to sate my fear for a moment.
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Gardeaux08 Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 03:48 AM
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6. Hey, listen
I spent time in Sri Lanka and wasn't scared of terrorism. And my people over there are politically connected so the threat was very real. I'll be damned if I'm scared here!
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 02:53 AM
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2. Eye-Pod !!
Making us unable to live without that which we hadn't heard about 6 months ago.
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