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We Are What You Made Us

by Steven D
Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 12:27:25 PM EST

Finally an explanation for George W. Bush's psyche (and assault rifle and concealed carry addicts, too) which makes sense:

We Are What You Made Us | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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I can't figure out what the lady has to do with the message. It's probably just me.

by Quentin on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 01:09:56 PM EST

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Me neither.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

by DaveW on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 02:04:31 PM EST
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This needs to be said loud and clear but its been evident for decades now. Killing, butchery and pleasure... all wrapped up in one eyeball popping experience from cradle to grave.

by John Brown (ruptured_duck@notmail.com) on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 01:40:51 PM EST

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I watched many of the same shows as a child and I have never been in a fist fight. As a matter of fact, since my younger brother got taller than me, I haven't hit anyone. I think that the explanation in the video is far too simplistic. While I agree that never ending exposure to violent shows is bad for the brain, I think it is far worse if parents do not interact with their children to counter-balance the media message. It also doesn't help when parents send mixed ethics messages.

I went to a hockey game the other night and witnessed a family get asked to get out of their seats. Clearly, the family was purposely sitting in better seats than they had purchased. The dad acted huffy and indignant towards the people who has actually purchased tickets for the disputed seats. What I would have said to the father of two was that he was teaching his children to lie when it suits their purposes. For me, that's not cool.

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by Teacher Toni (tacoralatyahoodotcom) on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 02:22:12 PM EST

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This video is wrong on so many levels that I can easily convince myself that it was manufactured to cast derision on those who advocate some type of gun control.

Just for starts, Snidely Whiplash never fired a shot. There was no gunplay in Dudley Doright cartoons.

Anyone who could watch Combat and not know it was about WWII--oh, never mind. But Combat was a story about people; there was very little military action it. Yes, there was some, but it tended to provide the backgrounds for the stories; battle was never the story itself.

The narrator seems to be describing, not Combat, but Rat Patrol to the nth power.

My somewhat more conservative brother and I watched all those shows. And every Warner Bros. cartoon we could find.

I also am a rabid Three Stooges fan.

I've never pointed either a gun or pie at a human being or run off the edge of a clift.

by The Farmer (pineviewfarm@comcast.net) on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 05:39:15 PM EST

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I may be way off base but I think those are the words of Charles Manson.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

by Salunga on Sun Nov 30th, 2008 at 09:52:15 PM EST

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