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Aug. 4th, 2012
Socioeconomic Snuff Porn
Aug. 4th, 2012 09:00 amApparently our rich folk feel as though they are besieged by we "do-nothing animals":
But over the past few months, it’s become clear that rich people are very, very afraid. Sometimes it feels like this was the main accomplishment of Occupy Wall Street: a whole lot of tightened sphincters. It’s not a stretch to say many residents of Park Avenue harbor vivid fears of a populist revolt like the one seen in The Dark Knight Rises, in which they cower miserably under their sideboards while ragged hordes plunder the silver.
[…]
More often than not, fears like these manifest as loathing for the current administration, as evidenced by the recent wave of Romney fund-raisers in the Hamptons. “Obama wants to take my money and give it to do-nothing animals,” one matron blurted at a recent party at the Pierre for Dick Morris’s Screwed!, the latest entry into a growing pile of socioeconomic snuff porn geared toward this audience.
When there are such wildly divergent perceptions as these, between the rich and the commoners, between conseervatives and liberals, between Republicans and Democrats, where can we hope for compromise and community. This nation really may be coming apart at the seams.
But over the past few months, it’s become clear that rich people are very, very afraid. Sometimes it feels like this was the main accomplishment of Occupy Wall Street: a whole lot of tightened sphincters. It’s not a stretch to say many residents of Park Avenue harbor vivid fears of a populist revolt like the one seen in The Dark Knight Rises, in which they cower miserably under their sideboards while ragged hordes plunder the silver.
[…]
More often than not, fears like these manifest as loathing for the current administration, as evidenced by the recent wave of Romney fund-raisers in the Hamptons. “Obama wants to take my money and give it to do-nothing animals,” one matron blurted at a recent party at the Pierre for Dick Morris’s Screwed!, the latest entry into a growing pile of socioeconomic snuff porn geared toward this audience.
When there are such wildly divergent perceptions as these, between the rich and the commoners, between conseervatives and liberals, between Republicans and Democrats, where can we hope for compromise and community. This nation really may be coming apart at the seams.
Socioeconomic Snuff Porn
Aug. 4th, 2012 09:00 amApparently our rich folk feel as though they are besieged by we "do-nothing animals":
But over the past few months, it’s become clear that rich people are very, very afraid. Sometimes it feels like this was the main accomplishment of Occupy Wall Street: a whole lot of tightened sphincters. It’s not a stretch to say many residents of Park Avenue harbor vivid fears of a populist revolt like the one seen in The Dark Knight Rises, in which they cower miserably under their sideboards while ragged hordes plunder the silver.
[…]
More often than not, fears like these manifest as loathing for the current administration, as evidenced by the recent wave of Romney fund-raisers in the Hamptons. “Obama wants to take my money and give it to do-nothing animals,” one matron blurted at a recent party at the Pierre for Dick Morris’s Screwed!, the latest entry into a growing pile of socioeconomic snuff porn geared toward this audience.
When there are such wildly divergent perceptions as these, between the rich and the commoners, between conseervatives and liberals, between Republicans and Democrats, where can we hope for compromise and community. This nation really may be coming apart at the seams.
But over the past few months, it’s become clear that rich people are very, very afraid. Sometimes it feels like this was the main accomplishment of Occupy Wall Street: a whole lot of tightened sphincters. It’s not a stretch to say many residents of Park Avenue harbor vivid fears of a populist revolt like the one seen in The Dark Knight Rises, in which they cower miserably under their sideboards while ragged hordes plunder the silver.
[…]
More often than not, fears like these manifest as loathing for the current administration, as evidenced by the recent wave of Romney fund-raisers in the Hamptons. “Obama wants to take my money and give it to do-nothing animals,” one matron blurted at a recent party at the Pierre for Dick Morris’s Screwed!, the latest entry into a growing pile of socioeconomic snuff porn geared toward this audience.
When there are such wildly divergent perceptions as these, between the rich and the commoners, between conseervatives and liberals, between Republicans and Democrats, where can we hope for compromise and community. This nation really may be coming apart at the seams.
Jenna Jameson
Aug. 4th, 2012 12:00 pm"I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said at a San Francisco strip club. "When you're rich, you want a Republican in office."
-- ONTD
Jenna Jamesoon, wow, there's a hot blast from the past. I actually wasn't a fan, but that was mainly because 1990s porn was fairly awful - tame and bland and forgettable. Thank god the Internet came along and put the hardcore back in pornography!
I appreciate the sensibility behind the proposition that the rich should favor Republicans, which is a good general rule, but every rule has its exceptions, and I think that sex workers probably should be considered as such an exception, seeing how the Republicans are zealous about wanting to shut down the sex-for-fun-and-kicks industry. It's not like there cannot be rich people under Democrats. You only have to pay more taxes. It's probably worth it to keep your industry secure.
-- ONTD
Jenna Jamesoon, wow, there's a hot blast from the past. I actually wasn't a fan, but that was mainly because 1990s porn was fairly awful - tame and bland and forgettable. Thank god the Internet came along and put the hardcore back in pornography!
I appreciate the sensibility behind the proposition that the rich should favor Republicans, which is a good general rule, but every rule has its exceptions, and I think that sex workers probably should be considered as such an exception, seeing how the Republicans are zealous about wanting to shut down the sex-for-fun-and-kicks industry. It's not like there cannot be rich people under Democrats. You only have to pay more taxes. It's probably worth it to keep your industry secure.
Jenna Jameson
Aug. 4th, 2012 12:00 pm"I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said at a San Francisco strip club. "When you're rich, you want a Republican in office."
-- ONTD
Jenna Jamesoon, wow, there's a hot blast from the past. I actually wasn't a fan, but that was mainly because 1990s porn was fairly awful - tame and bland and forgettable. Thank god the Internet came along and put the hardcore back in pornography!
I appreciate the sensibility behind the proposition that the rich should favor Republicans, which is a good general rule, but every rule has its exceptions, and I think that sex workers probably should be considered as such an exception, seeing how the Republicans are zealous about wanting to shut down the sex-for-fun-and-kicks industry. It's not like there cannot be rich people under Democrats. You only have to pay more taxes. It's probably worth it to keep your industry secure.
-- ONTD
Jenna Jamesoon, wow, there's a hot blast from the past. I actually wasn't a fan, but that was mainly because 1990s porn was fairly awful - tame and bland and forgettable. Thank god the Internet came along and put the hardcore back in pornography!
I appreciate the sensibility behind the proposition that the rich should favor Republicans, which is a good general rule, but every rule has its exceptions, and I think that sex workers probably should be considered as such an exception, seeing how the Republicans are zealous about wanting to shut down the sex-for-fun-and-kicks industry. It's not like there cannot be rich people under Democrats. You only have to pay more taxes. It's probably worth it to keep your industry secure.
A "Chinatown" Kind of Country
Aug. 4th, 2012 03:00 pmSo far this year a mere 26 billionaires have given $61 million to “super PACS” (and these are the ones whose names have come out, through disclosure or journalistic ferreting). Those 26 billionaires have a net worth, according to the C.R.P., equal to 42 percent of all American households, about 50 million people. How could it possibly be good for a functioning democracy if a bit more than two dozen people have a voice equal or greater than 50 million?
-- Timothy Egan at The New York Times
It's another verse to an old familiar song. It's good to be rich. In this column, Mr. Egan quotes from a classic movie "Chinatown". I have seen the movie a couple of times, but I failed to pick up on the lines, which really do get at the heart of the matter. Jack Nicholson plays the private dick, Jake Gittes, and John Huston plays the old corrupt plutocrat, Noah Cross:
Gittes: “Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can’t already afford?”
Cross: “The future, Mr. Gittes! The future.”
It does look that way.
-- Timothy Egan at The New York Times
It's another verse to an old familiar song. It's good to be rich. In this column, Mr. Egan quotes from a classic movie "Chinatown". I have seen the movie a couple of times, but I failed to pick up on the lines, which really do get at the heart of the matter. Jack Nicholson plays the private dick, Jake Gittes, and John Huston plays the old corrupt plutocrat, Noah Cross:
Gittes: “Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can’t already afford?”
Cross: “The future, Mr. Gittes! The future.”
It does look that way.
A "Chinatown" Kind of Country
Aug. 4th, 2012 03:00 pmSo far this year a mere 26 billionaires have given $61 million to “super PACS” (and these are the ones whose names have come out, through disclosure or journalistic ferreting). Those 26 billionaires have a net worth, according to the C.R.P., equal to 42 percent of all American households, about 50 million people. How could it possibly be good for a functioning democracy if a bit more than two dozen people have a voice equal or greater than 50 million?
-- Timothy Egan at The New York Times
It's another verse to an old familiar song. It's good to be rich. In this column, Mr. Egan quotes from a classic movie "Chinatown". I have seen the movie a couple of times, but I failed to pick up on the lines, which really do get at the heart of the matter. Jack Nicholson plays the private dick, Jake Gittes, and John Huston plays the old corrupt plutocrat, Noah Cross:
Gittes: “Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can’t already afford?”
Cross: “The future, Mr. Gittes! The future.”
It does look that way.
-- Timothy Egan at The New York Times
It's another verse to an old familiar song. It's good to be rich. In this column, Mr. Egan quotes from a classic movie "Chinatown". I have seen the movie a couple of times, but I failed to pick up on the lines, which really do get at the heart of the matter. Jack Nicholson plays the private dick, Jake Gittes, and John Huston plays the old corrupt plutocrat, Noah Cross:
Gittes: “Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can’t already afford?”
Cross: “The future, Mr. Gittes! The future.”
It does look that way.
