[knash9]

Originally Posted by crackedthesky

Pretty sure the whole point of a society is everyone living off of everyone's efforts. That's why it's a society.

Yeah that too.

[perceptrons]

Originally Posted by crackedthesky

Pretty sure the whole point of a society is everyone living off of everyone's efforts. That's why it's a society.

Don't be stupid, we form groups so we can live on our own.

[JuneJuly]

Has anyone read The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama? I picked it up at B & N today, seems interesting.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Originally Posted by JuneJuly

Has anyone read The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama? I picked it up at B & N today, seems interesting.

I think it's a worthwhile purchase for the first part of the book alone where he attempts to define the "state of nature" based off of recent findings on our prehistoric existence. It's pretty interesting to see which philosophers came closest to the mark and which ones were totally off base.

[GuitarR0cker1]

I attempted to watch the Sunday morning shows with my Dad today and remembered why I can't stand the mainstream media. Hearing Bob Schieffer say that "Democrats are unwilling to touch entitlements" and Tapper frame defense spending cuts as "jeopardizing national security" after emphasizing the need to hack into our social safety net made me want to take a giant dump on the tv screen.

Balance in the media means falsely vilifying liberals in an attempt to look balanced and then creating a roundtable where there are three far-right ideologues in opposition to an economist, a Democratic politician and a "serious" bipartisan centrist. The Newsroom is a horrible tv show but it has truth to it. Our journalists are the ones who are failing us at the moment when we need them the most.

[caveBEAR]

I'm bored at work and kind of depressed. Anyone happen to have some good/interesting/long articles to take my mind off things?

[georgedcc]

Originally Posted by caveBEAR

I'm bored at work and kind of depressed. Anyone happen to have some good/interesting/long articles to take my mind off things?

http://thelonggoodread.com/

Might be quite UK based, but I bet there are some great articles on there that will interest you.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Originally Posted by caveBEAR

I'm bored at work and kind of depressed. Anyone happen to have some good/interesting/long articles to take my mind off things?

An interview with Michael Grunwald who wrote a book arguing that the stimulus transformed America in the same vein as the New Deal but has received any of the credit that it's due.

[David87]

Originally Posted by GuitarR0cker1

I attempted to watch the Sunday morning shows with my Dad today and remembered why I can't stand the mainstream media. Hearing Bob Schieffer say that "Democrats are unwilling to touch entitlements" and Tapper frame defense spending cuts as "jeopardizing national security" after emphasizing the need to hack into our social safety net made me want to take a giant dump on the tv screen.

Balance in the media means falsely vilifying liberals in an attempt to look balanced and then creating a roundtable where there are three far-right ideologues in opposition to an economist, a Democratic politician and a "serious" bipartisan centrist. The Newsroom is a horrible tv show but it has truth to it. Our journalists are the ones who are failing us at the moment when we need them the most.

Unfortunately, FoxNews and conservatives have all but made it a "Fact" to even moderate people that level headed, sensible, fact-based reporting is just the liberal media putting a liberal spin on things.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Originally Posted by David87

Unfortunately, FoxNews and conservatives have all but made it a "Fact" to even moderate people that level headed, sensible, fact-based reporting is just the liberal media putting a liberal spin on things.

PBS/NPR are the only reliable sources left and naturally the GOP wants to defund them. I bet they'd still be able to run based on viewer contributions and advertising but that level of cutthroat politics disturbs me.

Constantly bitching about America's political state gets old. It'll be refreshing to be too bogged down in coursework to care about what ridiculous thing Mitt Romney said yesterday or whatever.

[Ferrari333SP]

Just finished watching Angels and Airwaves's "Love" film. Not sure what to think of it yet......


Edit: 1,000 posts!

[loveisdead]

I'm watching my grandma's house this weekend. She left a book called Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste about how Obama is a socialist. I'm really inclined to read it tomorrow (my last night watching the house) and writing a retort for her to read. I just don't know if I really want to waste my time.

[loveisdead]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

Just finished watching Angels and Airwaves's "Love" film. Not sure what to think of it yet......


Edit: 1,000 posts!

That The Urethra Chronicles were better.

Congrats!

[JuneJuly]

Saw a girl repost some picture on facebook along the lines of "I'm voting Republic in the election because the Democrats have left a bad taste in my mouth the last four years." So I deleted her. Because I hated her before that, but seriously? The Dems are the ones that have left a bad taste in your mouth?

[Simulcast]

lol