Hollywood and Health Care: Because They Know Better
by Pam MeisterTo quote my good friend Tom: Thank God I have Hollywood to tell me how to think.
As many of you probably already know, Will “Elf” Ferrell is leading Hollywood’s latest band of Obama’s Merry Men, in a joint effort with MoveOn.org, in a satirical bid to tell you and me how grateful we should be for ObamaCare and how we should despise those dastardly insurance company executives who make millions of dollars by exploiting us.
My friend Kitty’s thoughts on the video: “I’m sure O’s supporters will think it’s hilariously creative, but I honestly thought these people could do better. There’s nothing subtle about the video, and satire needs subtlety. All politics aside, I was disappointed.”
The creative juices of Hollywood keep on flowing, folks!
I suppose since Obama has Hollywood’s back – he’s continuing to cheapen the office of the President by shilling for George Lopez’s new show on TBS – it’s their turn to “give back.” And since it’s been eight long years since they’ve been proud to be Americans, it’s not surprising that all of that choked back patriotism is coming out in a rush.
I have to admit, I’m really pleased to know that Will Ferrell and his pals are concerned about my access to health care. And yet…and yet…I can’t get around the irony that a man who makes up to $20 million per film – which is what, a few months’ work or so? - is wagging his finger at “greedy” insurance company executives. At least the insurance execs provide a service – although the quality of that service is obviously what’s up for debate here.
What does Will Ferrell have to offer his fellow man? Movies like “Land of the Lost,” aimed at children that cash in on – and trample - their parents’ childhood memories for a cheap and vulgar laugh. Not to mention being so bad that it didn’t even come close to breaking even, let alone make a profit. Yet his decision to be in that film didn’t hurt him one little bit – he got paid, didn’t he? Like high-paid executives at a corporation, big time actors like Will sign contracts. He gets paid no matter what. Moviegoers who watched it most likely regretted the decision that put them back $10. The producers and the studio probably have more than a few regrets.
Insurance companies give people access to health care. Will Ferrell gives people access to sophomoric humor.
Here’s a thought: Isn’t Hollywood full of film studios that are corporations? Is Will Ferrell a corporate puppet? Does he stop to think about those greedy studio execs who line their pockets off the sweat of his brow? He’s a union guy, right? Is “the man” somehow holding him back? Are they making more than the $20 million he pockets? There ought to be an investigation. Call Barney Frank and Chris Dodd! It’s time to get a Hollywood Pay Czar in the White House!
If Will is really worried about pay inequities, what does he think about the fact that the average police officer who would come to Will’s aid in an emergency, the average nurse who would tend to Will’s needs in the hospital, the average firefighter who would risk his life to save Will’s burning mansion, and the average soldier who risks his life around the world so that Will can shoot off his mouth about whatever, make so much less than he does?
But then, Will doesn’t get paid to think. He gets paid to spout out memorized lines that someone else wrote and play the buffoon in front of the camera. All for a cool $20 million a pop. And he thinks his celebrity means that, like the Star Bellied Sneetches, he can tell those of us without stars what’s what.
Hey, where do I sign up?
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Many in Hollywood and Progressive Liberals as a rule, believe that because their brains are slightly larger than most, they must be caretakers of the rest of us. Self-important snobs. All of them
I love this report.
You KNOW they're acting when they say they CARE about the little people. Academy awards all around!
It's not their brains, it's their skulls!
Well, their heads our bigger than ours, but that's to contain their overinflated egos.
Oh, they all know about that big business. In THEIR business the difference between eking out a living and getting paid $20m/pop is ALL luck, and they know it. I think they hate themselves, and they just project all that hate on all the other businessmen that they could never be.
my guess is Will Ferrell and the others have all incorporated themselves to reduce taxes they pay. So much for patriotism!
That's fine if they want to go and do these commercials/propaganda/whatever you want to call them…it just lets me continue to add to my list of actors to not watch on tv. Sorry, donald…I loved you on Scrubs, but no more.
They have contempt for big business and the large incomes of executives. At least those execs get paid to oversee the employment of hundreds, if not thousands of American workers. How many employees rely on Ferrell and he still gets paid the big bucks?
there must be a disconnect in their big big brains. i think they have forgotten that they are only rich because of regular joes buying their wares. i sense a shift coming. can't wait to see what comes out of their mouth when their cash is kept in our pocketbooks.
Excellent point! Perhaps we should ask his personal assistant and maid what their salaries are.
Look at the Hollywood egotists. They spew their hate-America venom to the world while praising themselves and giving each other endless awards so they won't feel guilty for participating in their deviant lifestyles. They preach "tolerance" but these deviants are not satisfied with tolerance, they want full acceptance of their sick lifestyles and mental illnesses. In reality, they act the part of heroes while they surrounding themselves with adoring, weak minded worshipers who will never tell them the truth.
Why are Democrats so obsessed with our children?
http://usataxpayer.org/page.asp?Get=obsession
Obama Headlines…
http://usataxpayer.org/page.asp?Get=headlines
Hollywood is diminishing in relevance as more and more people realize that most of what is produced there is garbage. Increasingly we will see more and more propaganda from these empty headed drones, sort of a spoiled brat reaction when they realize nobody is paying them attention anymore. "Hey I am important!!! I know what is best for you, after all, I am one of the beautiful people!!! Pay attention to me!!!"
They continue to churn out movies that few want to see and soon the big paychecks for doing very little will be a thing of the past. Why people continue to shell out the exorbitant amount of money it takes to go the movies, maybe buy a drink and a snack, is beyond me. Once you are relieved of your dough, you can sit there and have your values trashed and your country demeaned. What fun.
I have the solution for funding health care. For all those working in TV, music and film, I propose a 100% tax on earnings over $100,000 per year with the taxes raised being used for health care for the poor!
Bottom Line: Will and his friends went to a Kool Aid Party and acted like fools. Bad for them, we caught their Kool Aid induced actions on film as a reminder!
Spot on! You've summed up nicely my response to this video. At some point, people are going to grow tired of not only the garbage coming out of Hollywood, but moral and political lessons as well. Elvis Presley once told a reporter who asked about entertainers who protested the Vietnam war, "Honey, I'm just an entertainer. I'd rather keep my personal opinion to myself." And though he said he didn't think other entertainers should, I always admired him for that. He chose not to use the spotlight and the megaphone which his fans gave him to spew forth his personal drivel about matters which weren't related to his job.
But it's the hypocrisy, which you brilliantly point out, that ranks with these people. Ted Danson is the "ocean expert", Martin Sheen is the "homeless expert", Matt Damon is the "Sarah Palin" expert, George Clooney is the "anti-Republican expert", all of them put their pants on the same way as you and me. All of whom who are blessed with the gift of recognition, which we bestow upon them, who would simply be another poster on a blog somewhere had it not been for us (there are plenty of "entertainers" and former child stars to prove my point). And yet they see fit to abuse our gift to them and alienate a large percentage of their fan base in the name of "art".
Now the liberals may argue that conservative commentators such as Rush, Hannity, or Beck are doing the same thing with their celebrity status to which I reply, they were given their status because of what they do. When you tune in to them you know what you are getting unlike the liberal/socialists who weave their message subliminally into a cartoon or into a movie.
In closing, a recent pole suggested that 20 percent of the people polled considered themselves "liberal" while 40 percent considered themselves "conservative"; Hollywood you better wake up and recognize. Until Matt Damon shuts his pie hole about his liberal/socialist political agenda and does just what I pay him to do, as far as I'm concerned his next movie might be titled: "Still Born".
Nice work if you can get it.
"But then, Will doesn’t get paid to think." Obviously, perhaps that is why he does it so poorly (or seldomly). Is it possible that he has to pay to think? That would also explain it.
As I posted yesterday, there is a health insurance company with a market capitalization of about one-third of Mr. Farrell's salary for Bewitched. Since he obviously knows how to run an insurance company, I suggest he purchase it. If his ideas are correct, he will be wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.
How about it Will? Put your money where your mouth is?
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Here'sa question. Friend of mine read a blog by some liberal complaining we conservatives were hurting himbecause Blue Cross Blue Shield had a co pay and he was a victim of their "profiteering". I checked the financial statements of the BCBS in my state online and got a limited Incone Statement and did not find the audit report listed on the web site. In reading it dawned on me. BCBS is not a private corporation in my state. They are an NGE just like Fannae Mae and their "profits" are regulated by the government in the same way a Utility company. Evidently the Big Blue in Pureto Rico went Public but most have not.
How are the Big Blues not "public options" and if they have not "solved" the access problems why should the next NGE the government sets up under Ocare be any different?
Here'sa question. Friend of mine read a blog by some liberal complaining we conservatives were hurting himbecause Blue Cross Blue Shield had a co pay and he was a victim of their "profiteering". I checked the financial statements of the BCBS in my state online and got a limited Incone Statement and did not find the audit report listed on the web site. In reading the site dawned on me. BCBS is not a private corporation in my state. They are an NGE just like Fannae Mae and their "profits" are regulated by the government in the same way a Utility company. Evidently the Big Blue in Pureto Rico went Public but most have not.
How are the Big Blues not "public options" and if they have not "solved" the access problems why should the next NGE the government sets up under Ocare be any different?
Here'sa question. Friend of mine read a blog by some liberal complaining we conservatives were hurting himbecause Blue Cross Blue Shield had a co pay and he was a victim of their "profiteering". I checked the financial statements of the BCBS in my state online and got a limited Incone Statement and did not find the audit report listed on the web site. In reading the site dawned on me. BCBS is not a private corporation in my state. They are an NGE just like Fannae Mae and their "profits" are regulated by the government in the same way as a Utility company. Evidently the Big Blue in Pureto Rico went Public but most have not.
How are the Big Blues not "public options" and if they have not "solved" the access problems why should the next NGE the government sets up under Ocare be any different?
Hear, hear!
Add this group to a growing list of “actors” not to spend a dollar on their work. This includes their sponsors and advertisers, boycott.
What? This guy doesn't think he should even have to pay 25 bucks for his own health care? What is wrong with these people?
As to your point about BCBS; I honestly don't have enough information to comment intelligently. Normally, that wouldn't slow me down, but I'm feeling kind of middle-of-the-roadish today.
Unless these guys are willing to work for union scale, they need to shuy the **** up about what other people are making.
Don't these cretins realize they are but jesters, and the king doesn't take the jester's advice? Jesters are to be laughed at,and ridiculed- they haven't opinions that are held in high esteem, and never will.
Stick to your craft Mr. Ferrell.
And add to this that their purpose is to entertain, and when I can no longer look at an actress or actor without thinking of their politics- they no longer entertain me, and I can no longer watch them. It was that way on "24" last year when skank Garofalo was on- I just could no longer watch, and my list of movies I will see is dwindling also.
I actually disagree that satire needs subtlety. I think the piece was quite funny, actually, and very well made. Look at the quality of this video and the ones that Stephen Crowder and AlfonZo post here regularly. (Anyone want to gamble on who gets more hits?) Feel free to disagree with him, but I really don't follow the ongoing contempt here for people who are wealthy enough to take political risks. Isn't using your fortune to support your causes and beliefs sort of…American? I don't think he's stupid at all–he probably knows the country is pretty evenly split, and is rich enough to take the risk. There are countless exhortations here of how conservative artists (cruelly self-closeted by Hollywood mores) mustn't stay hidden, must stand up for their personal beliefs, regardless of how it impacts their bottom line. Farrell's man enough to take that risk–you may despise his message, but you can't fault his method.
Here is the lawsuit Acorn filed against James, Hannah, and Breitbart
http://mycityblog.net/2009/09/26/acorn-v-s-james-...
But remember–you'll be taking all of Gary Sinise, Patricia Heaton, Angie Harmon, John Voight, and Chuck Norris' money, too, along with everyone in the CMA! (Actually, Angie Harmon probably isn't making too much these days)
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Why are Democrats so obsessed with our children?
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Art of Propaganda: 7 Common Tactics Used to Influence Behavior
1. Name-Calling
2. Glittering Generalities
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I would think MANDATING insurance thru the threat of forced levy would be a boon for evil insurance companies….guarantee 100% participation and revenue streams backed by government revenue. Gee, what other " mandates" have Americans been forced to participate in….
I believe we need a NES (National Entertainment Service). Since entertainment is so important to a well-rounded life, everyone in the country should have access to "film care". We need a tax on tickets so that tickets can be purchased for those who do not wish to see the film or can't afford to go. Never mind that they can afford cell phones, automobiles and car insurance; entertainment is a basic need. Besides, greedy filmakers from writers to producers to directors to Matt Damon are earning too much money. We need to make them government employees. AND, if the sobs don't produce a good enough film, we reserve the right to sue their posteriors off. No tort reform for entertainment providers. Sure some will squawk, but I'm sure the film unions will be on board with this the way the AMA and Big Pharma are on board with Obamacare.
Remember, corporations have no souls.
It might be interesting watching one of them form a committee of brain cells to reach a decision. I can see why they keep using outside consultants.
if they instinctively know what's better for us…
Than why do the not think that is better for them as well? We don not see them cueing up for their own government run health care; indeed where will they get their various injections and implants? Does a single payer system do Botox? Or Pam Anderson DD's?
Like to see Ferrell and company weigh in on this…
if they instinctively know what's better for us…
Than why do the not think that is better for them as well? We do not see them cueing up for their own government run health care; indeed where will they get their various injections and implants? Does a single payer system do Botox? Or Pam Anderson DD's?
Like to see Ferrell and company weigh in on this…
If I ever have the opportunity to meet Will Ferrell in public, I will not hesitate to smash him right in his arrogant mouth and face. And I'm going to give him "one to grow on" for the rest of the American public that can't stand these ,know nothing, hollywood shills who think "they" know what is in the best interest of average hard working , tax paying, American citizens. ps; I hope I can depend on my fellow Americans to set up a defense fund, and perhaps bail me out while I await a trial for aggravated assault. I assure you that the charge will not be "simple assault"…it'll be premeditated, and aggravated, and my absolute pleasure, without a doubt. Thank you.
Better yet, $100k cap on income for anyone living or working in 90210 area code. Then, tax the $100k.
If you liked the message you liked messenger.
These folks made this video besides the fact they are liberals,
They like to work and to show they are on the team will at least keep that argument
from appearing on their resume. Ferrell would be taking a risk only by refusing
to appear for political reasons. They have long ago traded movie or TV viewing
numbers for political/work expediency. There use to be large numbers of viewers that did not
care about the politics of the actor. Those numbers seem to be narrowing and the thought
process in political Hollywood has yet to catch up. They are now taking larger risks and have
yet to recalculate same..
Since everyone knows how much more intelligent and caring these celebs are than the great unwashed masses. It never ceases to amaze me that they would even go near Obamacare (and Moveon) since they are so smart they don't seem to realize that they are alienating and p1ssing off the same people that they hope will see their so-called films.
Soros must have made them any offer they couldn't refuse.
I think the charge will be assaulting a simpleton. The penalty is continuous viewing of
a Will Ferrell movie for 10 days 24 hours a day with an occasional respite via the latest
Michal Moore movie thrown in. Will it be worth it, probably.
In Will's case he was trying to stay on good terms with his coworkers while shooting Elf.
Just to note it, Gary Coleman has had health problems for decades, and when was the last time they set him up with a good job?
I have a solution to this health care debate. Everyone agreed last year that the health care delivery and financing system we have now is unacceptable, which it is. When it came down to producing a bill to do anything about it, there is no majority behind any proposal, which leaves the majority party running their bill, and everyone else shooting it down, for good reasons and bad. SO, let's take ALL the bills, from Henry Waxman's to Paul Ryan's, put every plan into one big omnibus array of CHOICES (yes, that includes the public option, as long as it is financed by premiums, not taxes, and access to subsidized customers is no different than private companies), and then let each and every individual pick from the array of options. Is that too simple, obvious, and common sense for (a) Democratic Party nanny social workers, and, (b) Republican Party ideologues, to ever get to work on in congress? Personally, after three year's experience with two private sector companies contracted by my employer and union, with all their overlay of annual deductible, share of cost, exemptions, things to be determined later, etc., I just want a $250 a month policy with a flat $6000 deductible per year, and $2900 a year deposited into a Health Savings Account (the kind that rolls over from one year to the next if I don't use it.) But, I wouldn't impose that on everybody else.
Yeah, I'm still made that big bad reactionary CBS was so cowardly as to take the popular Smothers Brothers off the air in 1969 or so. By the next time I saw them, they weren't funny anymore — some kind of pizza commercial about pizzas being round.
We've got to figure out a way to differentiate them. It shouldn't be much harder than the tax "engineering" that's going on already.
"Land of the Lost" is perhaps the worst case of media malpractice in recent years. They took a TV show that many current parents remember fondly from their childhood with something for boys (Dinosaurs!) and something for girls (Holly) and something for all kids (Sleestak, which are scary but not too scary) that could have been a perfect children's movie and turned into a raunchy movie inappropriate for children with a PG-13 rating for crude and sexual content, language, and a drug reference. Just how much of an idiot do you need to be to make a decision like that? If I were that studio, I would never again trust millions of dollars to the losers who made that call.
You mentioned that Will is a union member. Why don't we compare union dues to taxes and make it so that the top 1% of the SAG members pay more of the total union dues than the bottom 95% of its members (just like it is with the IRS)? Would they feel that the evil rich "stars" are not paying their fair share?
Chopper said:
"If I ever have the opportunity to meet Will Ferrell in public, I will not hesitate to smash him right in his arrogant mouth and face. And I'm going to give him "one to grow on" for the rest of the American public that can't stand these ,know nothing, hollywood shills who think "they" know what is in the best interest of average hard…"
I noticed no one called out Chopper on this violent post. Does Pam Meister agree with Chopper? Someone disagrees with you, physically attack them? Does Andrew Breitbart agree with Chopper's comment? If not, why is is still there? Does everyone else here endorse assaulting those who disagree with us? Yes or no. Just asking.
Aren't these the same people who hire other people to help them, then treat them like dirt with lowpay and of course no healthcare.
I really fear for "Where the Wild Things Are." God help me, they made them look downright creepy and threatening, and the 'normal' voices don't work for me at all.
Poor Will. I will not see another film with him in it. This goes for Looney Clooney Susan Sarandon….well you get my point. These idiots should learn from Michael Jordan that republicans buy shoes too. Half their audience should boycott them if they hate the capitalist system which has given them EVERYTHING.
That's a bit harsh! Way to promote the stereotype of the violent, intolerant right-winger.
Medicare for one. When you turn 65 you belong to medicare. It is a station of life. Any other insurance is secondary, which means if medicare allows a procedure they have to follow. If medicare disallows a claim then the secondary doesn't have to pay either.
Watch the VIDEO WILL FERRELL DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXCDUGaRQNI
Its funny– DAMN funny!
Excellent!!
Oily I disagree with Chopper. Who are you and what do you stand for? It seems as if you tend to troll and then attack postings you disagee with but never mention your beliefs. Are you for or against capitalism? that is a fairly innocuous question but could help me understand your attitude.
I think you meant "poll" regarding the number of American liberals compared to conservatives.
Otherwise, great post.
"Oily I disagree with Chopper. Who are you and what do you stand for?"
A stupid republican who blindly stands for what he's been spoonfed. Honestly, how dumb can all of you get? Yes, complain about what "Hollywood" is saying because they're all so rich and elitist. How dare they pretend they care about us?? I'd rather support the party where the rich folks don't pretend–they just straight up tell us they don't give a shit. Don't have health care? Hey, your fault, not the rich guys'!!
I believe its called venting, its like saying, do you remember the now antiquated paper boy? You remember papers? anyway. its like saying " if he throws my paper in the bushes one more time I gonna turn his rearend red" the feeling passed in a few minutes and you still tipped him on collection day.
Don't be too harsh on us. By the way what do you care what the other side says, their going to say it whether its true or not.
If they knew what was good for us (or what people want), every movie would be a blockbuster. It ain't folks and though they certainly have a right to speak their mind (they're Americans after all, or at least until 2012), l just give 'em a big fat raspberry like their movies.
I've never even seen Farrell in a movie or on TV. Actually, I never see the far majority of these people because I rarely watch anything other than TCM and political shows.
The upper marginal tax rates under FDR went to 90%.
Problem with this is the Laffer curve. After tax rates go somewhere beyond 40% you actaully collect less in tax revenue. Truely wealthly have options overseas we don't. Will and Co will just set up shop in the Cayman Islands, Grand Bahamas or some other country that has Foreign Service corporations that hold money for foreigners tax free so long as they keep it in their banks. This ironically is why Obama's new taxes will not end up paying for his schemes. Thus we have quintupled our deficit.
clarify wrote:
"Oily I disagree with Chopper. Who are you and what do you stand for? It seems as if you tend to troll and then attack postings you disagee with but never mention your beliefs. Are you for or against capitalism?"
I'm "against" capitalism,socialism,marxism, etc because I don't believe any of those systems have served anyone (besides tycoons,dictators & their friends)very well over the past thousand years.
As to why I'm here, because I have fun calling out breitbots on their hypocrisy & ignorance.
Plus,breitbots obsessions with Soros always amuse me(see PupsMcCain's post).
Lighten up. Chopper is just getting into character and would be 'acting'.
I had not realized they ever WERE funny. Lots of good sketch comedy on the show, but their stand-up routines were at times downright cringe-making.
I've taken a mental note of all those actors and I'm determined to boycott their tv shows and movies. Besides Newsbusted, Red Eye and Dennis Miller are filling the void.
I also think FDR tried to institute a 100% tax rate on all earnings over $25000 / year. This from a man who set the price of gold based on "lucky" numbers. How Obama doesn't try to set my wage by dartboard.
Not mentioned how low Mr. Ferrell had to stoop to get into the "IN" crowd.
HEY! If Hollywood celebrities were made out of barbequed spare ribs, would ya eat 'em? I know I would! Hell, I'd have seconds! Then I'd wash 'em down with a tall cool Budweiser!
http://cubs.fandome.com/video/26578/SNL-Will-Ferr...
The brain swelling if from meningitis.
I'm good for 20 bucks.
I didn't say it was right. I just said I'd kick in 20 bucks to hire Chopper a lawyer.
It's what we call "compassionate conservatism".
Oh, and by the way, don't take this crap so seriously.
S/he'd be more likely to respond if you replied directly to s/his post.
Notice my clever use of sex-neutral language? I'm not trying to be politically correct, I just think it captures the essence of "Oily Taitz" personality…
There are these things called "jobs". Get'cha one that offers benefits.
So, Oily, what are you for? It seems you can only think of what you DON'T believe in. Well, you apparently believe in schoolgirl namecalling. But other than that…
So, Oily, what are you for? It seems you can only define yourself by what you DON'T believe in. Well, you apparently believe in schoolgirl namecalling. But other than that…
I don't even remember the last time I went to a movie theater. I refuse to pay the exhorbitant price to watch mostly trash. I can wait the year and a half until these movies get to HBO and the like.__Then I can just stop watching if I don't like the movie. I also refuse to pay the rental fee for DVDs or go to the theater because I don't want to support the "stars" or the studios.overpaid, outsized egoists are not worth the money they make. I would rather pay an RN or CNA $100,000 a year than give celebrities one dime.
When you have an entire industry that behaves as if they exist in the last decadent days of the Roman empire, I don't want my hard-earned money to contribute to that life-style. Marriage is a four letter word or is treated like disposable diapers. Children are more of a prop than a responsibility. Friendship is based on the opportunity the relationship can offer and honesty is only useful for self-promotion. And each of these views is presented within their movies as something wonderful that the sadly uptight "flyover" part of America is just too un-cool to understand. Hollywood lost me for good when they decided that movies were meant to "educate" the great unwashed rather than to entertain. Movies that glorify the assassination of a president, or mock the religious, malign parents who teach morals and abstinence and so on and so on.
STOP trying to foist your "progressive" political views upon the population by showing ambition as greed and a happy family as an uattainable fantasy. When celebrities come out in public and say things like "all republicans are repugnant" or "anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is an acceptable candidate is a moron" they deserve to lose support. Making a living reciting the words someone else has written for you does not make you an expert in anything other than public speaking. And Hollywood wonders why their incomes are down….
Here'sa question. Friend of mine read a blog by some liberal complaining we conservatives were hurting himbecause Blue Cross Blue Shield had a co pay and he was a victim of their "profiteering". I checked the financial statements of the BCBS in my state online and got a limited Incone Statement and did not find the audit report listed on the web site. In reading the site it dawned on me. BCBS is not a private corporation in my state. They are an NGE just like Fannae Mae and their "profits" are regulated by the government in the same way as a Utility company. Evidently the Big Blue in Pureto Rico went Public but most have not.
How are the Big Blues not "public options" and if they have not "solved" the access problems why should the next NGE the government sets up under Ocare be any different?
"…satire needs subtlety."
No, it doesn't: Jonathan Swift was probably the greatest satirist of all time, and he was about as subtle as a sledgehammer. What it needs is intelligence, wit, and a kernel of truth. The leftist echo chamber lacks any of the three.
Although I rather doubt Chopper would actually do this, I do not condone mindless violence. Furthermore, I have no say in the moderation of comments here at BH.
50K I think ………. maybe misremembering
I hear ya, he just seems to have…thought it out a great deal, and that goes from spontaneous invective (I'm gonna kill that $%@#&! who just cut me off!!) into crazy territory.
And I'm not quite old enough to remember paper boys.
My apologizes regarding my coming across as a violent, intolerant right-winger , now I have mixed emotions. I should have just said "if I ever see (fill in the blank with whatever hollywood/ muscian/performance-artist, know it all, that you'd like) ie. sean penn, oliver stone, mike moore, vedder, bono , young,cougar melonhead,dixiebitch,belafonte, damon, clooney,robbins, baldwin, commie, pinko, etc etc etc…….ad infinitum………….it could have been any one (or varitable plethora )of them, but alas, it really isn't worth it. My arms would grow weary of swinging, and people would grow tired of bailing me out. I'm just going to avoid Hollywood, movie premiers, gay bath houses, producers couches and the emmy awards.
But I may have to break down and watch SNL tonight. NO, not to sing along with bono and U-2………………………… to watch Megan Fox playing the tamborine with them. That should be ok.
these clowns (and he is a professional clown) don't really care. business people are just straw bogeymen that can be used as scapegoats. these clowns get way too much credit for being smart. they aren't
Your right, it WAS too harsh, and I was just venting…………………but still.
…and if he pays for their health insurance.
Oily , I apologize for stirring the pot. I said that it was too harsh, and I was just venting. My emotions got the better part of me. I should have just screamed "YOU LIE"…………………………and then I would have felt better.
I am glad though, (and perhaps fortunate), that I didn't run into will ferrell while I was out walking my dogs today. I'm being sarcastic oily.
Oily's intellect seems to have the capacity of a teaspoon, so I think we should all be very understanding and try not to use any big words.
I trust he's not any relation to John Gotti, tho you may be right. He writes as a conservative
so he must be ok. My grandpa told me about paper boys.
I think that Will and his pals (as well as most of Hollywood) are so used to playing pretend, that they don't know reality. Past reciting the script they were paid to recite, not one of them thought that these insurance companies employ about 1 million people. That real, average, everyday Americans, who do not make a ton of money. It's easy to speak of insurance companies as these huge evil entities, but without the people (high paid executives all the way down to the lowest paid clerk) they would not exist. I find it very ironnic that they complain about the profits, but every last one of them makes way more money than their talents deserve.
After sitting through that stupid anchorman movie the other night, I will listen to anything he says, espouses, endorses, or thinks is a great idea, and do, or think, the opposite. I'll be kind, he was good in the movie Elf.
I've got Choppers bail covered, you save your cash for Oily.
Let me know if you need moral support.
Chopper, How did you get into so much trouble. Just a simple little diatribe to let a few frustrations
loose among friends and now look. You may be called up to the Big House, to explain your racism
against one of Obamas henchmen. (Obama can now blanket white folk that work for him under the
racism clause) I'll do my best to warn you of any pending action against you.
If Will Ferrell was a conservative you'd all be lining up to fellate him and defend the worst of his movies.
That already happens–dues are usually calculated on how much you make. If it's like the other entertainment guilds (I'm a DGA member), both your dues and your health benefit eligibility are calculated on how much you earned that quarter. (i.e. you are billed a percentage of your earnings) My dues bills have ranged from the flat $50 a quarter when I haven't worked in a while to several hundred bucks when I have a steady gig. SAG has always notoriously had more members not working than working, even in the best of times, so Farrell has been paying a lot more dues than the average SAG member for quite some time now.
Ha Ha, a conservative in Hollyweird? We wouldn't be lining up to fellate him, we'd be lining up to see a very endangered species.
Really, though, that's chump change even at the top of the scale.
She's apparently an anarchist. But a peaceful one.
I've never run across anyone who's against BOTH capitalism and socialism; maybe we should just trade skins and beads for what we need.
Great video!! For the finale I'd like to see sean penn smackin' madonna around, charlie sheen dancin with hookers, and lindsay lohan snorting some coke. Then, my hollywood idol dream would be complete! Well, if they made the same amount if money as everyone else (doctors, lawyers, fry guys). Lets do it! Ten of my friends now have health care, and its all courtesy of will farrell. Right out of his wallet. NO TAX DEDUCTIONS OR CREDITS!
P.S. Does anybody want to buy some used dvds?
That is, if they even have a social security number…well, one that actually belongs to them…
And that craft would be…whut?
"they just straight up tell us they don't give a shit."
No, it's your lefty 'hearing'. All lefty's ever 'hear' is we're all victims.
the deal is…when a tv or movie "star" is having career trouble….thats when they become a loud, in your face schill for the democrats…then they suddenly get favorable press…big roles….tons of t.v. etc…. thats the way the game is played….
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Why does she need some cash? I'm here for you Angie.
Soros? So our rich guys=bad
Your rich socialist, Nazi follower, anti semite=good
Thanks oily, I know all I need to know.
We'll call you!
Will they give up their SAG benefits?
Will they promise not to create a health care program for "special" people in a foreign country, like Mexico?
Will they wait in line at the L.A. clinic with everyone else?
Until they answer yes to all of the above, they need to shut up, every one of them.
The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital is getting rid of healthcare. Why are those "stars" in the video and elsewhere who make such grand salaries not helping?
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/urgent-motion-p...
Let me guess Ricky is from west hollywood
I still remember that pos matt damon ranting on youtube about his love for obama and how Gov Palin should and should not be allowed to exercise her freedom of religion rights. Typical arrogant demopigs. Why does it not surprise me that Ferrell drinks kool aid as well. 20 million will go a long way to provide indigents with health care.
Not sure of that….
ironically it is JFK and not Reagan who fathered the ideas that one increases revenue by lowering the rates. He brought it from 90% to 70%. Reagon brought it down to 33% in 82 and 28% in 86. He also removed more tax loopholes from the code than any President has.
The first Acconting office I worked at had the 1913 tax code as a picture in glass on the wall. It was three pages of instructons and one page for a form. The rate was 1% above 50K (this was a lot of money in 1913). Right next to it was the current Prentice Hall tax code, IRS regs and tax law. A shelf of 50 huge books. The metaphor was something to see.
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Oh, and of course you see yourself as smart. name calling everyone hee who disagrees regardless of their actual words. That is generalizing, and openly bigoted to anyone who doesn't share your selfrighteous prejudices.
Leftwingers love to rant about how intelligent they are,. but they stupidly alienate everyone in the room by being jerks right off the bat. don't convince or convert somebody dude,..
just insult them since your side is loosing badly in this debacle.
but in the end, once again, smart liberals, (they say) beaten by dumb and stupid republicans. Now, when you are supposed to be smart, yet loose social debates over and over to the side you say is stupid..
I suggest you rethink how you define smart, must suck loosing to your inferiors, huh college boy…
Well, that leaves anarchy and monarchies,.. and since fuedal societies were unimaginably worse in regards human conditions,.. anarchy is little more than a temper tantrum about how much you hate everything and want to burn it all…
about as intellectual as a dog humping your leg, and as useless as a philosophy.
You admit, you're an unreasoning hater who enjoys upsetting people, yet wail over the masses being ill served by capitalism, and offer NO alternative model. I expect you either make your living in a protected field like a college, or are living on dad's credit card. do you not consider it strange at all, that the folks who claim to speak for the "people" never actually work or live among them, or care what the 'people" think about any of this.
they kinda hate you.
You give away the game,. though, you wouldn't care about what we think of your pet bond villan Soros, if you didn't have your face firmly attached to Obama's butt.
20 million a movie,
makes film, bashing businessmen for making less than that.
as "exploiting" the people.
being greedy profiteers,
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made his living, playing the same character over and over.
portrayed himself as a moron,.
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I do not believe he should be paid for acting. To pay Ferrel for acting the part of a clueless moron, is like paying a dog for having fur and licking himself in public.
They'll both kind of do that anyway.
All these Hollywood morons need to leave this country, immediately. Let's see if Hugo Chavez or the Castro brothers will let them keep their millions.
Ferrell, you are but simple thespian, so shut yer’ pie-hole and act already. Personally, I don't even think you're that funny. Try this at home; First , watch Steve Martin's "The Jerk" and then choose any Ferrell movie you like, whatever is considered his funniest film and I bet you within the first ten minutes you'll be turning it off. For an alleged long distance / marathon runner, Ferrell sure carries around the spare.
[...] And the percentage of people who strongly disapprove of his performance has risen from 6% to 35%. Hollywood and Health Care: Because They Know Better – bighollywood.breitbart.com 09/26/2009 To quote my good friend Tom: Thank God I have Hollywood to [...]
I'm sure Will has lots of gophers and servants, an illegal to take care of his garden, another to clean his house, a third to cook his meals, a fourth to clean the pool, a secretary to book his tickets, an assistant to do his shopping….
No need for health care for them out of his pocket…let the little man (just like Leona Helmsly said — pay the taxes that foot the bill.
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Ferrell's video uses the same old villain vs. victim strategy liberals have used for years to "encourage" the American people to support what liberals want us to support and reject what liberals want us reject. That strategy, which uses emotion to stifle intellect and has been successful since the Vietnam War days, is finally beginning to lose its appeal to the American people. The strategy began to unwind when the Obama camp accused the Clinton camp of racism during the Presidential campaign and then later admitted it was "just politics." The strategy took another blow when liberal pro-choicers viciously condemned Sarah Palin's choice to give birth to a Downs Syndrome baby and women's rights advocates refused to defend her against sexist gender attacks. Of course, both camps insist their hatred of Palin results from her stupidity, not her conservative politics, but that bogus excuse flies in the face of the "tolerance" standard liberals insist we should all live by. For the first time in many years, the American people aren't swallowing the Kool-Aid liberal Democrats want to force down our throats, but you can't blame a True Believer like Ferrell for trying.
It'll probably do well the first weekend out of sentimentality… then no promises after that. :p
*MissQuinn*
When Andrew Breitbart is connected with potentially destabilizing an economy as Soros was accused of doing in Europe, call us. You say we're hypocrites, I say you're ignorant.
*MissQuinn*
I just cringed when I read a Spike Jonze interview and he kept reiterating how he wasn't making a children's movie. *sigh* He adapts one of the most loved kids books EVER…but not for kids. Just doesn't make sense. I think "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" will be the holiday breakout kidflick that crosses over. I suspect 'Wild Things' is going to be a colossal flop.
Bingo. I too have a growing list of actors I can not watch. And I skipped "24" this last season. It's a good thing I like books. They're usually better than the movie anyway.
There are a variety of reasons why actors carry "the Liberal water-bucket:"
1) Most writers/producers/directors/casting heads etc in Hollywood are Liberal and gay . So, unless one is already a huge star…..you gotta go along w/ the Liberal flow to get a job and keep it.
2) Certainly, guilt is a huge reason for Liberalism. Your are an actor making millions and you are convinced that you stink as a human being for doing something so rediculous for a living that anyone can probably do better than you.
3) Because a few losers recognise you on the street, you begin to believe that you are someone special w/ something special to say…sothey all start believin' they are Gandhi or somethin'.
Here's a parody of the Will Ferrell commercial that urges people to call Congress and tell them you're tired of political celebrities. Check it out: http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/celebrities-r...
Screw all these Hellywood a$$-bombs.
Either make them poor, or take an average of 89% of their income to "even" things out and "spread the wealth around".
And I mean that WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
I demand that every actor, musician and athlete be paid no more than 75,000 per year.
Very well said.
When I was young, my dad told me he refused to watch anything with Jane Fonda in it. I didn't quite understand back then, but I do now, Dad, I do now.
Seeing this group…all I can hear is Rep. Joe Wilson saying 'You Lie'. If only they were as talented and important as their Moms have told them for years.
My mom won't watch her in anything either; hasn't seen a thing with her in it since the '70's. She absolutely refuses. I think the last thing I could enjoy her in was Cat Ballou. And that was well before her infamous 1972 trip to Viet Nam. She is a nonentity in our family. We automatically know that if a film comes out with her in it, our movie going money stays in our pockets. And we are adding to the list with the likes of Garofalo, George Clooney and others.
Hollywood just doesn't get it. Did you see Rush on Leno? That was a great example of Hollywood not getting it. Leno asked Rush, concerning wall street "fat cats", (paraphrase) "How much is too much? $1 million, $2 million, $100 million?".
Limbaugh should've responded, "Gee I don't know Jay, how much do you make a year? Is that "too much"? What about your 6 zillion cars? How many cars is "too much"?
The difference Hollywood sees juxtaposed to Wall St. is that actors and their ilk view their work as noble and improving art. Wall St. is just full of people who do bad things to get wealthy on the backs of others.
Great example with Ferrell and "Land of the Lost". People like him just don't get it.
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