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villager (19,188 posts)

4. hence the popularity of the zombie metaphor -- the most politically accurate genre of film

...ever to come out of Hollywood...!

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127 replies	Author	Time	Post
An Overheard Conversation at the MSP Airport ... [View all]	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	OP
Wow. Appears the brain-dead are really multiplying in this country.	sinkingfeeling	Jun 2012	#1
They are loud, they are stupid and they are proud!	Rambis	Jun 2012	#3
Degreed in math and science so NOT stupid.	aquart	Jun 2012	#96
hmm...	chervilant	Jun 2012	#107
Until our public discourse is no longer derisive and divisive,	ldf	Jun 2012	#120
Really?	chervilant	Jun 2012	#125
P. S.	chervilant	Jun 2012	#127
I don't believe they are reachable	Rambis	Jun 2012	#110
hence the popularity of the zombie metaphor -- the most politically accurate genre of film	villager	Jun 2012	#4
This is the result of 30 years of Dems bringing a knife to the meme gunfight.	phantom power	Jun 2012	#21
The Dems do have only themselves to blame	Lydia Leftcoast	Jun 2012	#30
Lydia, you need to make this a separate post. NAILS the diagnosis in four one-line points.	calimary	Jun 2012	#53
Booyah!!! You nailed it right to the wall.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#77
Yep. It's an all-out propaganda war, and the Dems won't even acknowledge it yet. After 30 years!	Nay	Jun 2012	#32
Honestly, I think...	tex-wyo-dem	Jun 2012	#88
First, though, the Dems collaborated in helping to smash	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#42
Agreed!	Fantastic Anarchist	Jun 2012	#70
That 20-something was too easy on him. She should have looked dad in the face	stopbush	Jun 2012	#99
they ARE multiplying... and moving to Wisconsin	WestWisconsinDem	Jun 2012	#67
Good story	Politicalboi	Jun 2012	#2
Great story, and great 20-something Woman!	elleng	Jun 2012	#5
The connection between taxes and services	nadinbrzezinski	Jun 2012	#6
re: The connection between taxes and services	clang1	Jun 2012	#45
When they say "we're gonna take this country back" - wtf does that mean?	Initech	Jun 2012	#7
Difficult to tell, but in their minds there is a picture of what they want to create...	jtuck004	Jun 2012	#10
I think ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#11
I think so too	rbixby	Jun 2012	#28
I must admit,	NOLALady	Jun 2012	#41
She got him when she asked whether his income came from investment (capital)	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#43
She had me at Hello . . .	aggiesal	Jun 2012	#78
I really don't think they know. Just repeating what they hear from the usual suspects, while	SammyWinstonJack	Jun 2012	#12
It means they think this country is a whites-only country club	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#19
They stole that line from	PatSeg	Jun 2012	#35
It's so obvious	felix_numinous	Jun 2012	#8
Dismantling the propaganda machine-yes! The media is using our public airwaves	Ghost of Huey Long	Jun 2012	#18
It's really kind of pitiful	meanit	Jun 2012	#27
+1,000	freshwest	Jun 2012	#34
Great post! It really interests me, because...	susanna	Jun 2012	#68
Interesting observations, meanit.	chervilant	Jun 2012	#81
Bernays was Sigmund Freud's nephew.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jun 2012	#101
Amen to that!	Initech	Jun 2012	#119
It is common knowledge that victims of a flim flam game seldom report it to the cops.	zeemike	Jun 2012	#24
+ 1 for the stunningly simple truth you've given voice to:	Mister Ed	Jun 2012	#64
They must have adored Bush/Cheney	young_at_heart	Jun 2012	#9
And they were both "businessmen" -- freepers need to be reminded of	LuckyLib	Jun 2012	#26
It worked out great, just like his his tax cuts prevented a recession!	Beartracks	Jun 2012	#72
The funny thing is ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#13
You forgot your eyerolls (vigorous, I hope), which provided	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#44
The Zombie Apolcalypse is upon us...	Evasporque	Jun 2012	#14
And they're vicious, too.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#36
I'll never understand how the dim bulbs rationalize their actual lives and their rhetoric.	Vinca	Jun 2012	#15
They bought into the Reagan narrative that it was affirmative action that was taking jobs away...	rfranklin	Jun 2012	#86
Translated?	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#91
Updated or transmogrified might have been better terminology...	rfranklin	Jun 2012	#104
Yeah ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#106
Great post. MSP is Minneapolis airport? nt	raccoon	Jun 2012	#16
Yup. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#17
I have such admiration of this generation of young people.	canoeist52	Jun 2012	#20
Thank the Lord	jehop61	Jun 2012	#22
This type of conversation is the norm	YOHABLO	Jun 2012	#23
Yes, frightening. And I wish I could move. Between those badmouthing the opposition the GOP and	freshwest	Jun 2012	#38
This sounds EXACTLY like a conversation that could happen at my workplace. Any of the few	Nay	Jun 2012	#25
What is really sad is that everything that the	avebury	Jun 2012	#29
I think some people can only learn the hard way	Lydia Leftcoast	Jun 2012	#31
If I read the OP correctly. . .	DenverDad	Jun 2012	#33
This thread is funny. It seems even us dems hate the dems. n/t	Ed Suspicious	Jun 2012	#37
Interesting how the guy assumes his job will survive the spending cuts	treestar	Jun 2012	#39
I know ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#62
God, I hope she never gets a teaching job.	progressoid	Jun 2012	#40
Perfect example of how intractable these people are.	VPStoltz	Jun 2012	#46
And here's the REALLY scary part:	DFW	Jun 2012	#47
There's really no way to defeat them except to let the right win so they will all die of poverty.	Kablooie	Jun 2012	#51
That's what it's gonna take.	DocMac	Jun 2012	#61
A depressing thought	DFW	Jun 2012	#80
That is an unbelieveble	obliviously	Jun 2012	#48
I listen and report ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#71
it seems	Bellerophon	Jun 2012	#85
So ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#92
Do you write for a living? If not, you should. Excellent story. I feel as if I were right there..	Tarheel_Dem	Jun 2012	#49
They complain about being squashed but fanatically boost the people that squash them.	Kablooie	Jun 2012	#50
Gee and now you want to know why some republicans want to take away young liberals	southernyankeebelle	Jun 2012	#52
Maybe.. (just MAYBE) the daughter will let the conversation roll around in her	annabanana	Jun 2012	#54
whoa! that was a conversation!	Liberal_in_LA	Jun 2012	#55
Good for the twenty year old!	whathehell	Jun 2012	#56
Edit:	ErikJ	Jun 2012	#57
Does that couple really think	maryellen99	Jun 2012	#58
Yes ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#93
Dear Ms. 20-Something: Would You Please Consider Running for Office?	Mister Ed	Jun 2012	#59
Political Ad	Peaceful Protester	Jun 2012	#60
+1000 Yes it would!! n/t	Beartracks	Jun 2012	#73
I fully agree.	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2012	#90
Damn....	Dan	Jun 2012	#63
A bunch of DUers were utterly dumbfounded over the idea that Walker could	bullwinkle428	Jun 2012	#65
yet another piece of evidence that the people of Wisconsin are idiots.	WestWisconsinDem	Jun 2012	#66
There's a lot if stupid people out there thank to FOX News....	Historic NY	Jun 2012	#69
that's definately true... people in WI are especially stupid, though.	WestWisconsinDem	Jun 2012	#74
They see the carrot, but not the stick from which it dangles.	Beartracks	Jun 2012	#75
that's because the stick	Smilo	Jun 2012	#97
If I followed this conversation right, I would have said this instead:	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#76
LOL, that's a good one	laundry_queen	Jun 2012	#111
Low info voters	brush	Jun 2012	#79
Heard a comparison to the Titanic	sandyshoes17	Jun 2012	#82
One thing that needs to be said frequently in these	LibDemAlways	Jun 2012	#83
Dunning Kruger	BB1	Jun 2012	#84
reads like a talking point script	datasuspect	Jun 2012	#87
I just ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#94
Outstanding post. I'd love to see that kind of	mojowork_n	Jun 2012	#89
So true ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#95
Found it.	mojowork_n	Jun 2012	#113
So True ... So True ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#115
Right on, brother.	mojowork_n	Jun 2012	#123
Speaking of FREE stuff: Granted SSI right before a lay-off?? Hhmmmm . . .	patrice	Jun 2012	#98
I have a hard time believing that a teacher certified K-12 in both Math and Science can't find a job	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#100
That very well may be true ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#108
Maybe she got fired	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#109
The young woman is to be so	Smilo	Jun 2012	#102
Living in Tucson ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#112
Thanks for writing all of that down.	lindysalsagal	Jun 2012	#103
All the happy rw talk will end when mittens declares the end of social security in the debates.	lindysalsagal	Jun 2012	#105
'you liberals' hey dude, fuck you.	spanone	Jun 2012	#114
K & R for excellent reporting	Duppers	Jun 2012	#116
It's interesting ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#118
?	Duppers	Jun 2012	#121
No ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#122
Thanks for clarifying	Duppers	Jun 2012	#124
This is they key:	Le Taz Hot	Jun 2012	#117
I see and hear this kind of nonsense all the time.	TNLib	Jun 2012	#126

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