Matt Damon defends teachers against a libertarian d00chebag and her [expletive] cameraman!

[devilgrrl]

http://youtu.be/WFHJkvEwyhk

from Gawker: Watch as Damon, a multi millionaire, coming across as in-touch with the needs of the working teacher. Observe with delight as not only is the reporter shamed, but so too is the cameraman! Behold Damon's glorious bald head and adorable mom! It's a fun video, is what I'm saying.

[cherokeeprogressive]

1. Matt Damon!

[Forkboy]

6. Did you say that in the Team America voice?

I love the guy, but that's the first thing I think of when I hear his name. :)

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. In Matt Damon's Team America voice, actually LOL

[laruemtt]

2. any chance we could get him

to run for POTUS?

[BanzaiBonnie]

13. He would be great!

[dhill926]

3. this was great.....thanks....

and the reporter, woof. Vapid. Could see the smirk on her face when Damon used BIG words.

[EOTE]

4. Awesome video.

Matt Damon is one of my favorite actors and seems to be an all-around great person. I think he's got a very long and successful career ahead of him.

[lob1]

5. Good for Matt.

[indurancevile]

7. the irony. that "reporter" is a bimbo & the cameraman is her male counterpart.

both spouting canned talking points. from their position of assumed "competence" they attack teachers, not knowing stupid, incompetent, and bought-off they look.

i never thought much of damon as an actor, but he kept his cool admirably & defended well.

[whathehell]

22. We don't hold by "gender specific" insults...Cameramen can be "bimbos" too. n/t

[indurancevile]

23. which is why i said he's her male counterpart.

[whathehell]

24. If he's also a "bimbo", why would you need that?

[StarsInHerHair]

36. he's a himbo... I thought everyone knew of this word. Apparently not.

[whathehell]

39. Maybe you should tell Indurancevile. n/t

[noiretextatique]

43. that poster seems to need

a clue about many things.

[whathehell]

45. Yes, I would agree on that. n/t

[indurancevile]

41. i don't do ultra-political-correctness, sorry.

[Maru Kitteh]

44. The title of this OP calls the female reporter a "douchebag" so imo, the whole thread is misogynist

in it's origin.

[whathehell]

47. I agree, and the word is misogynistic and particularly offensive in the subject line of an OP

If more people like you and I would complain about its use,

we might be able to rid ourselves of it here on DU.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. That snark and her cameraperson are from "Reason.TV" Look it up.

Part of the Reason Foundation, i.e., KOCH BROTHERS FOUNDATION funding and tied to that GD ALEC shit. No wonder they're trashing teachers.

[indurancevile]

10. that explains their moronic talking points. you'd think the kochs could get people that

were a little smoother, though, not morons obviously reciting talking points.

they were clueless in that exchange, revealed for the morons they are. they think money is all that motivates people because it's obviously all that motivates them.

[truebrit71]

16. Supported by Milton Friedman/Thatcher...

...yeah...tells me all I need to know about that "libertarian" website...What do they say a Libertarian is? A republican that likes to smoke weed.

[PassingFair]

34. Haha.

They won't be interviewing HIM again!

:rofl:

[ceile]

11. "Maybe you're a shitty a camera man"

LOL!

[dana_b]

20. that was hysterical!

and he was too.

[whatchamacallit]

12. Awesome! K&R n/t

[Loki]

14. I believe Matt's mom is a teacher

from the Boston area. What a good son, what a good man.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Matt spoke at the SOS march on Saturday

His mom introduced him. They were both wonderful.

[suffragette]

15. Perfect job by Damon of rejecting the false premise

And a lot of that as to do with having great teachers, including his mother, as he notes:

http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/word-matt-damon-at-schools-rally.html

JULY 31, 2011

Word: Matt Damon at the schools rally
Matt Damon - I was raised by a teacher. My mother is a professor of early childhood education. And from the time I went to kindergarten through my senior year in high school, I went to public schools. I wouldn't trade that education and experience for anything.

I had incredible teachers. As I look at my life today, the things I value most about myself -- my imagination, my love of acting, my passion for writing, my love of learning, my curiosity -- all come from how I was parented and taught.

~~~
This has been a horrible decade for teachers. I can't imagine how demoralized you must feel. As I get older, I appreciate more and more the teachers that I had growing up. And I'm not alone. There are millions of people just like me.

So the next time you're feeling down, or exhausted, or unappreciated, or at the end of your rope; the next time you turn on the TV and see yourself called "overpaid;" the next time you encounter some simple-minded, punitive policy that's been driven into your life by some corporate reformer who has literally never taught anyone anything. ... Please know that there are millions of us behind you. You have an army of regular people standing right behind you, and our appreciation for what you do is so deeply felt. We love you, we thank you and we will always have your back.




Looks like reason.org (with reason.tv among its vehicles) is another of those Koch funded propaganda orgs we'll need to watch out for:

http://reason.org/trustees_and_officers/
Reason Trustees and Officers
David H. Koch
Koch Industries
New York, NY

[Pooka Fey]

50. + 1

[Name removed]

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[Peregrine Took]

18. I love him - as an actor (favorite) and as a human being! n/t

[malaise]

19. That was a thing of beauty

Bravo Mattt - I'm sending this everywhere. I hope KO and Rachel show this tonight.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Here - watch the whole video. It's awesome.

Stupid reporter is playing gotcha and she loses. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1642228

[malaise]

29. Thanks

:fistbump:

Does she work with Murdoch?

add

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. Close - she works for a Koch funded media outlet.

[malaise]

35. Had to be one or the other

Thanks again :hi:K

[dana_b]

21. smart man

and he knew how to respond to her dumb ass questions. Did she really think that he is worried about job insecurity? wow...

[bigwillq]

25. Good for him.

:thumbsup: K and R

[fascisthunter]

26. and yet she vapidly looked at him as if she was on higher ground

expressing arrogance is not an indicator that you are right... I swear her type truly believe that putting up a perception(a front) is all that matters.

[Mimosa]

30. Matt is one of US!

I hope he posts here occasionally.

I admire his intelligent choices of roles, particularly The good Shepherd and green Zone. Both are must see movies!

[Ruby the Liberal]

31. Hearty k&r

He does bald really well! As thick/full as his hair is, that surprises me, but he is working it.

/shallow

[Eyerish]

32. I *heart* Matt Damon

Great Human Being and a Great Actor.

[xchrom]

37. Recommend

[MrScorpio]

38. Reason TV = Kochheads!

[HughBeaumont]

40. Reason.tv = all you need to know.

Home of Atlas Farted scholar Drew Carey and funded by Ovarian Lottery Winners and Corporate Welfare beneficiaries Chuckles and David Koch.

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

Reason and Faux should get together and go Bowling.

[WillyT]

42. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

:hyourock:

:kick:

[Scuba]

46. OK, there're now two celebrities (Robert Redford) who have something useful to say....

...there may be others, but these two stand apart.

[lib_wit_it]

48. Saw this on Lawrence O'Donnell followed by O'Donnell's own impassioned praise of teachers and smack-

down of anti-educator rhetoric. Having left the profession due to medical issues exacerbated by the stress of the job and the type of attitudes the RW is pushing, it's really nice to hear that not everyone has a hateful, misinformed opinion of teachers.

[Pooka Fey]

49. Matt Damon is so freakin' awesome. K&R

:loveya:

[Pacifist Patriot]

51. That was sweet!

[suffragette]

52. Could Michelle Fields receive any more Koch funding.

She did that interview for reason.tv which is part of the Reason.org Koch funded propaganda arm:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Reason_Foundation

The Reason Foundation is a self-described "libertarian" <1> think tank. The Reason Foundation's projects include NewEnvironmentalism.org and Privatization.org, as well as Reason Magazine<2> It is part of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation network.
The Reason Foundation is funded, in part, by what are known as the "Koch Family Foundations,"<3> and David Koch serves as a Reason trustee. <4>


She's a "Development Manager" for Students for Liberty (SFL), which is also Koch funded:
http://studentsforliberty.org/news/michelle-fields-and-tfas-video/

Michelle Fields Featured in the new TFAS Video
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Molly Fratianne
SFL’s very own Development Manager, Michelle Fields, is featured in a video produced by The Fund for American Studies. The number of Internet users worldwide has now surpassed two billion and so many of us have integrated the web into our lives so much that it’s hard to quantify how much it’s worth to us.

http://studentsforliberty.org/tag/charles-g-koch-charitable-foundation/

FSU’s Koch ‘Scandal’: Students Rally to Support Economics Programs
Posted on June 1, 2011 by Brandon Wasicsko
For full disclosure, Students For Liberty receives support from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.


And she's a Koch Associate Program (KAP) participant:

Interesting. The info is out there on Facebook links, etc, but the most descriptive paragraph is in a report from SFL that was scrubbed from this link. Here's the paragraph from the cache link:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cDnfsRQJYw4J:www.scribd.com/doc/60278584/2010-2011-Students-For-Liberty-Annual-Report+cache:PrXy5iqydw0J:www.freediet.tv/students%2Bfor%2Bliberty/+%22koch+associate+program%22+%22michelle+fields%22&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari&source=www.google.com

Michelle Fields

Development Coordinator Michelle graduated Pepperdine in May 2010 with a degree in Political Science and Philosophy. While at Pepperdine, Michelle was the President of the Pepperdine College Libertarians and a Students For Liberty Campus Coordinator in the Los Angeles area. Michelle was awarded the 2010-2011 SFL Student of the Year award for her work as a Campus Coordinator. Michelle is currently participating in the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Associate Program.


More about KAP here:
http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/02/leave-koch-brothers-aloooone.html

The Kochs have long paid for their news coverage. They do it by funding "philanthropies" like the Goldwater Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. These groups give fellowships and awards to "journalists" like Michael Barone, Tim Carney, George Will and Stephen Moore. They offer "Koch Associate Program," which pays rising young right-wing twerps close to $100,000 a year to write for pro-corporate publications like Reason Magazine, which the Kochs also fund.
They even got the loathsome Michelle Malkin started.