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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Carl on December 02, 2011, 11:08:20 AM
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 11:56 AM
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Comedian Adam Carolla’s Take on Occupy Movement: Millennial ‘Self-Entitled Monsters’
Comedian Adam Carolla’s Take on Occupy Movement: Millennial ‘Self-Entitled Monsters’
What’s the Occupy Wall Street movement really about? Is it rooted in anger over the sagging economy and high unemployment? Is it a protest against the growing disparity between rich and poor in America?
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Comedian Adam Carolla, on the other hand, seems to think it’s really just a bunch of whining by the “self-entitled monsters†of the “everybody gets a medal†millennial generation, which he refers to as â€the a** douches†in an explicit nine-and-a-half-minute recording that’s suddenly gone viral.
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“It used to be, back in the day,†he goes on, “father’d be walking his son down the sidewalk and you’d see a guy go by in a Rolls Royce and the father would say, ‘There goes Mr. Jenkins. Look up to him. That guy works hard. That guy built a company. That guy built an empire. Now look at him. He’s got his Rolls Royce.’
“Now it’s like, ‘Oh! Look at him. Does he need that car? Why does he need that car? I’m driving a Chevette. Why does he get to drive that car? Let’s go and throw a rock at it.’ That’s not going to help you get out of the Chevette, a** douche. Get the to work.â€
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/12/comedian-a...
Sounds pretty accurate to me.
Huey P. Long (712 posts) Fri Dec-02-11 11:58 AM
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1. ...buying into all the false narratives and propaganda, which he dutifully repeats. -eom
Itchinjim (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 12:01 PM
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2. Carolla is an asshole.
And always has been.
Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 12:03 PM
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3. Carolla is an idiot and always has been
Nasty, bigoted stooge. I thought he'd been relegated to Branson by now.
Only responses so far but this little truism should make DUmmies heads spin like Linda Blair in the exorcist with spittle flying in all directions. :rotf:
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-02-11 12:19 PM
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11. His video was on a thread that was vanished.
I hope that it stands so that he can get pummelled.
It is a classic example of a fanatical right winger taking a relative argument and making it absolute even when it is obviously absurd.
His argument is that the top 1% of the country are doing more than their share by paying 55% of the federal income taxes.
Beyond the problem with his figures et al is the obvious idiocy that the top 1% have been able to benefit way beyond their contribution of either capital, labor, or invention.
If Carolla thinks that it is fair for the top 1% to own 45% of the countries investments does he think it would also be fair if they had 50%, 60% 70% 80% 95%.
Its the kind of thing that Rush's listeners cling to but makes no sense at all.
Did anyone happen to catch this previous thread? I was looking for one last night, and I must have missed it before it was mausoleumed.
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If Carolla thinks that it is fair for the top 1% to own 45% of the countries investments does he think it would also be fair if they had 50%, 60% 70% 80% 95%.
I'd love for these shit-for-to brains tell me how THEY are entitled to the same percentage, with NO risk.
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My son loves Adam Carolla. I'm suuuuuuuuuuuuuure he'll be broken-hearted to learn how much the DUmmies disdain him.
NOT! :tongue:
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Beck played some of this on his radio show yesterday, I caught some of it and mentioned it in the ShoutBox. It's on The Blaze. It's a kickass rant! Absolutely spot on.
So the DUmp flushed it on another thread? They can stick their heads in the sand if they want; a hell of a lot of people think the same way, that's why it's getting loads of hits, DUmbasses.
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Adam is spot on on all his points.
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He's right, these young kids are the part of the generation who didn't lose in baseball so they wouldn't suffer from self-esteem issues.
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I don't have kids, but I have a couple of grandbabies. At some point I'd like to approach my stepdaughter and discuss these participation trophies. I don't want these boys accepting any, and I want them to tell their teachers/coaches why they're saying "no thank you."
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Rex (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 02:09 PM
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28. This coming from the guy that hosted The Man Show.
Well actually he played second fiddle to Jimmy Kimbell. It was a show that celebrated sexism and everything that protrays women as sex objects...really it was no better then internet pron. He is an Ugly Person on the inside and makes million off of it.
Sniff. Tsk.
Nonsense. I loved The Man Show and I love Adam Corolla. Funny as hell and good-looking to boot.
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Sniff. Tsk.
Nonsense. I loved The Man Show and I love Adam Corolla. Funny as hell and good-looking to boot.
The Adam Carolla Project was pretty awesome too.
As a straight white male, I won't comment on his looks.
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Is it a protest against the growing disparity between rich and poor in America?
That's a democrat slogan for promoting class envy.
It's as bogus as their "crumbling infrastructure" bullshit.
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His argument is that the top 1% of the country are doing more than their share by paying 55% of the federal income taxes.
Beyond the problem with his figures et al is the obvious idiocy that the top 1% have been able to benefit way beyond their contribution of either capital, labor, or invention.
If Carolla thinks that it is fair for the top 1% to own 45% of the countries investments does he think it would also be fair if they had 50%, 60% 70% 80% 95%.
Its the kind of thing that Rush's listeners cling to but makes no sense at all.
Well let me flip it around and ask you a similar question: What makes you think you should receive such a larger share of the pie simply through your menial, non-innovative labor that does very little to create new wealth and pays little to no taxes?
If you insist on continuing the behaviors which got you poor to begin with, why should the achievers continue the behavior that made them well-off just to have to hand it over to you?
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[youtube=425,350]ht8tbM61GRWV0[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tbM61GRWV0
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 12:24 PM
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13. Corolla is the luckiest person on Earth.
He creates nothing of value, yet earns money in doing so.
He is also enormously ignorant.
None of you goons at DU create nothing of value, and most of you don't bother earning anything, you just hold out your hand and demand that we fill it for you. At least Adam has worked.
Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 02:13 PM
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29. This has to be a coordinated effort
They keep perpetuating a fictitious image of the 99%. We're not all young (I'm 52). We're not all poor, unemployed, etc. We're not asking for handouts.
Anyone who follows the news, even casually, knows this. So for these comments to keep popping up, I assume that some public relations scheme is at work. They've "focus grouped" it, and this is what is supposed to resonate with the public.
The whole 99% thingy is based on freebies that you think the 1% owes you.
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[youtube=425,350]ht8tbM61GRWV0[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tbM61GRWV0
thx
good stuff
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-11 12:03 PM
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3. Carolla is an idiot and always has been
Nasty, bigoted stooge. I thought he'd been relegated to Branson by now.
We go to Branson regularly for quick vacations. The town is ALWAYS packed. Lots of entertainers make a very good living in Branson.
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[youtube=425,350]ht8tbM61GRWV0[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tbM61GRWV0
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Well, I can't hear over the net ...BUT... Vince Coakley played it on the radio... beeps of course...and my 16 year old son was dying laughing. Shame that there is so much truth in it.
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That was awesome.
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Well let me flip it around and ask you a similar question: What makes you think you should receive such a larger share of the pie simply through your menial, non-innovative labor that does very little to create new wealth and pays little to no taxes?
If you insist on continuing the behaviors which got you poor to begin with, why should the achievers continue the behavior that made them well-off just to have to hand it over to you?
I don't recall who said it, maybe Rush or Hannity, but they said if you take all the money from the top 5% and give it to the bottom 5%, in a few years everything would be back to pretty much the way it was before. From what I've heard of so many mega-millions lottery winners' fates, I'd say that logic is hard to dispute.
You can take the trash out of the projects, but you can't take the projects out of the trash.
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I recognized the name, but I couldn't place it. Listened to the audio and it's freakin awesome!
Spot on!
Ass-douch! :rotf:
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So help me out here.
OWS can say or do anything, but another individual using the same protected First amendment right is to be shouted down and ignored?
Carolla is right. They can't stand competition. They want the news media to show up so they can say "Look at me! I'm special!!" I guess they want the cops to form a victory tunnel for them to run through before they go to get their juicy juice and a snack before going to Chuck E cheese for their trophies.
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I recognized the name, but I couldn't place it. Listened to the audio and it's freakin awesome!
Spot on!
Ass-douch! :rotf:
Do you remember "The Man Show" from Comedy Central? Adam was the better half of the show. The other one is fighting David Letterman for 'Worst Late Night Show on TV'.
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So help me out here.
OWS can say or do anything, but another individual using the same protected First amendment right is to be shouted down and ignored?
Carolla is right. They can't stand competition. They want the news media to show up so they can say "Look at me! I'm special!!" I guess they want the cops to form a victory tunnel for them to run through before they go to get their juicy juice and a snack before going to Chuck E cheese for their trophies.
HI5 for summing up those effin' losers.
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This was the most righteous rant I have heard in years. Many times I have said the exact same things, profanity included.
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This was the most righteous rant I have heard in years. Many times I have said the exact same things, profanity included.
Ass douches.
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Most excellent rant ever. Now let's see the left occupy Carolla.
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Do you remember "The Man Show" from Comedy Central? Adam was the better half of the show. The other one is fighting David Letterman for 'Worst Late Night Show on TV'.
That's it! Never watched the show, but I remember the previews.
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That's it! Never watched the show, but I remember the previews.
That just about covers it. Throw in a few circus sideshow acts and some risque jokes, and you had 'The Man Show'.
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It was a righteous rant. I'm glad someone with some air time is finally saying what a whole lot of people think.
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Do you remember "The Man Show" from Comedy Central? Adam was the better half of the show. The other one is fighting David Letterman for 'Worst Late Night Show on TV'.
I loved The Man Show! That kid that they had selling beer had me in stitches! :rotf:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrWMIumZ1s&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNyNipUXspg[/youtube]
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That just about covers it. Throw in a few circus sideshow acts and some risque jokes, and you had 'The Man Show'.
Don't forget about the big breasted women on trampolines who closed the show! :-)
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I loved The Man Show! That kid that they had selling beer had me in stitches! :rotf:
That was great. "This one's on me, maybe later I can get on you."
"It's ladies night, bitches drink free."
:rotf:
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That's a home run.
No wonder the useless DUchebags are so upset, they have been pegged for what they are.
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Well let me flip it around and ask you a similar question: What makes you think you should receive such a larger share of the pie simply through your menial, non-innovative labor that does very little to create new wealth and pays no taxes and rake in about $30,000 in welfare/HUD/medicaid money per year that I and others like me have to pay for? Seems to me that you are already receiving a larger share of the pie, that you did not contribute to making BTW, than I am!
Fixed that for ya!
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Carolla's always been awesome, ever since his days on 'The Man Show' (Easily one of the funniest shows on TV when he and Jimmy Kimmel were hosting it).
I heard that clip, and he completely nails them. There should be some way to blast his rant through jumbo stereos at every Occupy location nationwide then watch the Occupy freaks scream and cry.
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Carolla's always been awesome, ever since his days on 'The Man Show' (Easily one of the funniest shows on TV when he and Jimmy Kimmel were hosting it).
I heard that clip, and he completely nails them. There should be some way to blast his rant through jumbo stereos at every Occupy location nationwide then watch the Occupy freaks scream and cry.
Apparently you don't have to blast the rant all you have to do is aim a camera at them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKpbD1kQaAc&feature=share
[youtube=425,350]KKpbD1kQaAc[/youtube]
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Apparently you don't have to blast the rant all you have to do is aim a camera at them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKpbD1kQaAc&feature=share
[youtube=425,350]KKpbD1kQaAc[/youtube]
That last one is such a lady. :mental: