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Hollywood Won 2012?

ericynot Wrote: Nov 09, 2012 12:06 PM
Jeanne, Did you just diss me for praising the good things available in my country? Really? Are you accusing me of taking handouts? I've been working now for 48 years. I pay $678 a month for health insurance. The school my kid attends is funded by the $thousands a year I pay in property taxes. Of course I'm concerned about my kid and my neighborhood. Aren't you? That doesn't make me a mooch or a slacker. It makes me a concerned parent and citizen. The point I was making is that people can throw up their hands in despair or they can look at the huge advantages we have in this country and be properly grateful for them.
The television industry loves to claim that all of the sex, violence and foul-mouthed language it displays has zero harmful effects on children. On the other hand, they would never dream of telling their advertisers that their paid messages on TV have no effect. So does the entertainment industry have an impact or doesn't it?

The answer is that Tinseltown certainly has an effect, and when that effect is felt in the political arena, the hell with pretending they don't. They openly celebrate.

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