From Greg Proops’ New Podcast, “The Smartest Man In the World”.

toohiptohipster:

Proops: Do you have a favorite author?
Audience Member: Uhh.. In college it was Rand.
Proops: Ayn (Anne) Rand? And you’ve come to this? I love it. This is a meeting of the minds! In college it was Ayn Rand, and then what? You woke up and realized that you wasted fucking hours of your life reading her bullshit diatribes?
AM: It’s pronounced Ayn (aɪn), and—
Proops: Whatever.
AM: I’ve evolved a little, I don’t love her.
Proops: Yeah.
AM: She has some good points.
Proops: What were her good points?
AM: [Awkward Laughter]
Proops: You brought it up.
AM: Uhhm…
Proops: You said she had good points.
AM: Efficiency.
Proops: My goodness. That’s a marvelous point. You’re right about that.

This sounds like one of my break-ups. If you could even call it a relationship in the first place. But either way I called Atlas Shrugged “an unrealistic, delusionary, free market capitalist wet dream that gave me more brain damage than the one time I accidentally read an issue of the National Enquirer at the doctor’s office.” He told me to “get the fuck out of the house.” I think I won than argument, thank you very much.

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A Citizen’s View on “America: From Freedom to Fascism,” Part III

Foreword
Recently, I was given Aaron Russo’s riveting 2006 documentary entitled America: From Freedom to Fascism by a friend who is even more liberal than I am. He told me to watch it purely for what we on the Series of Tubes created by Al Gore call “lulz.”
As it turns out, the film was not at all what I expected, but considering that I expected it to be a zombie-puppet love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the film noir style, I may have been expecting a little bit too much.
Instead, Russo’s documentary was a crusade to prove that the American people do not have to pay a Federal Income Tax. (I was still a little disappointed that puppets or zombies did not make a cameo appearance.)
Now, the word “Unconstitutional” is thrown around a lot these days, but back in 2006 when George W. Bush was torturing-ahem interrogating prisoners, making sure America was a Christian nation, saving this country from the evils of gay marriage, and wiretapping the living daylights out of this country, this was one of those rare terms that your Grandfather used to describe the fence his neighbor put up in the backyard that may or may not be on his own property line. Despite this, Russo decided that it was time for it to come back out into a circle that really cares about American laws - the Libertarians.
In fact, Libertarians care so much that their political philosophy is to get rid of all laws that infringe on individual rights. So I guess marketing this law-hating movie to this specific demographic is like advertising chocolates in the tampon section of the supermarket.
But I digress.
This “analysis,” if you will, has been broken into three parts, simply because I can really only watch about a half hour of this at a time before my brain melts into a tax-evading, epithet-yelling, sign-misspelling mush ball and escapes from my head to go join Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee. If you missed Part I and Part II, don’t worry. It won’t make any sense when you read that either.

Part III: The Frankly Fascist, Totally Totalitarian, Communist Conclusion
Starting the last half hour, filmmaker Aaron Russo steps up onto his soapbox and asks why the United States adopted platforms of the Communist Manifesto when they instituted the Federal Reserve Bank. Then, he interviews the man on the street and asks if they knew that the Fed was really a private bank. I’ve got a question for YOU, Mr. Russo: if the private bank known as the Federal Reserve is “no more federal than Federal Express,” isn’t that the epitome of Capitalism? HMM? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Somehow, this turned into a conspiracy to destroy the middle class. And I thought this was about the rich having to pay taxes, oh ha ha ha. I’m so silly.
We’ve also destroyed currency, according to interviewee Congressman Dr. Ron Paul, father of Congress-hopeful Dr. Rand Paul, who - and this is mathematically proven - is exponentially crazier than his father. Therefore, we need to be back on the gold standard. Yes, the gold standard. Better start looking for Cibola, El Dorado. It’s time for a second gold rush.
There’s a list of Executive Orders and laws, including the Patriot Act - that clearly undermine the Constitution. Remember, this was made back in 2006. Back when George W. Bush was President. Yet we still are afraid that Barack Obama is spawn of Hitler and Karl Marx born in Kenya and rode overseas on the stingray that killed Steve Irwin.
Not to mention there’s an attack on the second amendment AND we’re turning into Nazi Germany. Good grief.
We’re also getting tagged with RFID chips, everyone. That guy on the subway ranting about the CIA putting microchips in his head was right, man. Shit’s heavy.
There’s a concern about the government being able to find you at any point in time with these chips, and yet, it’s just like Communist Russia. Yes, when I’m being followed by the government, by biggest concern is not being able to buy blue jeans.
There’s a skit that involves a guy ordering a pizza, but his identity card provided the woman at the pizza place to access all of his information. Including the fact that he has impotence and high blood pressure. But wait - she said that the system got the information from his health service provider, which is most likely an insurance company, which…is a private corporation? Wait a second, the government has no hand in this! It’s purely corporate greed! The companies can put chips in products to see which ones are flying off the shelves and what households they’re going to. Dude, I’m afraid of corporations, not the government. This movie has not done its job yet.
Oh, and the New World Order is coming and no one can stop it. Except Lou Dobbs. He told us about the North American super-continent super-government. Four for you, Lou Dobbs. You go, Lou Dobbs.
The movie ends with messages that are oddly reminiscent of the stuff Glenn Beck writes on his chalkboard and a plea to “stop being good Democrats,” “Stop being good Republicans,” and “Start being good Americans.” Mr. Russo, don’t you know that this country was founded on partisan rhetoric? Look up “Federalist Papers,” then “Anti-Federalist Papers.” Don’t squash a good argument just because the fate of our nation depends on it. Killjoy.

Well, that’s it. That’s the whole enchilada. I made it through, with no help from others and with no narcotic aid. Thank you, America.

A Citizen’s View on “America: From Freedom to Fascism,” Part II

Foreword
Recently, I was given Aaron Russo’s riveting 2006 documentary entitled America: From Freedom to Fascism by a friend who is even more liberal than I am. He told me to watch it purely for what we on the Series of Tubes created by Al Gore call “lulz.”
As it turns out, the film was not at all what I expected, but considering that I expected it to be a zombie-puppet love story based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the film noir style, I may have been expecting a little bit too much.
Instead, Russo’s documentary was a crusade to prove that the American people do not have to pay a Federal Income Tax. (I was still a little disappointed that puppets or zombies did not make a cameo appearance.)
Now, the word “Unconstitutional” is thrown around a lot these days, but back in 2006 when George W. Bush was torturing-ahem interrogating prisoners, making sure America was a Christian nation, saving this country from the evils of gay marriage, and wiretapping the living daylights out of this country, this was one of those rare terms that your Grandfather used to describe the fence his neighbor put up in the backyard that may or may not be on his own property line. Despite this, Russo decided that it was time for it to come back out into a circle that really cares about American laws - the Libertarians.
In fact, Libertarians care so much that their political philosophy is to get rid of all laws that infringe on individual rights. So I guess marketing this law-hating movie to this specific demographic is like advertising chocolates in the tampon section of the supermarket.
But I digress.
This “analysis,” if you will, has been broken into three parts, simply because I can really only watch about a half hour of this at a time before my brain melts into a tax-evading, epithet-yelling, sign-misspelling mush ball and escapes from my head to go join Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee. If you missed Part I, don’t worry. It won’t make any sense when you read that either.

Part II: 30 More Minutes of Totalitarian Travesty
When we left Aaron Russo and his merry band of cameras, he was looking to sit down with a few more people and ask them loaded questions and the like. A perfect example of this was Mr. Russo’s interview with a gentleman who made Russo literally pause the movie, because what that IRS man said to y’all was so damn twisted, that, according to Russo, this man told the cameras that “Supreme Court decisions do not apply to the IRS.” Actually, what he said was that the ruling cited in the interview was not applicable because it has nothing to do with the question asked.
Now that we all hate the IRS even more now, we know from this movie that “the IRS thrives on intimidation and fear, not by law.” Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m not really afraid of the IRS. Annoyed that I have to pay taxes? Yes. But that’s the price I pay for interstate highways to drive on and public schools and parks and a military that protects us and a ton of other stuff that, I mean, if you think about it, is nice to have. Like a bomb shelter or a nice portrait in your living room. Not always necessary, but a good thing to have. If you’re wondering why I’m not afraid of the IRS, it’s because I FILE MY GODDAMN TAXES.
Russo has the balls to invoke Willie Nelson. No one can invoke Willie unless they’re Willie himself. It’s all there, black and white, clear as crystal. You STOLE Fizzy Lifting Drink. You bumped into the ceiling that now needs to be washed and sterilized so you get NOTHING. You LOSE. Good DAY, sir.
Next thing you know, we’re whipped into a courtroom setting, where some poor sap who didn’t pay his taxes is being litigated for breaking the law. We’re talking to a woman who was on the jury and she either has a massive tic that makes her jump ahead in her conversation by several seconds, or the interview was edited. Either way, why was this woman on the jury? Somehow, her and her peers decided to let this tax evader go. She said it “truly [was] a victory for the people.” How? You let a tax evader go! I still have to pay taxes, you still have to pay taxes…so why did you let this guy off with a clean bill when WE STILL HAVE TO PAY TAXES.

Also included in Part II that I didn’t have time to expand on:

• Communism!
• Ron Paul!
• Private Banks!
• The Fed!
• Zombies!
• Your Mom’s Meatloaf!

Coming soon to Too Late, Trotsky: The final installment of this epic saga, America: The Return of the King, adapted from a book by J.R.R. Tolkien.

(My apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien.)