Piers would have been better to just let Alex go off like a full automatic till his clip was empty then show the audience his bullet proof vest before going to break laughing his butt off.
Piers would have been better to just let Alex go off like a full automatic till his clip was empty then show the audience his bullet proof vest before going to break laughing his butt off.
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
Alex Jones is a sure fire sign that the US is heading for the exit but I can't help liking a guy who shuts down Piers Morgan.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Man! You guys really dislike Piers, eh?
What little I know about him and what little I've seen of him, I sort of like the guy - in the same way Americans who despised George Bush sort of liked Tony Blair - smooth delivery. Dubya would say something raw and grammatically awkward, and then Tony would dress it up and make it look respectable:
Dubya: We're gonna kill all the terr-rists! It's a war agin terr-rism. Yer either wit us, or yer wit the terr-rists!
Tony: Right, so, in the best interest of the people of the United Kingdom and the people of the United States, with whom we share a common history as well as many familial bonds, and indeed in the best interest of all right-thinking people the world over, we have decided to enter into an endeavor which shall have long-lasting and beneficial consequences to all peoples mentioned earlier in this sentence, and therefore...blah blah blah...blah blah blah...
Dubya: Yeah!
Uhhhh...
It's common to think to oneself "Wow, what a douche..." while watching Piers Morgan Tonight, but Alex Jones is the rare guest to be the target of this thought, usually it'd be Piers. He uses that "smooth delivery" like a used car salesman or corrupt lawyer, and consistently makes the show interesting/entertaining by delivering variations on "have you stopped beating your wife" in the guise of an eloquent innocent, only inadvertently veering into insulting insinuations that would NEVER have occurred to him...
I say let's keep him over here, it's entertaining and who knows what delicious moments we'll have if the phone-hacking takes him down eventually. Not worth watching, but easily the equal of the later Larry King years.
That's it billl. That is why I don't like him, he's sneaky and ruthless dressed as an eloquent smoothie, dishonest if you like. So he comes out strongly in favour of gun control, and you wonder - is he doing this because of his conscious, or is it to promote Piers Morgan? Then you think - has he even got a conscious?
I got a similar feeling about Alex Jones, how much of that was a performance? Was he being the simple passionate all American a la George Bush? Perhaps they were both performing for their respective audiences.
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As an American liberal with many liberal friends, I can't find anyone who likes Piers Morgan, even if we do agree with many of his (professed) views. Honestly, he makes liberals look bad because he reinforces the stereotypical image many conservatives have constructed--pompous, arrogant, and all-around unlikeable. In one interview he told Jesse Ventura (one huge nutballs) his argument was "facile," and it was, but the way he said it just sounded so pretentious. I wish he'd go away.
http://youtu.be/q8D7vribc5c
You can't say fairer than that.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
That is gold EmilI hope Piers Morgan sees it
Yeah, I was watching the video again with my son, and he loved that Alex Jones shut Piers down. "That's what Piers would be doing to him, if he let him," he said. He loved that Alex Jones "owned" Piers Morgan.
Well, this Alex guy has a show, so both of them know a little something about showmanship of a certain kind.
My son said the same thing Volya did, that if you looked past the craziness he made some good points. I did a teensy bit of research and found this:
http://www.naturalnews.com/022930_dr...sant_drug.html
Which links to my concerns that mental health issues are not being addressed.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
It's obvious that a certain amount of kidology is going on in the televised debates about gun control because the media commentators on both sides of the argument have TV ratings to consider. Nevertheless, they do articulate both sides of the argument in a manner that might seem offensive to some but does forcibly reflect the division that exists on the issue. Of course one would wish for a reasoned debate on the problem but in upper-middle class discussion it becomes all to often duplicitous circumlocution.
This is why, though one may deplore his abrasiveness, Alex Jones speaks for millions of people with whom self-regarding liberals are unable to connect. I know that I am intruding here on a national scenario that doesn't directly concern me but whatever the USA decides to do on this issue, and not that of outsiders, remains the only possible solution to this problem.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
^Well said, and yet,
I feel dumber for having watched that, Emil. Perhaps we should rethink the 2nd and the 1st amendments.Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Does anybody here remember when cigarettes were good for you? "They open the lungs for better breathing." It'll probably be another generation or two before they figure out just how much damage has been done by all the antidepressants they've pushed on grammar schoolers.
My little 8-year-old nephew was diagnosed with ADHD. Seems he was having trouble sitting still in school. To my brother's credit, he refused to medicate the little fella with Ritalin or anything else.
He told the doctor, "That boy ain't got ADHD; he's got STD."
The doctor said, "He's got a Sexually Transmitted Disease?"
"No, Doc, he's got Sh*t To Do. It's why he can't sit still."
Uhhhh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
(Particularly 3:37-5:37)
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I enjoyed that video, Scher. I think it's exactly what my brother intuited about ADHD. Anyhow, the little guy is doing just fine without the pharmaceuticals.
Uhhhh...
This is the first time I've heard of Alex Jones. That video pretty much discredits him.
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
If you like that video, Sancho, you might find Ken Robinson's other lectures on youtube also interesting, eg, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"or "Bring on the Learning Revolution!" He is a wonderful speaker who raises very interesting points about education systems.
I apologise for derailing the discussion!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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