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Hollywood pumps cash to save Senate majority for Democrats

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In addition to a $10,000 donation to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and $2,600 to House Minority Leader Nancy “San Fran Nan” Pelosi...

I think economists refer to this sort of thing as 'misallocation of resources'.

Posted by Raj 2014-08-14 00:30|| 2014-08-14 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Stop purchasing their products. Don't go to the movies. Don't watch TV. Find something else to do for entertainment.

Ask your reps and senators to repeal the Clinton era Hollywood tax breaks for entertainers.

Posted by no mo uro 2014-08-14 05:23|| 2014-08-14 05:23|| Front Page Top

#3 End the de facto royal patents the Founders despised. Bring back the original 14 year copyright period, with one extension to the 'individual' artist, not corporations or fronts set up to avoid that limitation. Watch that culture suck wind.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-08-14 08:49|| 2014-08-14 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone once referred to TV as the "vast wasteland." They had no idea what it was to become. At one time there was some morality on TV and few commercials. When cable first was available, there were no commercials. I guess the thought was that you were paying for TV, you shouldn't have to endure commercials. That gradually morphed into what we have to day; incessant commercials and not much program. I swear, I think TV is inducing this epidemic of ADD/ADHD that kids today seem to have. Movies, not much better. Hollywired/Hollywierd tries to "raise (or maybe lower) our consciousness" with their B.S. morality. The movies are vapid and boring for the most part--little story or plot--not much acting--all special effects.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-14 10:37|| 2014-08-14 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 JohnQC, I've timed the commercials on some of the movie channels. They give you 10 minutes of movie then five minutes of commercials. There are some channels that don't do that. I don't watch the ones that do. I can't. It grates that badly on me. I like watching old episodes of cowboy and detective shows. Some of the premium channels border on pr0n. But then, some of the channels at the high end of the dial really are pr0n. I guess you have to pay extra for them but I never really checked. Reading a book is better.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-08-14 11:07|| 2014-08-14 11:07|| Front Page Top

#6 No surpises on the list except Nick Cage. More of a surprise how many lefties didn't cough up cash.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-08-14 14:38|| 2014-08-14 14:38|| Front Page Top

#7 "Stop purchasing their products. Don't go to the movies. Don't watch TV. Find something else to do for entertainment."

Did that years ago, NMU.

Somehow I'm still alive.

Posted by Barbara 2014-08-14 15:01|| 2014-08-14 15:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Idiots that don't know anything about the real world are paying for idiots who don't know the real world to "rule it".

Posted by newc 2014-08-14 16:24|| 2014-08-14 16:24|| Front Page Top

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