I've seen this quote a lot lately, and it applies very well here:

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

-Upton Sinclair

You do realize that it's simply a movie filled with comic book heroes, right?

This isn't some Upton Sinclair style expose of an industry. It's not an allegory of the politcal-corporate complex.

It's a friggin' super-hero comic book movie meant to entertain people in an air-conditioned theater when it's hot outside.

Perspective a bit.

Hey Warren,

I'm Ben Sinclair, the Guy from High Maintenance. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind pulling the "Qasim" episode off of this forum. I'm all for open-source sharing of information, but its part of our artistic mission to keep episodes of HM off of websites with advertising, which unfortunately this forum has. It would mean a great deal to us if you would respect that. And feel free to come say hi if you ever leave Nebraska for NYC. It's always nice to meet someone that enjoys your work.

Thanks Warren,

Ben

in Europe, we had Sinclair's Zx Spectrum. Awesome little machine.

Peterffy is right on everything except that voting Republican will help solve the problem. Both democrats and republicans strongly support social welfare/safety nets, bailouts, big military/national security spending, and many other forms of government expansion. The LIBERTARIANS are presently the only major party that is a realistic alternative to the socialist/Keynesian agenda. Too much socialism will eventually destroy the economic power of the USA. Many people, unfortunately do not understand this concept because 1) the major socialist/communist superpowers of years ago have collapsed and are long gone (and the horrors of those regimes are largely forgotten), and 2) People have become increasingly dependent on social programs, subsidies, & government employment to survive.

As Upton Sinclair once said, "It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." How do you explain to a government worker that people in the private sector make 35% less in pay & benefits? You don't, they'll still ask for more by striking & threatening to shut down 'indispensable' government services--and they'll get what they want every time because their employer is already in the business of giving handouts. When they win it will be reported as a 'victory for labor' or the 'middle class', but it's really only a victory for the ballooning protected government/elite class. How do you explain to a long-time welfare recipient that the check won't be in the mail this month? You don't. You buy votes with social programs or the promise of a cushy government job. This is how the slippery slope of socialism works and eventually there will be more people in the wagon than are actually pulling it. The economy will gradually become less innovative, creative, dynamic, & productive as a result. The overall standard of living will decline and there will be continued threats to freedom & prosperity.

Socialist policies may have great intentions, but the actual results are often very different from such great intentions. As the old saying goes..."The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Socialism is a great example of such a road. Unfortunately many people have to see it to believe it.

Also about Sinclair's 1934 campaign for Governor of California.
http://videosift.com/video/Upton-Sinclair-and-EPIC-Swept-the-Democratic-Primary-1934

Also about Sinclair's 1934 campaign for Governor of California.
http://videosift.com/video/The-First-Attack-Ads-On-the-Screen

Award-winning director, Rob Heydon’s film version of Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy opens this fall.

Starring Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd and Carlo Rota, it’s based on Welsh’s novella, “The Undefeated”, taken from his book Ecstasy - Three Tales of Chemical Romance.

It’s 15 years since the film version of Trainspotting kicked in the doors and launched the careers of a young and new generation of talent, and while negotiations continue for its follow-up Porno, it’s hoped Ecstasy will be as good, if not better. Here’s hoping.

Here’s the most recent teaser for the Ecstasy, plus 2 others. For more information check here.

I had a dream about this movie once...

Oceanic Flight 815, en route to Earth 2, crash lands on a desert planet infested with giant sand worms and zombies. In an attempt to get home, the survivors encounter Jeffrey Sinclair on board a space station caught in a time rift, who reveals that he has been chasing Q who is commanding an army of half-Scarran, half-Sylons with Goa'uld symbiotes to conquer a magical island in Neverland. And the only one who can save the universe is Jim Raynor, captain of a stolen Firefly, and his life partner, a half Wookie, half Time Lord who has sworn a life debt to the captain. They have a depressed robot sex slave who isn't attracted to them and each of them owns a power ring, bestowed to them by the Guardians of the Universe (who are all dwarves, except for one of them who is Tom Waits).

You don't even want to know who the crew of the Firefly is. It will blow your fucking mind. Ok, I'll tell you: Napoleon, Socrates, Sigmund Fruuud, Billy the Kid, Genghis Kahn, and Ludwig Van; then for some reason Whoopie Goldberg is there with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, and Malcolm McDowell, who can't stop pining over Beethoven. At the end of the movie, the crew is clean cut, the robots are all shiny, and the ghosts of Bill Hicks, Rufus, Obi-wan, Pizza the Hut, Dr. Frankenfurter, and Alf are all sitting around waiting for you to wake up -- but, when you wake up -- you're Homer Simpson! OMG don't tell ANYONE about the twist ending or the sequel where he meets Hank Hill who gets abducted by aliens and meets spooky Fox Mulder and that sexy redhead Leeloo.

My mind is exploding! There may be another me who isn't as awesome as the real me and enjoyed the movie The Notebook... Pshhhhhh -- Frell the frack off. Every alternate reality of me smokes pot and makes or plays video games. Stop trying to change me, universe!

And now you know the sound of my childhood... well, mostly just the stuff at the start, not so much the 'musical' bit. My gaming life started on a Sinclair ZX spectrum with a tape drive, so you heard the programs load, and that first 15 seconds is pretty much what they sounded like... except it took a minute or two to load them.

patriotism is less about ideals, and more about controlling the masses now

"I'll get you the proof later" is at best saying "I don't know what I'm talking about"
more likely
BOLD FACE LIES

but, he's clean cut, white, and believes the same religious nonsense as me, so I'd still vote for him

'When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.'
- Sinclair Lewis

Upton Sinclair was fond of saying "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

It's not about how clearly the plan gets explained, it's about how many people's paychecks depend on killing it to maintain the parasitic status quo.

There must be pictures of my progression through computers... which were:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum. 1983 Hey... same year, although I was 7 I learned to program on this thing... in Basic. And saved those programs to tape damn you... tape!

Atari ST Didn't have one, but my best friend at the time did... and I coveted it.

Amstrad of some description Again, didn't have it, my uncle did, and we'd use it weekly. Not really a huge leap in power over the Spectrum... but it did have a disc drive instead of tape.

Some form of 8088 based PC

Then a steady progression of PCs, from CGA to EGA to VGA to the now monster power of a dual core, directx 10 beast.

My exposure to Apples? We used Apple IIes in primary school and I think into early high school before they upgraded them all to PCs. And for some reason there was a Commodore 64 in the corner... weird.

I did not grow up on console gaming like most, but the Spectrum and then into the PC... in fact the Wii is the first console I've ever owned.

>> ^qualm:
Of course I know who Sinclair is. I. Am. Canadian. By self-congratulatory tone I'm refering to the "crass self-congratulatory tone of USA! USA! USA! that the ROTW is always being subjected to."
As I said in an earlier post. Sinclair - who is a bit of a Canadian embarrassment himself - was embarrassed by this piece for all the inaccuracies it contained.


Wtf is that .. errm .. I. AM. SPARTA?
Speaking of Canadian embarrassments, fortunately you don't speak for all of those who are grown up enough to understand we share an alliance and aren't in this to win one over the other but to prevail together. Thanks neighbor!

Of course I know who Sinclair is. I. Am. Canadian. By self-congratulatory tone I'm refering to the "crass self-congratulatory tone of USA! USA! USA! that the ROTW is always being subjected to."

As I said in an earlier post. Sinclair - who is a bit of a Canadian embarrassment himself - was embarrassed by this piece for all the inaccuracies it contained.