The theme and genius of "Breaking Bad" is the same as for Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus." The steady and unstoppable descent into hell that Bryan Cranston's character follows is as heart wrenching as it is predictable. The worst part, as in real life, is not the price Walt himself pays for his arrogance and greed but the price paid by almost everyone around him, especially his family. While the first season does a great job setting up the string of motivating factors that lead to Walt signing the metaphorical blood contract with Mephistophilis, it is always emphasized that the choices are his and his alone until he eventually finds himself in too deep to turn back.

There is probably no better argument in popular culture right now against the horrors of the "easy" money and "cheap high" of methamphetamine (or any hard drugs). Don't be turned off by the idea that this is a lefty tale of a good man turned bad by society's failures.

The writing is incredibly effective at displaying how seductive bad choices can look at the time they are made, and how the cost that one must inevitably pay makes even worse choices start to look attractive until your life is no longer your own.

While this series is undeniably brilliant, I have to strongly agree with other commenters that it most certainly isn't for everyone. Its overwhelming darkness is no doubt too much for many people, and the lack of likeable characters can be a turnoff for those who need to relate to at least one main character. I've had to leave it on my DVR for weeks if I'm feeling depressed or down.

ed357:
off by 1000 years

"muslim arab slavers have been collecting black slaves in Africa since the 600's............."

there, much more accurate ;)

The left sees only three kinds of victims, and which category they fit into is defined by the identity of the perpetrators of the crimes. There are the victims who are to be exploited to advance the cause of dehumanizing the individual in relation to the state, which is the long term goal of all progressive ideologues. Then there are the victims whose stories cannot be fit into the progressive narrative, or who refuse to let themselves be defined as such. The progressive media will report on these victims briefly for ratings and then forget about them quickly when their stories become old news.
Finally there are the victims who are inconvenient, whose only crime was to be victimized by the dehumanizers who work hand in hand with the progressive media to crush the individual. Whether victims of Canadian kangaroo "human rights" tribunals, cops murdered by Black Radicals (think of Mumia), the conservative activists brutally beaten by SEIU thugs, and in this instance young children that Planned Parenthood helps to keep enslaved. They must be lied about, turned into the true villains of the story, ridiculed with Alynsky tactics, and if all that fails completely ignored.
It is no coincidence that a left-wing "arrestable" who attempted to physically assault Rand Paul before she was tackled became a hero-victim in the news cycle for weeks until the truth could no longer be suppressed, then the story died. Meanwhile in Tucson at around the same time during a debate between Rep. Giffords (you know, the supposed moderate who was gunned down by Sarah Palin, I mean Jared Loughner) and Jesse Kelly a Giffords supporter violently attacked and strangled a Kelly supporter. This incident didn't even make our local paper, the Arizona Daily Star, which somehow found the Rand Paul incident quite noteworthy.

Look through your past replies on your profile, it seems your first comment on here was on a Breitbart.tv video regarding the One Nation Socialist rally was the victim of a left-wing thumbs down assault. Your short comment got -36. Every conservative comment on there got dozens of thumbs down. That put you in the Red from the beginning, meaning people saw you from the beginning as a troll, while others with more established records didn't get into the Red. Just to help I gave you a few thumbs up :)

I realize you're a fan of Guild Wars, I know many people who play it (although I've just witnessed them). That said I believe adding an out-of-context advertising link to the game in every post you've made is a little inappropriate.

If you're just a fan and have permission to do so then I apologize, but if you don't have permission from the moderators you might want to explain your case to them, or just only add the guild wars links when in context with your reply.

Thank you :)

No matter how obvious this may look, we have to verify that this was truly arson related to the voter fraud. Jumping to conclusions now might make us look silly.
Okay, disclaimer over...

Assuming that this is exactly what it appears to be I am not in the least bit surprised. These animals know all about how to burn down buildings without getting caught. Most of them have access to the Environmental Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front.

ELFers and ALFers and their organized crime buddies in the unions are masters at these tactics. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the investigation leads nowhere.

They know how to cover their tracks and are extremely well funded with our tax dollars, corporate shakedowns and puppet-master billionaires like Soros and John Lewis. If they really did do this they will have invested all their resources into not getting caught.

And don't expect the cowardly officials to dig too deep. They know how dangerous these people are, while others are actively allied with them such as ObaMao's gangsters at the Justice Department (remember the Black Panther case).

That clip gave me the chills. There wasn't much left for Couric to say that could shock me but this definitely did. The dripping condescension toward her viewers and complete, unmitigated snobbery in this monologue is frightening. I feel like I need to take a long hot shower just to cleanse myself of her venom.

Looks like an honest mistake, but it puts the GOA leadership's judgment in doubt. I could tell what the Net Neutrality people were really after a few years ago. And this was just from listening to their point of view when no real organized opposition had developed. Too many creepy big government code phrases and lefty talking points with outlandish "what if?" scenarios to make anyone to the right of Pelosi nervous.

Hell, the rhetoric was practically all in Pelosi-speak, that distorted jumble of english words and slogans that spews regularly from the Madam Speaker's botox paralyzed lips. For the GOA to ally with their natural enemies on the basis of such rhetoric is a substantial embarrassment. Lets hope this is the last time they make such a monumental mistake.

You've laid out an excellent case BIGsites, and I hope that the GOPers take note.

That said I hope you are not truly serious about a wave of 2012 3rd party runs are you? This country is a few more terrible decisions and about three years away from a point of no return. If the three stooges Barry Harry and Scary are allowed to win in 2012 (or 2010 for that matter) on the basis of conservatives siphoning off votes with a third party and handing the Marxists huge majorities based on plurality wins then this country is doomed no matter how much stronger the conservative movement becomes.

I'm not usually against the strategy you laid out to force the GOP to get its act together by running well funded 3rd party candidates against RINOs. The outcome in upstate NY against Dede whats-her-name probably saved the GOP far more than the short term cost of one seat. Unless control of the House or Senate is up for grabs (don't discount the value of committee chairmen to set the agenda and subpoena White House goons in a way the MSM can't ignore) its always better for Congress's many Neo-Marxists to have a (D) next to their name than an (R).

Paul Ryan, Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint are all GOP. They and those like them are all that stands between further prosperity for the United States and Obama's 30 year plan for national suicide. Even if true conservatives in office have to be backed up by RINOs they will have the increased influence to do a lot of good.

If the Democrats win in 2012 there will be no way to just wait for the next election when we might have better candidates. Fiscal conservative Republicans can win landslides in every election from 2014 on and we'll probably still see the end of our country by 2050.

It may already be too late but we must concentrate on primaries and not delude ourselves with a broad based third party assault until the current fiscal/security crisis is contained. Then we'll have more strategic space to concentrate on preventing another disaster of this magnitude.

Perfect outline for how to respond to these freaks. I wish more conservatives were out there with responses like this rather than running for cover whenever the big R word (Racist!!) is hurled at them. Breitbart always puts his critics to shame by turning their hateful epithets against them. If we had more fighters like him we could reach more average Americans and take back this country.