I wasn't aware that Nugent was so meek. I'm not saying there are no conservative artists (I think Mel Gibson is a true artist, and I can appreciate Nugent despite his politics), just not very many.
Coggs, you made me laugh out loud.
There aren't all that many conservative artists out there.
I guess you get your perceptions of liberals from talk radio guys who get paid to rile people like you up. I'm a liberal, but I own guns (and yes, I kill animals and eat them), speak English, have a business, money for retirement and love my country. I don't drive a Hummer, but I drive a 4x4 truck, went to public school and put myself through college (thank you LBJ liberals for the student loans that allowed me to change my life and make tons more money than I would have otherwise).
I work with a lot of Iraq combat veterans and they are 80 percent Democrat, although they are not liberals by any means. You need to expand your view of the world and not try to put people into the boxes that Rush or whoever tells you they should be in.
I'd much rather have Newt as president than Palin (while I don't agree with a lot of what he's for, he's a smart man who knows how the world works). However, as a moderate liberal who will probably vote for Obama again, I would prefer that you guys elect the one Obama has the best chance of beating, but I can't decide who that would be. Romney has cross-over appeal (I wouldn't be horrified if he won), but Newt can fire up the base and a lot of Christians would probably stay home rather than vote for Romney (my mother, wno is a conservative Christian Republican, told me a lot of her friends say they just can't vote for a mormon, although mom says it doesn't bother her). This is going to be a verrrrrry interesting election.
"It was at this point that economic growth took off. From May 2003 until December 2007 (when the recession caused by the global financial meltdown occurred) the economy created 8.1 million jobs, or 145,000 a month."
2003 is also when the government began spending about $14 billion a week to finance the invasion of Iraq. Considering that WW II brought us out of the Great Depression due to massive government spending, it seems logical to conclude that the massive spending for two war fronts helped to prop up our economy during this time. Not saying the tax cuts didn't help, I would imagine they did, but this is where the deficit began to explode, as we were suddenly spending far more, yet taking in far less.
Interesting to see the conservative mindset on this issue. Yes, most artists are liberal, but those who put up the money to make the movies are not necessarily liberal. Remember Phil Graham? The Texas Senator whose wife was on the Enron board and who created the "Enron Loophole?" He invested in soft porn movies along with other conservatives back in the 1980s. I doubt that oilman Marvin Davis who financed many movies was liberal, or Howard Hughes for that matter. It truly is pure capitalism. If your movie sucks, it loses money. I used to stage plays, and I couldn't help but notice that my audiences got larger if I put a couple of hotties in the shows.
EdloG is totally correct. People don't invest millions in a movie in order to kiss each other's butt. They are hoping to make a large return on their investment. Bad movies are made because more often than not the person with the money gets to make decisions that overrule those of the artists (although artists make their share of bad movies too). Ever wonder why some bad actress you never heard of has a large role? It's because she's someone's girlfriend or sister or she's screwing the right guy. The people financing the movies are not the liberals you hate so much (for the most part), they are businesspeople. It's called show business for a reason. Mel Gibson, the rare Hollywood conservative, is probably hated in many circles, but he makes good movies, therefore, he's had a long career that will hopefully continue. In fact, he's one of the few conservatives I consider a true artist. As for the Lion King comment, there is obviously a market for that, but lots of G movies suck. Remember Ghost Dad? It was rated G and tanked. Pluto Nash? Of course it's about the money.
A friend of mine who used to be a teacher told me that when she taught at a rich school the parents drove her nuts, questioning every move she made and constantly pushing to get better grades for their children. Later she taught at a poor school and it was just the opposite. She said the parents didn't give a damn about their kids or how they were doing in school. She said it was a very sad situation that was even more frustrating than dealing with parents at the wealthy school.
True. That was a brief, remarkable time that got swallowed up and regurgitated as McIndependent Film.
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