▶ Runaway Slave Movie

Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 2 months ago to Movies
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Watched this today on Netflix. Very interesting and I learned a few things. :)



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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years, 2 months ago
    Looks like a great movie. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. :)
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  • Posted by g4lt 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No, LYING about it was wrong, hence the "slander" part. Reading, how does it work?
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    1, I assume from your handle that you're a vet - if so, thanks for your service (even the Navy ;-)
    2, There will be quite a bit of death/destruction as the inhabitants of the cities start to forage further and further outside of those cities in search of sustenance. It won't be pretty.
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  • Posted by LaMuse 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, and then they (liberals) move out of blue states with their high taxation and suffocating regulations, and move to red states which offer lower taxes and a better standard of living - only to vote for more democrats!
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  • Posted by Retired24-navy 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes and when the money runs out (and it will sooner that later) and all of the freebies stop, the minorities will be marching again demanding their freebies; but it will be too late. They will riot again, but if there isn't any more money, then they will starve and anarchy will insue and maby whats lefy of the US will survive..
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So his opposition to Comrade Clinton was a bad thing? Using what money he could to work against Comrade Clinton's aspiration was wrong? The hildabeats was/is a communist. I think you need to better understand money, what is really is, and what it represents to the individual - the tangible of a person's effort and the physical representation of a person's will.
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I trust in the sincerity of your comment, but I find that you totally and completely misrepresent the concepts of John Galt, Objectivism, evils of altruism, and the derivation of your and your friends successes. I feel sorry for your belief that you owe your successes to 'programs' available to you because of your 'above average intelligence.' I find that you don't have any concept of economic disadvantages, and the pride in accomplishment that derives from putting in the tremendous struggle that those of us choosing to not make use of those 'programs', have when we drive ourselves over that wall you reference.

    You obviously think that the rungs of that ladder of success are made up of 'programs' available because of your 'above average intelligence' and your economic disadvantages. I chose an entirely different ladder with rungs of self motivation, hard work, pride in individual achievement, and never having to take from another (voluntarily offered or involuntarily taken). Since you don't seem to find fault for the 'big taxes' you pay, if you honestly feel that I owe someone for my successes, please feel free to go ahead and pay what you think I owe.
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    Posted by g4lt 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That's nice, he was honorable, but he was the one that basically made a hatchet piece to order on Hillary Clinton, then sued the FEC when it was rightly decided that it was a contribution-in-kind to Clinton's opponent. The decision in said suit is why elections are bribe-fests nowadays. I'm sorry if you find that particularly funny. I find it rather disgusting.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    LOL

    Sorry. I can't see anything beyond humor without this myopic delusion of yours. I casually knew the man and he was honorable.
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    Posted by g4lt 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There's enough reason to hate Breitbart without any racism, he WAS Citizens United, the open bribe-fests that are a modern election are directly attributable to Breitbart's desire to slander Hillary Clinton with impunity
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  • Posted by cjferraris 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So, since you qualified for a program and I didn't because I learned enough of a skill to be over the income level to apply for the same program, I'm supposed to be happy that you have achieved more than I did? I worked my way up to (up until recently) a decent living, and made more than qualified for any program. However, someone that is "economically disadvantaged" to have a leg up is still an unfair advantage. When "government assistance" is part of the formula of success, it's still a "selective" measure of success.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago
    This has been around for awhile. Well worth the viewing.
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  • Posted by amagi 10 years, 2 months ago
    Yes, LetsShrug, the documentary is well worth
    watching being informative and giving additional
    knowledge over and above what most people already know.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And yet they continue to vote in those that have thrown them under the bus. You would think that after decades of no progress, they would go in another direction just because they are tired of the same old thing.

    Milwaukee has had a hundred years of Democrat or Socialist (really) mayoral leadership. It continues to decline, but the residents refuse to rid themselves of those that keep them this way.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    While I applaud your success, I think that you have your disappointment misplaced. Stealing from one to give to another, even if the purpose is "noble" is still theft - and don't think that it is truly out of a noble purpose that this is done. It is done for power, and power only. If it truly were done for noble purpose, then those programs that have shown themselves to be ineffective and rife with fraud and abuse would be terminated immediately, yet they are not.

    Government should not be the source of such programs. Politicians cannot be trusted to act nobly. These should be performed by non-governmental organizations, most often religious organizations. They are closer to the reality of the individuals and make better decisions on who is truly in need, and what they really need to benefit them. That's not to say that the religious aren't themselves corrupted from time to time. But it tends to be localized and more easily identifiable.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Most don't give a rip who pays for it. They know that they are getting something "for free." Free to them anyway. Who pays isn't their concern, since it isn't them, and never will be.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Why do you think that CC is being pressured into the school districts so adamantly? The final push for total state control.
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  • Posted by cjferraris 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My favorite question to ask people is "how much of every dollar you earn should be an acceptable amount of tax to pay?" When they give me a number, I tell them to remember that number when they say that one person or another should be taxed more. I have always believed in the flat tax. And all these progressive tax schemes only pit one person against another.
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  • Posted by $ Sgtill 10 years, 2 months ago
    This is a very strong message. Share it and get it out there.
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  • Posted by Notperfect 10 years, 2 months ago
    Powerful. Growing up in the south my bestest friend then was a kid by the name of Terry Monroe. His Mom and mine worked together in a small cafe where Mom was a waitress and Terry's Mom Chic was the head cook. Chic and my mother were very close and I knew and could feel the love between them. I will not lie to you and say they both were not strict because they were. I can still here Chic looking at me when I would go spin the night with Terry saying "boy you better keep your act together cause I will whip you just like I do my kids too". Then she would smile and hug me like I was one of her own. Have we lost that? Parents used to help each other black or white. Was that racism?
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  • Posted by 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    When you bring that up the response is usually, "but they can afford it". The fact that it's outright theft doesn't sink in. It's an entitled attitude with deep roots... our own government makes those implications... 'tax the rich'. Theft is theft. Philosophical disconnect. The only way to wake them is to shut off the faucet.
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