[xerxes]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

Five points for picking up the Obscure Cultural Reference.

I'm curious as to how many on this site knows where that line came from.

I got it. Fwiw.

[N_Fiddledog]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
But the oaks ignoire their pleas.

Oh, Ok, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZwTH15qBQ

No offense though, but after listening to it I kind of get why it's obscure.

[Zipperfish]

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
But the oaks ignoire their pleas.

Oh, Ok, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZwTH15qBQ

No offense though, but after listening to it I kind of get why it's obscure.

That's Neil Peart lyrics when he was in his Ayn Rand phase--figured you of all people would appreciate that.

[xerxes]

Who said Rush was obscure?

[N_Fiddledog]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
But the oaks ignoire their pleas.

Oh, Ok, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZwTH15qBQ

No offense though, but after listening to it I kind of get why it's obscure.

That's Neil Peart lyrics when he was in his Ayn Rand phase--figured you of all people would appreciate that.

Who?

Hey, seeing as this thread is going all over the place, I have a question for you. It's a thing I wonder about sometimes.

Over on the right wing blogosphere there's this almost a genre of confessional we get intermittently, but consistently. It's the one that basically goes "Why I don't want be a Commie like Michael Moore anymore. Take me Republicans".

OK, I said that with a smile, but in reality it looks more like this...

Weekend Must-Read: Ten Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Leftist

My favorite talk show host won't shut up about her come to Jesus era of revelation when she moved from left to right.

So my question is, do you guys get those on the left a lot too?

[N_Fiddledog]

xerxes xerxes:

Who said Rush was obscure?

Well, if you were talking about Limbaugh, I'd get your point.

[Zipperfish]

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

Who?

Hey, seeing as this thread is going all over the place, I have a question for you. It's a thing I wonder about sometimes.

Over on the right wing blogosphere there's this almost a genre of confessional we get intermittently, but consistently. It's the one that basically goes "Why I don't want be a Commie like Michael Moore anymore. Take me Republicans".

OK, I said that with a smile, but in reality it looks more like this...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/07/ ... ftist.html

My favorite talk show host won't shut up about her come to Jesus era of revelation from left to right.

So my question is, do you guys get those on the left a lot too?

Neil Peart was one (the drummer from Rush who wrote the aforementioned song "Trees." He's distanced himself from Ayn Rand (who, herself, despised libertarians). He describes himself now as a "bleeding heart libertarian."

There's always lots of propaganda points from converts. Myself, I've moved right over the years. But I wouldn't call myself a convert--still left of centre on most issues.

[BartSimpson]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Yes, there needs to be a law. While we're at it, we need to cut down the oak trees so they're the same saize as the maples.

$1:

That reminds me of a song.

Five points for picking up the Obscure Cultural Reference.

Obscure? I think of that thing every time I use a hatchet, axe, or saw.

[martin14]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
But the oaks ignoire their pleas.

Shit, it took me until then to get it.

Getting old.

[BartSimpson]

We all are, brother!

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Yes, there needs to be a law. While we're at it, we need to cut down the oak trees so they're the same saize as the maples.

$1:

That reminds me of a song.

Five points for picking up the Obscure Cultural Reference.

Since when is Rush obscure??

[BRAH]

NBC Discovers Hypocrisy of Michael Moore's Wealth; Used Him to Bash Wall Street in Past

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2014/07/23/nbc-discovers-hypocrisy-michael-moores-wealth-used-him-bash-wall-stree
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[housewife]

Still trying to figure out why any one would care what he says, thinks or owes.

[rickc]

Here is an excellent article on just what a fraud and hypocrite Moore really is:

http://www.newsofinterest.tv/politics/b ... _moore.php

I love the part how he takes a Concorde flight to London, and stays at the Ritz to promote Roger and me. He than rents a cheap room at another hotel to meet with journalists so as to appear as a man of humble circumstances. This guy is a total fraud.

[bootlegga]

rickc rickc:

Here is an excellent article on just what a fraud and hypocrite Moore really is:

http://www.newsofinterest.tv/politics/b ... _moore.php

I love the part how he takes a Concorde flight to London, and stays at the Ritz to promote Roger and me. He than rents a cheap room at another hotel to meet with journalists so as to appear as a man of humble circumstances. This guy is a total fraud.

It would probably be fine with the right if he just bought up companies and then bankrupted them and sold off the remnants lock, stock and barrel like R-Money did.

Yeah, he's just horrible. He started out from blue collar roots and became wealthy - how horrible it must have been for the upper classes to see that the American Dream still exists. Guess it's time for a couple more subprime/banking crises to finally stamp that out once and for all.

/sarcasm