tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086315547451250083.post4387568180342139035..comments2023-11-03T02:19:13.242-07:00Comments on Deep In The Heart of Nowhere: The Audacity Of Hypechlamorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783184417383892144noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086315547451250083.post-77355866150836126412008-03-18T19:25:00.000-07:002008-03-18T19:25:00.000-07:00"phil badger" is ironically an integral part of th..."phil badger" is ironically an integral part of the problem with the people he criticizes.<BR/><BR/>how do I know?<BR/><BR/>he talks about "brilliant marketing."<BR/><BR/>only a deluded asshole believes in marketing having ANY scalar value.<BR/><BR/>marketing is LYING. it is PUFFERY.<BR/><BR/>it is BULLSHIT.<BR/><BR/>and so is "phil badger."<BR/><BR/>give credence to "marketing" and you are an obstacle, part of the problem.<BR/><BR/>because you support lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086315547451250083.post-62883921040434117742008-02-17T20:36:00.000-08:002008-02-17T20:36:00.000-08:00I have to say, too, that the marketing of Obama is...I have to say, too, that the marketing of Obama is first-rate. The only thing I've ever seen so slickly marketed were products intended for mass consumption. Ya know? I sorta work in that business, so maybe I'm a little more savvy about seeing what's really going on. But he's been marketed better than any corporate product I've ever seen. <BR/><BR/>People in America LOVE that shit. Just spend the Superbowl sitting in a sports bar somewhere (like I was just forced to do, in the Midwest), and it's just so obvious. The people have been spoon-fed to the point where they love their spoon-feeders, just love them. It's like an extreme cultural example of the Stockholm Syndrome. It's gotten so much worse in the last twenty years it's just mind-blowing. I still will not wear a T-shirt with a corporate logo on it, but others will pay a LOT of money for them. They do this willingly, they pay for a company's advertising to wear on their chests and backs. They pay for it! For a while, there were people gunning each other down for products like this! Truly insane.Phil Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290510008193990223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086315547451250083.post-79760606057330082362008-02-17T20:32:00.000-08:002008-02-17T20:32:00.000-08:00Sad thing is, you have to have be "pre-approved" b...Sad thing is, you have to have be "pre-approved" by the corporatcracy to even have a chance. Otherwise you will be marginalized and ignored. The corporatocracy decided this was going to be a Clinton vs. Obama race a hell of a long time ago. Anyone else who bothered running did so out of naivety, stupendous ego, or just to give the impression that there really is a "choice".<BR/><BR/>I don't know how this will ever change in this country. The people are idiots, spoon-fed babies who think they're smart and grown-up. Their idea of "liberal" is exactly this.Phil Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290510008193990223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086315547451250083.post-33488003931503002008-02-03T17:24:00.000-08:002008-02-03T17:24:00.000-08:00Whoops, here's the link to the New York Times arti...Whoops, here's the link to the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/politics/03obama.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ei=5070&en=0f765f7f1422987a&ex=1177905600" REL="nofollow">New York Times article quoted above</A>Tinoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941191024242708868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086315547451250083.post-46005681380383810342008-02-03T17:13:00.000-08:002008-02-03T17:13:00.000-08:00This is excellent Chlamor- thanks for putting all ...This is excellent Chlamor- thanks for putting all of this together. Even already knowing how slimy Obama is, I was surprised... I posted it at PI last night. I hope you see the comments. <BR/><BR/>Obama is the elite's candidate. He didn't get where he is because of a pretty smile or a pretty speech.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for pulling this together. I've been distributing it and the people who've seen it aren't too happy with Mr. Hope's charade. <BR/><BR/>Here's Obama in a nutshell (this explains his [i]meteoric[/i] rise between 2000 and 2004. Hope had nothing to do with it and I doubt anything's changed. These same people are probably giving him even more money now. <BR/><BR/><BR/>"Mr. Soros, an early supporter, was the host of a fund-raiser during Mr. Obama’s campaign for the Senate in 2004, said Michael Vachon, a senior aide to Mr. Soros. Mr. Obama’s staff asked to use the Soros offices for last night’s meetings since it was near the Midtown hotel where the senator spoke last night at a fund-raiser for K.I.D.S. (Kids in Distressed Situations), which assists children living in poverty."<BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/us/politics/05obama.html?pagewanted=print <BR/><BR/>....<BR/>Interviews and campaign finance reports show Mr. Obama drew crucial early support from Chicago’s thriving black professional class, using it as a springboard to other rainmakers within the broader party establishment. Soon he was drawing money — and, just as valuable, buzz — among wealthy Chicago families like the Crowns and the Pritzkers, as well as friends from Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago,<BR/>....<BR/><BR/>Mr. Obama’s breakthrough in the 2004 Senate race was also made possible by a new wrinkle in the election laws. Faced with a self-financed opponent in the Democratic primary, Blair Hull, who pumped more than $28 million of his own money into the race, Mr. Obama was able to accept up to $12,000 from each donor, or six times the limit at that time.<BR/><BR/>As a result, nearly half of the more than $5 million that Mr. Obama raised in the primary came from just 300 donors. <BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Mr. Crown, whose family’s investments include a major stake in the military contractor General Dynamics, said family members normally avoided taking sides in a primary, in part because it was not good for business. But with Mr. Obama, they made an exception, with 10 family members giving a total of $112,500.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Mr. Obama also attracted major national Democratic donors, including George Soros and members of his family, who gave a total of $60,000.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/politics/03obama.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ei=5070&en=0f765f7f1422987a&ex=1177905600Tinoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941191024242708868noreply@blogger.com