Just "Spewing from my couch"

Submitted by Cherokee Girl on June 28, 2011 - 12:26am

Did you get a chance to watch Bill Maher last week? His guest Alexandra Pelosi really surprised me. Coming out telling the audience to chant "USA! USA! USA!" and when they didn't do it loud enough she waives her hand at them like they are useless. She talks about her documentary and how it points out what we take for granted. But she does a bit more than that, if you look closely.

At one point she said "Anybody can just sit on their couch at home with their computer and spew any nonsense they want." She seemed to feel strongly about that. Did I sense an underlying resentment toward people like me who "sit on our couches and spew"? Does she not see the value in a genuine dialog among all people? Is this really what she thinks of people expressing their opinions on the Blogosphere? Are common man's opinions making her uncomfortable? Do I always ask myself questions and then answer them? The answer is Yes, and Good!

Take a look at the segment, and you'll see what I mean. It speaks to a silent war. The war between those who are "supposed to have the microphone" and those who are supposed to sit at home and shut the hell up. Did anyone else find this offensive? I sure hope so.

Because when we start allowing people to tell us how to be Patriotic by shutting the hell up, well, that just negates the entire Internet revolution! I resent Alexandra's resentment of me finally finding a platform for my voice. Because her voice, or the voice of her elite family and friends should never be the only voices out there. It's the common person's voice providing the unknown factor in this war to capture public opinion. It's good to see it's making them squirm a bit.

Comments

Submitted by demccarthy on June 30, 2011 - 6:59am.

There's more to patriotism than cheerleading.

I had a bumper sticker during the W era saying Dissent is Patriotic. During this time any criticism of the Iraq war was considered somewhat traitorous. Pelosi's piece may just be meant to be positive, but I suspect she is trying to sway teabaggers. ..."like see?? we dems can be patriotic too," duh. Dems believe the press, who tout the teabaggers as a massive movement.
Calling Pelosi "elitist" however, sounds like Republican jargon, just as they've redefined liberal and PC as bad words.

Submitted by ed2291 on July 2, 2011 - 6:17pm.

How about sell out?

Pelosi may not be an elitist, but she certainly is a sell out.
She
-renewed the tax cuts for the rich to 2012, an election year when they will certainly be extended.
-linked it to the first defunding for social security in US history by "temporarily" eliminating social security taxes.
-also tied elimination of social security taxes to 2012, an election year when they will certainly be extended.
-For the social security and taxes for the rich sell out when the HOR had about a 40 vote lead among democrats, she got in return only some unemployment benefits for only some of the eligible people which will expire long before either the social security defunding or subsidize the rich tax cut.
-was going to present the bill tied in a Christmas red ribbon before she found the bitterness of those unemployed in the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression.
-Most recently worked with Reid in the senate and HOR republicans to push through another 4 year extension of the Patriot Act suspending once again our constitution without extensive debate.
-Had the nerve to say those few democrats and fewer republicans who stood up for our constitution were helping terrorists.
Those of us at the NPA are quite tired of, "If the republicans did it it was bad, but if the democrats did it then it was good." We are also tired of "Just because we had all three branches of government does not mean we were anything but helpless victims before the evil republican minority." When Bush and the republicans had far less they did whatever the hell they wanted to do.

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