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In Reply to: RE: My point exactly posted by pictureguy on June 04, 2017 at 10:39:09
Although, it was very Nazi like how the military industrial complex used the media and government to get super rich off of the "red menace".
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I actually, now that I think about it, tend to feel that Rocky was a HEALTHY response to something the average / regular person could do NOTHING about.
Red Menace? Atomic War? Doomsday? Cold War? Hot War? Tepid War?
Let's at least get a laugh out of this stuff. And don't forget that the show was aimed at both Children, being a cartoon with 'funny' characters, AND adults with some amazing puns and what may be described as Adult Themes.
later? In the 60s you had 'Dr. Strangelove' and even ' Failsafe', 2 very differenct looks at what was then current events.
The Prisoner dealt with Totalitarian themes and free will.
I'm afraid I'm very serious about 'connections'. All this stuff IS connected and in obvious and less obvious ways.
Ike said it best and HERE we are today, STILL in the same grips.
Too much is never enough
It is amazing to me that our nation, supposedly the "light of democracy" is in some ways, a kind of sham democracy as the people are shamelessly and rather easily manipulated by the media. The control of the media is and has been by interests and money that abhors democracy.
It's all for sale.
From the Justice System to the Tax Code.
Want a place to start?
Join a group dedicated to ridding ourselves of Citizens United.
I link the wiki since I hope that is least likely to get people stirred up though that is EXACTLY what this country needs.
Too much is never enough
The Prisoner - I was book TWICE to go to Portmeirion Wales. My wife caught the flu both times the day before we were to leave.
As number 6 would say, "Be seeing you".
Threes the charm?
Might want to eventually try again and book with the Mistress while giving wife a day for shopping in London or Edinburgh?
I've got the complete box set of 'The Prisoner' including some stuff that was not aired.
Too much is never enough
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