Sunday, January 04, 2004
Today was boring, mainly because it was minus-fuck (read: -40) out today. As I type this it's -42. Glad I'm not a homeless person. Being that it was so cold, I was only outside when I had to be. Such as when I had to go buy groceries, and rent a movie.
Rented The Order, as suggested by a friend. It was a very interesting movie, with a cool twist near the end.
Planning on getting up at 10am tomorrow to watch Canada kick the US' ass on the World Juniors. Should be great!
Other than that I mostly read/sat online today, so I bring you some more excerpts from Dude, Where's My Country?:
- "Under the special "SNEAK AND PEAK" provision [of the USA PATRIOT ACT], agents may now come into your home and search through your stuff and - get this - never tell you they have beenthere!" >Makes me even more glad that I don't live in the States.
-"During the past 20 years, companies including Disney, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Dow Chemical, JP Morgan Chase, and Wal-Mart have been secretly taking out life insurance policies on their low- and mid-level employees and then naming themselves - the Corporation - as the beneficiary! That's right: When you die, the company - not your survivors - gets to cash in. If you die on the job, all the better, as most life insurance policies are geared to pay out more when someone dies young. And if you live to a ripe old age, even long after you've left the company, the company still gets to collect on your death."
-"Many of these companies have set up a system for the money to go to pay executive bonuses, cars, homes, trips to the Caribbean. Your death goes to helping make your boss a very happy man sitting in his Jacuzzi on St. Barts. And what does Corporate America privately call this special form of life insurance? Dead Peasants Insurance."
>Wow, nice to know that Corporate America thinks so highly of its employees. He goes on to provide examples of companies collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars upon the death of an employee, when the family cannot even afford a decent funeral.
And now some quotes from Moore's book, taken from various other sources:
-"God says, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.' " - Ann Coulther
-"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity!" - Ann Coulther (on Sept. 11 terrorists)
-"It is true that if you are poor and can't afford a good lawyer, your odds of going to prison skyrocket. But you know what? Tough!" - Bill O'Reilly
-"Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society." - Rush Limbaugh
-"Canada is a left-wing socialist basket case. What kind of friends are they?" - Sean Hannity
I think that's enough for now.
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