As the UAE port deal goes through, this seems like an appropriate quote

[nonconformist]

"You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it. Is that clear? You think you've merely stopped a business deal? That is not the case. The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back. It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity. It is ecological balance. You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations; there are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems; one vast, interwoven, interacting, multivaried, multinational dominion of dollars.

It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. THAT is the natural order of things today. THAT is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today. And YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature. And YOU WILL ATONE. Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale? You get up on your little 21-inch screen and howl about America, and democracy. There is no America; there is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today." -- Arthur Jensen, Network

:scared:

[whathappened]

1. yes this world of ours

has gone off the deep end and is heading for a big fall , fast i,m thinking . we cannot whole the whole world on our shoulders and as soon as dc and the american people find this out , the better the fall will be

[RagingInMiami]

2. Recommended

A movie way ahead of its time.

[DemInDistress]

3. How apropos and thanks for the memories,,K&R.....nt

"I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE"

[Erika]

4. W has done away with America - completely

Enabled by the bushbots. I despise them so much for being so stupid. W got their votes by pandering to a social conservative agenda while he sold their homeland out from underneath their feet. They weren't just stupid for their own generation, they sold out future generations.

[DemInDistress]

5. what a coincidence Network is on now TCM cable...nt

[Cooley Hurd]

6. K&R - 'Network" was prescient in many different ways...

Good find/analogy!:thumbsup:

[rucky]

7. I wonder if the corporate media whores have to give this speech

to reporters, when they're caught actually doing their job?

[babsbunny]

8. This cannot happen!

We cannot roll over and play dead!

[nonconformist]

9. Afternoon kick

:kick:

[Peggy Day]

10. I want to watch that again. nt