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Tue Nov-11-08 04:49 PM
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CBS News: Networks ban W.R. Grace's Deficit Trials commercial by Ridley Scott (1986) |
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Ridley Scott TV commercial on rising deficits get no love from networks.
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Tue Nov-11-08 04:57 PM
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1. Sounds like one scary !@#ing movie |
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Tue Nov-11-08 05:50 PM
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2. the networks didn't want to open themselves up to |
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pushing one person's ideas for money. well what the heck happened. because they surely sold out to the gop.
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Wed Nov-12-08 09:02 AM
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4. They wouldn't take money for it. |
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But they would b'cast it for free as "news".
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
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Tue Nov-11-08 07:21 PM
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3. Too bad WR Grace didn't voluntarily spend money on the health care of people it's killed |
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Wed Nov-12-08 10:59 AM
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5. • Anybody find a link ... |
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to the original "THE DEFICIT TRIALS, 2017 AD" commercial? • I loved Blade Runner (an origami cult classic). .
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Wed Nov-12-08 01:38 PM
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6. 1986: a debt of Two Trillion Dollars. |
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Edited on Wed Nov-12-08 01:40 PM by lumberjack_jeff
Quaint. Kind of like it should be spoken with the right pinky finger at the corner of one's mouth.
At this rate, our debt will be twenty-five trillion at the timeframe shown in the commercial.
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