Penn & Teller- Patriotism

[bluevoter4life]

Run time: 04:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF2iX2VG6e4   Posted on YouTube: May 13, 2007 By YouTube Member: devildeggs Views on YouTube: 341540   Posted on DU: July 18, 2011 By DU Member: bluevoter4life Views on DU: 1039

 
Copied this from a friends Facebook page. Excellent video. Penn & Teller rock.

[ellenfl]

1. i was surprised to find out that penn is a libertarian. not sure what

that means in his case. he is also an atheist.

ron paul is an anti-choice libertarian which does not compute to me.

ellen fl

[ZombieHorde]

3. Penn & Teller's Bullshit is a pro-Libertarian, pro-skepticism show.

Duers would like most of their episodes, but some go against our values.

[Peregrine]

5. They are Fellows of the Cato Institute

They are pretty much across the board libertarians-economic and social. I really liked their "Bullshit" show, but a few times I went running for google to check their facts. During their environmentalist show, they are not environmentalists, they used the former "Director and founder of Greenpeace" as a informed source for the anti-environmental movement. Well turns out this "Director" was in fact one of the founders of Canada Greenpeace, but he left the organization when they went after salmon farms for spreading disease to wild salmon. This "Director's" family business happened to be salmon farming. He is also a spokesman for BC logging interests.

[DeSwiss]

2. K&R

"Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of
land in the world which doesn't represent the ousting and re-ousting of a long line of successive owners." ~Mark Twain

[provis99]

4. pair of Ayn Rand-loving libertarian idiots.

[watajob]

6. I think the correct term for them is...

...ASSHOLES!!!

[pokerfan]

7. Penn & Teller Burn a Flag in the White House

The West Wing #608 "In The Room"

Zoey has a birthday party in the White House and Penn and Teller do magic tricks for her and the guests. And they do a trick that makes the guests think they have burnt an American flag inside the Bill of Rights (which was untouched). The press later hears about it and questions are raised about whether Bartlet was in the room when the trick was done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NymRecFWgAs