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Javaman

(64,652 posts)
8. Yeah, I thought it a bit clunky too.
Wed May 16, 2012, 11:09 AM
May 2012

"The Crazy Years" has a nice ring to it, but it really doesn't fully grasp the undercurrent of our problems. "Crazy Years" can be applied to many different era's.

People can be crazy, but not stupid. And Being crazy doesn't denote the money behind our current problems.

fox news has certainly made a lot of money by pushing stupidity and certainly the republican double speak of ever changing message is to try and purposely keep their followers off balance.

Maybe the era of Stupidity for Profit or maybe Profit from Stupity.

Yeah, the heavy brigade did work out well, but it was the charge of light brigade that has forever put the mark of waste of lives due to ego as what people will remember...that and Tennyson. Which, due to how people remember it and not historians, is a perfect example of who makes the headlines.

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I recall hearing that lynne cheney had written a 'history' book, elleng May 2012 #1
That is an excellent example SoutherDem May 2012 #2
Depends what you mean by history... ellisonz May 2012 #3
History doesn't matter anymore... Javaman May 2012 #4
Really? On which side? malthaussen May 2012 #5
I agree with what you are saying... Javaman May 2012 #6
Yeah, the Light Brigade wasn't too successful... malthaussen May 2012 #7
Yeah, I thought it a bit clunky too. Javaman May 2012 #8
Or maybe "Vested Stupidity," or "Vested Ignorance..." malthaussen May 2012 #9
I think you are on to something. That's closer. Javaman May 2012 #13
The Age of Profiting From Ignorance malthaussen May 2012 #14
It's going to be a tough phrase to come up with that Javaman May 2012 #16
Hee-hee: The Age of Honesty malthaussen May 2012 #17
Cheers! :) nt Javaman May 2012 #20
It can .. ananda May 2012 #10
"it is often difficult to know what really happen" -- no professional coalition_unwilling May 2012 #11
That's a good question. EFerrari May 2012 #12
yes. HiPointDem May 2012 #15
Historic Revisionism from our friends in the Reich Wing Taverner May 2012 #18
Well I will admit SoutherDem May 2012 #19
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