There’s a Shopper Born Every Minute

Reminds me of a conversation I had once with a conservative fellow about the movie “Super Size Me.”

He said that the documentary was bullshit and that companies would NEVER EVER sell product or manipulate us in any way unlike liebruls with an agenda.

Hee.

I have known about this sort of thing since I was 6 or so – Toys ‘R Us funneled you through lots of small toys, mostly action figures, before you got to the serious stuff. I never fell for it.

Somewhat related: a well-framed reminder that many nominally “Christian” churches in the US have actually converted to worshipping Mammon instead.

Preachers waffle on condemning greed from the pulpit

I guess I missed the part in the Gospels where Jeebus said, “Thou shalt not make rich people uncomfortable.” I was under the impression that he intended quite the opposite…

@al2o3cr: CNN gets through the whole story without mentioning the Prosperity Gospel?

Me, I always go back to the Greeks: We create our gods in our own image, and our gods have proven very adaptable.

@nojo: And has the name Creflo Dollar ever had more meaning?

@nojo:

Bringing THAT up would probably have irritated the teahadis CNN seems desperate to attract. Also, too, that crowd definitely wouldn’t fit under the headline; they’ve already gone 100% Gordon Gekko…

Oh, and a good one from Montana; apparently teabaggers love electing people who’ll vote against moneez for their district, but not actually losing it. Nice to see the governor calling them on their bullshit for once.

@al2o3cr:
The Teabaggers of Madison County?

ALL advertising:

Beware the Naked Man Offering you his Shirt.

/crawls back into lurking