10-15-2004, 02:57 PM
Okay, I would like to preface my remarks by saying that some of this is just humor. However, ladies and gentlemen, our country is in trouble. On November 2, the fate of the world will rest on our shoulders, and even if Kerry wins, we're still fucked, since Bush loyalists will probably use their clout to stop any attempt to fix Bush's many cock-ups. We need some drastic action, so here are some suggestions:
1) Gut the Rich: The richest one percent did not get to where they are today through hard work, and contrary to Republican theory, their presence is of no benefit to the rest of society. Most of these fuckers don't even pay their income taxes. So why should they enjoy the freedoms that the rest of us have had to pay for? Let us go unto this minority, take apart their estates, and throw all the money back into the government. Do we really need that extra 1%?
2) Break the RIAA: On September 28th, the Senate passed the Piracy Deterrance and Education Act. The PDEA has expanded the power of the Recording Industry Assholes', err, Association of America, so that now, not only can they sue your ass for file-sharing, but they can also throw you in jail. Some experts say that the language used in the new law is so vague that it could also dismember legal file-sharing services like iTunes and Napster. Let's face it, folks: the RIAA has gone too far. Under the pretense of protecting artists' rights, the Association, which is really just the record companies, has been acting like a bully for at least the past ten years. They've tried to destroy file-sharing in an attempt to regain losses incurred not by the proliferation of file-sharing services, but rather by inflation and overproduction of low-quality music. When you add in the fact that the industry has repeatedly declined to lower CD prices, what it all comes down to is that the RIAA dug its own grave, and they're forcing us to lay in it.
I've got some other ideas that I'll post later, but do either of these make sense?
1) Gut the Rich: The richest one percent did not get to where they are today through hard work, and contrary to Republican theory, their presence is of no benefit to the rest of society. Most of these fuckers don't even pay their income taxes. So why should they enjoy the freedoms that the rest of us have had to pay for? Let us go unto this minority, take apart their estates, and throw all the money back into the government. Do we really need that extra 1%?
2) Break the RIAA: On September 28th, the Senate passed the Piracy Deterrance and Education Act. The PDEA has expanded the power of the Recording Industry Assholes', err, Association of America, so that now, not only can they sue your ass for file-sharing, but they can also throw you in jail. Some experts say that the language used in the new law is so vague that it could also dismember legal file-sharing services like iTunes and Napster. Let's face it, folks: the RIAA has gone too far. Under the pretense of protecting artists' rights, the Association, which is really just the record companies, has been acting like a bully for at least the past ten years. They've tried to destroy file-sharing in an attempt to regain losses incurred not by the proliferation of file-sharing services, but rather by inflation and overproduction of low-quality music. When you add in the fact that the industry has repeatedly declined to lower CD prices, what it all comes down to is that the RIAA dug its own grave, and they're forcing us to lay in it.
I've got some other ideas that I'll post later, but do either of these make sense?