Hitler upset about Tebow victory over the Steelers

mosc

For our non-American friends, Tim Tebow is a 1st year quarterback for the NFL team the Denver Broncos. He is a bit controversial because he is a Christian missionary type, and experts say he lacks the skills to succeed at his position. In fact, his statistics stink, but he and his team have been winning nonetheless. Last Sunday he and his team beat the very heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers, let by their quarterback, Big Ben Rothlesberger.

lala · Joined: Jan 02, 2012 Posts: 22 Location: planet earth

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I mean the "der untergang" meme and christian missionaries

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:47 pm Post subject:

We are stuck with Der Untergang until we get the big Spielberg Pol Pot movie. Laughing

wmonk · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject:

That reminds me.. we gotta make a take on the "This is Sparta" clip - from 300..

like... This is electro-music.com! We aim to please!

airlock

mosc · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:42 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:42 pm Post subject:

?? Well.. at least the call for a drastic reduction in missionary positions is an interesting development.. Shocked

mosc · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:24 pm Post subject:

I've been reading a lot about meme theory lately. Prayer is a very strong meme, much more intense than Der Untergang. I read this book called Viruses of the Mind; I've been infected. Evil or Very Mad

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject:

OK.. scary.. I know..

But keep my 1st law in mind..:

"You can always expect someone to invoke the brilliance of Atlas Shrugged."

Der Untergang... Prayer... Lady Gaga's Wardrobe.. small potatoes.. keep the thread running and there will be an Ayn Rand moment up ahead.. Shocked

wmonk · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:40 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject:

Now we are indeed picking up some speed... Laughing

lala · Joined: Jan 02, 2012 Posts: 22 Location: planet earth

how about principia discordia?

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject:

...filed successfully under H for humour...

lala · Joined: Jan 02, 2012 Posts: 22 Location: planet earth

don't let the fsm hear that

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject:

Of course not.. as there is no such thing. Laughing

lala · Joined: Jan 02, 2012 Posts: 22 Location: planet earth

u said the obvious, that's not how to have fun Sad

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject:

That bus is a double-decker. Fun awaits.

robsol · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject:

That's a trouble-decker!

elektro80 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:20 pm Post subject:

Oh yes.. now it is... Laughing

audiodef · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:08 am Post subject:

Here's a better double-decker:

Given a choice between this double-decker and God, the winner is....

CANDY!

audiodef · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:35 am Post subject:

Interesting review.

I've read all of her books and watch the movies too. I like virtually any movie with Gary Cooper so the Fountainhead is really pretty cool.

I never really understood all this philosophy stuff especially WRT the right wing, but I recently saw a film that is basically a very good lecture about Nietzsche and the Nazis which explains a tremendous amount to me, and it emphasizes the importance of philosophy on these right wing movements. This film by the title, Nietzsche and the Nazis, is available on YouTube and Netflix. I highly recommend it. It's not all that entertaining, and it's a long slog to get through it, but it is very informative, and it will change your viewpoint on the Nazi movement. With the background of the or their philosophy, what the Nazis did actually is understandable, if not forgivable.

Ian Rand and was very much influenced by Nietzsche. That's why I mention this.

Well this right-wing capitalist bullshit, philosophy, is based on Darwin's discovery of the survival of the fittest. They think that nature, or God, has created a system where the superior, creative, intelligent, strong, whatever, dominates over the inferior. This translates directly to human beings. They see it natural and therefore required that the superior human, and groups of humans, dominate and succeed over the other inferior ones. Anything that speaks of collectivism, responsibility for one's neighbors, love and compassion, has no place in nature and should have no place in human behavior.

I think Ian Rand is so popular because she took this philosophy and added the concept of enlightened self interest which basically says that strong man, or as she called him, the reasonable man, will find it in his own self interest to take care of the poor man, so the philosophy must be good and moral; acceptable to American sensibilities.

As an aside, it is interesting that the Nazis hated capitalism. Their strong group was racially based. The capitalists hate the poor; their strong group is the rich people. The right-wing Christians hate the nonbelievers; their preferred group is, of course, believers in Christ.

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject:

IMO, this book is one of the better on fascism.
http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Fascism-Robert-Paxton/dp/1400033918

It it is quite remarkable because Paxton early on establishes a focus on what they actually did and not just on what the ideology possibly might mean. A good read.

audiodef · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:06 pm Post subject:

That's interesting, Howard. I'll look up that film. Cool

By the way, it's Ayn, not Ian. I actually learned only today that it's pronounced like the German "ein". I've been rhyming it with "pain".

Will also look up that book, electro.