> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Fool > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:31 PM > To: Z_Brin > Subject: 4thReichKKKlan: "we should save the rich people first" > > <<http://mediamatters.org/items/200510140006>> > > Boortz: Faced with an impending national disaster, "we should > save the rich people first" > > On the October 14 broadcast of his daily radio show, > right-wing radio host Neal Boortz stated that if the country > is faced with an impending national disaster, it should make > it a higher priority to save rich Americans rather than poor > Americans. > > After summarizing the story, Boortz responded, "This is as it > should be." He went on to imagine a scenario in which the > country is forced to "set some priorities" regarding who will > be notified of an impending disaster. "We should save the > rich people first," Boortz declared. "You know, they're the > ones that are responsible for this prosperity." > Boortz described the poorest Americans as "a drag on society" > and stated that they "don't achieve squat. They sit around > all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. > They have children they can't afford. They're uneducated. > They can barely read."
Typical right-wing ignorance. Does Boortz realize that the rich are only rich because they have been exploiting those "drags on society" for centuries? Does Boortz realize that the poor and uneducated masses are, to a large extent, poor and uneducated because the rich have done their best over the centuries to *keep* them poor and uneducated? And does Boortz realize that if only the rich are saved, those same rich will have to do all the rebuilding, all the dirty grunt labor, themselves after the disaster? Probably not. The terms "right-wing" and "intelligence thought" once again prove to be contradictions. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
