Sunday, April 19, 2009

Rightwing Terrorism...

...'70s style. It must have been FOX astroturf propaganda.





(1970s, I mean. Grow up watching this stuff and it can make a cranky libertarian out of you.)
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17 comments:

kahr40 said...

That and Robert Heinlein.

7:01 PM, April 19, 2009
B.S. philosopher said...

When I'm slow on the draw, its time for a chaw! I hanker for a chunk o' cheese!

Yeah I remember those Schoolhouse rock PSAs and the "Beans and Rice" PSA and all the others from the late 1970's early 1980's.

The sad thing is lots of kids, who are adults now, apparently only had this level exposure to Civics in their education.

8:35 PM, April 19, 2009
theirritablearchitect said...

No, no, no, no, no.

FIRST, you must get the dolts to watch the A Noun's a person, place or thing episode, followed by the Unpack your Adjectives tune, then, when you've got the mouthbreathers IQ up to the 80-90 range, show them the Lolly, Lolly, Lolly adverb bit.

If you can get the morons to clearly speak and communicate, then we can talk about graduation to higher ideas, like liberty and limited government.

Baby steps, Auntie Tam.

9:43 PM, April 19, 2009
Bruce B. said...

Boy that takes me back.

I'm actually impressed by how much they could present in a three-minute bit.

10:32 PM, April 19, 2009
Anonymous said...

The whole set is on DVD from the Disney corp. It's GREAT for families. Ours has watched it for years.

Much better than watching Star Wars, with it's Viet Cong Ewoks.

10:40 PM, April 19, 2009
OrangeNeckInNY said...

I have all the episodes (original AND remake) on DVD. Heh. My geek is showing.

12:47 AM, April 20, 2009
Overload in Colorado said...

Perfect day to post these.

1:19 AM, April 20, 2009
Jenny said...

You know, in retrospect it's interesting these came out in the 1970's - not exactly a high water mark for American liberty I don't think. I wonder what the folks who did them would have thought, to know quite a few of the kids that saw 'em would grow up to take them seriously?

1:33 AM, April 20, 2009
Bram said...

I grew up watchig this great stuff. I have to get the DVD out and make my kids watch it again.

7:21 AM, April 20, 2009
Crustyrusty said...

The Bicentennial craze was big for a couple of years leading up to 1976; there were many patriotically-themed items around back then. The shows about the founding of the country fit the theme quite well.

7:21 AM, April 20, 2009
Anonymous said...

Has DHS been by the house yet?

Shootin' Buddy

7:29 AM, April 20, 2009
Roberta X said...

Why, did DHS have something nice for us? Big yellow trucks, right?

Captcha: "rerict." Ah, but of course.

8:26 AM, April 20, 2009
Todd said...

"Grow up watching this stuff and it can make a cranky libertarian out of you." Or a "Redneck...Racist" (J. Garafolo) or "Not family friendly" (S. Rosegen).

Nah, I'd rather be a revolutionary libertarian.

9:55 AM, April 20, 2009
pax said...

Grow up watching this stuff and it can make a cranky libertarian out of you.Not to enough of our generation, apparently. :(

10:53 AM, April 20, 2009
Lucas Darr said...

I can still sing the Preamble to the Constitution.

:-)

4:31 PM, April 20, 2009
Tam said...

That should tell you how far politicians have fallen since the 1780's. Can you imagine trying to set the PATRIOT act to music?

4:35 PM, April 20, 2009
Assrot said...

And just what may I ask is wrong with being a Cranky Libertarian?
Hmmmm?

Joe

6:22 PM, April 21, 2009

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