Real or Fake

[guido911]

Government spending programs:

[joiei]

Hey Guido,  I will declare your entire video FAKE.  Not just to irritate you but to irritate you for fun.  You seem to really get off on slamming me so go for it, I really don't care.   The video is so contrived and edited to speak to a already decided audience.   Give us some real substance, some real reasons to say more than just "NO". 

[guido911]

Hey Guido,  I will declare your entire video FAKE.  Not just to irritate you but to irritate you for fun.  You seem to really get off on slamming me so go for it, I really don't care.   The video is so contrived and edited to speak to a already decided audience.   Give us some real substance, some real reasons to say more than just "NO".  

Not going to take the bait. If you think the video is faked or contrived (and it very well may be), that's okay. But do you doubt that such spending programs exist?

Chinese prostitutes:

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47976

Turtle tunnel:

http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/48278457.html

[patric]

"Fake news" by an organization calling itself "bankruptingamerica.org"
which is associated with another umbrella organization calling itself "publicnotice.org"
which tried to install a Trojan Horse on my computer when I browsed their website.

Naughty, naughty.

[nathanm]

It seems fake videos have become quite popular these days. I guess after the success with the ACORN lies, why not keep hammering?

[dbacks fan]

YAAAWWWNNNNN!!!!!

Oh, was this substantial and important??? No? Back to reality.

[guido911]

YAAAWWWNNNNN!!!!!

Oh, was this substantial and important??? No? Back to reality.

Next time I will pm you before I post anything, since you are apparently the anointed judge of content.

[rwarn17588]

Next time I will pm you before I post anything, since you are apparently the anointed judge of content.

Good. 'Cause Lord knows you need an editor, </FOTD>.

[Gaspar]

The funny thing is, Yes the video is contrived, but the programs are real.  That makes it even funnier.  Kinda like the Daily Show huh?

[sgrizzle]

The funny thing is, Yes the video is contrived, but the programs are real.  That makes it even funnier.  Kinda like the Daily Show huh?

Had to say I didn't know about $1M to hand out blackberries to smokers so they can contact services to help them quit.

[nathanm]

So did this organization kindly provide citations for their assertions? I'd like to know more about this Blackberry program. A lot of time, spending seems less goofy when you're aware of the legislative intent behind it.

[sgrizzle]

So did this organization kindly provide citations for their assertions? I'd like to know more about this Blackberry program. A lot of time, spending seems less goofy when you're aware of the legislative intent behind it.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/02/11/levs.free.blackberries.smokers.cnn?hpt-T2

Doesn't get less goofy.

[Townsend]

The funding comes from the tobacco settlement.

[sgrizzle]

The funding comes from the tobacco settlement.

Great use of that money

[Townsend]

Great use of that money

Probably set up in the agreement that they had to use some product in some way to create the one job it created.  So many hands in the writing of these things that someone was probably drunk and suggested "let's provide some of them with blackberries and see if anyone notices.".