2012 Campaign Ads

[heironymouspasparagus]

I see my 15 million was a little high.  10 million average.  8 million median.  That's impressive.  Would love to be there.

[Red Arrow]

I was providing a classic example - one of the most extreme, granted...

Which is a common thing for you to do.  It's why I dismiss almost everything you post involving numbers.

[Red Arrow]

I see my 15 million was a little high.  10 million average.  8 million median.  That's impressive. 

What's impressive is that it only took you 4 min, 33 sec to drop your numbers by 33% or more.  Why should I believe any numbers you post?

[Gaspar]

Sesame Workshop has requested that President Obama remove his newest ad featuring Big Bird.  The ad was created without permission.

"we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have approved no campaign ads, and as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down." http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/09/big-bird-wants-out-of-campaign-ad/

Sesame Workshop brings in $133 million a year in revenue.  According to their form 990, the government only contributes about 5% to their operation.  I don't think Big Bird has much to worry about.  http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/132/655/2011-132655731-085636f7-9.pdf

Big Bird cleared $46.9 million in licensing revenue for toys and other merchandise in 2011.  He's not going anywhere!

[RecycleMichael]

So why would Romney want to kill him?

[Townsend]

So why would Romney want to kill him?

Because, apparently, that budget cut would provide 6 minutes of operating time for the US military.

[Conan71]

So why would Romney want to kill him?

Because Romney has a really large family gathering on Thanksgiving?

[Townsend]

[Hoss]

This isn't a campaign ad, but it's political humor.  I found it hilarious.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Which is a common thing for you to do.  It's why I dismiss almost everything you post involving numbers.

Too much reality for you?

Because extremisms are what the Murdochians are all about - if one doesn't speak their language there is no hope of them comprehending anything.

And for the real world, I followed up with a generic realistic conservative reference to the chart that nathan posted - the reality.  10 million per year, with over 90% of that income being re-defined by their "bought and paid for Congress" to be something other than income, so they get the BIG tax break.


And while we are here - the classic poster child of Murdochian style hypocrisy, deflection and quite probably fraud - who is laying the suffering all on his workers now.  Class act....not.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-workers-youll-likely-fired-131640914.html

[heironymouspasparagus]

Which is a common thing for you to do.  It's why I dismiss almost everything you post involving numbers.

And a 15 million guess from memory is actually quite close to the 10 million-ish range.  Especially when you look at the charts and see that in your nit-picking style, recent history (last 10 years or so) the 15 was actually LOW, and the 10 is also actually LOW, since it is probably closer to a 12 or 13 or 14.


Still being obtuse.  If you actually applied this methodology to your engineering, you would never get anything designed, produced and into the field...

[heironymouspasparagus]

So why would Romney want to kill him?

You're not getting deep enough to get to the real reason.  A well educated populace is a serious danger to the extremist right.  It must be avoided at all costs.  Goes to the fact that the less educated one is, the more conservative one tends to be - a discussion we have had here.

[heironymouspasparagus]

This isn't a campaign ad, but it's political humor.  I found it hilarious.

Funny, but tragic, too.  Because it is so close to the truth.

[Ed W]

So why would Romney want to kill him?

The money part is only a smoke screen, Michael.  The real reason has to do with ideology.  Sesame Street promotes concepts like sharing, and as well all know, that's the first step toward communism.  Pre-school kids shouldn't be exposed to such insidious ideas.  The Republicans would prefer that these children stick with those traditional, Randian values, and when another kid wants to borrow a crayon, they should shout, "MINE!"

[Gaspar]

Hmm?  It's almost half a billion in grants to a television network that has shown it is capable of supporting itself through private donations and grants.
I love PBS, but with a $1.1 trillion dollar budget deficit that had more than doubled over the past 3 years, a whole bunch of things need to be cut.

Surgery is never fun, but it sure beats death!

If you're upset about PBS, boy howdy, you're really going to be mad with all of the other cuts.  Get your signs ready to march in the streets and demand your entitlements, because unless we start to be responsible now, we're headed the way of Greece and Spain and all of the other countries that felt they could just keep spending, borrowing, and squeezing the producers to feed the hive.

You can moan and squeal all you want, but at the end of the day, there aren't enough rich folks to support the rate of spending growth, and even if there were, their level of motivation to support a wasteful government and growing entitlement class is getting thin.