Remember when the Tea Party threatened America with its latent violence, proven when a couple of union thugs beat up a rally attendee? Good times, good times. Via RCP, we now hear the counterpoint from the Hollywood Left, as Roseanne Barr appeared on Russia Today to lay out her vision of American politics. It's not enough to occupy Wall Street -- Barr wants to bring back the guillotine and start using it to redistribute the wealth:
"Part of my platform is, of course, the guilty must be punished and that we no longer let our children see their guilty leaders getting away with murder. Because it teaches children, you know, that they don't have to have any morals as long as they have guns and are bullies and I don't think that's a good message," Barr told Russia Today (RT).
"I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty.
"I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay, you know, the ability to pay back anything over $100 million [of] personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of $100 million. And if they are unable to live on that amount of that amount then they should, you know, go to the reeducation camps and if that doesn't help, then being beheaded," Barr said with a straight face.
Imagine if anyone had said anything remotely like this at a Tea Party rally about socialism and socialists, even in jest. And this isn't just some unknown provocateur -- Barr is one of the most successful entertainers and producers in Hollywood, or at least she was at one point in time.
If this was humor, the only part that was funny was the economics. I'm pretty sure ABC didn't pay her in hippie beads when she ruled the Nielsen charts in the 1980s and 1990s. Her sister filed a $70 million lawsuit for her share of the proceeds from the TV series Roseanne (thrown out for statute-of-limitations issues), which strongly suggests that Barr exceeded her own "maximum wage" limitation. Besides, it's always amusing to hear economic policy from someone who doesn't know the difference between "wages" and "wealth," even more so than when some political leaders can't tell the difference between "price" and "cost."
Just remember that when conservatives organize into grassroots movements, it's almost always about protecting their own property and individual liberty. When leftists decide to start grassroots movements, like OccupyWallStreet or Barr's example of leftist populism, it almost always involves seizure of property, threats of violence, and eventually re-education camps and the guillotine. I say we start with the fat cow that spouted this communist bullshit.
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#1 I think we should behead them too.
But for very different reasons.
And possibly in a metaphorical manner, not with an axe.
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#2 She could stop eating and let one thousand third-worlders have something to eat. Maybe, she should stop eating and reduce her greenhouse gas output.
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#3 Both ends.
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#4 Nice juxtposition of articles - Ayatolla is more rational than Barr(f).
Posted by Mercutio 2011-10-03 12:58||
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#5 Barr butchered the National Anthem now she want to butcher bankers.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-10-03 13:41||
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#6 I suppose that means Rosanne's wealth is $99.5 million. Don't worry Rosanne, when you finally get the proletariat all riled up, they won't just stop at the bankers, your head will be bouncing down the street also, lol.
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#7 I suppose that means Rosanne's wealth is $99.5 million.
Rumored to be around $50 million.
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#8 Hopefully all dumped into the "green" bubble.
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#9 Highly ironic that one of this nation's richest women would advocate confiscating wealth on the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin, the richest man in the world.
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#10 She wants to behead American millionaires - not Russian.
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#11 She wants others to do it for her; she couldn't catch someone even if they were covered in ratings.
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#12 She should be charged with inciting terrorism...
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#13 She should take up knitting......
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#14 That does it. No loan for you.
Posted by Fat Bob Bourbon9196 2011-10-03 20:16||
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#15 Ya'know, I have often wondered, where does this fat POS live, and why don't you ever see her and the Goodyear blimp at the same time? could be a Batman/Bruce Wayne kind of thing, only please, hold the spandex....
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Remember when the Tea Party threatened America with its latent violence, proven when a couple of union thugs beat up a rally attendee? Good times, good times. Via RCP, we now hear the counterpoint from the Hollywood Left, as Roseanne Barr appeared on Russia Today to lay out her vision of American politics. It's not enough to occupy Wall Street -- Barr wants to bring back the guillotine and start using it to redistribute the wealth: