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2019-09-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Downton Abbey beats out Ad Astra and Rambo to top the box office with a better than expected $31 million

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-09-23 06:52|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The elites like to be reminded about the time when the lower class knew their place.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-09-23 07:08|| 2019-09-23 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes indeed P2k. The 'downstairs people' are my personal favorites.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-09-23 07:11|| 2019-09-23 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 And the "lower classes" like to be reminded of the time when "elite" meant something.

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2019-09-23 07:37|| 2019-09-23 07:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe it's a desire for good taste, manners, and seeing people who are not obese, potty-mouthed, wrapped in spandex and covered in tattoos, facial jewelry and fluorescent-dyed hair?

Posted by Lex 2019-09-23 10:42|| 2019-09-23 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Before downtown was taken over by the homeless.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-09-23 11:09|| 2019-09-23 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Rambo? Are you kidding me? Stallone is still doing Rambo and there are people who actually go to see it?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-09-23 11:58|| 2019-09-23 11:58|| Front Page Top

#7 ...right up there with the 'new' Madonna tour. x_x

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-09-23 13:25|| 2019-09-23 13:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Saw Rambo while conversing here last night, parallel to the 'howdy modi' thingy.

The only moral of the story seemed to be : 'you can give some people everything. A home, a family, a horse, a car. They'll shit on it all and go die amongst their own kind'.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-23 15:58|| 2019-09-23 15:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Saw Rambo while conversing here last night, parallel to the 'howdy modi' thingy.

I think it's great that Trump is doing some outreach here. Dubya reached out to Hispanics and got 40%. Indians vote Democrat 90% of the time, so there's plenty of room for improvement.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2019-09-23 18:36|| 2019-09-23 18:36|| Front Page Top

#10 It's true some Indians did vote democrat until now. It's also true they humour everybody who'll wear their attire and eat their curry with them, say the right words and all. But at heart, they're alway fiercely loyal to the motherland.

From those 50,000+ people at Houston, those eligible will vote for whoever their Modi tells them to vote for. Such is the cult of Modi. They won't care if the dems and media tells them they'll lose their jobs, their relatives won't be able to come and so on...

For supporters of Modi, just the gesture of Trump visiting and the projected camaraderie was enough. These are people ruled by sentiment. I don't care what they tell the pollsters and their neighbours to survive there, their vote is Trump's now. The Indian PM's exhortation at the end saying 'abki baar Trump sarkaar' (A Trump Govt this time) was actual a play on his own election campaign tagline from 2014. A clear message that has been accepted by the diaspora.

The only Indians you'll still find voting left will be bengalis and south Indians, all commie lovers and conformist sheep. Or muslims.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-23 19:18|| 2019-09-23 19:18|| Front Page Top

#11 From those 50,000+ people at Houston, those eligible will vote for whoever their Modi tells them to vote for. Such is the cult of Modi. They won't care if the dems and media tells them they'll lose their jobs, their relatives won't be able to come and so on...
For supporters of Modi, just the gesture of Trump visiting and the projected camaraderie was enough. These are people ruled by sentiment. I don't care what they tell the pollsters and their neighbours to survive there, their vote is Trump's now. The Indian PM's exhortation at the end saying 'abki baar Trump sarkaar' (A Trump Govt this time) was actual a play on his own election campaign tagline from 2014. A clear message that has been accepted by the diaspora.

Fingers crossed. The Indian vote for the GOP doubled from 2016 to 2018. It would be heartening if this trend continued.

https://www.aaldef.org/uploads/pdf/TheAsianAmericanVote2016-AALDEF.pdf
http://aapidata.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-AA-Voter-Survey-report-Oct9.pdf

Posted by Zhang Fei 2019-09-23 22:26|| 2019-09-23 22:26|| Front Page Top

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