Olympic Gloat
I'm sure you've heard before of the ironically named "Americans for Prosperity", a so-called "grass-roots" organization funded by oil & gas magnate and David Koch, the Americans who love America so much that they reflexively oppose everything president Obama does and infamously applaud and cheer the news that Chicago "lost" the Olympics. The "members" are rabid conservatives who like to style themselves as "libertarians" (sorry, libertarians — Christians are having the same problem) and love to be duped into fighting for economic freedom–for large corporations, like Koch's, as it happens.
Although it's not clear to me what line of their's they feel they've stepped across, the official voices of the group seem to be slightly embarrassed at the popularity and spreading fame of that "applaud America's losing" moment, which seems reason enough to me to have another little peek. Don't you hate it when the truth slips out?
By the way, before we get to the video, I want to pass along the news that we now know why Chicago lost it's Olympics bid. The story began in 2006 when Chicago hosted the "Gay Games VI", Apparently, hosting the Gay Games was all part of an insidious homosexual plot to convince the International Olympic Committee to let Chicago host the 2016 Olympics, which would somehow further the insidious homosexual agenda.
I'm a little unclear on that latter point, but it's all moot. There were a few God-fearing "former homosexuals / christian activists" willing to do what was necessary ("risking their lives"–somehow) and be at those games for Jesus. Because of them "the Spirit of the Lord was released upon Chicago's demonic gay agenda in 2006" (via Joe.My.God). The Spirit has wrestled since then with the homosexual agenda and finally prevailed by redirecting the gaze of the IOC towards Rio. Phew. America saved! (I wish I could make up shit like this–my stories would be so much better.)
Ah, "American saved" reminds me that we were talking about that other group. So, on to Rachel Maddow:
[YouTube link for those who don't see the embedded player.]
2 Responses
Subscribe to comments via RSS
Subscribe to comments via RSS
Leave a Reply
To thwart spam, comments by new people are held for moderation; give me a bit of time and your comment will show up.
I welcome comments -- even dissent -- but I will delete without notice irrelevant, rude, psychotic, or incomprehensible comments, particularly those that I deem homophobic, unless they are amusing. The same goes for commercial comments and trackbacks. Sorry, but it's my blog and my decisions are final.
on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 at 00.24
Permalink
So, the whack-job right is reduced to trotting out a Potemkin-Village "citizens' movement" paid for by a corporate fat cat. There's something perversely fitting in that.
on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 at 10.12
Permalink
It's the way it's done today, has been done for a few decades, really. If you're a corporation and you don't want some legislation, you start a grass-roots organization to create the appearance that real people align with your viewpoint, hoping to persuade some real people that real people think that way. As we've known for some time, but had reinforced particularly during the brief Palin era, about a third of the country's population seems more than willing to shill for corporations in the name of "populism". I'm still amazed at the number of people being sucked dry by the health-insurance industry will still rail about their government's having anything to do with health care (overlooking Medicare, VA, etc.) that might stem the hunger of the for-profit health-care insurance industry for more profits.