Lazerbrainz2k3
10-09-2008, 10:09 PM
...courtesy of Mr. Jimmy Stewart:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJN9qwhkkE&feature=related
I liked how Glenn Beck put it on the radio today.
Uncle Billy is the average American who's generally a good guy but made some poor decisions with his money, then something happens which he doesn't understand and got frightened and panicked and unintentionally made things worse by doing so.
"Joe" is also the average American, but this is the one who is only out for Number One and doesn't know or care how the banking system works, and makes it much worse than Uncle Billy. Most of the people in the town are like Billy, though.
Potter is the government and/or politicians, offering a bailout which takes from people long term while giving to them short term, in the process buying up houses, infrastructure, and people's savings.
And George Bailey is us, the people who know how the system works and don't want to give our lives over to power-hungry Old Man Potters in Washington who use a crisis to promise to look out for us and in effect control our lives.
I'm surprised that such a film was made in 1946, hot on the heels of the Roosevelt years (not that I'm complaining; it's certainly a better film in every respect than the film which started off the Roosevelt administration, the liberal fascist wet dream Gabriel Over the White House).
And yes, I've seen both. My family watches It's a Wonderful Life every Christmas.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJN9qwhkkE&feature=related
I liked how Glenn Beck put it on the radio today.
Uncle Billy is the average American who's generally a good guy but made some poor decisions with his money, then something happens which he doesn't understand and got frightened and panicked and unintentionally made things worse by doing so.
"Joe" is also the average American, but this is the one who is only out for Number One and doesn't know or care how the banking system works, and makes it much worse than Uncle Billy. Most of the people in the town are like Billy, though.
Potter is the government and/or politicians, offering a bailout which takes from people long term while giving to them short term, in the process buying up houses, infrastructure, and people's savings.
And George Bailey is us, the people who know how the system works and don't want to give our lives over to power-hungry Old Man Potters in Washington who use a crisis to promise to look out for us and in effect control our lives.
I'm surprised that such a film was made in 1946, hot on the heels of the Roosevelt years (not that I'm complaining; it's certainly a better film in every respect than the film which started off the Roosevelt administration, the liberal fascist wet dream Gabriel Over the White House).
And yes, I've seen both. My family watches It's a Wonderful Life every Christmas.