I'd forgotten about the movie Network until Uncle Ken mentioned it recently, so I thought I'd give it another peek. Found it online at one of the streaming sites and watched in amazement; hard to believe the movie is forty (!) years old. It is eerily prescient; the monologue by Ned Beatty's character regarding Globalism is chilling, but brilliant. Paddy Chayefsky was a damn fine writer.
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According to quotemaster.org, the statement "The lesser of two evils is still evil" is attributed to Solomon. Yeah, the really rich guy that built the Temple, way back when, and also wrote a lot of Proverbs.
Can't beat the quality of writing in Proverbs..."Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion." Good stuff.
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Speaking of lesser evils, this may be the year that a third party can get some traction. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) was on WGN morning news a few days back and he acquitted himself very well. I was thinking, "Wow...he talks like a normal human being." If he can climb in the polls a bit he'll join the presidential debates (unless the system is rigged). A three-way debate would be awesome.
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