It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Sinclair Upton. The root of all misinformation in the age of information, surveillance, and secrecy. I remember signing a non-disclosure form to work on a movie. The movie was never released, I was still not allowed to talk about it. Therefore, I can never say that which will never be seen, even as it was not an actual event but a work of fiction. Imagine being sued for spilling the beans on something that doesn’t exist. In olden times, we had three conspiracies that occupied us for decades. Who killed JFK? Are UFOs real? And what the fuck is Big Foot? Today, we can’t even get a straight answer on whether or not the high fructose corn syrup in our Sugar Pops makes us fat.
I think about every time I’m forced to watch a news report and see a clueless anchor staring into the camera. “They can’t be that stupid, can they?” Yeah, seven figures, sometimes eight figures a year stupid. I’ll even go so far as saying this was the deciding factor in how the Democrats got their asses handed to them in November. It wasn't in their budget to look us square in the eye. Even with an unlimited budget. And now all the hand wringing. After the fact. “We had it in the budget to tell the truth but someone mismanaged the petty cash.” Oh well, out to Nantucket for the weekend for the makeover.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Sinclair Upton. The root of all misinformation in the age of information, surveillance, and secrecy. I remember signing a non-disclosure form to work on a movie. The movie was never released, I was still not allowed to talk about it. Therefore, I can never say that which will never be seen, even as it was not an actual event but a work of fiction. Imagine being sued for spilling the beans on something that doesn’t exist. In olden times, we had three conspiracies that occupied us for decades. Who killed JFK? Are UFOs real? And what the fuck is Big Foot? Today, we can’t even get a straight answer on whether or not the high fructose corn syrup in our Sugar Pops makes us fat.
Great quote by Sinclair!
I think about every time I’m forced to watch a news report and see a clueless anchor staring into the camera. “They can’t be that stupid, can they?” Yeah, seven figures, sometimes eight figures a year stupid. I’ll even go so far as saying this was the deciding factor in how the Democrats got their asses handed to them in November. It wasn't in their budget to look us square in the eye. Even with an unlimited budget. And now all the hand wringing. After the fact. “We had it in the budget to tell the truth but someone mismanaged the petty cash.” Oh well, out to Nantucket for the weekend for the makeover.