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Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
WashingToneLocian
()
Date: January 31, 2009 05:44PM
Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have cut an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart to sell his album.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/people_springsteen_3
I guess sometime during the past 15 years he missed that U.S. jobs are going overseas because retailers like Wal-Mart basically buy only from China now.
The good news for The Boss is that Wal-Mart's policies help give him ample material to sing about...you know, unemployed blue collar types and towns in the rust belt being boarded up.
Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much time around "real America" in the past 20+ years since "Born in the USA" came out.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/people_springsteen_3
I guess sometime during the past 15 years he missed that U.S. jobs are going overseas because retailers like Wal-Mart basically buy only from China now.
The good news for The Boss is that Wal-Mart's policies help give him ample material to sing about...you know, unemployed blue collar types and towns in the rust belt being boarded up.
Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much time around "real America" in the past 20+ years since "Born in the USA" came out.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
SBS
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Date: January 31, 2009 06:07PM
WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> time around "real America" in the past 20+ years
> since "Born in the USA" came out.
That pretty much describes all of Hollywood.
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> Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> time around "real America" in the past 20+ years
> since "Born in the USA" came out.
That pretty much describes all of Hollywood.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: January 31, 2009 06:33PM
SBS Wrote:
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> WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> -----
>
> > Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> > time around "real America" in the past 20+
> years
> > since "Born in the USA" came out.
>
>
> That pretty much describes all of Hollywood.
I think that also describes people like Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge and their multi-million dollar compounds in Florida.
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> WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> -----
>
> > Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> > time around "real America" in the past 20+
> years
> > since "Born in the USA" came out.
>
>
> That pretty much describes all of Hollywood.
I think that also describes people like Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge and their multi-million dollar compounds in Florida.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
Vince(1)
()
Date: January 31, 2009 06:59PM
I think it best describes the republikan agenda.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: January 31, 2009 07:16PM
My big problem with Springsteen is that he obviously picked money over his principles. I prefer what Sheryl Crow did when she wrote the song with the reference to a kids committing crimes with guns bought from Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart said they wouldn't sell the album unless Crow changed the lyric. She didn't. Wal-Mart didn't sell the album.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
graymoose
()
Date: January 31, 2009 10:23PM
springsteen sucks, always has always will
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
TheMeeper
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Date: January 31, 2009 10:44PM
graymoose Wrote:
>>> springsteen sucks, always has always will
+1
I agree. Springsteen was lame in the 80s and hasn't done anything cool since his 70s stuff. Fuck him. I can understand how people from Jersey love a local guy, but it's real douchebag music outside of that area.
>>> springsteen sucks, always has always will
+1
I agree. Springsteen was lame in the 80s and hasn't done anything cool since his 70s stuff. Fuck him. I can understand how people from Jersey love a local guy, but it's real douchebag music outside of that area.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
Radiophile
()
Date: February 01, 2009 02:37PM
I do not think it is a matter of Springsteen making a choice, money over principles. Since he is worth approximately $1 Billion, getting more money is probably a bit far from his mind.
And he has quietly donated millions of dollars to charities.
He just likes playing and recording.
I will give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
And he has quietly donated millions of dollars to charities.
He just likes playing and recording.
I will give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
WashingToneLocian
()
Date: February 01, 2009 03:05PM
Radiophile Wrote:
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> I do not think it is a matter of Springsteen
> making a choice, money over principles. Since he
> is worth approximately $1 Billion, getting more
> money is probably a bit far from his mind.
>
> And he has quietly donated millions of dollars to
> charities.
>
> He just likes playing and recording.
>
> I will give him the benefit of the doubt on this
> one.
Errr, Wal-Mart was going to be the only outlet to distribute his CD. How would he not know this or understand the implications? It's not some little side deal that he might have overlooked.
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> I do not think it is a matter of Springsteen
> making a choice, money over principles. Since he
> is worth approximately $1 Billion, getting more
> money is probably a bit far from his mind.
>
> And he has quietly donated millions of dollars to
> charities.
>
> He just likes playing and recording.
>
> I will give him the benefit of the doubt on this
> one.
Errr, Wal-Mart was going to be the only outlet to distribute his CD. How would he not know this or understand the implications? It's not some little side deal that he might have overlooked.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
WashingToneLocian
()
Date: February 01, 2009 03:05PM
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> graymoose Wrote:
> >>> springsteen sucks, always has always will
>
>
> +1
>
> I agree. Springsteen was lame in the 80s and
> hasn't done anything cool since his 70s stuff.
> Fuck him. I can understand how people from Jersey
> love a local guy, but it's real douchebag music
> outside of that area.
It's kind of funny. I was in New Jersey this summer and everyone was playing Bon Jovi. Maybe "The Boss" isn't "The Boss" anymore.
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> graymoose Wrote:
> >>> springsteen sucks, always has always will
>
>
> +1
>
> I agree. Springsteen was lame in the 80s and
> hasn't done anything cool since his 70s stuff.
> Fuck him. I can understand how people from Jersey
> love a local guy, but it's real douchebag music
> outside of that area.
It's kind of funny. I was in New Jersey this summer and everyone was playing Bon Jovi. Maybe "The Boss" isn't "The Boss" anymore.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
TheMeeper
()
Date: February 01, 2009 06:08PM
Yeah, I have friends up in Jersey, they all still friggin love Bon Jovi, it's really gay. I mean what kind of a guy drives around rocking out to "Bad Medicine"?? It's retarded.
WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> It's kind of funny. I was in New Jersey this
> summer and everyone was playing Bon Jovi. Maybe
> "The Boss" isn't "The Boss" anymore.
WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> It's kind of funny. I was in New Jersey this
> summer and everyone was playing Bon Jovi. Maybe
> "The Boss" isn't "The Boss" anymore.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
496
()
Date: February 01, 2009 09:20PM
F Bruce, fucking sell out douchebag.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
graymoose
()
Date: February 01, 2009 09:31PM
caught some of the halftime show, worst episode ever
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
TheMeeper
()
Date: February 01, 2009 09:52PM
I'd like to recant my comment about Springsteen/douchebaggery
Because it's pretty fuckin cool in my book when Silvio Dante is on stage at the Superbowl.
Sil was badass.
Because it's pretty fuckin cool in my book when Silvio Dante is on stage at the Superbowl.
Sil was badass.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
stab
()
Date: February 02, 2009 01:34AM
WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have cut an
> exclusive deal with Wal-Mart to sell his album.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/pe
> ople_springsteen_3
>
> I guess sometime during the past 15 years he
> missed that U.S. jobs are going overseas because
> retailers like Wal-Mart basically buy only from
> China now.
>
> The good news for The Boss is that Wal-Mart's
> policies help give him ample material to sing
> about...you know, unemployed blue collar types and
> towns in the rust belt being boarded up.
>
> Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> time around "real America" in the past 20+ years
> since "Born in the USA" came out.
I must admit I'm a bit torn by it all. On the one hand, America preaches it's love for capitalism and on the other hand it criticizes companies like Walmart for successfully executing on capitalism. Or are we saying, capitalism is great until it reaches a certain point.
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> Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have cut an
> exclusive deal with Wal-Mart to sell his album.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/pe
> ople_springsteen_3
>
> I guess sometime during the past 15 years he
> missed that U.S. jobs are going overseas because
> retailers like Wal-Mart basically buy only from
> China now.
>
> The good news for The Boss is that Wal-Mart's
> policies help give him ample material to sing
> about...you know, unemployed blue collar types and
> towns in the rust belt being boarded up.
>
> Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> time around "real America" in the past 20+ years
> since "Born in the USA" came out.
I must admit I'm a bit torn by it all. On the one hand, America preaches it's love for capitalism and on the other hand it criticizes companies like Walmart for successfully executing on capitalism. Or are we saying, capitalism is great until it reaches a certain point.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
Vince(1)
()
Date: February 02, 2009 09:05AM
>
> I must admit I'm a bit torn by it all. On the one
> hand, America preaches it's love for capitalism
> and on the other hand it criticizes companies like
> Walmart for successfully executing on capitalism.
> Or are we saying, capitalism is great until it
> reaches a certain point.
That has been the case since the beginning of the 20th century....look up the history of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefellor.
> I must admit I'm a bit torn by it all. On the one
> hand, America preaches it's love for capitalism
> and on the other hand it criticizes companies like
> Walmart for successfully executing on capitalism.
> Or are we saying, capitalism is great until it
> reaches a certain point.
That has been the case since the beginning of the 20th century....look up the history of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefellor.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: February 02, 2009 09:18AM
stab Wrote:
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> WashingToneLocian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have cut an
> > exclusive deal with Wal-Mart to sell his album.
>
> >
> >
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/pe
>
> > ople_springsteen_3
> >
> > I guess sometime during the past 15 years he
> > missed that U.S. jobs are going overseas
> because
> > retailers like Wal-Mart basically buy only from
> > China now.
> >
> > The good news for The Boss is that Wal-Mart's
> > policies help give him ample material to sing
> > about...you know, unemployed blue collar types
> and
> > towns in the rust belt being boarded up.
> >
> > Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> > time around "real America" in the past 20+
> years
> > since "Born in the USA" came out.
>
> I must admit I'm a bit torn by it all. On the one
> hand, America preaches it's love for capitalism
> and on the other hand it criticizes companies like
> Walmart for successfully executing on capitalism.
> Or are we saying, capitalism is great until it
> reaches a certain point.
As much as people like to talk about "free markets," markets can't be truly free without some form of government regulation. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but if there are no rules, you have monopolies and collusion which destroy the benefits of a free market, specifically competition. Once you lose competition, you lose innovation and quality and price competition.
At the same time, there is nothing "free market" about the way China conducts its business. Specifically its currency isn't free floating, so China can out price anyone in the world with market manipulation regardless of WTO and MFN. The businesses there operate under the auspices of the government and they have virtually no labor or environmental standards, which puts any business in the developed world at a competitive disadvantage.
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> WashingToneLocian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have cut an
> > exclusive deal with Wal-Mart to sell his album.
>
> >
> >
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/pe
>
> > ople_springsteen_3
> >
> > I guess sometime during the past 15 years he
> > missed that U.S. jobs are going overseas
> because
> > retailers like Wal-Mart basically buy only from
> > China now.
> >
> > The good news for The Boss is that Wal-Mart's
> > policies help give him ample material to sing
> > about...you know, unemployed blue collar types
> and
> > towns in the rust belt being boarded up.
> >
> > Something tells me "The Boss" hasn't spent much
> > time around "real America" in the past 20+
> years
> > since "Born in the USA" came out.
>
> I must admit I'm a bit torn by it all. On the one
> hand, America preaches it's love for capitalism
> and on the other hand it criticizes companies like
> Walmart for successfully executing on capitalism.
> Or are we saying, capitalism is great until it
> reaches a certain point.
As much as people like to talk about "free markets," markets can't be truly free without some form of government regulation. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but if there are no rules, you have monopolies and collusion which destroy the benefits of a free market, specifically competition. Once you lose competition, you lose innovation and quality and price competition.
At the same time, there is nothing "free market" about the way China conducts its business. Specifically its currency isn't free floating, so China can out price anyone in the world with market manipulation regardless of WTO and MFN. The businesses there operate under the auspices of the government and they have virtually no labor or environmental standards, which puts any business in the developed world at a competitive disadvantage.
Re: Springsteen is Clueless
Posted by:
Biadac
()
Date: July 06, 2022 01:56PM
Biden is a demented ass clown