So then give me yours.
“You know, we have young people who are today occupying Wall Street, that there are some people out there that are making too much money,” the Texas governor said at an education forum in Des Moines, Iowa. “And if somebody were to ask me what the best advice that I could give them? It would be that money is probably the most highly overrated thing in the world.”
“It’s good to have some,” he admitted. “Because I’ve been without and I’ve had some, and it’s better to have some.”
Lay off the sauce, buddy.
[via Raw Story]
[cross-posted at Angry Black Lady Chronicles]
MikeJ
Lemony Snicket
RareSanity
Mo’ money, mo’ problems…
However, when you have no money, you only really have one BIG problem.
Little Boots
Looovee, ABL.
Little Boots
but have to say, drunk Rick Perry is teh awesome!
Linnaeus
Money is overrated, eh?
Then let’s talk about dealing with that whole capitalist system that prioritizes the making of money. No, you say? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
RossInDetroit
From his point of view, he’s right. From theirs, he’s wrong. Another $10K/year probably wouldn’t mean a thing to a governor. To a struggling twentysomething with $80K in student loans it would mean a lot.
And the point isn’t so much that some people have and make a lot of dough, it’s that they’re shirking their responsibility to contribute to the cost of government. It’s not that they have so much, but that they pay so little of it in taxes.
Little Boots
repeat after me:
the rich are not the problem. the worshippers of the rich are the problem.
Cat Lady
Rick Perry talking about OWS AT ALL means that OWS has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams, and to make their point for them by being a clueless fucktard about being in the 1% is just pure win for OWS and ultimately the country.
Omnes Omnibus
Paraphrasing Sophie Tucker. “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor — and believe me, rich is better.”
Little Boots
was that Sophie Tucker?
Little Boots
wait. who’s sophie tucker?
scav
And the obvious, if so, then why are you’ll so het up about possibly giving some of the not-so-important-stuff to the government?
piratedan
hey Governor Perry, your campaign….. also overrated.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Vaudeville entertainer about 80 years ago-ish.
Little Boots
@piratedan:
and your governorship, and your state, and your party.
Chris
@Cat Lady:
What I love is the number of them who’ve spoken out just to say how unimportant and silly and unserious OWS was and how it wouldn’t last and didn’t matter at all and wasn’t anything like the Glorious Tea Party… etc.
Like Nixon telling the public that he hadn’t even watched the anti-Vietnam marches when in reality he was going ape-shit.
Gin & Tonic
Wow. 15 new threads since lunch. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t keep up, so I’ll just drink wine the rest of the night.
Martin
Oh, okay. Then if education, health, public safety, and so on are by comparison underrated relative to money, then we should have noooooooo problem raising taxes on the rich to pay for that stuff.
I hope Obama is keeping a copy of all of this stuff in his iPad, just in case.
Little Boots
ya know, I thought he’d lose. I thought with this economy he had no chance. then the Republicans started nominating people and … suddenly it all seems so different.
Svensker
@Little Boots:
John Lennon’s favorite group.
Ba dum dum.
I just dated myself horribly.
Belafon (formerly anonevent)
@MikeJ: It should sting being called out by Lemony Snicket in advance.
Little Boots
@Svensker:
wait, I just got that.
Okay, we’re both dated.
Little Boots
what no sophie you tubes?
Villago Delenda Est
ABL’s first line was my reaction to the headline.
If money is highly overrated, then why is the parasite overclass so set against actually paying for the social infrastructure that benefits them?
My experience in the private sector tells me that ordinary people, 99% types, pay their bills (mostly) on time, and understand that the services provided to them cost money, and they’re expected to help offset that. 1% types, on the other hand, consistently expect freebies.
Little Boots
you know who should check in here and chat?
ABL.
Bullsmith
Paris Hilton is a job creator. The guy who drives your kids to school is a worthless freeloader who’s lucky he gets paid at all, much less gets a “lunch” break. Since when did driving a bus require three meals? It’s not like he has to get his fat ass off the bus. He should be paid less and taxed more. There are rich people who need that money to create jobs, or statues of themselves, whatever God tells them in the moment.
This used to be sarcasm, even satire. Now it’s the definition of bipartisanship.
Villago Delenda Est
@Chris:
Not the first (or the last) time Tricky Dick lied.
“I am not a crook.”
Little Boots
you all disappoint me terribly.
terribly.
Martin
@Villago Delenda Est: It’s a tautology. The rich are rich because they don’t spend their money.
That’s why job creators/trickle down is such bullshit.
Little Boots
can I be patriotic, and out of context?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puVmKfCwb4M
pete mack
If you are looking for candidates separated at birth from blue-clad comic characters, look no further than Mitt Romney and The Tick.
• can’t remember past beyond last 3 years
• Loves to show off oversized chin
• caricature of type, rather than genuine article
Omnes Omnibus
@pete mack: The Tick is amusing; Romney is not. Not a perfect match.
handy
Shorter Rick Perry:
Are there no prisons? Union workhouses, poor law in full vigour, etc.
Merry Christmas Governor.
Little Boots
everybody loves Numa, don’t they?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: No.
Chris
@Villago Delenda Est:
In my case, it’s not even private sector experience, it’s something I noticed in college. The group of friends I ended up in spanned the spectrum fairly well from dirt poor to filthy rich, with both liberals and conservatives in it: out of all of us, the absolute wealthiest one (who was also a Republican) was, to the best of my knowledge, also the only one whose family felt entitled to cheat on their taxes. (To the tune of something like six million dollars in an offshore Cayman account, something she proclaimed without a trace of embarrassment).
That seems to be more or less the standard.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
so sad. so bitter.
numa makes everyone happy, or should.
handy
@Little Boots:
I’m partial to dramatic squirrel myself.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: It’s actually Romanian.
Little Boots
what is this dramatic squirrel you speak of?
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
and I’m okay with that.
why must you hate Romania?
hater.
Steve
Money sure isn’t everything… but it’s definitely not overrated.
RossInDetroit
@pete mack:
Perry’s more like Megaton Man to me. And in 12 months he’ll be just as obscure.
handy
@Little Boots:
Wait you’re not talking about this?
ETA: based on your last response to OO you are. In which case, this will explain all
piratedan
@handy: “hey Rocky! Wanna watch me make a stupid campaign statement? Nothing up my sleeves…..”
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: The soon-to-be-ex-Mme Omnibus is Romanian. I don’t hate Romania; I just do not necessarily care to be reminded. You asked.
Little Boots
@handy:
close, needs more hot sailor. or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGRN_M8QHMg
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
my tact is legendary
bad.
handy
@Little Boots:
In the immortal words of Steve Jobs, “OH WOW”
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: It’s okay. FWIW my hatred of that song is entirely independent of, and preexisted by years, the divorce.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
admittedly, most straight guys do.
seriously, sorry about your trubbles.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: ‘S okay. If you actually want interesting Romanian music, check out Zdob si Zdub.
Mark S.
I wonder if this is why abstinence education’s been such a rousing success in Texas.
“And if somebody were to ask me what the best advice that I could give them? It would be that sex is probably the most highly overrated thing in the world.
“Don’t do sex, kids.”
MikeJ
@Mark S.:
Lemony Snickit:
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
okay, I’m drunk, so I’m brave enough to ask.
how did you meet a Romanian. What was she like?
RossInDetroit
Over rated or under rated?
Chuck Klosterman’s 10 Most Accurately Rated Bands
Little Boots
omnes what is going on here?
Is it doug’s fault?
cause I’m okay with that.
Little Boots
okay, everyone post their favorite numa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ig7I2L-zndM
MikeJ
@RossInDetroit: Matthew Sweet *does* in fact have one perfect song per album. The rest of them are 99% perfect. But what do I know? I like My Bloody Valentine.
Thank gopod he didn’t drag Big Star into this.
MikeBoyScout
You know what else is over rated?
The IQ of Texas Republican governors.
handy
@RossInDetroit:
About My Bloody Valentine:
That is pure win right there.
Also the New Radicals, I actually did think it was a Todd Rundgren song when I first heard it.
Little Boots
can we yell at doug yet?
fasteddie9318
I was planning to do a shot for every lie Condi told during her interview with Stewart, but I was hunched over the toilet, blitzed out of my skull 45 seconds in. She’s got to hold some kind of fucking land speed record for being a lying piece of shit.
RossInDetroit
@MikeJ:
Girlfriend is probably one of the perfect pop songs of all time. There’s just nothing about it that isn’t sparklingly excellent. And I’ve spent quite a while looking.
RIP Alex Chilton.
Little Boots
can we at least like numa?
Little Boots
omnes, you did not answer.
Little Boots
@RossInDetroit:
post, please.
Redshift
@fasteddie9318: There is no drinking game involving Republicans that will not end either in stone cold sobriety or alcohol poisoning.
RossInDetroit
Maybe Perry is trying to do young people a service. He could be telling them that slavishly following wealth is not the way to happiness.
No, you go find happiness. We want the best for you. Leave the nasty wealth business to us…
Little Boots
or this, which is kinda fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0upHlWfQ4
RossInDetroit
@Little Boots:
Very fun.
When the Ronettes toured England in ’64 (’65?) the Stones were the opener for some of their shows. Mick and Keith warmed up the crowd for three girls from Manhattan.
I gotta call it. Work in the am. Try to behave.
bk
@Svensker:
Actually, it was Paul McCartney who called Sophie Tucker “our favorite American group” in the lead in to “till There Was You”, when they performed in front of the Queen in November 1963.
Wag
When the Monkees toured Jimi Hendricks opened
rageahol
@wag #73:
correct. that, of course, was Jimi Hendricks, the well-known Australian glockenspiel virtuoso. Wildly popular at the time.
Yutsano
@Wag:
I blame Obama.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@rageahol: Along with Charles Dikkens, with two “K”s, the well known Dutch author.
opium4themasses
Ugh. I’m in Texas. Governor Good Hair is a divisive figure. At least every time he opens his mouth assures less popularity for his actions in the state.
My first thought:
Rick Perry said Money is overrated and that you should follow your passion to be happy. I’m sure he and the business interests he protects/promotes would be more than happy to soak up that “overrated” money.
Talk about some patronizing bullshit.
Donald G
@Little Boots:
Especially when he’s channeling Paul Lynde in the center square.
Pat In Massachusetts
And did the crowd in Iowa cheer and cheer and cheer?
joeshabadoo
Money isn’t everything until you don’t have any.
Lurking Canadian
As the old saying goes, I am prepared to accept that money doesn’t buy happiness. All I want is the chance to prove it.
Paul in KY
@Chris: I remember Paul McCartney musing on how when he was dirt poor & struggling, nobody gave him a thing. Once he became wealthy & famous, he got all kinds of free stuff: guitars, drugs, etc.
Paul in KY
@Lurking Canadian: Money can’t buy happiness, but it can sure rent it.
Caravelle
I’d like to see that guy have a nice, friendly conversation with Tim Minchin. That would go well.