You'd think that by now the left would have abandoned the ludicrous argument that businesses are inherently conservative. Simply untrue. There is so much evidence that this is not the case such as how most public TVs are tuned to CNN, not FNC, or how conservative books generally get worse placement at bookstores compared to liberals ones.
Via LGF, I learned of another proof of this: Virgin Airways is showing a 9/11 conspiracy film, "Loose Change," as the in-flight movie to some travelers. There's contact info for Virgin at Charles's entry.
Update 16:14. To keep track of these types of stories, I've made a new category for it "Corporate liberalism." Use our feedback form to send us examples of this when you see or read about it.
Update 05-03 15:33. After public pressure (likely to the story being picked up by Matt Drudge), Virgin has removed "Loose Change" from its selection of movies.
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Wasn't it Airplane where they
May 2, 2007 - 14:45 ET by Roger the ShrubberWasn't it Airplane where they were showing plane crashes as the in-flight movie?
I was at a bar about a decade ago, and on the big projection television they had, they would show movies and sports stuff. Well, that particular night they were showing a Jodie Foster movie. The one where she gets gang-raped. At a bar. On a pinball machine. Everybody in the bar stopped and stared during that scene. It was like the scene in "Animal House" where the guys stopped in to see Otis Day and the Knights, and all blacks reacted when Flounder and co. entered.
I guess I am trying to use my vast knowledge of useless movie knowledge to illustrate inappropriate movie choices.
I have one, I owned a bar in
May 3, 2007 - 07:15 ET by USA4freedomI have one, I owned a bar in Hoboken NJ. During brunch, I walked in to hear on the stereo a Jethro Tull song, Aqua-lung. Snot is running down his nose.. and look up to see open heart surgery on the big screen TV. While the waitress and barman chatted.. While every one in the place were sitting there, staring at the big screen.
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagn- 40th Anniversary of D-Day
...and the battle of wills go
May 2, 2007 - 14:50 ET by bigtimer...and the battle of wills goes on...
These leftists are going to be their own destruction, one way or the other.
I hope people flying that airline start complaining, in huge numbers.
This is despicable to me.
The dems always look back.P
May 2, 2007 - 14:56 ET by JDWThe dems always look back.
Part of the playbook is to instill fear, never provide solutions. They are attempting to override the veto, cut and run, permit terrorism to show it's ugly face once again in America... 'We lost'. Think of this film and wonder if we left Iraq...
JDW
News media: Scoreboard for terrorists
Great customer relation
May 2, 2007 - 14:57 ET by Dave RGreat customer relations move there. Is Virgin Airways trying to get out of the passenger airline business?
So, if Virgin had a cruise line, would Titanic be the entertainment of choice? How about The Poseidon Adventure?
This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.-
Neal Boortz.
Matthew...As long as they als
May 2, 2007 - 15:05 ET by Clear thinkerMatthew...
As long as they also show documentaries on Big Foot as a companion piece, I have no problem with it.
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
Poor business decision in m
May 2, 2007 - 15:16 ET by MightyMouthPoor business decision in my book. Why put on something even remotely controversal when you could show re-runs of "Happy Days"?
And to top it off, showing passangers a video of planes crashing into buildings.. ON a plane? Just "plain" stupid!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Another lefty multi-millionai
May 2, 2007 - 15:23 ET by ahusserAnother lefty multi-millionaire company owner. I believe Richard Branson is a darling of the left. He joins the ilk of Geoge Soros and Ted Turner in the millionaire lefties of our time
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"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.
Yes, he is. The fact is tha
May 2, 2007 - 15:27 ET by Matthew SheffieldYes, he is.
The fact is that the left dominates the extremes of the economic spectrum. The very richest in the world are usually left-wing, as are the very poorest. It is an odd alliance but has existed throughout history since the days of the ancient Greeks.
It's a wonder, these guys hav
May 2, 2007 - 15:31 ET by ahusserIt's a wonder, these guys have to compete in the marketplace, they aren't paid millions just to act. They own businesses, very succesful businesses at that. The Socialism just doesn't gybe.
"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.
Makes you wonder how socialis
May 2, 2007 - 18:50 ET by zfMakes you wonder how socialist they would be if they didn't have sucessful businesses?
Most of these lefty millionaires are True Believers, they really think socialism can work and when it fails they ignore it. Not to mention they suffer from eternal guilt because they buy the Marxist dogma that their success and wealth means they "stole" it from others. Sucessful liberal millionaires are more sad and pathetic than anything else.
I do have to correct one thing though, there have been a fair share of conservative "super" rich fellows throughout history too. John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan for example. Also, the incursion of socialist regulations into business over the years has made it harder for truer capitalists to succed and easier for liberal ones to do so. I only say this to dissuade any leftists from thinking running a liberal business is the only way to be ultra-successful or that the existence of liberal business millionaires means pure capitalism is a "failure."
ahusser - Wealthy Leftists of
May 3, 2007 - 02:14 ET by Unsaneahusser - Wealthy Leftists often succomb to a very simple disease: guilt.
More complex is another motive: they wish to entrench their positions by keeping the rubes happy with government goodies. What incentive is there to move up in the world when all that will get you is the pummeling and beating of the Nanny State as they steal from you to finance the goodies of the "less fortunate"?
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
This revelation is almost a
May 2, 2007 - 15:47 ET by happyuscitizenThis revelation is almost as earth shatteringly scandalous as when all other US airlines censored Rain Man over the part when Ray wouldn't get on the plane because of plane crashes, the only airline that didn't? Qantas, because they have never had a one of their planes go down in the history of the airline.
In all fairness to Virgin Atlantic, which for the purpose of disclosure, is my airline of choice crossing the Atlantic, it does not surprise me that Loose Change would be in the selection of movies to watch on the plane. I have even seen Gunner Palace on Virgin, a movie-documentary in which I thought the troops in it were fairly represented for the most part.
This is not the only movie shown on the airline during your flight, so you are not trapped into suffering through it or not watching anything, and god forbid having to read. As a passenger you have access to 40 to 50 movies, TV Shows, a video game system, and even documentaries. There again is quite a lot of variety in entertainment.
I'll tell you this much I know Sir Dickie Branson is a rather liberal guy but as far as his airline is concerned, it is a great operation. Branson competes with the big airlines and doesn't treat his customers like he doesn't need them.
I am quick to point out liberal arrogance, but in all fairness this airline is what other airlines dream they could be. I just flew over to London over Easter week on Virgin and again great service, the only bad point was landing at JFK when the pilot had to use all of the runway to stop the 747, a little unnerving when you are up so high in front in the bubble of the plane.
Sorry for what is essentially a plug for Virgin, but as far as the entertainment there is something for everyone on board.
Just bringing this to light makes me want to watch this, I will be keeping an eye out for it on cable, although I am in no rush to waste a space on the Netflix waiting for it.
"I'm just a big fat hairy American Winning Machine!" - Ricky Bobby
Caramba! What did he do, touc
May 2, 2007 - 16:38 ET by Del DolemonteCaramba! What did he do, touch down too far down on the runway?
Great pilot and flight crew
May 2, 2007 - 19:23 ET by happyuscitizenGreat pilot and flight crew, it was just really windy with a lot of turbulence on final approach through our descent, plus a 747 doesn't handle like a sports car!
"I'm just a big fat hairy American Winning Machine!" - Ricky Bobby
Maybe they should continue su
May 2, 2007 - 19:57 ET by zfMaybe they should continue such "expansion" of the entertainment on their planes by showing child porn, D.W. Griffiths Birth of a Nation, Hamas training films and throw in some KKK propoganda to top it all off. But that's okay, because you're not "forced" to watch any of it.
And if they decide to use the airline to fly illegal immigrants into the U.S. my responce will be not to fly that airline. And nothing else. Simple, eh?
Look, I get what some of you are saying, but showing anti-American propoganda not just crosses the line, it annihilates it. The comparison between it and some distant "scandal" over one line in Rain Man that was removed because it could harm other airlines than Quantas with crash statistics while you're on the plane being criticized just doesn't wash.
Branson - great businessman, but trapped in liberal ideology. Again, it's a sad case as sooner or later the latter will eventually cloud the former.
Simple solution for those who
May 2, 2007 - 16:34 ET by Del DolemonteSimple solution for those who disagree with them showing this "film"-don't fly with them.
I'd never fly on a foreign carrier anyway-if I was going to pop the pond I'd use one of our airlines.
I think the problem with the
May 2, 2007 - 18:35 ET by zfI think the problem with the CNN issue is that a lot of people still believe that CNN is a neutral, unbiased and impeachable source. I come across this quite a bit, especially by those who do not use the internet often or at do not use it all.
I'm sure someday there will b
May 3, 2007 - 07:39 ET by MRNI'm sure someday there will be a passenger watching "Loose Change" on his flight from London to New York, and he'll be eating up every second of left wing, paranoid, conspiracy theory, when he'll look out his window and see his plane nose diving into a building as he hears "god is great" in Arabic over the loudspeaker.
But he wont have to worry, because things like that don't really happen, it must just be another Republican trick.
Of course it's an R trick MRN
May 17, 2007 - 19:59 ET by SportPoliticsOf course it's an R trick MRN.
What I don't quite get, is are the democrats in trouble too - from the 35% of Americans who think it was an inside job, or is it only the PNAC neocons and their zio-jew masters ?
I mean now that demorats control it all, can't they "dig into the secret files" and expose Bush ?
Just think, that 35%, more than a third of all Americans, and probably a LOT MORE of the illegal immigrants in percentage - haven't done their Constitutional duty and overthrown the corrupt beast that is Bush government.
I guess they've been milling around since the JFK, Bobby and MLK murders, and pretty much waiting for the mothership to abduct them - again.
I suppose if we ever really need to toss off the government, we cannot count on that 35% at all.
If you wanted to takeover the most powerful nation in the world, how would you do it ? Well, one way is to turn as many of it's citizens into tree hugging pacifist doped out lunatics. That way, when you pull the massive power moves, they all sound insane, and won't lift a finger to oppose you. In fact, if you just mention they sound unpatriotic, they go into a snivelling fit and claim you've silenced them and taken away their right to speak. Now, generally, that used to require cutting the tongue out, but nowadays... it's a lot easier.
So, heck, wow - I guess the lunatic libs are right ?! ?!?