DJ RP
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I was just thinking today how Ron Paul, my favourite politician EVER and The Wire, my favourite television show EVER tie in so well and I was wondering if anybody else here is a fan?
To those who don't know The Wire is just about the most realistic, truthful and well made tv show I've ever seen. It refuses to ever insult the audience's intelligence and it is heartbreaking in its grand tragedy. The show deals with the failures of America's institutions, beuracracies and failed policies, from the effect the war on drugs has had on America's urban inner cities to the realities of federal regulations over local schooling.
What's awesome to me is that I have watched this show for like four years or so from way before I ever heard of Ron Paul. Then I was struck by the show's vivid depiction of an America that gets little to no television time. That is the disintegration of the working class and the utter destruction of the inner cities as well as the failure of the war on drugs and education for poor people.
These things were explained beautifully and tragically on the show and it always frustrated me how nobody else seemed to talk about them or if they did the politicians would doublespeak as if everything was great and fabulous and America is richer than ever before, there is more prosperity etc. etc. blah blah blah
When I started watching and reading Ron Paul it was a breath of fresh air. Everything he said tied into what I felt was the TRUTH and what the wire was talking about. Ron Paul discussed things I hadn't heard before like printing money and how it affects inflation. In the Wire the effects of this are VIVIDLY shown but as a dramatic TV Show not always explained in clear terms as Ron Paul does. I have seen interviews with the creator of the wire David Simon who worked as a cop and a journalist in Baltimore (where the wire is set) for some 20 years. He talks in interviews about the disintegration of the working class, the failures of the public schools, the devestation the war on drugs has brought -- not just to the users and the communities ruined by the rise of dealers, but to the police who are forced to waste their time hitting meaningless targets dreamt up by goverment beurocrats.
In short My favourite show, my favourite creator and my favourite politician all come together and I feel I have a much deeper understanding of the issues. It makes me so frustrated when people simplify things....
Anybody who hasn't seen the wire I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH. You can get them all on the torrent sites if you dont have the funds to buy the DVDs or you don't have HBO.
Oh, and in seasons 3 and 4 the show even covers local baltimore politics in more realism than anything I've seen anywhere else. Makes the idealism of the west wing look almost stupid.
To those who don't know The Wire is just about the most realistic, truthful and well made tv show I've ever seen. It refuses to ever insult the audience's intelligence and it is heartbreaking in its grand tragedy. The show deals with the failures of America's institutions, beuracracies and failed policies, from the effect the war on drugs has had on America's urban inner cities to the realities of federal regulations over local schooling.
What's awesome to me is that I have watched this show for like four years or so from way before I ever heard of Ron Paul. Then I was struck by the show's vivid depiction of an America that gets little to no television time. That is the disintegration of the working class and the utter destruction of the inner cities as well as the failure of the war on drugs and education for poor people.
These things were explained beautifully and tragically on the show and it always frustrated me how nobody else seemed to talk about them or if they did the politicians would doublespeak as if everything was great and fabulous and America is richer than ever before, there is more prosperity etc. etc. blah blah blah
When I started watching and reading Ron Paul it was a breath of fresh air. Everything he said tied into what I felt was the TRUTH and what the wire was talking about. Ron Paul discussed things I hadn't heard before like printing money and how it affects inflation. In the Wire the effects of this are VIVIDLY shown but as a dramatic TV Show not always explained in clear terms as Ron Paul does. I have seen interviews with the creator of the wire David Simon who worked as a cop and a journalist in Baltimore (where the wire is set) for some 20 years. He talks in interviews about the disintegration of the working class, the failures of the public schools, the devestation the war on drugs has brought -- not just to the users and the communities ruined by the rise of dealers, but to the police who are forced to waste their time hitting meaningless targets dreamt up by goverment beurocrats.
In short My favourite show, my favourite creator and my favourite politician all come together and I feel I have a much deeper understanding of the issues. It makes me so frustrated when people simplify things....
Anybody who hasn't seen the wire I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH. You can get them all on the torrent sites if you dont have the funds to buy the DVDs or you don't have HBO.
Oh, and in seasons 3 and 4 the show even covers local baltimore politics in more realism than anything I've seen anywhere else. Makes the idealism of the west wing look almost stupid.
