In 1976, a fictional character tells us what we're facing in 2008

Thirty plus years ago, a character named Howard Beale made a
permanent mark on American cinema in the movie
"Network." What Beale promoted and prophesized was
so relevant and ahead of it’s time, that as we sit here awash
in the mind-numbing excess of Reality TV and the
media/corporations/wall street/government sharing in one big
capitalistic orgy, one wonders when someone is going to be
"mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore."

This scene from Network is one of the most powerful and honest
explanations of how we have evolved from a democracy to a
corporation. Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen delivers a powerful
and evangelical speech that is as chilling as it is truthful.
And Jensen also understands the power of television in shaping
our views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY

Is someone else going to be mad as hell? As part of our
overall mission to take on Wall Street, we’ll be releasing a
video soon pointing out the similarities to our real life
situation today with the chilling speech that Arthur Jensen
gives on the future in 1976, a shocking assertion made at the
time. Our own video has some prescient warnings to share.

If you share our anger at Wall Street getting away with theft
for all these years, please help us get the word out. Like
T.E. Scott, you may be called a "crazyman" by those
who can’t comprehend that one of the foundations of American
business is actually a giant rigged casino.

Politicians won’t act until they feel the pressure of the
public. The public won’t act until they know the truth about
Wall Street. You, me, WE need to move this mission forward.
This goes beyond just selling a book, this is us taking on a
seemingly impossible task because if we don’t who will?

http://www.crazymanseconomics.com