'Inception' Oscar Winner: "I think what is going on in Wisconsin is kind of madness..."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/02/politics-at-the-oscars-union-support.html

Politics at the Oscars - Union Support

February 27, 2011 10:12 PM

ABC News' Chris Marderosian reports:

At the Academy Awards tonight, best cinematography winner Wally Pfister made a point during his acceptance speech of thanking his union crew on “Inception.”

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“I think that what is going on in Wisconsin is kind of madness right now,” Pfister says. “I have been a union member for 30 years and what the union has given to me is security for my family. They have given me health care in a country that doesn’t provide health care and I think unions are a very important part of the middle class in America all we are trying to do is get a decent wage and have medical care.”

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I feel the same way as Wally Pfister.

Don

The last time I was fired, the manager said: "I hate to do this because you did such a good job." Now if I had had a Union behind me, I wouldn't have been fired.

What does it say about this country that a living wage and basic healthcare are radical ideas?

They mentioned nearly every little award and someone dropping the F-bomb at least 3 times, but NO MENTION of Pfister's speech. Or Ferguson's (is that the right name...Inside Job guy?)

"Inside Job" director Charles Ferguson subjected Wall Street players, economists and bureaucrats to a fierce cross-examination to depict the economic crisis as a colossal crime perpetrated on the working-class masses by a greedy few.

His film examined the financial crisis of 2008. His speech lamented the lack of accountability three years later.

"Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by financial fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's wrong," Ferguson said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/28/charles-ferguson-oscar-speech-inside-job_n_828963.html


It's no wonder the M$M ignored that. Ferguson is absolutely right. Every single one of those bastards should be behind bars for life but instead, they get record bonuses. What a country.

still having problems getting to the site but i'm here now. :)

...I miss a great speech like this. I have to live without cable for a while, and my digital antenna will pick up almost every station EXCEPT the ABC affiliate that broadcast the Oscars last night.

So I went hunting for ghost towns yesterday instead. Not a bad tradeoff - I hear there weren't too many surprises, other than Trent Reznor winning an Oscar and Melissa Leo dodging a PR bullet.

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