A Reality Check.

[Karee 4,191]

yes it is that simple. if you don't want to be here, you should leave.

My favorite of all time. Love it or leave it.

[SMOKE 1,426]

What business of your is it? And who said that I don't want to be here? You folks really can't accept a dose of reality, can you?

its not. but, i've got some huge ego'd douche bag dumping on america. so i stated my opinion. you don't like. tough sh!t

[sly_wolf 199]

yes it is that simple. if you don't want to be here, you should leave.

That wasn't the message. Perhaps it might be better to say .... stop pretending that the US has no faults and perhaps we need to start thinking and doing differently. It should be viewed as constructive self critism.

[duraaraa 203]

If it's as simple as 'love it or leave it,' why would we ever elect a new president, build a new city, or change/add/remove laws?

I don't think it's love it or leave it. I think it's 'love it, change it, or leave it.'

I would also venture to say that the U.S. is so big, it's hard to say if you love it or not, depending on the part of it you're in. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Alaska, San Francisco, and Nashville all have extremely different cultures, ways of life, and even climates. Making it as cut and dry as 'love it or leave it' isn't very good. For me, there are parts I would love and parts I would leave.

[SMOKE 1,426]

That wasn't the message. Perhaps it might be better to say .... stop pretending that the US has no faults and perhaps we need to start thinking and doing differently. It should be viewed as constructive self critism.

'A Reality Check.' followed by that video clip, does not come across as constuctive self critism.

[sly_wolf 199]

'A Reality Check.' followed by that video clip, does not come across as constuctive self critism.

Perhaps a good wake up call then. We no longer have the same bragging rights as we used to.

[Darnell 8,479]

That's a great clip from a great tv series. I wish they'd make another season of it - the first run was really, really good.

[Darnell 8,479]

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What Jeff Daniels had to say about that speech :

http://www.goldderby.com/news/4263/jeff-daniels-the-newsroom-hbo-aaron-sorkin-emmy-awards-tv-news-entertainment.html

more info on the Series:

http://www.hbo.com/the-newsroom/index.html

If you have HBO, you can watch all of the episodes in the on demand section.

[BaBamSam 239]

Hollywood is not reality. Hollywood is a liberal pipe dream.

Guess I don't live or work in reality. Now I'm having an existential crisis.

[BaBamSam 239]

Or one could simple recognize that there are a number of good places in the world and that there really isn't any exceptionally great place out there at all. When one lives in a country that lags behind other countries in so many areas and leads in so few, it's hard to see how that makes it the greatest place on earth. And one ought to be allowed to say that without inviting comments that one should move. We're all adults here, no?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Making it as cut and dry as 'love it or leave it' isn't very good.

Some are not endowed with the ability to handle more than "black and white".

[GandD 5,966]

Now I'm having an existential crisis.

THAT word again.......

[BaBamSam 239]

THAT word again.......

It's my new favorite thing since that thread. ~drama~

[Darnell 8,479]

interesting you guys are arguing about a clip from a tv show, a piece of fiction prepared for cable subscribers.

Just saying.

[GandD 5,966]

interesting you guys are arguing about a clip from a tv show, a piece of fiction prepared for cable subscribers.

Just saying.

It would be equally fictional if someone said it one of the news networks.