Hollywood cast a vote in favor of the creation of an empowered, independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency on Thursday in the form of a humorous yet blatantly political video that’s gone viral.

Entitled ‘Presidential Reunion’, the video is a skit that depicts U.S. presidents dating back to Gerald Ford paying a visit to current President Barack Obama in his White House bedroom to urge him to stay the course on the CFPA, and make sure bipartisan compromise doesn’t render it toothless.

Comedian Will Ferrell is one of the people behind the ‘Funny or Die!’ Web site where the video appears, and the skit features him reprising his Saturday Night Live role as George W. Bush. The other actors involved, most of whom have been connected with SNL, include Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton, Dana Carvey as George Bush Sr., Jim Carrey as Ronald Reagan, Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter and Chevy Chase as Ford. Ron Howard is involved as well, reportedly directing the video and providing some voiceover at the end.

The video points watchers toward the Web site of The Main Street Brigade, which features information about the proposed CFPA, seeks to counter criticisms levied at the idea, and urges people to call their Senators.

While there are plenty of jokes, the skit does consistently hammer away at the idea that Obama shouldn’t give in and compromise on the CFPA, regardless of the political consequences, and Howard’s voiceover is pointed call for people to get involved in order to counter lobbying by the banks.

“The banks have billions of dollars to spend to get their message out but your speech is free,” Howard says. “Contact your senators about the CFPA. Nothing annoys them more than having to do their jobs.”

The Main Street Brigade Web site features Harvard Law School professor and CFPA proponent Elizabeth Warren in much of its content, including a blog entry called ‘CFPA Straight Talk’ and links to a number of her media appearances. In another section, called “The CFPA: Myths and Facts,’ the site takes dead aim at big banks who received government support during the financial crisis, claiming they are already up to their old tricks.

“Today, after raking in our in our tax dollars in bailout money, the big banks are back to business as usual, spending hundreds of millions to pay lobbyists and advertising agencies to fight against reforms that would protect us from their abuses in the future,” the site says.

It remains to be seen if the video will inspire citizens to call their Senators and actually impact what happens on Capitol Hill, but investors were taking this latest round of Wall Street bashing in stride and with shares of all the usual suspects — Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo — moving higher in afternoon trades.

Source: The Street

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Andrew Breitbart will provide introductory remarks concerning the film. Breitbart will also be introducing keynote speaker, Gov. Sarah Palin the following evening.

Featuring more than 40 leading experts, authors, and pundits from across the political spectrum, “Generation Zero” exposes how the mindset of the “Greatest Generation” — to not let their children suffer through the same economic hardships that they did during the Great Depression and WWII — led to the “Me Generation” and ultimately the Clinton/Bush era of trading campaign contributions for government “cover” in the form of guaranteed bailouts of Wall Street’s speculative investments, thus sowing the seeds of economic disaster that would be reaped by coming generations.


Citizens United Productions, the leading production company for conservative films, released “Hilary The Movie,” the film that recently brought about the landmark First Amendment decision by the Supreme Court. In addition, Citizens United has produced such award winning films as “Perfect Valor,” “Border Wars”, “Hype: The Obama Effect” and “Rediscovering God in America,” among others.

“Generation Zero” was written and directed by awarding-winning director, Stephen K. Bannon (”In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed,” “Titus“). In addition Mr. Bannon and Alan Peterson (Hilary The Movie, Hype: The Obama Effect) acted as producers.

“This film is about a crisis – one that is as profound as The Revolution, The Civil War, or The Great Depression and WWII,” says Bannon. “The title ‘Generation Zero’ is ironic, as it refers to both the Baby Boomers and the generation born today: the one generation whose greed and fiscal mismanagement has destroyed the financial legacy and inheritance of the other.”

Commentators appearing in “Generation Zero” include, among others: Dr. Charles Krauthammer, Lou Dobbs, Larry Kudlow, Shelby Steele, Victor Davis Hanson, Amity Shales, Dick Morris, Peter Schweizer, Tobin Smith, Heather McDonald and Newt Gingrich.

Source: Big Hollywood

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I’m not a super smart guy, but I wanted to know more about the economic stimulus package that I’ve been hearing about on the news every day. So, like any other person in this world, I looked it up on Google.

What I found was a transcript from a great question and answer session that was dedicated entirely to the economic stimulus package.

“Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
“A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

“Q. Where will the government get this money?
“A. From taxpayers.

“Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
“A. No, they are borrowing it from China . You children are expected to repay the Chinese.

“Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
“A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

“Q. But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China ?
“A. Shut up.”

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending your stimulus check wisely:

If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China .

If you spend it on gasoline it will go to Hugo Chavez, the Arabs and Al Qaeda

If you purchase a computer it will go to Taiwan .

If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico , Honduras , Chile , and Guatemala .

If you buy a car it will go to Japan and Korea .

If you purchase prescription drugs it will go to India

If you purchase heroin it will go to the Taliban in Afghanistan

If you give it to a charitable cause, it will go to Nigeria .

And none of it will help the American economy.

We need to keep that money here in America . You can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spend it on prostitutes, beer (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only businesses still in the US.

I don’t know about you, but this makes total sense to me!!!

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