Monday, May 2, 2016

WkRLEM: Unhealthy.





I finished House of Cards. Wild.

17 comments:

Trooper York said...

Obsession and manic behavior can be very distasteful.

To normal people. They tend to shy away and leave places where people exhude this air of desperation.

Trooper York said...

The last scene of "House of Cards" reeks of this desperation.

It is a chilling ending.

The Dude said...

So, where does this wandering feast alight next?

Trooper York said...

You can not the reek of desperation scare you Sixty. Especially if there are good people left in the clutches of the rabid psychotics. Some gentler souls are not equipped to deal with it and need someone to fight for them.

Frank and Claire Underwood are portrayed as psychotics who will stop at nothing. Several people have stood up to them and have suffered. One in particular used to be their ally. I think she was the majority whip in the House. Played by Molly Parker. They turned on her and threatened to expose her"secrets." When she decided that she didn't care anymore she was free. So she could go forward with her life without a qualm.

It is a very enlightening show on many different levels.

Trooper York said...

It is just that obsessive psychotics can be dangerous.

Frank Underwood pushed someone in front of a train.

The Dude said...

So, you want I should push someone off da platform?

Trooper York said...

No. Of course not. I think you need to be clever. Patient. Subtle. I think the Underwoods are shrewd and clever but ultimately not very smart. They have basiclly alienated everyone in their circle by their behavior. It is only a matter of time until they are brought down. Push the right button and they will collapse.

I have seen this before. You are seeing it writ large with Glenn Beck. It is not pretty.

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of a certain very angry person who snoops into other's private lives and thinks he can intimidate them into silence by revealing that information. It didn't work. It won't work with people who have scruples and are unafraid of bullies who's behavior borders on psychopathy? Standing up to such behavior is the only way to deal with it. No one should be driven away, intimidated or threatened. It shouldn't be allowed here or anywhere and those who close their eyes to such bullying need to open them and realize that they may be that person's next victim.

The Dude said...

Hey, I t'ought I wuz bein' clever usin' da Brooklyn accent - who woulda figgured dat was actually me?

Trooper York said...

All of the people who play the game at a high level can follow what is going on. You can change your accent or even your name but the players know what is going on. Who is who and what is what.

That is why Frank Unerwood had no patience with people that didn't get it. Like his Vice President who Claire Underwood manipulate and used in this past series. It is realativly simple to manipulate a dullard like that Vice President character who sort of resembles Biden.

Trooper York said...

Frank Underwood stared out as a very appealing character. He seemed to know everything. He knew about the education bill. About dealing with terrorists. About all aspects of domestic and foreign policy. But you see he thought he knew best. About everything. All the time. He would go in and hector and argue and try to get everyone to think the way he did. When they balked he reverted to the playbook of the abuser that is at root of his personality. He would do things to those who didn't knuckle under to him. Then he would turn to the camera and say: "Look at what they made me do."

Anonymous said...

It's a common trait of abusive people to blame others for their own behavior.

The Dude said...

Youse is sayin' I cou'd change my name? Y din I tink a dat?

Makes me wonder who else mighta changed their name.

Trooper York said...

Frank Underwood brought down a President in this show. He got him impeached and got him to resign. He blamed him for losing the appointment as Secretary of State. Most of his machinations flowed from that betrayal.

An abusive personality like Frank Underwood always blames his problems on others. He plays the victim. Cries and moans and acts like an animal while justifying it by the supposed bad faith and harm caused by others. It is classic projection and really well executed in the show.

Trooper York said...

I must apologize for all the misspellings and errors in my posts this morning. My internet was out and I have been fighting with Time Warner all morning. I was posting from my phone which i always problematic.

Although Sixty will attest that I can't spell for shyte.

The Dude said...

I never noticed.

Trooper York said...

You are just being kind. Or maybe you just got used to my idiocy. Thank you for your forbearance.