An Anthology of Professional Woes video made the rounds recently, lamenting the fact that many Hollywood professionals have been out of work for so long that they are now at the end of their collective ropes.

Bill Whittle asserts that they seem to be asking for some kind of assistance, presumably from the half of the country that they have mocked, denigrated, laughed at and insulted for the last two generations. Says Whittle, “It’s kind of hard to feel sympathy for people who knowingly–usually gleefully–chased half of their audience, and paychecks, away.

Whittle is joined by his “Right Angle” colleagues Stephen Green and Scott Ott, who share their thoughts.