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An Insult to Both Tolkien and America
Oregon Magazine ^ | December 4, 2002 | Larry Leonard

Posted on 12/04/2002 11:33:31 AM PST by WaterDragon

December 4, 2002, Charlie Rose (PBS) -- Viggo Mortenson. He is the actor who plays Strider (Aragorn of Arathorn) in the Ring Trilogy. He is, he says, an American. He appeared on the program with Peter Jackson, the director, and Elijah Wood, who is Frodo.

Wearing a t-shirt he made himself, which said "No more blood for oil,"....(snip)

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TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; charlierose; mortenson; oilforblood; strider; viggo

1 posted on 12/04/2002 11:33:31 AM PST by WaterDragon
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To: WaterDragon
Original thread here.
2 posted on 12/04/2002 12:56:07 PM PST by The Iguana
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To: WaterDragon
Oh... I didn't know you were gonna re-post the whole article! - This was already painful enough today! ;~D

Thanks for indexing it though.... we can always find the thread if we want to now.
3 posted on 12/04/2002 1:00:32 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Wasn't sure how to do this. But I'm glad anyway to find this topic area!
4 posted on 12/04/2002 7:49:58 PM PST by WaterDragon
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To: WaterDragon
Yeah - happy to have you here! But your next thread has to be positive! None of this stuff that causes so much bickering! ;~D
5 posted on 12/04/2002 7:51:51 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
What? What? I loves the bickering! Lots of interesting comments, no?
6 posted on 12/04/2002 8:37:06 PM PST by WaterDragon
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To: HairOfTheDog
Did you see my other post here at The Hobbit Hole....the Hobbit Cuisine cookbook? Now THAT is positive!
7 posted on 12/04/2002 8:38:10 PM PST by WaterDragon
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To: WaterDragon
Yes it was positive! Heh.
8 posted on 12/04/2002 8:43:08 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: WaterDragon
Be sure to join us for chit-chat in the Hobbit Hole... We always welcome new folk there, just jump in... we won't test you on the previous 45,000 posts!
9 posted on 12/04/2002 8:48:24 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Thanks! First, though, I'd have to find "chat."
10 posted on 12/04/2002 9:21:15 PM PST by WaterDragon
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To: WaterDragon
It's here!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/646314/posts?page=45416#45416
11 posted on 12/04/2002 9:23:02 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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