Posted on 05/31/2004 4:23:14 PM PDT by atomicpossum
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Q33 (Forrest): Have you seen The Passion of the Christ? If so, what did you think?
A33: I have seen it. I have mixed feelings about movie depictions of the central event in the Christian faith. For myself, I have the Bible and that works well for me. Also, I’m a Protestant, and we tend to be more Easter focused, while traditionally, Catholics have been a little more Passion focused. So it did me good to spend a little time there.
All that being said, I think it was a pretty fine movie, and darned if it didn’t get people talking about religion again, a subject that some are trying to close off from the public square, a pet peeve of mine. Though the Judeo-Christian worldview has served us well for more than two hundred years and underpins the finest society in the history of the world, there are those fighting hard to throw it all on the scrap heap and replace it with radical secularism, a worldview that has brought us Nazism, Communism and some of the greatest horrors of all time.
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Q54 (Forrest): Believe it or not, there have actually been discussions on our discussion board about whether or not you are independent, republican or democrat. Paul Chaplin and Kevin Murphy have often shared their political views with the world. So what are yours? Are you an elephant, a donkey, or neither?
A54: Well, let me say this, I read the National Review cover to cover. Check in at Townhall.com every day. Check the Washington Times daily. Listen to Dennis Prager and Michael Medved on a regular basis. Read Mark Steyn with regularity. Read the Weekly Standard. So, yes, I do vote Republican. As the pundit Hugh Hewitt has observed, there are indeed two Americas: Serious America and Silly America. The Democrats seem bent on turning this into Silly America, so I stick with those who wish this to remain Serious America.
Of course, in addition, as angry as it makes me, I check in with the monolithic press: the NY Times, the L.A. Times, the Boston Globe. One thing I can’t do, that makes me just insanely angry, is read my local paper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, known to many as the Star and Sickle, or the Red Star Tribune.
Q55 (Forrest): If Bill O’Reilly wanted to interview you for his show, how would you prepare for it?
A55: I would spend a great deal of time trying to figure out why he wanted to interview me.
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So did Nelson like American Beauty or not? < sarcasm >
Might be funny to see the boys watch one of those movies.
THIS IS FASCINATING! (Werewolf reference)
And another "Mitchell - artery cloggin'" bump!...
I've always had the impression that Kevin Murphy was a Christian, even if he did lean to the left. Wishful thinking, perhaps?
A funny, funny man... a damned fine writer (see novel, above)... and one of US, to boot! :)
MITCHELL! I just bought it the other day and I've already watched it about 40 times already. Heelarious.
Mithcell, heart poundin'
Mitchell, veins cloggin'
MITCHELL!
Joe Don Baker IS Mitchell! :-)
I found the Joel days funnier.
I loved MST3K. It reminded me of times I and a best friend would watch movies together, and whisper cracks to each other ("Exposition!")
I'd start watching an episode, wondering how I thought it was so funny... and inside of a few minutes, I'd be laughing so hard I could scarcely breathe!
I think Kevin Murphy's character sometimes made references to church, and/or Bible studies. But then there was the occasional very-mildly risque remark; but I wondered, too.
Dan
Which is rather odd considering Mike was the head writer during "The Reign Of Joel" (TROJ).
I wonder if the delivery of the riffs made more of a difference than the riffs themselves.
Joel rocked. He had this Quaalude-ish, loopy quality that really worked.
Without question! A good comedian can take bad material and make it funny!
Absolutely. You ever notice his eyes while singing the "Hike Up" song (Daddy-O)?
Ol' Joel was "higher than Corey Haim" on that one...;-)
Boy, you dusted off this old thread. I'd love to see some old Joel MST 3000 reruns. Does anyone show them anymore?
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