Posted on 01/02/2005 5:44:49 AM PST by LS
Probably the Sullivan Law, no guns allowed in NYC!
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I've learned a lot from this thread. Thanks for starting it!
"Can anyone remember the last major motion picture made where the bad guys were on the left?"
Nope. One problem may be that Leftist policies are so slow-acting. I mean, a movie about the slow suffocation of freedom over five decades through relentless taxation, curbs on free speech and erosion of moral values just isn't going to be a good movie! =)
You beat me to it, bd!
"Radical Chic" pulls absolutely no punches. The early Wolfe. Using a Battle Axe instead of today's highly refined rapier. The Leonard Bernstein Cocktail Party is not to be missed!
Truly enjoyed "Jousting with Charlie and SAM" and was pleased to see that flavor reflected in parts of "The Right Stuff"!
Jack.
I read Updike (I think) and realized he was basically ripping off Gunter Grass for an English reading audience. Irving's "Prayer for Owen Meany" was interesting but about 100 pages too long.
I also recommend "Bonfire Of The Vanities" which is brilliant (the Tom Hanks movie doesn't even begin to do the book justice). It is a tale of an overprivileged yuppie who gets caught in the maws of the politically correct justice system and it has some really hilarious twists and turns.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....
A bizzare thing happened regarding my reading of "State of Fear" that just blew me away....
I finished reading the book on Christmas Eve, and enjoyed almost every page of it. Of course the last part of the book details a plot by eco-terrorists to create a huge TSUNAMI in the Solomon Islands by the use of under-water explosives and hypersonic cavitation generators. They were hoping the tsunami would hit the coast of California on the last day of a "catastrophe" conference about global warming. The tsunami would add a real exclamation point to the end of the conference!
Crichton goes into great detail explaining the physics of a tsunami, and how they operate--it was absolutely fascinating! The eco-terrorists were unable to create a wave large enough to reach California, but they certainly were able to create one big enough to ravage the Solomon Islands!
Upon reading this, I thought it would be a LONG TIME before I ever saw a tsunami with the kind of force and power that the eco-terrorists wanted to create in the Solomons...
...just two days later, what should be reported all over the news but a GIANT TSUNAMI killing thousands of people along the coast of the Indian Ocean!
Crichton must have one hell of a publicity firm....
Michael Crichton = Tsumnami
In the book he discribes a man made Tsunami. Makes you wonder?!?
Well, to show you how quickly it's catching on, my conserv. Dem colleague at the U. who teaches history of science is now REQUIRING the book for his course!
I bought and read the book based on the reviews in this thread, just finished it yesterday. AWESOME BOOK! and a fun read. I agree with you, the speech by the professor on the politics of fear was incredibly intense, one of the best parts of the book, reminded me some of "The Tipping Point". I also like Crichton's pointing out several times these non-profits raise billions of dollars and have NO accountability at all. A politican running for a seat on the local water board has to do more reporting than any of these huge, rich eco-lobbies.
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