The Tony O'Snow Show - Friday, March 17, 2005

The Tony O'Snow Show ^ | 3/17/2006 | Tony O'Snow

[PrinceOfCups]

..The civil rights movement was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. The aftermath has been a disaster.

So many good intentions; so many failed actions.

[eeevil conservative]

I think it was hijacked...by Jessis et all....

[Bahbah]

I don't understand the comment that freedom is humiliating.....

I'll take a stab at it. I think the idea is that, if you are truly free, then your success, and more importantly, your failure, is all up to you. There is no one to blame for the problems and difficulties in your life but yourself. So "freedom" can, to some, be a very scary thing.

[Fudd Fan]

looks like my Poland Spring

I could have sworn it was the A&P house brand...

[Mo1]

The civil rights movement was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. The aftermath has been a disaster.

Because instead of seeking the greater good .. some choose to seek the greater good for themselves and leave the rest at the curb

[PrinceOfCups]

.."The Frisco Kid" didn't do much at all at the box office when it came out. The movie-going world was still reeling from the impact of the previous year's offering of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and a western comedy just didn't have the drawing power. If you take the time to watch this show, however, you will find that it is a real treasure! A young student at a rabbical in Poland is enamured with the American west. When he graduates he is given the assignment of his dreams...to take a copy of the Torah with him, sail to America, and lead the fledgling Jewish community in the "village of San Francisco." Where is that? he asks..."By New York." The casting of Gene Wilder as the young rabbi, and Harrison Ford as a rough and tumble, carrousing, card playing, bank robber clicks. The gullible young rabbi is fleeced as soon as he hits American soil, but he is still determined to recover what is his, and to make the cross-country journey to California. One thing leads to another, and the rabbi and cowboy meet up. The best parts of the movie are the conversations the rabbi has with himself, as if he were teaching himself. From mishap to misadventure, this is a real "keeper." I highly recommend this show...it rings authentic in many respects, and has truly funny parts in it. One of my favorite bits is when the rabbi will not ride his horse until the end of the Sabbath, even though there's a posse on their trail. You'll see one perturbed Harrison Ford in that scene.

5 stars through and through.

[Primetimedonna]

Amen!

Wonder what Martin Luther King would think if he knew how the Jesse Jackson's of the world have botched his Dream!!!

[Bahbah]

some choose to seek the greater good for themselves and leave the rest at the curb

Yes, and we know who they are. The heartbreaking thing to me is to see the willingness with which so many just resubjugated themselves to control, this time of the government rather than the slave owner.

[Cboldt]

Do you see where my confusion is of what your opinion on York's article is?

Yes. I didn't express an opinion on York's piece, and you are looking for where I did.

I put words in somebody's mouth with my "pointed to In Re: Sealed Case and say 'that stands for the proposition that the NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program is Constitutional'".

I didn't put those words in York's mouth. I did put those words in some FReepers' mouths.

[Fudd Fan]

I KNOW I never saw that one... Guess I'm just a Blazing Saddles fan anyway!

Gene Wilder... THE [fill in the blank] KID!

[sono]

Omar ( IraqTheModel.com) also has a translation Here.

[eeevil conservative]

Gotcha!

sad...

sounds like another excuse...

"I can't leave the man who beats me....I need him....I can't do it on my own..."

[Fudd Fan]

I'm confused too (unusual reacton to a Cboldt post).

[Bahbah]

"I can't leave the man who beats me....I need him....I can't do it on my own..."

Good analogy.

[Mo1]

I didn't put those words in York's mouth. I did put those words in some FReepers' mouths.

I didn't say you did .. and you're right .. I was looking/asking what your opinion of York's piece was

[Primetimedonna]

"Gene Wilder... THE [fill in the blank] KID!"

Gene Wilder ...The Anything but that Tacky Word for San Francisco KID!

There, that's better! ;>)

[PrinceOfCups]

...I think it was hijacked...by Jessis et all....

White folk were so guilty, we simply threw money (welfare; Great Society) at the problem instead of building on the strong foundation of the Black Christian church. Lyndon blew it big time.

[pookie18]

I could have sworn it was the A&P house brand...

Could be...maybe her last name wasn't all that Terayzuh dropped...

[FOXFANVOX]

Excellent synopsis, Bahbah.

[Fudd Fan]

AMEN... New Orleans/Katrina being the quintessential case in point.