Posted on 03/20/2006 10:12:58 AM PST by Coastal
Mel Gibson's newest film will be titled Apocalypto and is billed as an action/adventure film set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America.
IMDb gives a short description that details it as "where a man goes on a perilous journey to save his idyllic world."
And some of those that praised Gibson's epic "The Passion of the Christ" may take pause in how he describes this film by slamming the president.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalledger.com ...
Mel won't be the last conservative to disappoint you in this way. The list of non-libs who are less than impressed with Bush continues to grow.
Here's a link to the Time article:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1174684,00.html
And another quote from it:
>>>> "his new film sounds warnings straight out of liberal Hollywood's bible. Apocalypto, which Gibson loosely translates from the Greek as "a new beginning," was inspired in large part by his work with the Mirador Basin Project, an effort to preserve a large swath of the Guatemalan rain forest and its Maya ruins." <<<<<
Gibson has opposed the Iraq war from the beginning, as I recall.
We can boycott Mel too.
Religious doesn't necessarily equal Bush-loving.
In some areas yes I do,
I think Bush has done a fine job in Iraq,
The tax cuts were a good idea
I voted for him twice but his socialist big government agenda has grown to big for my liking
If you think that's the position of the Catholic Church, it may take a little tap dancing to reconcile it with this sentence in the Catechism:
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Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption.
Now....the American bishops....well, they have all sorts of ideas.
Which cause are you talking about?
I put my money and body where my mouth is if that is what you ask
And FR sure has their fair share of them.
Tell that to Charlton Heston....
Recent photo of Mel Gibson
Hopper's first rule of leadership: It's always your fault.
I spent several years working at the UN alongside Catholic groups on family issues. I met with Cardinal Martino at the UN Mission. I have hosted the Catholic delegate to UN meetings in my home.
I noticed that they always got very quiet when immigration issues were on the table, and usually took the pro-immigrant position, if they took any position at all. I think I remember being told that the Catholic position was the people should be able to immigrate wherever they want.
Did I misunderstand?
That would explain a lot. Maybe it's just the genetics starting to kick in.
He's not. His primary support came from ultra-rightwing palaeoconservative Roman Catholics who are fanatically anti-Jewish and anti-Israel. The fact that there are more Fundamentalist Protestants than these people, and that the Fundamentalists got all the publicity, doesn't change anything.
Is he playing Saddam in a new movie or something?
Apparently Mel thinks there is nothing to fear but President Bush and his guys.
As a lifelong Suns fan, and an Arizona native, I followed Barkeley's comments several years ago, and it's clear he's just another "leave-my-wallet-alone" Republican. Fine, I'll take their votes, but they are the shortsighted wing of the party.
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