Tyrrell: Hollywood's blind spot (Re:Obession Movie/Rush)

CNN.com ^ | 03/09/2006 | R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

[Moose Dung]

WASHINGTON (Creators Syndicate) -- Darn, I missed the Oscars again. I adore gory spectacles. If cockfights were legal I would be there. Even bear-baiting would not be too gruesome for me. Yet somehow I always miss Oscar night.

The evening sounds fascinating. Primitive forms of life are gathered under one roof to strut and to preen. They whoop. They giggle. They sob. Occasionally one of the more cerebral intones a metaphysical ponderosity -- generally lifted from a bumper sticker. America's Hollywood animals may be vulgar, but they are humanitarians too. During Oscar night they espouse more humanitarian blah than can be heard at the U.N. General Assembly in a month. Then the assembled Hollywoodians shove off into the night for "party time" and the next day's glad and glorious morn: the rehab session, consultations with a local swami, a court-ordered anger management session, a liver transplant or perhaps just a tummy tuck. The Hollywood community has about as high an incidence of social pathologies as any slum, albeit higher self-esteem.

If I missed Oscar night, my colleague Ben Stein did not. Stein, an occasional frequenter of the Hollywood scene, reviewed the evening's glamorous proceedings for The American Spectator online: "[T]here was not one word of tribute, not one breath, to our fighting men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan or to their families or their widows or orphans."

[Moose Dung]

Yes, yes, this is a bit old (4 months ago), but Rush talked about this film during the first hour of his show today and I thought a link was in order.

The film is "OBSESSION: Radical Islam's War Against the West"

See the trailer for OBSESSION: Radical Islam's War Against the West

Rush's guest said the URL was www.obessionthemovie.org but I could find anything at that address.

dung.

[Moose Dung]

[FreeManWhoCan]

!Gracias!

[goodnesswins]

okay.....so how do we help this guy get this into our THEATRES!!!!!

[Moose Dung]

Talking it up in the blogosphere is a start.

dung.

[Moose Dung]

Thought this might be worthwhile for your ping list.

dung.

[Txsleuth]

http://www.honestreporting.com/obsession/

Here you go: The movie isn't out yet...but there is a trailer at this site.

[sgtbono2002]

Whats an Oscar?

[Excellence]

"A peaceful religion is being hijacked by a dangerous foe, who seeks to destroy the shared values we stand for."

Why do they keep harping this "peaceful religion" mantra?

[Salem]

"Thought this might be worthwhile for your ping list."

Thanks, Moose. It is very worthwhile!

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"It's time we recognized the nature of the conflict. It's total war and we are all involved. Nobody on our side is exempted because of age, gender, or handicap. The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world." [FReeper Retief]

[Alexander Rubin]

I was invited to the Toronto premiere, and the movie is very good. The premiere was a sponsored event, and it filled out a large civic centre. 1500 people or so.

[Alexander Rubin]

I saw it. It's very good. Just ask your local theatre manager. Or arrange a screening yourself.

[Brian Allen]

<< "A peaceful religion is being hijacked by a dangerous foe, who seeks to destroy the shared values we stand for."

Why do they keep harping this "peaceful religion" mantra? >>

Because "they" are dangerous morons and will, unless constrained and educated, see to the death of Greco/Roman/Judeo-Christian/Western/Human Civilization.

[Ciexyz]

Please ping me when this film comes out on DVD. Thanks!