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More4 risks US ire with Bush assassination film
The Guardian ^
| August 31, 2006
| Jason Deans
Posted on 08/31/2006 5:47:02 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: antiRepublicrat
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:27:03 PM PDT
by
KJC1
To: KJC1
I sure wish Cheney would send these nutjobs right over the edge tomorrow and announce he's decided to run for the Presidency after all in '08!
To: conservative in nyc
Are you saying the porn industry lowered its standards when it did a Bill Clinton movie? Lol - I hadn't thought of it that way, but good point!
Now that you mention it...
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Something else we can blame Bill Clinton for - corrupting the morals of the porn industry.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:39:39 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
To: antiRepublicrat
Luckily, I have a bit thicker skin than the likes of Jerry Falwell....?!?!?
Sure, hmmm, ok, if you say so, and, oh, I KNOW I am going to regret asking...but, what the hey does Jerry Falwell have to do with you, anti, honoring my First Ammendment right to freedom of speech?
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:29:55 PM PDT
by
top 2 toe red
(To the enemy in Iraq..."Don't bet on American politics forcing my hand!" President Bush)
To: Sub-Driver
Bush assassination film???
"Death of a President has been made by Borough Films..."
Source
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1862149,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1
The "London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee Global Operational Managers Conference" described the offerings of Borough Films...
"specialise in the development of detailed scenarios.. and the creation of video material to bring such exercises 'to life'."
Take a look at a few of the names shown that participated in the 'Contingency Planning' committee:
Contingency Planning: ‘Are you Prepared – Exercising your Top Team’
Chaired by Derrick Pearson, LloydsTSB
The panel comprised:
Derrick Pearson – Lloyds TSB
Simon Banks – Lloyds TSB
Allen Drew – Lloyds TSB
Simon Langdon – Insight Consultancy
Simon Finch – Freelance Film- Makers
Gabriel Range – Freelance Filmmakers
John Trundle – Bank of England
This was an interactive exercise facilitated by an external consultancy group.
Also mentioned were:
Review of Conference and Conclusions
Chaired by Oonagh O’Neill, Chair, FX JSC Operations sub group
The panel comprised:
Oonagh O’Neill, -Morgan Stanley
Mike Neale - JPMorgan Chase
Barry Holland - Barclays Capital
Susan Balogh - Goldman Sachs
Michael Douglas - Bank of America
John Hagon, - CLS Services
Leigh Meyer, - Citigroup
Derrick Pearson - LloydsTSB
London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee Global Operational Managers Conference
Source
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/forex/fxjsc/GOM_conference.htm
Is there something more going on than meets the eye?
To: do the dhue
This would be a perfect Mike Judge production.
246
posted on
09/01/2006 6:06:39 AM PDT
by
caddie
To: NewzGuru
That's an amazing compilation of who's who that have deliberately or unknowingly cast their lot with this film.
"specialise in the development of detailed scenarios.. and the creation of video material to bring such exercises 'to life'."
Hmmmm....
To: caddie
Maybe we could get these two to star in 'Bubba, the liberal Hunter'?
248
posted on
09/01/2006 6:19:02 AM PDT
by
do the dhue
(If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
To: top 2 toe red
what the hey does Jerry Falwell have to do with you, anti, honoring my First Ammendment right to freedom of speech? Falwell sued Hustler magazine over a parody ad, claiming libel, emotional distress, etc. He lost on slander, won on emotional distress, but it was overturned by the Supreme Court. It's a very famous free speech case, so I'm surprised you never heard of it. Or maybe not.
To: Sub-Driver
Here is the e-mail that I sent this smart ass Brit TV critic, Cameron Robertson ( http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17661785%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=bush%2dwhacked%2d%2dfury%2das%2ddubya%2d%2dassassinated%2d%2dby%2dc4-name_page.html) "Hello, I saw your opinion of this "documentary" on the UK Mirror's website this morning. 3 points, 1. You obviously don't read the polls in the US about the President's popularity. I have never seen it go below 30%, so you are talking out of your arse about that. 2. Yes, the 1st amendment (Bill of Right, US Constitution--since you Brits don't seem to know a hell of a lot about how our government works either), would protect this trash and it can be shown. But I would term it "irresponsible free speech", because it is nothing but fantasy from your political/ideological parts because you didn't get your way (President Bush getting voted out of office) during our 2004 general election. 3. As a "right wing Republican", thank you for delivering over 1 million votes to us when we have our mid term elections in November. Worked with the Guardians' "Write An Ohio Voter" campaign, didn't it? Stop meddling in our affairs. You hate the Iraq War? Take yourselves out of it. You certainly aren't the same mettle as your grandparents who defeated the Nazis in WW2. Peace at any cost, huh? Hope your daughters enjoy the burquas. As for me, I'll die fighting for what I believe in. I will also suggest that an American company script a "documentary" detailing why St Diana of Wales deserved to die. Or, how about a film about Princes Harry and William getting murdered and let's take that and discuss the constitutional monarchy? I've been to your country several times, and it has turned into the old Soviet Union. Have never been around a more negative, miserable bunch. I would suggest your NHS prescribe Prozac for every one of you. Regards!"
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posted on
09/01/2006 8:08:08 AM PDT
by
vrwcagent0498
(Mark Levin and Ann Coulter are my patron saints.)
To: vrwcagent0498
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posted on
09/01/2006 8:11:28 AM PDT
by
vrwcagent0498
(Mark Levin and Ann Coulter are my patron saints.)
To: KJC1
LINKS? I gave links for the GHWB case, so you have no right to demand them again due to your poor memory.
gwbush.com case. I actually have that audio around somewhere
Environmental prostesters.
Fun, now that you have me finding those links again, I run across where during the 2000 election turmoil Bush had all of his gubernatorial papers hauled to his Dad's library without permission from the state, where they could more easily be kept out of reach of the public (at least until after his presidential tenure) than if the state archives retained title as is the state law (Bush ignored a law inconvenient to him? Tell me it ain't so!).
Anybody who makes it to President these days will have his faults. Unlike you, I remember that no matter how good President Bush is (and he is good), he's still a politician.
To: do the dhue
Maybe we could get these two to star in 'Bubba, the liberal Hunter'? Bloom County did that years ago. They went out hunting with a liberal call that squaked some liberal mantras. Then a liberal popped up out of the bushes and got shot, screaming "Ouch! Socialized medicine!"
To: popdonnelly
Worse, what if someone made a film depicting the assassination of Castro? It would be popular in Miami.
To: antiRepublicrat
Now that would be a cartoon worth reading!
255
posted on
09/01/2006 9:00:09 AM PDT
by
do the dhue
(If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
To: Sub-Driver
Take a look at MSNBC on-line poll and over 50% claim that this is just "free speech".
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posted on
09/01/2006 9:38:02 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
To: do the dhue
Now that would be a cartoon worth reading! The author was quite the leftist hippie, but he generally made fun of anything. At least the recurring character Cutter John, a wheelchair-bound Vietnam vet, is a consistent good guy in the strip.
To: antiRepublicrat
Yep...it is REASONABLE to assume a 15 or 20 year old case parodying Jerry Falwell having sex with his mother in an outhouse should be required knowledge for all good Freepers...a tidbit especially crucial when posting about the difference between portraying the assassination of the current sitting president of the USA, George W Bush with a totally fictional president's assassination.
Note to self: Research all thin skinned evangelists suing porn peddler mags before posting on forum, even though said case happened, oh say, a dozen or so years before you gave a flip or knew jack about politics...no excuse, Girl...after all, we're talking reasonableness, logic, sound judgment here...assume nothing
Last note to self: must remember google is an essential tool when deficiencies in deductive reasoning are noted/suspected.
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posted on
09/01/2006 10:31:25 AM PDT
by
top 2 toe red
(To the enemy in Iraq..."Don't bet on American politics forcing my hand!" President Bush)
To: top 2 toe red
Yep...it is REASONABLE to assume a 15 or 20 year old case parodying Jerry Falwell having sex with his mother in an outhouse should be required knowledge for all good Freepers. Definitely. It is one of the seminal free-speech cases in our country's history. And that's what this is about -- free speech. As the quote goes, free speech means nothing if it isn't applied to speech you dislike.
Last note to self: must remember google is an essential tool
Researching before asking is generally a good idea. It helps keep one from looking stupid.
To: antiRepublicrat
Researching before asking is generally a good idea. It helps keep one from looking stupid.Yeah...at least I have found a tool to keep me from looking stupid, where are you going to find yours?
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posted on
09/01/2006 10:57:47 AM PDT
by
top 2 toe red
(To the enemy in Iraq..."Don't bet on American politics forcing my hand!" President Bush)
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