Sleepless in Seattle’ Director Nora Ephron Shamefully Mocks Foiled JFK Terror Plot

NewsBusters ^ | June 6, 2007 | Noel Sheppard

[Stoat]

‘Sleepless in Seattle’ Director Nora Ephron Shamefully Mocks Foiled JFK Terror Plot

Posted by Noel Sheppard on June 6, 2007 - 10:04.

The reader is warned to proceed with caution, for the piece of…"journalism" to be addressed here is truly one of the most vile and disgraceful examples of Bush Derangement Syndrome I’ve seen.

In fact, it is so much so that I will not copy one single sentence of this detritus beyond the headline which appeared at the Huffington Post early Monday morning, and is still prominently featured there 58 hours later, which tells us a lot about the proprietor and her readership.

With “How to Foil a Terrorist Plot in Seven Simple Steps,” screenwriter and director Nora Ephron has despicably disgraced all Americans working for various federal agencies as they risk their lives trying to protect this nation from another terrorist attack.

In reality, America-haters like Ephron were the first to point accusatory fingers of blame at the President for not “connecting the dots” before 9/11, yet gleefully and proudly mock every foiled subsequent attack as the nation quickly approaches the six anniversary of that solemn event having not lost one additional soul on our mainland as a result of terrorism since.

Alas, Bush Derangement Syndrome prevents folks like Ephron from understanding such logic.

Of course, why should that be a surprise? After all, Ephron also believes that Rosie O’Donnell is a poet and “The View” is must-see TV.

[Stoat]

Indeed she is....please see post #17 of this thread.

[Red Boots]

The most sobering thing about this article are the comments at the linked site. There are over 150, and only 2 or 3 actually understand that there is a war going on. The rest think that the whole thing is a fabrication of the Bush Administration.

[NonValueAdded]

Well, she did direct a movie so obviously she is an expert on geopolitical matters.

[SE Mom]

This is just..unbelievable. Really.

[Stoat]

I'm not sure which depresses me more: the actual Ephron essay, or the majority of comments it received on the HuffPo. So many blissful idiots out there, ready to see oppression and hysteria in the other side's views.

Of course, had the JFK plot NOT been foiled, it would have been Bush's fault.

The Left is boringly predictable, but a continuing threat nonetheless.

I'm glad she's not a writer/director I like. On that list, I didn't like a single one of her simpering chick flicks.

They are emblematic of what is wrong with Hollywood.

Of course, my idea of a good chick flick is Super Troopers or Dawn of the Dead...

I don't suppose you have an unmarried sister?  "sigh"

I'm not sure which depresses me more: the actual Ephron essay, or the majority of comments it received on the HuffPo. So many blissful idiots out there, ready to see oppression and hysteria in the other side's views.

Of course, had the JFK plot NOT been foiled, it would have been Bush's fault.

[joylyn]

People like Ephron are the intellectual descendants of those who thought the Rosenbergs were innocent or, at worst, harmless amateurs.

It’s too bad, in a way, because Ephron’s novel Heartburn really was funny. It’s her revenge novel about her breakup with Bernstein.

[montag813]

Ms Ephron is able to write such treasonous excrement because she was lucky enough to not have been a passenger on one of the Boston/DC/NJ to LA/SF flights which were hijacked and crashed on 9/11/2001. 9/11 was not stopped in time. It was considered “technically not feasible” to bring down both WTC Towers by nearly every intelligence agency in the world. Yet it was accomplished completely. Had the JFK plot—which was technically hundreds of times more feasible than 9/11— succeeded, Ms Eprhon would surely be using the same BDS rationales. With the Loony Left, one can never win. If the attack is stopped: it was a phony attack concocted to justify Iraq. If the attack succeeded: it was because Iraq spread us too thin.

[SE Mom]

Speechless ping

[4woodenboats]

I'm not sure which depresses me more: the actual Ephron essay, or the majority of comments it received on the HuffPo. So many blissful idiots out there, ready to see oppression and hysteria in the other side's views.

You know, they were so patently like minded, as were their names, I have serious doubts that she left the comment section up to chance.....

[Enduring Freedom]

sure you can win with the left

i find a blow to the midsection leaves them reeling

yes, of course, with a right

[pissant]

Orbusmax is a good portal site. Our own Drudge.

[xp38]

Norah became famous for lamenting that her breasts didn’t develop very much. Her brain followed suit.

[Stoat]

Y’know....we should all print that picture off and mail it to her....anyone have her address?

A cursory search proved fruitless....the Artist Management agency's address published at IMDB is available only to paid subscribers (the stoat has better things to spend money on) and I'm guessing that like most other celebrities, this one is protected from the unwashed masses by numerous layers of security and management to the point where any such meaningful photos or letters would never get within miles of her.

[Stoat]

Orbusmax is a good portal site. Our own Drudge.

Agreed....The Orb has occasionally posted links that I've sent in, including Free Republic threads.

Orbusmax is a wonderful, tireless and accessible resource.

[goodnesswins]

I’m thinking maybe we should send them to her book publisher(s).....I think Random House is one.....????

[Stoat]

These Hollywood jerks must be boycotted. I haven’t been to a Hollywood movie in over ten years, nor have I rented one.

Enough is enough.

Although I agree to a point, I would only wish to politely suggest that by imposing such a complete and sweeping boycott of an entire entertainment medium upon yourself, you are depriving yourself of what can occasionally be a delightful and meaningful communication, informational and entertainment medium, even if it is misused in such an ugly fashion by so many these days.  Although it's not a 'Hollywood" film, Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" is a film that one would be straining to call "leftist', and there are many older films that Conservatives are likely to enjoy.  Here is a list from National Review:

Conservative Movie Guide on NRO

ovies mirror society. Many of the great conservative films were produced during Hollywood’s Golden Age of the Thirties and Forties, when

the ideals of Western civilization were almost universally accepted. By the Seventies, alas, the counterculture was being reflected in the new Hollywood’s nihilistic themes and chaotic styles. The trend began with Midnight Cowboy and Easy Rider in 1969, and reached its nadir in 1973 with Marlon Brando’s pornographic sexual epic of alienation, Last Tango in Paris. Pauline Kael, voluble critic of The New Yorker, cried out with joy: “The movie breakthrough has finally come.” (Indeed, and the social wreckage from such breakthroughs against traditional restraint is everywhere to be seen.) Today the film is as dated as any Shirley Temple movie, though without the charm.

The recovery began with Star Wars (1977) and its sequels, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), whose simple truths about heroism and the triumph of good over evil (not to mention space defense) were harbingers of the Reagan Eighties. The Reagan years saw quite a number of conservative films — not to mention destruction of the real-life Evil Empire. Hence our honorees include many recent films as well as classics from the Thirties and Forties.

Then envelopes, please.”

National Review
October 24, 1994

The List

1. A Man for All Seasons 2. Chariots of Fire 3. Therese 4. King of Kings 5. The Ten Commandments 6. Johnny Belinda 7. Quo Vadis? 8. Carnal Knowledge 9. Ten 10. Tender Mercies 11. Three Godfathers 12. The Bicycle Thief 13. My Left Foot 14. Stand and Deliver 15. Lean on Me 16. Meet Me in St. Louis 17. Little Women 18. Since You Went Away 19. Penny Serenade 20. How Green Was My Valley 21. Fort Apache 22. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 23. Rio Grande 24. The Quiet Man 25. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 26. A Canterbury Tale 27. I Know Where I’m Going 28. Dumbo 29. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 30. You Can’t Take It with You 31. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 32. Meet John Doe 33. It’s a Wonderful Life 34. My Darling Clementine 35. Sergeant York 36. Yankee Doodle Dandy 37. Red Dawn 38. The Hanoi Hilton 39. Rambo: First Blood Part II 40. The Deer Hunter

41. Heartbreak Ridge 42. Wake Island 43. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 44. That Hamilton Woman 45. King’s Row 46. Knute Rockne All American 47. The Inner Circle 48. Ninotchka 49. Marie Antoinette 50. A Tale of Two Cities 51. Viva Villa 52. There Was a Crooked Man 53. The Next Voice You Hear 54. Going My Way 55. The Song of Bernadette 56. Lilies of the Field 57. High Noon 58. The Fountainhead 59. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 60. The Yearling 61. I Remember Mama 62. Father of the Bride 63. Father’s Little Dividend 64. Sounder 65. Baby Boom 66. Judge Priest 67. State Fair 68. Shane 69. Drums Along the Mohawk 70. Ruggles of Red Gap 71. To Kill a Priest 72. Man of Marble 73. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 74. Animal Farm 75. Eleni 76. Dr. Zhivago 77. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 78. Ghostbusters 79. Too Hot to Handle 80. White Nights 81. Forbidden Planet

 

 

 

 

These Hollywood jerks must be boycotted. I haven’t been to a Hollywood movie in over ten years, nor have I rented one.

Enough is enough.

[Stoat]

I’m thinking maybe we should send them to her book publisher(s).....I think Random House is one.....????

Her current publisher is Knopf, which is indeed a division of Random House.

They publish this contact address:

Borzoi Reader Index

 You can write to our authors at the following address:

(Author's Name)
c/o Knopf Publishing/Author Mail
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

[Fred Hayek]

Good Lord, I read that tripe. So there are no real terrorists, and 9-11 was a plot by Bushco. Just ask experts like Rosie. Yes, people actually agree with this excrement, not just on the elite coasts, but here in Minnesota.

LIBERALS ARE BEYOND STUPID!

[Stoat]

Yes, people actually agree with this excrement,

And a gang of their representative thugs will beat you bloody in an alley if you dare to suggest that they are not the most thoughtful and patriotic, loyal and peace-loving Americans around.

 

[RepoGirl]

I don't suppose you have an unmarried sister? "sigh"

I do, but her idea of a good chick flick is Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.