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HOLLYWOOD AT WAR
The Philadelphia Daily News ^ | Sep. 17, 2007 | MICHAEL P. TREMOGLIE

Posted on 09/17/2007 5:20:24 AM PDT by Miami Vice

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1 posted on 09/17/2007 5:20:26 AM PDT by Miami Vice
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Lying is ok in the mind of America hating Defeatists so long as it brings the results they want. So to say this soldier or that soldier did some terrible deed or came from a shack in the hills when neither is true is ok so long as it sways opinion to the goal of defeat.

After all, we often hear about compassion, inclusion, tolerance, etc on the left. You will note we never hear “honesty” included in their characteristics.


2 posted on 09/17/2007 5:25:58 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Miami Vice

What would the world look like if Iran owned all those oil fields?

Even if the reason we went into Iraq was 99% because of oil then I say it was worth it. The rest is feel good humanity stuff, but that is what we are supposed to be doing *helping those who can’t help themselves*.


3 posted on 09/17/2007 5:26:12 AM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: Miami Vice

And the sheep will believe. That’s what sheep do.

Hollywood in their minds is the pinnacle of all that is good.

God forgive Amerika.


4 posted on 09/17/2007 5:31:12 AM PDT by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: GottaLuvAkitas1

Stability in the Gulf States = free flow of oil at market prices.

Only one of the several good reasons we are there.


6 posted on 09/17/2007 5:34:40 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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To: Miami Vice

Speaking of Hollywood going to War...AVOID the new movie “Valley of Elah” at all cost.

Another anti troop anti war film by Paul Haggis. This time on Iraq. (Yes this Iraq War). Can’t they make anything positive about us?

I listened to Michael Medveds review of it. Its an abomination and any Veteran should be outraged. None of the soldiers are seen in a positive light. One is nicknamed “Doc” because he gets a kick out of sticking his hands into insurgents wounds and saying “does this hurt?” He does this while the insurgents are screaming horribly. In one scene the driver of a Humvee speeds up to hit an Iraqi boy chasing a soccer ball, then after running over him he stops the vehicle, gets out and photographs the carnage he just made. In another scene a comment is made that suggest all the soldiers are doing drugs.


7 posted on 09/17/2007 5:36:57 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Bulldawg Fan
“Lying is ok in the mind of America hating Defeatists so long as it brings the results they want. So to say this soldier or that soldier did some terrible deed or came from a shack in the hills when neither is true is ok so long as it sways opinion to the goal of defeat.”

Precisely. The left believes that lying is OK if it’s for “the greater good” It’s a classic illustration of the ends justify the means mentality.

Al Gore admitted as much when he stated that the exaggerations of An Inconvenient Truth were “justified” because of the importance of the issue.

8 posted on 09/17/2007 5:38:33 AM PDT by traderrob6
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He quite bluntly states he made the film for the sole purpose of influencing politicians to stop the war.

BS!

DePalma's career is in the toilet. He made this movie for the sole purpose of influencing Hollywood elites.

9 posted on 09/17/2007 5:41:45 AM PDT by silent_jonny (We'll meet you on that beautiful shore, Gretchen)
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To: Miami Vice
DePalma's film relates the tale of a war crime committed by American soldiers in Iraq in 2006. He quite bluntly states he made the film for the sole purpose of influencing politicians to stop the war.

I smell a box office bomb.

As Louis B Mayer said - or was it Sam Goldwyn? - if you want to send a message, use Western Union!

10 posted on 09/17/2007 5:42:36 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Miami Vice
I had Phil Donahue in my cab back right after Gulf War I. A short fifteen minute ride. He tipped well, but conversationally it's hard to imagine any one dumber. He actually asked me why all Americans want to do is kill each other!

I ragged on him the whole ride and he handled it very well, in fact he said that cab drivers all over America treated him the same way.

11 posted on 09/17/2007 5:47:07 AM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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A couple more movies that I won't be seeing:

"The Valley of Elah". I try to avoid any movie starring Susan Sarandon. But Sarandon + a message film about the war in Iraq = total leftist garbage.

"Lions For Lambs". This one deals with Afghanistan. And who is a greater authority on Afghanistan than Robert Redford, Meryl Streep or Tom Cruise? They all star in this puke-fest, with Redford directing. It's set for release late this year, just in time for Hollywood to drown it in award nominations.

12 posted on 09/17/2007 5:53:19 AM PDT by silent_jonny (We'll meet you on that beautiful shore, Gretchen)
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To: Miami Vice
When, inevitably, these films win film-industry awards, recall what Orwell said in 1945, "One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool."

I'd never heard that quote by Orwell before, and it's SO true!

13 posted on 09/17/2007 5:54:26 AM PDT by SuziQ
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In one scene the driver of a Humvee speeds up to hit an Iraqi boy chasing a soccer ball, then after running over him he stops the vehicle, gets out and photographs the carnage he just made. In another scene a comment is made that suggest all the soldiers are doing drugs.

Did Scott Thomas Beauchamp write the screenplay for this movie, while he was writing articles for "The New Republic"?

14 posted on 09/17/2007 5:57:28 AM PDT by SuziQ
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Valley of Elah....

starring Susan Sarandon and Al Gore's college room-mate...nuf said.

15 posted on 09/17/2007 5:59:47 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: Miami Vice
I realized that these soldiers were very, very poor kids, who had all left school unbelievably early.
They had no idea what they were doing in Iraq, and they felt let down by the Marine Corps.

A flaming pile of bullsh*t. Semper Fi ...
16 posted on 09/17/2007 6:01:30 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Miami Vice

later


17 posted on 09/17/2007 6:15:44 AM PDT by I_be_tc
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To: wtc911

Susan Sarandon’s also currently starring in a comedy about a gym teacher called “Mr. Woodcock”.

Her career is in the toilet no matter how her agent tries to spin it.


18 posted on 09/17/2007 6:29:59 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: metesky

Did he point a microphone in your face while he questioned “the audience”?

Did you remind him that his tv shows have been cancelled?


19 posted on 09/17/2007 6:31:41 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: traderrob6

“Fake but accurate”. Goebbels would be proud at how they sell The Big Lie.


20 posted on 09/17/2007 6:32:54 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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