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To: Borges
Why would it be a good thing is a longstanding American tradition (over 80 years)like the Oscars were cancelled? Unlike the Golden Globes, the Oscars have credibility.

Many people share your opinion of the Academy Awards program, my wife among them.  I find it to be four to five hours of insufferable, disgusting beautiful people celebrating other beautiful people, while they rip our nation in the process.  It's as if $20 million dollars per movie were not enough acknowledgement for some people.  No, on top of that they must be acknowedged in public as some of the premier citizens in this nation, during a program that is both insulting to the nation and it's loyal citizens.

Frankly, it sickens me.

You state that the Oscars have credibility.  When Michael Moore can earn one for bashing people with half truths and lies to further his marxist agenda, the Oscar means nothing.  Every Oscar ever given is worthless if the likes of Moore is actually deemed due one based on the lack of ethics it would take to do what he did.  If I had earned an Oscar prior to Moore receiving one, I would call a press conference and announce that I was returning it, and why.

We'll hear how the right squelched the financial success of some of the outlandish marxist disinformation offerings this year.  We'll see movies shown at the Cane Film Festival that denounce the United States, it's military and it's president.  We have a very good chance of seeing the people who created this tripe heralded as some of the brightest minds in our nation, the true concience of America.

I can't support this awards program.  It's disgusting on so many levels, that I simply cannot understand how a good conservative could.

I'm not saying this to besmirch your character.  If you can watch it and enjoy it, I'm okay with it.  I've had to accept that my wife does.  I can accept that others do as well.

Take care.

34 posted on 01/07/2008 12:27:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: DoughtyOne

You can go through any 80 year plus organization and find decisions to quibble with. The idea that one out of however many awards went to someone like Moore doesn’t really mean anything in the long run. F9-11 got 0 nominations. Does that invalidate his earlier award? I don’tt know which bashing you’re talking about as most of the awards are for technical categories and for those people it’s the only moment in the spotlight. Same principle applies..if one award recipient goes on a political diatribe (which is discouraged by the producers and usually interrupted by the pit orchestra..Moore got booed off the stage 5 years ago) it has nothing to do with the idea of an Industry Award in general.


36 posted on 01/07/2008 12:32:02 PM PST by Borges
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To: DoughtyOne

I couldn’t have said it better. The Oscars and the Grammys are the worst.


39 posted on 01/07/2008 12:34:38 PM PST by RabidBartender (Al-Qaeda doesn't need an intelligence network. They have the U.S. media.)
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