Posted on 12/09/2009 7:25:14 PM PST by grey_whiskers
Twelve years ago in his breakout performance as an arrogant young genius in Good Will Hunting, struggling fresh-faced actor Matt Damon sneered at his Boston psychiatrist for surrounding yourself with all the wrong f__kin books. You wanna read a real history book, read Howard Zinns Peoples History of the United States. That bookll f__kin knock you on your ass.
The political left loves shout-outs, and this was a direct one to Zinn himself, whom Damon actually lived next-door to as a child, and whose book apparently knocked the actor on his own behind. Ben (co-screenwriter Affleck) and I were laughing our asses off writing that, he recalls. (What is it with Damon and the word ass?) We liked it that the smartest guy in Boston was reading Howard Zinn.
(Excerpt) Read more at bighollywood.breitbart.com ...
Only five words required:
McCarthy was telling the truth.
Topically related to a vanity of mine.
Cheers!
*Bumping* a good article.
By the way, has anyone read the New Criterion piece that he links to? It’s subscriber only, or you can purchase it. I’m thinking if it does a thorough job of picking apart A People’s History it might be worth it.
If it's him all I can say is that there are millions and millions of victims of our oppressive economic system who don't own residential real estate that's worth 1/10th of that.
Sounds like yet another phony limousine liberal.
My Rx for Zinn poisoning: the great historical works written by Dr. Warren Carroll, founder of Christendom University. Carroll writes history as a sweeping, historical epic, with warts and all but from a Catholic perspective. Reading Dr. Carroll is an antidote to the Liberal and Revolutionary poison that the Powers That Be have been pushing as history for the last couple of centuries.
(Sound of grey_whiskers purring.)
Private freepmail coming, too.
Cheers!
You have a treat in store!
So, he's writing a cookbook???
Very useful, useful idiot update! Thanks
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