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Converting Mamet
The Weekly Standard ^
| May, 2011
| Andrew Ferguson
Posted on 05/14/2011 7:11:04 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
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To: Nevadan
Haha. Send Mamets book his way. Or order one for his local library (if possible). You never know.
To: MarkL
You would think that they would appreciate individuality above almost everything else. This one sure does.
I love Mamet.
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posted on
05/15/2011 1:21:54 AM PDT
by
b9
To: AustralianConservative
Good idea. I was toying with the idea of sending the article, but it would probably be rejected because of the source.
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posted on
05/15/2011 1:26:17 AM PDT
by
Nevadan
To: AustralianConservative
When I first saw this film I thought ...."the screenwriter has to be conservative". That's before I ever heard of Mamet.
Screenplay by Mamet
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posted on
05/15/2011 10:03:12 AM PDT
by
Donald Rumsfeld Fan
("Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." Richard Feynman father of Quantum Physics)
To: AU72
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posted on
05/15/2011 10:52:51 AM PDT
by
Truth is a Weapon
(If I weren't afraid of the feds, I would refer to Obama as our "undocumented POTUS")
To: AustralianConservative
Magnificent article that everyone should read. I can't resist quoting two paragraphs:
One of Mamets favorite books has been Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, published during the First World War by the British social psychologist Wilfred Trotter, inventor of the term herd instinct. Trotter says the herd instinct in an animal is stronger even than the preservation of life, Mamet said. So I was watching the [2008] debates. My liberal friends would spit at the mention of Sarah Palins name. Or they would literally mime the act of vomiting. Were watching the debates and one of my friends pretends to vomit and says, I have to leave the room. I thought, oh my god, this is Trotter! This is the reaction of the herd instinct. When a sheep discovers a wolf in the fold, it vomits to ward off the attacker. Its a sign that their position in the herd is threatened.
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posted on
05/15/2011 12:37:23 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Rage all you want, looters & moochers, but the gods of the copybook headings are your masters now.)
To: AustralianConservative
Whatever one thinks of The Weekly Standard, this is a very good article.
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posted on
05/15/2011 1:05:41 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu.)
To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
THE EDGE
Fantastic film!
“What one man can do, another can do!”
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posted on
05/15/2011 3:41:37 PM PDT
by
b9
To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
Now youre bringing me back a few years. A great movie. Late 1990s? Thanks for the reminder.
To: denydenydeny
To: denydenydeny
Interesting. Guess who just mentioned this article in a tweet today and called it a “a good read”?
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posted on
05/16/2011 10:57:23 AM PDT
by
jeltz25
To: AustralianConservative
Great. Another limousine liberal who finally sees the light. Now that he has his millions after proverbially kicking honest folks in the teeth, he can bear leaving his old lib-pals and hob-nob with new ones.
It’d be something if a he wrote screenplay that skewered the Left and became something of a hit.
Until then, keep swimming, David!
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posted on
05/16/2011 10:14:12 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: AustralianConservative
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posted on
05/17/2011 2:49:48 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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