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1 posted on 12/18/2001 12:17:27 AM PST by Mercuria
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I am more agitated by all the commercials! I don't mind a few trailers...I actually like to watch those. But now, we are forced to sit through several commercials also! That is why I always show up late to the theatre.
65 posted on 12/18/2001 1:43:55 PM PST by Feiny
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In fact, I once dragged my (poor) family around the country -- nine thousand miles in seven weeks -- to talk to a lot of these "lone (free) rangers". They had been labelled a "vast right wing conspiracy". I went out looking for this network of schemers but I had, in turn, found dreamers, supermarket managers, war veterans, aspiring writers, moms, misfits and readytobe minutemen

Sequel? ;-)

66 posted on 12/18/2001 2:23:01 PM PST by lowbridge
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I juggling the toddling one and the root beer and perusing the trailers for appropriate subject matter for the next family excursion. And then, for the first time in my life, I saw a propaganda piece. Live.

Seeing as this is my first war as a (still only) resident of America it was inspiring, "uniting". I thought of Rosie the Riveter and all the "Go, USA!" I had missed out on during wars past, and felt a hearkening back to a history of a nation united for "Right".

My five-year old and I unconsciously held hands and surreptitiously sang along as multi-landscapes, multi-ethnicities and a booming tenor filled the theater. Sing along, please, as we did:

O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain,
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!
America! America!
and crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea.

Notice something missing? We did. My son, sweet innocent that he is, thought, no doubt, as he hurried to catch up to the lead, that he had screwed up the words. I knew I hadn't. But somewhere, someone had decided to. On purpose.

Was this part of the movie or just some trailer before the movie started?

68 posted on 12/18/2001 2:44:31 PM PST by lowbridge
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Hey, she's just so...so.....GOT IT!!

Thanks, *REALLY* thanks for this!

God's grace BTTT!

74 posted on 12/18/2001 6:10:07 PM PST by SusanUSA
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bump
76 posted on 12/18/2001 7:50:55 PM PST by FReethesheeples
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Ah, yes, my Dear. An excellent vintage whine!
101 posted on 12/19/2001 4:30:28 PM PST by Gritty
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M: Where the hell was the HRF when I lived there? Oh well. Another reason for a road trip.

Anna: Another outstanding column. Although I don't think I'll be letting you take my picture any time soon.

103 posted on 12/19/2001 5:11:20 PM PST by nunya bidness
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Sunday began with an early group prayer. Thousands of Muslims, divided by gender -- men in one area, women in another -- knelt shoulder to shoulder at the fairgrounds as a symbol of unity.

This reminds me of an experience, I once camped at Camp Dearborn, unwittingly knowing that the family campground of my husband's youth (outdoor Sunday service and all) was now used by a rather large Middle Eastern community. The tent-cabins are set-up one right next to another with each section of tents sharing a fire circle, each tent has an outdoor shed that contains a small kitchen. First thing I noticed upon arrival, was that we were the only ones in our section that were not middle eastern descent...no big deal, I thought...until their children approached my children to play, their parents would jerk the child away from my kids one even gave their child a spank on the butt for approaching my kids. Okay, I thought, maybe they were worried about bothering us. Then dinner came around. My husband offered to cook it. We were glared at, one man finally came over and insulted my husband for doing woman's work. Now I was starting to throw our things back into the car, saying...one more thing and I'm outta here - then decided I was not being tolerant, they were obviously new to the country and would learn to accept hubby's cooking whether they like it or not, I figured. Then came twilight. We wondered over to the campfire, and were stopped and told that women were not allowed to the campfire, so my daughters and I had to go. Did I mention the young boys marching around the camp chanting of their superiority and declaring they rule the camp?

After everything was in the car I went up to the office and ranted and raved and demanded my money back...they offered to move us to the "American" section of the camp - which we decided to do. I was made to feel like I was the intolerant one - wasn't me barring people from the campfire and yet I was the one who had to move - they wouldn't even talk to them! The camp was being ruined, too, if firewood was needed it was ripped from the siding of the outhouses! The camp looked like a third world refuge camp! Beach changing rooms were used as bathrooms! - that did it for me - we left the next morning and never returned to that camp, which used to be the pride of Dearborn in the 50's and 60's. This incident was 10 years ago, wonder what it's like now!

104 posted on 12/19/2001 7:29:59 PM PST by mostlyundecided
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