"They carried the same Bible - The believed in the same God."
Posted on 02/25/2003 6:10:50 AM PST by Gopher Broke
Below is a note from Howard Phillips on this great movie...I plan to see it this weekend. My friends tell me this movie is EXCELLENT
The Liberal media HATES this movie because it shows soldiers praying and reading the Bible....so we need to SUPPORT IT!
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As some of you know, I was involved with the premiere of "Gods and Generals" here in Richmond thru the Museum of the Confederacy. I am sending along this comment, with a hope that you will take in the film. The liberal press has already bashed it, and unless there is good attendance this week, you will not see it on the big screen!
Barton ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear friend,
If you are like me, you seldom go to the movies.
This weekend, I urge you to make an exception, so that you will be among the first to see the greatest American history movie ever made - - - "Gods and Generals".
It is important that you see the movie this weekend, because next week it may be gone.
That's because in this age of moral corruption, gratuitous violence, and degrading, profane "music", there may not be much of an audience for "Gods and Generals"- - - in which case theater managers will pull it in favor of a more lucrative production.
"Gods and Generals" is an historically accurate account of America's Civil War, in which Southerners waged their "Second War of Independence" - - - led by General Robert E. Lee, who was, by marriage, a descendant of General George Washington, the man who led the rebel forces against King George III after the colonies had declared themselves to be free and independent states.
General Lee is faithfully portrayed in "Gods and Generals" by one of America's greatest actors, Robert Duvall - - - accompanied by Stephen Lang, who brilliantly depicts General Stonewall Jackson, a great Christian man whose strategic genius is still studied at military training institutes all over the world.
Carrying out Abraham Lincoln's orders to "preserve the Union" by invading the Southern states, is Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of Maine, played by Jeff Daniels. Mira Sorvino delivers a great performance as Mrs. Chamberlain (even as Kali Roca gives life to Mrs. Anna Jackson).
There are other memorable characterizations by Brian Mallon as General Winfield Scott Hancock, by Bruce Boxleitner as General James Longstreet, by Bo Brinkman, by Kevin Conway, and by others.
Some present day politicians have cameo appearances in the film: Senators Phil Gramm of Texas, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, and George Allen of Virginia, as well as Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher of California and Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
American Enterprise Magazine says " 'GODS & GENERALS' is not only the finest movie ever made about the Civil War, it is also the best American historical film. Period."
This movie is highly entertaining - - - but I am writing to you because it is so profoundly educational.
As the father of 6 children, with 14 grandchildren, I know how hard it is to convey the truth in the face of Left-wing media and the inadequacy and misdirection of the government schools. My wife and I are home-schooling parents.
"Gods and Generals" has been a great encouragement to my family and to all of my friends who have seen it.
Virtually every word, every scene in the film, is historically accurate. It is not fiction. You will see how Americans - - - on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line - - - prayed, how they lived, how they fought, and how they sacrificed.
"Gods and Generals" will afford you a greater understanding of American history, of our U.S. Constitution as originally understood, and of our heritage.
That is why, as Chairman of the American History Education Project of the U.S. Taxpayers Institute, a non-profit charitable and educational organization, I am sending this e-mail to you and to others who I am confident will thank me - - - if they follow my advice and see the film - - - this weekend if at all possible.
Please send me a return e-mail after you have seen the film to let me know what you think. I will be grateful for your comments.
With appreciation and best wishes, I am
Sincerely
Howard Phillips Chairman American History Education Project
ROTFL! I can see that one now... It'll be a bunch of hidden cameras placed around the basement of Walt's mother's house where he lives. They'll track him as he spend hours upon hours every day cutting and pasting from about 30 different harddrives rigged together in a giant mess of wires, surge protectors, and computer parts that he has salvaged off an old 386. In the corner will be a little stand with a minature statue of The Lincoln sitting in his chair, surrounded by a bunch of those dollar store religious candles, an incense bowl, a plate of food offerings, a few quartz crystals hanging on beaded strings, and a little plastic dashboard hula dancer. A giant poster of Walter Mondale will be hanging over his computer monitor, which is covered in old pizza boxes. And in the middle of it all sits Walt, frantically digging through an index of what hard drive stores which cut n' paste collection that he has written out by hand on a Big Chief tablet.
Great quote! Being logically challenged, Walt doesn't realize that he is implying that you can prove not only a given proposition, but also its negation, by quoting Lincoln. Maybe he stumbled backwards into the truth there.
I forgot to address this part of your argument.
The right to ignore a duty specifically enumerated in the Constitution does not fall under states rights. The states rights doctrine covers items not specifically enumerated or delegated in the Constitution. In areas covered by the Constitution, such as the return of fugitive slaves, the Constitution trumps state laws, not the other way around.
And you're no Republican, are you BillBears?
The precious? I am shocked, shocked I tell ya...
Real conservatives are to the RIGHT of 'pubbies.
No, for you it comes down to being a SIP or a Republican. And you're no Republican are you?
My first instinct is to say no, only because of the length. However, there is no profanity, nudity and the battle scenes are not graphic. If your children have any interest in history and can sit still that long, I would say definitely yes.
It is rated PG-13 only because of the battle scenes...but then I would think you aren't raising your kids to be anti-gun! :-)
The god of the Liberals is > themselves.
BUMP
"They carried the same Bible - The believed in the same God."
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