Operation Strangelove (Garafalo & other leftists meet)

Operation Strangelove ^ | on or before May 12, 2003 | useful idiot

[samtheman]

These bufoons need to be reminded it was because of 'cowboys' like Ronald Reagan we don't have to fear that a Dr. Strangelove like doomsday did not and won't happen.

Exactly. I also liked the movie Dr. Strangelove but I am capable of separating clever art from serious reality.

The serious reality is, Communism and it's grip on the lives of hundreds of millions of innocent people was ended by Reagan.

[zip]

Don't these people get tired of being wrong?

No, they just find new anti American issues when the old ones play out.

[My2Cents]

[BillF]

Flagging this to you as I understand that you are active in Tri-state nyc area FR activities.

[Feiny]

That is the quote I was looking for!!!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Wouldn't these screenings constitute a violation of the law, if they charged people (i.e. so-called 'Donations') to view it?

[ladyinred]

God!!!I hate these people!!!

I have been posting that response on thread after thread. You have saved me the trouble on this one! :-)

[BillF]

That depends on the details of their rental of the film. If the film copyright owner rents the film for showing in a theater, this is probably OK.

I think that the web site of the leftists has advice for complying with copyright law.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I think serious questions could be raised - the licenses are easy to obtain, but the administrative costs for 'public screenings', which these would be since it is not "Family, and an immediate circle of friends" plus the fact they are accepting 'donations' would, imho, make this a public screening - if they don't have a license to show it, I think they could be in serious trouble - but I doubt any complaints would be filed...

[Chad Fairbanks]

This is what it says:

1) If you are not working through a theater, contact Swank Films at 1-800-876-5577. They handle the rights for showings at places like schools, churches, and VFW halls. They have several 16 and 35 mm prints and any number of videos and DVD’s available. Please contact Swank Films for the cost for renting prints, VHS or DVD's. Remember, you are paying for the rights to show the film in a closed screening. (You know that FBI warning at the beginning of every video?)

It's gonna cost them probably the same amount they would raise in donations, most likely, but at least they'd be complying with the law...

2) If you will be screening the film in an actual theater, they should order it directly from Sony Pictures. The cost to rent a 35 mm print from them is $200. For more information, contact jen@operationstrangelove.org

Same here... however, I suppose they'd do ok on this one and actually take in more than they'd spend - but how many of them will be able to do this?

3) If you’ll be sitting in your barcaloungers passing the microwave popcorn around the den, you can just rent the movie from your local video store, or buy it below and we’ll get a small commission to help us pay our phone bill.

More than likely, 90 percent of them will go this route - and if they accept "donations" then this is where the trouble would come in... of course this is just my opinion...

[BillF]

Try not to hate them. Try to just laugh at them.

Easier said than done. I can sure attest to that from my numerous encounters during DC Chapter FReeps of ANSWER, Code Pink, and other leftists.

It's easy to laugh at them, but sometimes hard to keep from getting angry. Like the time that one of the CANSWER guys grabbed a U.S. flag from a patriot on our side of the police line. CANSWER guy ripped the flag to shreds. The nearest police officer wanted to arrest the guy, but that would have opened a hole in the police protecting us from the "peace" activists.

A UPI reporter asked me at one FReep whether I had any use for the "peace" protestors. I said, "none." Thinking again, I said, "well, they do provide comic relief."

[sauropod]

You going?

[sauropod]

Stop it!

You know full well His Slickness is a boob man!

or just a boob...

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Gee, it's a real big surprise that Janeane Garbageflow would be involved in something like this.

[Atchafalaya]

Mein Furheur, I can walk!

[weegee]

Jack D. Ripper may be crazy but at least he knows how to properly use a cigar. He might have liked the idea of a president who'd send troops overseas while receiving oral gratification.

The left doesn't understand the satire of this movie.

[weegee]

[George W. Bush]

The Strangelove film isn't really all that relevant to use against Bush on the Iraq issue.

Well, I guess some weak-minded liberals will waste money on this so these wackos will get the money they want to run some more dopey Garofalo/Sarandon anti-war (anti-Bush) commercials.

[lowbridge]

[weegee]

A better headline would read:

Saddamites Gather At Homes For Strangelove