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To: Roscoe Karns
Roger Ebert (real name Reinhold Timme), screenwriter of such immortal soft-porn epics as Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, displayed his learning in American history not long ago when reviewing the Civil War film Gods and Generals. In the film a character has the nickname Buster. Ebert (or Reinhold, as I like to call him) stated authoritatively that the historical accuracy of the film was flawed because the nickname Buster didn't exist until Buster Keaton invented it in the early 20th century.

Not only was Reinhold unaware that Buster Keaton got his name from the famous late 19th century cartoon character Buster Brown, but he also didn't know that the nickname Buster was popular as long ago as the boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, when sod-busters on the frontier frequently nicknamed their sons Buster.

16 posted on 07/27/2003 5:41:41 PM PDT by beckett
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I love it when liberals say money is being taken from the poor and given to the rich. Someone should explain to Ebert that when you cut taxes you are not giving money to anyone, you are simply allowing them to keep more of what is rightfully theirs in the first place. They say this because they know it creates an image in the ill-informed of the government actually giving money to the rich.
18 posted on 07/27/2003 5:50:36 PM PDT by Aetius
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To: beckett
Don't forget that Mr. Ebert began his review of Gods & Generals by saying the Republicans/Conservatives would like it because there are no speaking roles for black actors until a couple of hours into it.
42 posted on 07/28/2003 1:01:46 PM PDT by weegee
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