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Films like 'Fahrenheit 9/11' are turning movie theaters into political stumping grounds
Houston Chronicle ^ | June 26, 2004 | ERIC HARRISON

Posted on 06/25/2004 11:37:33 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Smocker
And that goes for TV too. If the advertisers don't get an audience the show folds. But I guess there are enough dummies out there to keep tuning in to these shows.

Here's a big reason why: City school officials let students retake finals, get diploma***Richardson said she was stunned when she attended the school's graduation ceremony this month and watched seniors she had failed walk across the stage, grinning.

"At least three of my students, I know their grades were changed," Richardson said. "When I attended the graduation ceremony ... I was absolutely astounded that these kids were in the graduation line because I knew for a fact that I hadn't passed them."

She said she has become so frustrated with the city schools that she is leaving to teach elsewhere. "It gives them the whole impression that somehow if they don't meet the standards, that someone will push them through," said Richardson, who had taught in the city for three years. "And that just doesn't happen in the real world." ***

61 posted on 06/26/2004 2:15:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: swilhelm73

thank you kind sir or ma'am.


62 posted on 06/26/2004 2:33:41 AM PDT by bigghurtt (Proud Rapid Response Digital Brown Shirt in the VRWC)
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To: swilhelm73

thank you kind sir or ma'am.


63 posted on 06/26/2004 2:33:55 AM PDT by bigghurtt (Proud Rapid Response Digital Brown Shirt in the VRWC)
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To: bigghurtt

You are welcome.


64 posted on 06/26/2004 2:35:56 AM PDT by swilhelm73
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To: broadsword
"Thanks for ... a personal insult, di__head."
65 posted on 06/26/2004 2:39:27 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If the American people are so weak-minded as to be swayed by Lumpy's propaganda piece and toss out the President, then they deserve what they get. Me, I'll be hunkered down in the backyard bunker I'm building.


66 posted on 06/26/2004 2:39:50 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

It's pretty bad when you have to entertain democrats
for TWO HOURS, just to get an $8 campaign donation.


67 posted on 06/26/2004 3:06:00 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (FreedomLoving_Engineer)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

BTW, it's NOT the number of theaters showig the film that's imortant..it;'s the number of fannies in the seats that counts..


68 posted on 06/26/2004 3:13:26 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool...any volunteers?)
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To: nopardons
"Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?"

"Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!"

69 posted on 06/26/2004 3:15:29 AM PDT by metesky (You will be diverse, just like us.)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

We do need to be concerned about their ability to get out their base and beat the bushes for votes. These anti-American hits appeal to the brain dead and deadbeats.


70 posted on 06/26/2004 4:30:32 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
F-9-11 is a perfect example of how Rats can only be successful in presenting their arguements in a environment where no no rebuttel or feedback is tolerated.

Once their arguements are presented in a forum on equal grounds, they are demolished.

You simply can't beat the facts. The rats have to lie their way around them.

They are well endowed by the likes of Michael Moore who crawl out from under their rocks to produce such creations.

It's funny, but as time goes on, we are seeing more and more striking similarities between the Socialist Democrats and the National Socialists of 1930s-40s Germany.

It's pretty chilling to feel like we're watching the whole movement start all over again. They've already found their "Joseph Goebbels" in Michael Moore.

Yet, are we destined to repeat history here? One continual question I hear again and again is, "If all German's weren't complacent about the Nazi's, why didn't they do anything about them before they came to power?".

Well I ask you, what are we doing about it? Did the Germans do the same thing? Complain amongst each other? [so far I can say I've been openly debating such topics.] I'm not saying that we're not doing anything, simply asking the question...

Anyway, Cincinatus' Wife's posts always get me thinking...

71 posted on 06/26/2004 5:57:23 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: nopardons
No Pardons,

Actually, I've never seen the out and out lies so bad in my lifetime ... not during Vietnam, not during Watergate, not during Iran-Contra, Monica gate, whitewater gate, etc., etc.

The level of hate was not this bad even during Nixon.

I just pray that average, rational Americans can just get a grip on election day. The saner candidate is George W. To elect the hysterical Left would be suicidal for this country, at this point in history.
72 posted on 06/26/2004 6:10:28 AM PDT by Tilly (Tilly)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Re: Fighting Back

It did my heart good to hear Wolfowitz and Cheney last week calmly and PUBLICALLY discuss recent links found between Al Quada and Saddam.

I also do not blame Cheney for using the "F" word to Leahy, it was a relief!!!!

The administration could do much good by simply stating FACTS to support case for war, etc., etc., etc. We've had close to a year of well publicized screeching of "WHAT WMD's" "NO LINKS TO AL QUADA" and "WHAT THREAT!!!"

It's time for calm, firm, and repetitive publication of facts, because those links to Al Quada are there, and the WMD information is also there.
73 posted on 06/26/2004 6:16:33 AM PDT by Tilly (Tilly)
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To: Tilly
I've never seen the out and out lies so bad in my lifetime ... not during Vietnam, not during Watergate, not during Iran-Contra, Monica gate, whitewater gate, etc., etc. The level of hate was not this bad even during Nixon.

I see the same thing... it's gone from opposition based on sort of principles or facts to bark-at-the-moon lunacy based on hate, pure hate. I just hope the average voter can see it, too.
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74 posted on 06/26/2004 6:23:25 AM PDT by backhoe (1990's? Decade of Frauds. 2000's? Decade of Lunatics...)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Gee, all the TV ads I've seen for this movie clearly state that, "This movie has not yet been rated". And Michael Moore wouldn't lie, would he?


75 posted on 06/26/2004 6:25:04 AM PDT by Bernard
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To: Smocker
There is probably another way to do a boycott to voice opinion against Fahrenheit 9/11.

First, support Ray Bradbury in his lawsuit against Michael Moore's ripoff of the title. Bradbury published his most excellent novel Fahrenheit 451 about twenty years ago. The book was a sci fi handling of repression of free speech. (F451 is the temperature at which paper burns.)

Second, I think alot of theaters make most of their money off of concessions. I wonder what would happen if folks got together, and threatened to not buy coke or popcorn at the movie houses for SIX months if the theaters insisted on showing Michael Moore's movie ....
76 posted on 06/26/2004 6:35:18 AM PDT by Tilly (Tilly)
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To: familyop
I sent the following to a few theatre managers as per the e-mail list provided in a thread a few days ago. There was only one reply to the message (below the following).

Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,....

That was very cute on the theater's part.

However, you can point out to them that the First Amendment only applies to the Government's actions.

While the First Amendment prohibits the the Government from arresting the theater owner for showing the film, the First Amendment does not take away the freedom of speech rights from those who want to point out that 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is nothing but propaganda designed to undermine the U.S. war effort.

Freedom of Speech works both ways.

The First Amendment also does not prohibit movie-goers outraged by such propaganda from taking their entrainment dollars elsewhere.

May I suggest a mail campaign to like-minded movie-goers urging a boycott of the theaters in question.

Free Markets also work both ways.

77 posted on 06/26/2004 7:26:22 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Only proves McCarthy was right....commies have infiltrated hollywood.


78 posted on 06/26/2004 8:36:50 AM PDT by RasterMaster (Saddam's family was a WMD - Voting DEMOCRAT can be hazardous to your health!)
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To: backhoe; Tilly

I guess that you two, like me, just don't know history, as the claim on this thread goes from one guy that it was far worse in older times.

Seriously, though, there has never been such an insane and hateful concerted onslaught against the president. I pray he makes it, but I fear for this next election. There are so many malinformed idiots out there.


79 posted on 06/26/2004 11:27:18 AM PDT by broadsword (Liberalism is the societal AIDS virus that thwarts our national defense.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"We can't get used to a government that lies to us," Schneider said. "We want truth and integrity."

That's not what Democrats said during impeachment...

80 posted on 06/26/2004 11:35:26 AM PDT by weegee (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. ~~Ronald Reagan)
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