Posted on 01/24/2006 9:39:09 AM PST by nmh
Because of your efforts, NBC cancels 'Book of Daniel'
Dear (just received this through e-mail),
NBC's anti-Christian program The Book of Daniel has been cancelled! Your efforts, combined with those of hundreds of thousands of other AFA Online supporters, had an impact.
NBC's decision to pull The Book of Daniel shows the power of the pocketbook. NBC didn't want to eat their economic losses. Had NBC not had to eat millions of dollars each time it aired, NBC would have kept The Book of Daniel on the air. Because of your efforts, the sponsors dropped the program. NBC then decided it didn't want to continue the fight.
Even an impassioned plea by Daniel's producer Jack Kenny could not match your participation. "Ordinarily, I would never ask anyone to do this, but the AFA and bullies like them are hard at work to try and prevent you from seeing these beautiful shows, and that is censorshippure and simple. And that is both un-Christian and un-American," Kenny wrote. His attitude is typical in todays society. Non-Christians telling Christians what is Christian.
People like Kenny don't want people like you to have a voice. They want to deny you the right to get involved. You are supposed to sit back and take the trash. And when you do speak up they call you names.
This shows us that we don't have to simply sit back and take the trash, but we can get involved and fight back with our pocketbooks. I want to thank the 678,394 individuals who sent emails to NBC and the thousands who called and emailed their local affiliates.
Thanks for caring enough to get involved!
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Don
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman American Family Association
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210-word typos happen all the time.
His attitude is typical in todays society. Non-Christians telling Christians what is Christian.
Well, Kenny's not acting like a gay man either... (time to turn the tables - let's define how gays are supposed to act)
You REALLY shouldn't eat that crap! It's bad for ya!
I ran across similar observations in the great interview with Robert Duvall by Timothy E. Rhys in Moviemaker magazine. Duvall is one conservative whose talent is so overwhelming that the best Hollywood has been able to do to him is to shut him out of Oscar consideration. He is one of the most brilliant men ever to grace the silver screen, as a writer, director and producer as well as an actor. Here's a snip of the interview:
What do you think about how outspoken Hollywood has been with the anti-war rhetoric?
The way Hollywood speaks out is absolutely beyond me. Some people are so ill-informed.
You dont mind them speaking out, as long as theyre better informed?
I mean, why be so outspoken about it anyway? Does it help Sean Penns career to go over to Iraq? Did it help Jane Fonda to go over to Vietnam years ago? I dont know. But sometimes when these guys speak out I get embarrassed.
You dont talk politically very often, do you.
Not so much in public. You know, youre safe if youre a liberal in Hollywood. Youre safe if you speak out like that.
So youd obviously consider yourself more of a conservative.
Somewhat, yeah. We were at was at a New Years Eve party and this guy, typical Hollywood, says something and I said Wait a minute. Are you implying that you voted for George Bush? And he slouches I mean, its very easy to be liberal in Hollywood, but if youre not people are actually afraid. In Hollywood they can be so vicious toward anybody with an opinion thats a little different from the majority.
Thats really why you couldnt get The Apostle funded, isnt it?
I think theres a connection I think theres a connection. Nobody wants to deal with anything"right wing." Never mind fundamentalist.
Yeah, and not even just right wing. They dont want to show the truth, show something as it really is. They want to make a comment. But frankly, the bottom line is dollars, even more than being political.
With Tango, did you think about the market at all when you were writing? After your experiences with Apostle, did you have any market considerations?
I was just trying to make a movie, you know? ... The Apostle eventually found a good audience. We grossed $34 million, which is pretty good for that kind of film.
You shouldve won the Academy Award for your performance. Ive always said that.
Some people told me that performance was overdone. I dont think they understand the South.
You deserved it, no question. Did it bother you that you didnt win?
If Id been taking odds in Vegas [Laughs] But you know, certain guys are the darlings of that town. And its almost like a popularity contest. Ill tell you when I was even more shocked. When I didnt win the Emmy for Lonesome Dove. So those two times, yeah. I felt I shouldve won. Back when I did The Great Santini, and I didnt win, it was okay because De Niro was terrific in Raging Bull. Im gonna give him that one.... He was wonderful. The movie was great. Everybody was great in it. But these other movies, when you can see legitimate defects from an actors point of view, ooooh. Thats different
(To read the entire interview, click here)
I've never watched it all the way through, but something tells me it's not about Christ's birth.
The main difference being that we boycott advertisers, not behead anyone.
I once met him, introduced by his college roommate. Insufferably haughty and condescending (I am many years younger than he, but was fully adult at the time).
Great tagline!
Check the revenue numbers for "Brokeback Mountain" on boxofficemojo.com for Monday's showings. BM has shot its wad. It won't even make $50M. Now, on the hand, "Narnia' has pulled in close to $600M, but not a word for any awards. Do you think maybe "Hollywood" is living in a bubble or, maybe, just smoking grass? The revenue numbers for "Munich" "Syriana", "Good Night & Good Luck", "Capote" are dreadful at best.
Never watched it.
You're very welcome. Glad it was helpful.
Thank the libs who are responsible for the the feminisation of Christ message. They have for too long overemphasised the nurturing qualities (like forgiveness) at the expense of the rest of his message. The exploitation, was of course, necessary so they can justify their deviant sinful behavior.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man 'against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's enemies will be those of his household.' "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross 15 and follow after me is not worthy of me (Mathew 10: 32-38)
"Paragraph #3 Cardinal Ratzinger gives the U.S. bishops clear directives that no other human rights or moral issues have the same serious moral weight as abortion and euthanasia.
Please note that #3 readily refutes those many U.S. bishops who have publicly said they would not deny the Eucharist to pro-abortion legislators because then they would have to deny also those persons who favored war or the death penalty. Ratzinger explained the Church does not condemn war and the death penalty, but does condemn abortion and euthanasia."
"Sam Alito's nomination passes out of committee, now this."
I thought he would make it.
I'm happy he did!
Who was advertising on this one?
"Hit'em where it hurts, in the bottom line. No sponsors, no money, no religion bashing. Maybe they learned their lesson and maybe they didn't."
You got it, very right!
Hollywood is in a slump too. All they do is churn out trash. There have been exceptions like The Passion and Narnia and Walk the Line wasn't bad but the rest ... not worth seeing. More and more sensible people are voting with their wallets and sponsors KNOW THIS.
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