Posted on 08/07/2006 5:33:18 PM PDT by Graybeard58
Ah, what a lie. They're not mad at us at all. They all love us. We're the best thing since sliced bread --- uh except I don't know if they have sliced bread. Ok, the best thing since flat bread. With, you know, various eggplant and bean squishings on top combined with lemon and salt and hummus and parsley until you choke and then suffocate. Now that's some good times by golly.
Just kill the angry POS's!
In the imortal words of my fave group The Beatles:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OOPS. IMMOTAL!
/my more diplomatic response:
"Since you'll hate us no matter what we do, we no longer care what you think"
9/11 The Movie by the Naudet Brothers
It is probably the most powerful of the works done that address what happened on that day. A reviewer on Amazon wrote this nice commentary:
This film is the "accidental documentary" made by French brothers and film makers, Gedeon and Jules Naudet. The brothers were making a film about a young fire fighter during his 9-month probationary period. With the help of their friend, firefighter James Hanlon, there were given nearly unlimited access to all the goings-on at the firehouse, Engine 7, Ladder 1, on Duane Street in Lower Manhattan, less than ten blocks from the World Trade Center. Little did the brothers know that they would be the witness to history, just three months after they began their project. Gedeon is the older brother, and the avid film maker. But, by the time of 9/11, an additional camera had been purchased for Jules for "camera practice." Jules is with the Battalion Chief, Joseph Pfeifer, and 13 other fire fighters from the house, filming as they investigate an odor of gas at 8:46 am on Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001. They are standing in the path of the plane as it flies over and hits Tower 1, and Jules is filming the entire time. His is the only footage of the attack on Tower 1. The reaction of the firefighters is immediate, as they take off for the Trade Center, a place they previously would visit up to five times a day on a shift. They know the Trade Center perhaps better than any other firehouse in Manhattan. But, nothing has prepared them for this.
What transpires is the only known footage of the struggle of the firefighters inside Tower 1 as they try to figure out what to do in the chaos and confusion. They had seen it all, they thought, but this was something they hadn't prepared for. The film is very sensitively edited, so you don't see the blood or the gore or the bodies, you only hear about them. The focus in this film is on the brotherhood of the firemen, what was going on in the towers while the rest of the world looked on, helplessly. How men who make less money than half of the City are the ones who rush into the burning buildings, and who do not hesitate to lay down their lives while saving others. It is the tale of a true brotherhood, of men who are doing jobs handed down to them from generations before. It is more than a story of 9/11, it is the story of the world of New York fire fighters.
Before 9/11 happens, we see the inside of the firehouse, how the young "Probie", Tony Benatanos, is brought into the fold, how the firemen interact and eat together and needle each other. The French brothers did not set out to make a documentary on 9/11, certainly, but fate dealt a hand. This is the most extensive, mind-boggling film, and the DVD contains extended interviews with the firemen, who have seen so much, but still seem to be in shock about what they saw that day.
James Hanlon narrates this film beautifully, and the brothers are interviewed describing that terrible day. The firemen are truly amazing, the footage is incredible, and, if you only see one documentary on this horrible day, this is the one to see. It truly portrays the victims, the heroes, and the survivors sensitively, honestly, and shockingly. It is unforgettable.
I thought AP meant "Arab Press"?
I thought that's what I said.... ;^)
Why do the ragheads keep blaming America for their $hitty lives? GET A LIFE! Take charge of your own destiny and stop listening to the damn amirs spouting their garbage.
How about we stop all things American from being sold, traded or given to the arabs? This of course would include machinery for drilling and refining oil, water salinization equipment, GRAIN, and many other things. No weapons to support the Saudis but of course Israel will get extra since we will have so much more to give. Let the ragheads drink their oil and eat sand. Also send all arab students back from the US universities. We can last longer than they can.
"America, we hate you more than ever,"
Yeah, I believe that and you won't stop until we are all dead and I doubt that will even stop your hate. Hate is what your society(s) are built upon.
Believe me, I don't hate you or necessarily rejoice when I see you get killed. It's more like the feeling you would get when you put a bullet between the eyes of a rabid animal. It protects me while putting you out of your misery.
And gee ... when did we join the war in Lebanon?
It's easy to understand: they hate us, for something or for nothing.
I'd be more worried if they liked us.
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