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Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush (Mel Gibson)
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Posted on 05/12/2006 8:55:00 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
I can't entirely disagree with Mel on this one, even though I don't know what his agenda is.
The WOT has been center stage the star of the show, even though we still don't have Ben Laden, as our borders are open by government invitation, diasterous international agreements intered into, and the man behind the curtain slips by several personal agendas.
To: Denver Ditdat
You are right of course. Mea culpa.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:50:17 AM PDT
by
blau993
To: Lord Washbourne
If the US Government really wanted to ferret out jihadists, it'd deport all Muslims to their country of origin.
Including American citizens? The tactics you describe are a far more egregious infringement on the rights of U.S. citizens then anything previously done.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:51:40 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
I have my problems with Bush, but Gibson is beginning to look like just another Hollyweird looney with a religious streak.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:52:03 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
Disspointed to hear that - but at second glance it doesnt seem to be the slap that some will portray it as. The analogy seems to be in reverse.
The indigenous Mayans were conquered by the more advanced Spanish. A Mayan leader in the film analogous to the President would be someone rightly trying to defend the Mayans from the Spanish.
Todays situation is the opposite - the poorer third world countries are pushing back and into wealthier Europe and the United States.
If he wants to comment on the President's leadership style - I dont agree but much better that Gibson does it in a subtle way via a historical tale, than a ridiculously blatant character assasination propaganda of Michael Moore.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:52:32 AM PDT
by
rjp2005
To: Echo Talon
I wonder if he wasn't talking about Reid, Pelosi, Kerry, AlGore, Kennedy, Dean, etc. etc. etc. etc.
To: marron
Good old Mel made his quarter billion dollars off our backs with the "Passion" Now he can afford to piss us off, and get back into the good graces of Leftist Hollyweird
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:52:38 AM PDT
by
DAC21
To: ZULU
More of a religious looney with a Hollywood streak.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:52:38 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: dinoparty
That was not the implication at all. If you look closely, the table used by the Roman while Jesus is being lashed looks like the table Jesus made.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:52:39 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
Do we even know this-(supposedly Gibson's comments) to be true?
To: marron
Geez! So you differ with him on one issue, and you're not going to his movie over that? Damn. Conservative do eat our own, don't we?
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:54:22 AM PDT
by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
I'm going to have to see this from more than one source. This is from the British magazine "Hot Dog" with a stock photo of him from an awards ceremony. Not that reporters would make stuff up or distort an interview, but this is pretty diametrically opposed to everything I've ever read from Gibson.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:55:14 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
To: All
I still like his movies and will continue to see them.
To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
Hey People, WAKE UP!! Mel Gibson is but an actor the last time I looked. Why in the hell any of you put strong beliefs in what he says or believes in, is stupid. I'm a carpenter, do you care what I think? I doubt it.
To: 7thson
Well, if it wasn't the implication, then:
1) Many many reviewers (some sympathetic to the movie) were misled just like me; and
2) The scene (along with most of the scenes with Mary the Mother of Jesus) was nonetheless stupid and not believable.
To: All
Mel Gibson was NEVER a supporter of Present Bush. Mr. Gibson is against abortion so many just assumed he supported President Bush.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:57:09 AM PDT
by
jan in Colorado
(Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (If you wish for peace, prepare for war.))
To: Lord Washbourne
9/11 was a theatrical show meant to demonstrate power and capability, not to terrorize.
This is one of the most foolish things I've read in a while. And manifestly you aren't embarrassed. But you should be.
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:57:36 AM PDT
by
macamadamia
(insert pretentious latin phrase here _________________________________)
To: monkapotamus
Ugh, I forgot about the movie about the aliens coming to the cornfields. (What was it called?) Ugh, that was a terrible movie, IMHO.
To: dinoparty
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posted on
05/12/2006 9:59:31 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: fish hawk
"I'm a carpenter, do you care what I think? I doubt it."
Actually I'd probably put more stock in what you have to say, than an out of touch Hollywood actor, no matter how good or conservative some of his films have been.
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posted on
05/12/2006 10:00:44 AM PDT
by
Awestruck
(All the usual suspects)
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