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US Military Used to Annouce Oscar Award that Goes to Documentary About Homosexuality?
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| 2, 24.08
| The Academy Awards
Posted on 02/24/2008 8:21:49 PM PST by enough_idiocy
Right after that, a documentary against the Iraq war and GITMO are announced in a second award category. Is this outrageous, or is it me? Having the military introduce a film on same sex issues given the don't ask don't tell policy, and then have it followed by anti Iraq war, anti WOT films is political and using the troops as pawns IMHO.
Quote from the winner:
Let's hope we move this country away from the dark side. . .
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: academyawards; antiamericanism; boycotthollywood; celebrities; cocopuffs; hollyweird; hollywood; hollywoodreds; homosexualagenda; iraq; oscars; wot
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Anyone see this?
Thoughts?
This is why I don't want to watch this crap, but my wife has it on and is not giving an inch on the remote.
To: enough_idiocy
It goes beyond disgraceful.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:23:43 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: enough_idiocy
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:24:40 PM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: enough_idiocy
Totally discussing way to set up our troops, especially putting the “dark side” anti-war category right after.
Sickening.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:25:47 PM PST
by
roses of sharon
(Who will be McCain's maverick?)
To: enough_idiocy
Let's hope we move this country away from the dark side. . . That was from best documentary category announced by Tom Hanks. Just before that was Best Short Subject Documentary ( the same sex marriage film) announced by the soldiers from Iraq.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:26:24 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: enough_idiocy
How did they know who would win?
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:26:35 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: roses of sharon
To: enough_idiocy
Who in the military made the announcement?
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:26:57 PM PST
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: enough_idiocy
They don't cast the votes. It's not
their fault the voters were idiots.
I'm just glad they didn't make them present the doc feature Oscar. Now that would have been awkward.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:27:17 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Life is too short to watch bad movies.)
To: enough_idiocy
Not enough info.
Right after what?
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:27:17 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
To: enough_idiocy
I’m sorry, I’ve been to the Dark Side, and I didn’t see the Country there.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:27:40 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: roses of sharon
It did suck, but not much of a surprise. I wonder if Hanks appreciated our troops getting set up?
To: enough_idiocy
And they wonder why no one is watching the oscars any more.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:28:12 PM PST
by
Godzilla
(Lets put the FUN in dysfunctional)
To: trumandogz
It looked like a random group of soldiers and Airmen.
It wasn’t a coincidence.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:28:15 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: enough_idiocy
And not a single person anywhere will say anything about it.
Tom Hanks is a Leftist. He goes in the bin with the rest of them.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:29:41 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: mortal19440
They used our troops AGAIN.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:29:48 PM PST
by
fatima
To: enough_idiocy
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:29:58 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: roses of sharon
You saw it too? I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t paying attention, then my wife tells me to look, because of course it’s notable that they were being respectful to the troops. The applause wasn’t too noticeable (and far less than later one when the guy made his dark side comment). So I’m like, well at least they did something nice. Then I hear the people who won the award talking about the movie and this woman is crying about how important it was to make this movie about same sex marriage or something. I’m like WHAT?! They had the military introduce an award given to a movie about homosexuality (knowing the don’t ask don’t tell Clinton policy), NO WAY! Then they follow up with anti-Iraq war anti WOT documentaries. Man. Just another chapter in a long story.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:30:18 PM PST
by
enough_idiocy
(Holding my nose in 2008. I disgree with McCain on lots of issue, but with the Democrats on more.)
To: enough_idiocy
Hey Hollywierd, kiss this.
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:30:24 PM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: enough_idiocy
This is why I don’t want to watch this crap, but my wife has it on and is not giving an inch on the remote.”
Yeah, get a new wife!
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posted on
02/24/2008 8:31:17 PM PST
by
lookout88
(Combat search and rescue officer's dad.)
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