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we watched Borat tonight. It's not great, but it has a few moments. One of these is when he makes a speech in the middle of the rodeo. First he thanks the US for running the "war of terror". Cheering. Then the boys for their service in Iraq. Loud cheering. Then the US for killing all terrorists. Loud cheering. Then Bush for getting blood on his hands to get the world rid of all muslims. Still cheering (just a tad less).

Then he goes on to sing the "Kazakh anthem" over the notes of the US anthem. Excpet that his words are basically: "Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world, and all others are shit". Then he starts getting seriously booed.

An amazing scene.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Aug 9th, 2008 at 06:18:58 PM EST
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Cheers.



And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Sat Aug 9th, 2008 at 06:29:20 PM EST
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Yes, I know the scene you're talking about.  (I thought Borat was stupid and childish, personally, but I never found Sacha Baron Cohen funny.)  Powerful stupid.  But it makes my point that it's no surprise the dumbshits in this country can't focus on bettering their lives when they're so easily distracted by politicians firing their guns into the air.  And it's no surprise that, with the majority having accepted the idea that it's "our" job to go fuck about all over the planet, the politicians and their cronies have been able to loot trillions out the back door.

But at least boys can't get hitched outside of Massachusetts and California, so the Magical Space Daddy won't be upset.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Aug 9th, 2008 at 07:37:13 PM EST
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i liked that scene too, the best in an otherwise pretty stupid flick.

stupid + stupid makes for a good giggle!

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Aug 10th, 2008 at 05:19:31 PM EST
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