Charlie Wilson's Democrat War (the one that didn't lead on to 9/11) | 75 comments (75 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Chalmers Johnson and vets74 (none / 0)

Many thanks. All of which reinforces the question as to why Sorkin went so much out of the way to falsify history and to give Charlie Wilson so much of the credit. In purely cinematic terms, as you pointed out earlier, it would have been even more effective to cast Herring as the main character and heroine.

Will have a look at your blog now.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Jan 16th, 2008 at 07:13:16 PM EST
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We're basically in agreement here (4.00 / 2)

I think Tom Hanks was a large part of the problem, and the synergy with Sorkin was negative: sentimental marries clever and their first-born child is kitsch.

I hate to sound like a sock puppet for vets74, but he also has a really strange and original insight about Obama here. Will Muslims treat Obama as an apostate because of his early training in an Islamic school?

vets74 would be a really excellent addition to EuroTrib! He even inspires a certain amount of respect in the savage beast FPS Doug!

Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.

by FPS Doug on Wed Jan 16th, 2008 at 09:49:53 PM EST
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Re: We're basically in agreement here (4.00 / 1)

now you've got me thinking it's another of your personalities ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 16th, 2008 at 09:59:23 PM EST
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single personality people always think that having multiple personalities is a disorder. It's not. It's a prerequisite for being a good actor and a good analyst for the world as it really is. I'm beginning to like Jacob Freexe - all of them....

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 08:22:30 AM EST
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Interesting point of view.
Somehow I would never have linked a talent as an actor with the ability to see the world "as it really is".

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 01:03:50 PM EST
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well if you can't put yourself in the shoes of someone very different from yourself you're not much of an actor are you? Those actors (like Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston and Tom Hanks) who always seemed to play the same type of character are clearly very limited actors.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Jan 18th, 2008 at 01:26:22 PM EST
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I think your linked vets74 diary deserves a Lazy Quote Diary here. Although it is largely made up of a quote from a GOP sympathiser, it raises an issue which could become very important in World affairs should Obama be elected. Europeans find some of these Islamic issues very difficult to deal with - how do you give freedom of religion to those who's religion would deny freedom of religion to others?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 07:35:29 AM EST
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Charlie Wilson's Democrat War (the one that didn't lead on to 9/11) | 75 comments (75 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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