On torture, clueless wonders, courage, and 9-11
I’ve always suspected that watching an entire segment of ABC’s The View was pure torture, but never did I know how right I was than when I actually had to sit through several segements. Believe me, it wasn’t by choice.
Surprise! De Palma wins Venice’s best director award for “Redacted”
A group of like-minded “peers” voted Brian De Palma as “best director” for his crock-, er, “docudrama” film “Redacted,” a film he admitted that he hoped would cause Americans to put pressure on their Congressman to get the US to pull out of Iraq:
Is the DVD release of Path to 9-11 being suppressed because Hillary’s running for president?
ST reader GWR pointed out this story yesterday, noting that Right Wing Nuthouse’s Rick Moran wrote about it at The American Thinker, and I wanted to expand on it here some myself. The LA Times’ Martin Miller wrote a story yesterday which provides a possible explanation why ABC’s controversial docudrama Path to 9-11 hasn’t been released yet on DVD yet. It’s a very interesting story you should read in full. Here are some excerpts (emphasis added by me):
Sick: Director Brian De Palma makes film sliming our troops as a way to protest the war
First, many thanks to Jules for inviting me to guest blog at his place, and for the warm reception I received from his regular commenters. It’s been a real treat blogging alongside some of the blogosphere’s finest, and hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to do so again the next time Jules decides to take a hiatus from his tavern responsibilities. Jules, hope I didn’t leave too much of a mess! To you, Dissident Frogman (whose most recent post touched on a topic I’m about to discuss), I leave my lightly perfumed lavendar scarf which I’d be honored to have you wear on your arm around France as my champion. Just don’t wear it the next time you come to America, though. You might have quite few people look at you funny 😉 Until we meet again, mon ami …