Comments on: Attack of the 50-Foot Wingnuts! http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/ Firedoglake weblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:14:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Felix http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1787026 Felix Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:57:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1787026 <p>This Wilson fellow needs to get out more and see more movies. “Being responsible for your decisions and putting your family before your career” is only the theme of every single movie Hollywood ever produced. Everything from Mary Poppins to The Devil Wears Prada develops that theme. The Godless Pinko Liberal Oliver Stone included that theme in Wall Street, but Wilson was probably too busy mentally fellating Gordon Gecko to notice.</p> This Wilson fellow needs to get out more and see more movies. “Being responsible for your decisions and putting your family before your career” is only the theme of every single movie Hollywood ever produced. Everything from Mary Poppins to The Devil Wears Prada develops that theme. The Godless Pinko Liberal Oliver Stone included that theme in Wall Street, but Wilson was probably too busy mentally fellating Gordon Gecko to notice.

]]> By: JoeBuddha http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786826 JoeBuddha Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:36:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786826 <p>Sounds like someone wants a piece of that Wingnut Welfare…</p> Sounds like someone wants a piece of that Wingnut Welfare…

]]> By: prostratedragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786669 prostratedragon Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:15:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786669 <p>Oh, but they have controlled it at times. H’wood provides every possible tool a propagandist could want, plus lots of raw material of all kinds.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Office" rel="nofollow">Hays Code</a></p> Oh, but they have controlled it at times. H’wood provides every possible tool a propagandist could want, plus lots of raw material of all kinds.

Hays Code

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786561 Suzanne Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786561 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/late-late-nite-fdl-ghetto-child/" rel="nofollow">late late nite upstairs</a></p> late late nite upstairs

]]> By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786560 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:55:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786560 <p>Part of me wants to see it too, but the trailer looked SO BAD. I don’t know if I could stomach it, even more study purposes.</p> Part of me wants to see it too, but the trailer looked SO BAD. I don’t know if I could stomach it, even more study purposes.

]]> By: Frank33 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786559 Frank33 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:54:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786559 <p>I have not seen “Click”. But that guy Wilson gives it 4 stars.</p> <blockquote><p>It’s a high-concept story that is both funny and poignant with enough star power to draw a crowd. And in the end, the message is about being responsible for your decisions and putting your family before your career…</p></blockquote> <p>It must be good film, having been nominated for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_(film)" rel="nofollow">Best Make-up</a>. Plus it has Christopher Walken. More Cowbells!!!</p> <blockquote><p>Click is a 2006 fantasy-dramedy film directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark O’Keefe. Click tells the story of Michael Newman (Adam Sandler), an overworked architect so wrapped up in his job because of his boss John Ammer (David Hasselhoff) that his family is forced to take the backseat. He gets a “universal remote” from an eccentric engineer named Morty (Christopher Walken), and finds he can literally control the universe around him. It began filming in late-2005 and was finished by early-2006. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup. </p></blockquote> <p>To a neo-con, controlling the universe with a remote control is high concept. Actually the neo-cons have been controlling everything remotely for the last eight years. They have done a heck of a job.</p> I have not seen “Click”. But that guy Wilson gives it 4 stars.

It’s a high-concept story that is both funny and poignant with enough star power to draw a crowd. And in the end, the message is about being responsible for your decisions and putting your family before your career…

It must be good film, having been nominated for Best Make-up. Plus it has Christopher Walken. More Cowbells!!!

Click is a 2006 fantasy-dramedy film directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark O’Keefe. Click tells the story of Michael Newman (Adam Sandler), an overworked architect so wrapped up in his job because of his boss John Ammer (David Hasselhoff) that his family is forced to take the backseat. He gets a “universal remote” from an eccentric engineer named Morty (Christopher Walken), and finds he can literally control the universe around him. It began filming in late-2005 and was finished by early-2006. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup.

To a neo-con, controlling the universe with a remote control is high concept. Actually the neo-cons have been controlling everything remotely for the last eight years. They have done a heck of a job.

]]> By: WhenIsItEnough http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786556 WhenIsItEnough Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:39:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786556 <p>Saw this on TPM, and had to share.</p> <p><a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/01/border_patrol_to_close_calif_plaza_for_new_fence.php" rel="nofollow">Border Patrol to close Calif. plaza for new fence</a></p> <p>And the name of the plaza? Friendship Park.</p> Saw this on TPM, and had to share.

Border Patrol to close Calif. plaza for new fence

And the name of the plaza? Friendship Park.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786555 Margot Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:36:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786555 <p>It’s so powerful, and they don’t control it.<br /> Waaaah!<br /> That’s how I see it.<br /> Telling and showing stories is one of the most powerful thing there is. It can change lives, when done well.<br /> (That’s where they fail.)</p> It’s so powerful, and they don’t control it.
Waaaah!
That’s how I see it.
Telling and showing stories is one of the most powerful thing there is. It can change lives, when done well.
(That’s where they fail.)

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786554 ratfood Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:35:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786554 <p>Wow, I always imagined Dubya as the marionette. Who do you suppose is pulling Cheney’s strings?</p> Wow, I always imagined Dubya as the marionette. Who do you suppose is pulling Cheney’s strings?

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786553 Loo Hoo. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:35:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/08/attack-of-the-50-foot-wingnuts/#comment-1786553 <p>And I don’t want him off the hook by dying.</p> And I don’t want him off the hook by dying.

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