Open Thread Tuesday

"Colors" was a phenomenally good movie. I remember thinking about Mark Fuhrman, the L.A. policeman who was put on "trial" during the O.J. Simpson case for past situations involving alleged racial epithets, and how he had required counseling due to an alleged nervous breakdown. My point is, "Colors" brought home for me an increased appreciation of just how dangerous their job is, and how the stress of that job could easily cause a person to sometimes utter unkind racial remarks they might not otherwise even think let alone make. There were two incredibly good actors as leads in that movie, one of whom is actually also a good guy.

Maria Conchita Alonzo destroyed every scene she was in……

True. Robert Duvall is a giant. Penn was good in this one, but his character was a bit of a jerk so I guess it wasn´t a stretch.

So what do you think of the two soldiers that were shot in Arkansas? The scumbag admitted that he did it because he hates the miitary. GIVE ME A BREAK!

So send him some flowers.

Not you oldsoldier, Joconde.

To be fair, you can be mad about that and worried about the Tiller murder at the same time. What happened to Tiller bothers me because we should not solve our problems through assassination.

We already know what happens next: The killer will get his punishment and the left will try to make Tiller a hero or martyr. Meanwhile, we will hear much less about soldiers who served in a noble cause and were murdered by a muslim convert, as far as we know at this time. And that bothers me on a wholly different level.

You are absolutely correct. It sickens me that this happened. And it should sicken anyone who calls himself a God-fearing or God-loving person. Encouraging or justifying the actions of murderers is not Christian or loving and honoring your God. It helps no one and hurts all of us when we accept or justify murder as a any kind of viable option. We must all calm down and figure out a way to get back to civility and open civil discourse in this country or we will be lost.

The Founders didn't want there to be an income tax the way we have it today. The 16th Amendment was one of the worst things to happen to our COTUS. Even then, we had a chance to stage a tax revolt because we still held onto our tax money ourselves and paid it in at the end of the year at tax time. FICA withholding did not come along until WWII where the government was so running behind in income that it instituted FICA as a temporary measure to get the money it needed right away. Then, at the end of the war, even though FICA was no longer needed, the complacent people and government apparently decided they liked the arrangement as opposed to the responsibility of having to save back their tax liability. Now, if we want to stage a tax revolt, it makes things decidedly harder.

@joconde

I'll take this one.

At heart, the pro-life movement is Christian so we have to response as Christ would. First, murder is wrong because every person is created in His image.

"You shall not murder."

–Exodus 20:13

Second, God doesn't take pleasure in the death of the wicked and neither should we

"Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord GOD, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?"

–Ezekiel 18:23

Third, we must love, not hate, those who support abortion:

"But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil."

–Luke 6:35

Forgive them:

"For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

–Matthew 6:14-15

And pray for them:

"But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you."

–Matthew 5:44

Hence, it would be hypocritical for me or any other pro-lifer to cheer Tiller's death instead of mourn with his family. That's like Martin Luther King applauding the murder of Klansman instead of weeping over the senseless loss of a fellow human being.

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The problem with her role is that it isn't written right. Her final scene, "Look at me PacMan!", comes off as melodramatic because there was nothing written to establish that side of her character in her earlier scenes. It's an off-key character moment, not because of Conchita Alonzo, but because the storytellers let an otherwise fine actress down.

Finally, the Watts Towers tracking shot near the end deserves better recognition. One of the best shots of the 80s.

Hopper should re-mix some of the soundtrack, the real 80's synthesizer stuff — replace it and release a new edition. He'd a have a film that would never feel dated. Only the score hurts it in that way.

I'd buy it.

Let's not conflate the meaning of "not lamenting" with "taking pleasure in". Oh, and here are a few more scriptures that you could have posted, if you weren't so loving of the bad doctor.

"Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me"
–Luke 9:48
"Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
–Luke18:16
"When the wicked are on the increase, sin multiplies, but the upright will witness their downfall."
Proverbs 29:16

Colors was a great movie about the LAPD of yester-year. Even Sean Penn couldn't ruin it. Duvall was superb in it. As usual.

I am still not receiving emails when people reply to my comments. Anyone else having this problem?

I absolutely concede that he can be a very good actor and director. But that´s not enough. Actor are brands. Brand x may be a good gadget but if you knew the manufacturer killed children in Africa, it would matter to you, wouldn´t it?

I have been to Cuba and I know what Penn supports and I say that´s an appropriate comparison and screw him. Screw him like this illiterate Hollywood millionaire screws the people who must live under these regimes. His acting is nothing to me.

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