Open Thread Tuesday

Absolutely fabulous movie.. great cast and even better story line….

OPEN THREAD MADNESS….

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts840

Well, Hmmmm. Why should I pay for 46 million people? A good portion of them illegal aliens.

Why is it, socialists seem to think that it is okay to take from those who have worked hard all their lives for their money and give it to people who don't?

Last I heard, compassion is supposed to be retail, not wholesale.

Too funny, I just gave a copy of this movie to my father for his birthday, today.

Thanks guys, and yeah I have been writing to Prez and to my rep's and WOW.. nothing has happened…LOL..

Biden = Fruit plant, too funny )

Now, all that has to happen is that the current direction of the country be tied tightly to Obama and his minions.

Wow, Congress sucks.

I just read the featured article in The Guardian about Hollywood's attitudes towards women. Interesting read no matter where you stand. Personally I think it's a mistake to take Lars von Trier's motives seriously. He's a provocateur. A Danish prankster. He wants people to label him a misogynist in the press and call for a ban of his movies. It's also a mistake to consider him a Hollywood filmmaker when he's never even set foot in this country but that's another story.

As for The Proposal, I think it has less to do with sexism and more to do with Hollywood's inability to create believable, three-dimensional characters. Feasibly you could take any female characters and put a sexist spin on them. If you reversed the gender roles in The Proposal, you could write an editorial about her character being too nice. But it's an interesting read with points worth considering.

Yeah, that would be great if we can strap all of the BAD NEWS AND BAD NUMBERS to them… and get a 2010 sweep!!!! then again in 2012…..

Wonderful movie!

Could you supply the link?

"WOW.. nothing has happened…LOL.. "
Yes it has
You and your family have been put on the list of radical racist that will get the red pill instead of the treatment for what ails you
Your taxes audited every year also

If found guilty it should be considered Treason and they should be put to death. NOT given life in prison.

This is an interesting article from American Thinker.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/the_diplom...

I wonder if Obama does have a hidden channel to Chavez.

True, while letting them out to visit relatives on the weekends. Idiots anyway. They are what's wrong with this country.

The LIB's have no problem allowing this to happen, I agree that they are the problem in the US.. the thing that is really bad though.. IMHO ARE THE LAWYERS that defend these asshats

Ues to love watching this movie with my dad – one of his, and my, all time faves. What's not to love about early Jack Lemon and the great Henry Fonda. Incomparable film from a better time.

'Mister Roberts' is one of my all time favorite movies. A great story with all those wonderful actors. Fonda going toe to toe with Cagney, is just the best. William Powell as the stable force of reason and Jack Lemmon, who won the Academy Award for best supporting actor, make it a movie for the ages. That's entertainment!

The end of the movie, when Lemmon pounds on the captain's door and comes barging in announcing to Cagney, "Captain it is I, Ensign Pulver and I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard…now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?" is priceless.

Is it true that this movie "made" Jack Lemmon.

No question, it was a helluva start to a great career, which had him working a lot in early TV prior to movies. Winning the Oscar right out of the box, I'm sure counted for something. He was such a wonderful actor, one of the few who could do comedy as well as drama. I miss him.

Caught the video earlier this morning as Drudge has it posted right at the top. Important statements from the fellow officers, in support, of Sgt. Crowley. A lot of respect and love shown for the man.

I don't know how the president is going to fully recover from this. He can 'walk it back' all he wants, all I can think about is his associations with men such as Gates and Wright. Not good.

Some more good reading for you folks…

HEALTHCARE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_go_co/u...

Whenever I see him or Jason Robards I always regret they're not with us & still working.

If by piss you mean drop a piano, then yes….yes I would….

How that complete waste of a human being continues to draw a paycheck is beyond me. And CNN in general and Wolf (Wolf?? Really?? Who the hell names their kid Wolf???) Blitzer specifically have got to be kidding with using Bill Maher's opinion on anything. They might as well have used Whitey the Birdman that stands naked on the corner and flips people off….

I see your point, but with a piano, your timing would have to be exact, while pissing doesn't need to be as exact.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/jul/...

It was originally in the Now Playing section at the top.

I started a film club (Cinema Domingo) for me and my girlfriends (because even if the movie sucked at least we would only be wasting a few hours instead of days on the latest Jodi Picolet dreck). We're having a Sadie Hawkins night and inviting the husbands in August. I'll be showing this movie because…JImmy Cagney! What's not to love?

L.B., You are quite a character.

Cool idea.

Sadie Hawkins night and you're not showing 'Lil' Abner'? I'm sure the guys will enjoy 'Mister Roberts'.

Have fun!

One other little bit about 'Mister Roberts' is that it was co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy. You can barely read it on the poster. Not sure how many people associate this movie with John Ford.

Jack Lemmon used to tell a great story of how he was discovered by Ford while walking on the backlot of I believe was Warners. Ultimately Ford cast him as Pulver. I need to try and find that story somewhere, unless one of you can help me out with it?

Henry Fonda – liberal
James Stewart – conservative

Yet – pals for life.

Did the parties get wider apart or have people's concepts of 'friendship' and loyalty?

A word of warning to Mr. Maher: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.

Gina, you beat me to the punch……… What a punch of malarkey…she is a GUTTER SNIP!!!!

OPEN THREAD MADNESS..

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/conan-sha...

A political truce between good friends is the best thing.

I usually do not discuss politics live with people, especially friends.

I have a pretty liberal friend who tries to start discussions up, but I ease away. I have known him since 1969 – 40 years and that friendship is more important to me than his polly-vues. He's a great guy.

I had a friend with extreme right wing views – more right wing than you can imagine. When he perceived my politics as somewhat conservative, he, over the course of a view discussions, revealed his political stance to me. He explained his POVs, I didn't agree, he saw I didn't agree and he rarely brought it up the rest of the time we knew each other. Intelligent man with an impossible POV.

Weird world.

GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP

Following from CNSNews.com this week:
Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) made public last week an e-mail from the Franking Commission — a bipartisan panel that oversees messages from lawmakers — asking him to change the phrase “government run” health care to "public option." . . .
"Change this on both scripts and send it back to me,” the e-mail concluded.

You said what I wish I'd said.

Flame me, but Hank Fonda was never a favorite of mine. He seems too uptight, very surly, and was rather a jerk to his family. Anyone that produces a daughter like Jane can't be all good.

But Cagney. Ahhh, Cagney! Now there was a movie star! Tough guy…hoofer…100% true-blue, Irish-American gentleman…Cagney ranks only second to Duke with me. Watch Yankee Doodle Dandy and then watch White Heat. Let his talent bombard you.

William Powell…always a delight.

Allll righttttttt…. who did it? WHO did it. You'll sit at your posts allll night till someone tells me whoooo did it.
wonderful movie… Oh and to the left… It wasnt Bush.

An outstanding movie!! I was 8 years old at the time and still remember the scene where he has the "fulminated mercury" and is going to blow-up the laundry room, and then does. "Fulminated mercury" will be on my lips when I die, really funny….

Robot attacks Swedish factory worker!!!

THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS!
THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR HUMAN KIND!

http://www.thelocal.se/19120.html

I love this movie! One of the best, with the best cast!!

"I just threw your stinking plant overboard!"

Open thread:

<a href=”http://www.breitbart.tv/bill-maher-america-is-stu…” target=”_blank”>http://www.breitbart.tv/bill-maher-america-is-stu…

I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire…..

Open Thread Rant:

Today, a coworker of mine has learned that his wife will be without job by November. The reason, Dayton, OH based NCR is relocating to Atlanta, Georgia. NCR was offered incentives paid for by stimulus money to relocate and will not retain any local jobs as all payroll taxes must go to the state of Georgia as part of the relocation deal. So our tax money is being used to lure jobs from one state to another, I wonder if the 1200 or so jobs lost in Ohio and gained in Georgia will go in the "jobs created" or "jobs saved" category.

End of rant.

Oh, 'Mister Roberts' is indeed a fine film with an excellent cast showcasing the best Hollywood had to offer in the 1950's.

There you go Stan, you and me back on the same page once again.

Cyber-Hi Five!

I think it is all ideology and money

can you imagine babs streisand giving the oscar to Duke Wayne in this day and age

its pitiful

I was aware of the Fonda and Stewart row/fight about politics and their truce and this sure would not be allowed by a fonda type liberal today.

I know that I avoid the old liberals from my earlier days – their flaming idiocy is just to much to listen to or put with.

I got fed up with the over the top bush hatred/obama worship and I cant get these folks to leave it alone when we are in company – so I have segregated myself from the nonsense of the LIBERAL VITRIOL AND HATE

Perhaps a highlights of " real men can dance?" BH has a clip of Cagney reprising the role of GM Cohan in
the Seven Little Foys" with Bob Hope—both men are in their fifties, and Cagney suffering from crippling arthitis (sp) but their dance together on a table top is incredible! Even my husband was impressed, and he dislikes most movies in general (which is why I am glad I have BH, as a movie fan with no one at home to share classic cinema with). It's on You Tube—-you might be surprised.

Good Lord, if that's true, I was born too young.

This movie is one of my all-time favorites. I now want to kill to see the original stage version.

BTW, the sequel – "Mister Pulver" – made some 11 years or so later, was TERRIBLE. I mean, they replaced Cagney with Burl Ives! And Pulver was played by the kid who later played "Charlie X" in the Star Trek episode of the same name.