Open Thread Friday

"And if you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style…"

George Sanders is one of those actors who, once I started watching a lot of older films, seemed to appear in all of them! All About Eve, Foreign Correspondent, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir…

Sadly, according to the IMDb, he committed suicide:

-Sanders told David Niven in 1937, that he intended to commit suicide when he got older. In 1972, he fulfilled his promise, leaving this note: "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.".-

The Pelosi was weeping yesterday about the ugly discourse in the healthcare debate. I thought protesting was the highest form of patriotism?

Is there in Hollywood (does Javier Berdem count?) with the command of the Art of Verbal Tone Sanders channeled?

That troupe of Actors (and Actresses, esp.) who mastered the Art of Gesture in the Silents, and then carried it into Talkies… is there anyone who fits the category of a Garbo?

(Seriously…)

When equal opportunity fails to result in equal outcomes, progressives need unlimited power to insure that ambition, talent and hard work are injustices. Elite liberals are exempted of course. Convince enough people that they are inherently racist and they will happily tithe freedom and wealth to the religion of statism.

that was a good moment on Fringe.
Bones was not that great, I think Cyndi Lauper screwed it up for me. I always thought her voices was an affectation. Maybe it is not.

Sanders was a great character actor. I once found a used copy of his autobiography "The Autobiography of A Cad" at a used book sale. Sadly, it turned out he was really a gentleman and not a cad, because he didn't dish any dirt on his fellow thespians, so it was kind of dull. I sold it later on ebay where it went for more than $50, which goes to show he still has a lot of fans.

I would argue that the new racist are the ones shouting "Racist" the loudest.

Another opportunity for unabashed shilling:

http://www.cafepress.com/honestnathan

Another opportunity for unabashed shilling:

http://www.cafepress.com/honestnathan

is this your first product with them?
I have wondered if seting up a cafepress account is worth the effort

Since someone else already mentioned the Speaker, I thought I would share a letter I sent her yesterday. The hypocrisy of the woman is unbelievable. To think she is two heartbeats away from being President…….

Madam Speaker;

Thank you so much for your comments today on the tenor of debate in our country today. It is so refreshing to hear a politician stand up and admit how terribly wrong he/she was in branding those who disagree with him/her as Nazis. Somehow that portion of your remarks where you accepted personal responsibility for the degredation of discourse did not make it onto the televised reports I saw, but I am certain it was there. It is comforting to know that you accept full responsibility for what you yourself set in motion and are working to rectify that error.

I am also heartened by your decrying the violence which might result. What with SEIU thugs hospitalizing a man here in St. Louis because he committed the crime of disagreeing with them, and a health care reform activist biting the finger off someone who actually wanted to IMPROVE the system, things are already pretty hot. The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if some wacko Democratic party activist smashed the windows of party headquarters, and the State Party Chairperson blamed it on Republicans. Oh, wait that already happened, never mind. But if not checked soon, some person who actually WORKS for their money might have to defend themselves and then the deadbeats you hold so dear might be injured. Better put and end to it now.

Thank you for the time it took one of your staff to read this e-mail. For the amount you appropriate from my family it was the least you could do. And I honestly believe that when it comes to real Americans, you will always do the least you can do.

BIG … BIG SMILES

George Sanders as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve–one of my favorite all-time performances. I recently saw him too in Rebecca–had forgotten him in that role. And of course the voice of Shere Khan as Lost My Cookies mentioned here was terrific voice casting.

"And I honestly believe that when it comes to real Americans, you will always do the least you can do".

lol..The truth hurts and they can't handle the truth.

I would just like to say that anyone who sneezes wrong is a RACIST.

Just throwing this out here on the open thread. I am dying to go to a movie this weekend. I can't stand Matt Damon but the Informant looks like an entertaining movie. What are the reviews, and does Matt get to inject his liberal views into it?
I really just want to see a movie and not be insulted. I already scratched Julie and Julia off the list. The last movie I went to was in January to see Marley and Me. A real tear jerker, and managed to run 2 hours without throwing people like me under the bus.
I am usually just a "lurker" here but would appreciate any advice.

This will brighten your day.

Wolf Blitzer bombs on Jeopardy

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0909/wolf_b...

I guess he's not as smart as he thinks he is.

Are the feds trying to control all of Americas waters?

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.787:

What if Obama appeared on all the Sunday morning news programs (except FOX news) and nobody watched him, would he still make a sound?

this is something i have been back and forth on for years, so i decided to put it down on electrons yesterday.
(warning: shameless plug ahead!)

http://thereactionariesspeak.com/?p=427

i think my solution is more common sense.

yes, the sound of one hand clapping

There's a rather old racist been hustling race for forty years. An old racist who danced on the grave of Martin Luther King, knowing he could now assume the mantle of "civil rights" leader. His name is Jesse Jackson. Best recruiting tool the KKK ever had, because he is one of them in blackface. Oh, and house slave for the Democrat Plantation…

That would depend on if he had burritos for breakfast or not. It would be the same sound, only comming out the other end.

I believe you can watch both shows online the next day, either on their respective networks' websites or hulu.com.

He'd probably make a lot of them. The better question: Viewers or not, can Obama make a point?

How many of these have you sold? What sort of reaction do you get when you wear it? Do you seek to open dialogue? Or just to piss people off? While I understand–to a point–the glee with which many here now proudly call themselves 'racist' (kind of like gays reclaiming 'queer' as a positive, not a negative) I have to say, as a black person who has never bandied the word around lightly, I'd be really appalled to see someone wearing one of those shirts. I just don't think it's something to be proud of, even in an 'ironic' sense.

To add some perspective to my 'degree of outrage' meter: a few years ago when Imus made his "nappy headed ho" comment, a store here in L.A. sold shirts with the slogan accompanied by a graphic based on the female restroom symbol. I actually thought it was kind of funny and the Imus fury was overblown, and while I'd never have worn the shirt (my grandmothers would surely have risen from their graves and smote me), I could see the humor in it and didn't take offense. I can't say the same about your shirts, but I'll defend to the death your right to sell them.

In case anyone is interested:

Obama has acted to have the U.S. rejoin the UN's Human Rights Commission… the group we walked out on when they refused to call the crisis in Darfur Genocide. Thank you Mona Charen… the only one that seems to want to report this atrocity: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTFlNGRjMDdi...

oo oo let me be the first!: *ahem* RACIST!!!!!

From current issue of Reason magazine, short interview with Lawrence W. Reed.

"Free people are not economically equal, and economically equal people are not free. Freedom will generate differences in income, because we're different one person to another."

I thought they already did under interstate commerce clause. Any navigable waters in America are under the jurisdiction of Army Corp of Engineers.

Every so often you see comical stories where the Engineers try to "expand" the definition of navigable. Last time I heard it was a drainage ditch on the side of a road.

Foreign Correspondent is one of my favorite movies ever. It is so very, very good. Of course, Alfred Hitchcock directed and with stars like Joel McCrea and the wonderful George Sanders, it's about perfect. Catch it every chance I get…always.

A few weeks ago one of the writers here made an argument that the term racist shouldn't be offensive anymore. I was one who commented that it is pne of the worst accusation one could make against another.
But with all the wolf crying over the past few weeks, I have begun to inderstand it better.
It is a strawman: if you can blame the faceless "they" as being against you not for your ideas but for something else, it makes your accusers evil.
It is acid in the face meant to end what might be uncomfortable criticism.

Is this new to everyone? no. Is it new to me? Somewhat. I knew it would happen I just never understood why.
I didn't fully accept that people would actually not try to bring you around, but to shut you down.

so My new take/
I'm a racist, you're a racist, he's a racist, she's aracist, wouldn't you like to be a racist too?
The term, to the detriment of all, has lost it's meaning. That of course is the problem with crying wolf. After a certain point, no one will believe you anymore.

witness the death of my benefit of the doubt giving, and the birth of my cynicism

Another favorite (or should I say favourite?).

Since watching TCM, I can definitely see the contrast between American made movies versus British. I'm not talking about story lines, just things like opening and closing credits, music, sets, style; British movies seem to have an overall more serious tone regarding those effects. There's nothing wrong with that as I love the old British movies too (wish there were more on TCM), but you sure do see the difference between American and British cinema.

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'Da Vinci Code' Author Targets Freemasons in Latest Novel
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In last Sunday's Parade Magazine, Brown said that he asked his minister why the Bible said the earth was created in seven days, but his science books said it started wtih the Big Bang and took billions of years. The minister, according to Brown, said, "Nice boys don't ask questions like that." And that turned him into an atheist. I call BS on that entire story. Or, if it's true, Brown is an idiot to make a fundamental change in his worldview based on advice from the most incompetent minister on earth.

George Sanders was just one hellava actor. Nobody could do suave, sophistacated and slightly bored like Mr. Sanders. On the other hand he was a real trooper who could tackle mundane material and give it something special. Even though "The Saint" was a series of low-budget programmers Sanders made them interesting and watchable. Easily the best "cad" in the history of motion pictures. The sort of actor they really don't make anymore.

My fine post about George Sanders in THE LAST VOYAGE seem to have vanished.

Why write something if it is going to get sucked under by someone or something?

Amen to that! Even in the B-grade 'The Falcon' series, Sanders' class always shone through.

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