Because we see so many left leaning, despisers of America in Hollywood and other celebrity hot-spots, it’s refreshing to come across a celebrity who loves this country the way most Americans do. Someone who actually gets a bit emotional when he talks about our armed forces and the price they pay to keep us free. Someone who spends his time far away from the esoteric glitz and glamour so many successful celebrities crave, choosing instead to rub elbows with the salt-of-the-earth folks who make this country work.

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I’m talking about Larry the Cable Guy, and particularly the way he uses his newest show, “Only in America,” to highlight how the ingenuity and courage of everyday Americans has been (and remains) the backbone of this nation.

To put it plainly, Larry the Cable Guy is gitting-r-done when it comes to highlighting the greatness of the United States of America. And he’s doing it in truck stops, small towns, mom and pop diners, and by storming beaches with our Marines at Camp Pendleton.  (As I alluded to in my first paragraph, it’s safe to say Larry isn’t running into Susan Sarandon or Oliver Stone at any of these stops.)

“Only in America” is 100% pro-America. In each episode Larry the Cable Guy shows up next to someone who’s been doing something great but gone unnoticed for it. He then makes sure they get noticed and along the way reminds Americans of how fortunate we are to be here, even now.

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This appears to be accurate. Both Ain’t It Cool News and JoBlo.com have posted James Cameron’s full “Avatar” script. To triple-check I went to the 20th Century-Fox site and found that they posted the same script, as well. After being as careful as possible (wouldn’t want to smear Cameron like he did the U.S. Marines. NOTE for Leftist hair-splitters: former Marines), I bring you a scene written by James Cameron that was cut from the final film but serves as a glimpse at the director’s childish prejudices and mindset:

INT. ARMOR BAY – DAY

TROOPERS issue automatic weapons and magazines to a long line of mine workers. The miners lock and load like the redblooded redneck NRA supporters they are.

BLASTING TECHS are setting radio-detonated primer charges into two-ton stacks of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND. The stacks are band-strapped together on pallets.

TRACKING WITH SELFRIDGE, staring around him in growing dismay as he walks through the full-scale mobilization. He approaches Quaritch, who is barking orders amid a hive of activity around the ampsuits.

SELFRIDGE
This thing is completely out of control!

Quaritch ignores him, turning away to focus on ordnance loading.

SELFRIDGE
Listen to me! I am not authorizing you to turn the mine-workers local into a freakin’ militia!

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Via the Corner, comes this excellent analysis [emphasis added]:

If I were a military man or woman, I would find “Avatar” insulting. With one exception, the helicopter pilot played by Michelle Rodriguez — her character is twice referred to as a Marine, suggesting the military personnel are regular military, not mercenaries — all the people in fatigues are brainless sadists. They want to kill, kill, kill the innocent. They can’t wait to begin the next atrocity.

They can’t wait to begin the next atrocity. It’s true that the U.S. military has conducted atrocities, in Vietnam and during the Plains Indians wars. But slaughter of the innocent is rare in U.S. military annals. In “Avatar,” it’s the norm. The bloodthirsty military personnel readily comply with the colonel’s orders to gun down natives. No one questions him — though in martial law, a soldier not only may but must refuse an illegal order. Plus the military personnel are depicted as such utter morons — not a brain in any of their heads — that none notice the TOTALLY OBVIOUS detail that Pandora’s unusual biology will be worth more than its minerals. Yes, movies traffic in absurd super-simplifications. But we’re supposed to accept that of the deployment of several hundred, every soldier save one is a low-IQ cold-blooded murderer. … (more…)

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