Mark, Golly gee, wherever did mark scurry off to?
On Dec 10, 8:46 pm, "Mark Kahle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quakko, > > The following IS a truism!!!!!!!!!!!! > > and I stand by this statement.... > > che did not kill civilians, neither did bush > > it is either ENTIRELY wrong or ENTIRELY correct. Pick one. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:55 PM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > che didn't kill civilians? you really cannot be serious. no one is > > that stupid. > > > On Dec 10, 8:48 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> mark, > > >> Gee, I'm pretty sure he is. Why don't you prove him wrong? > > >> On Dec 10, 6:34 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > che did not kill civilians, are you serious? > > >> > On Dec 10, 7:18 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > holly. > > >> > > sounds like they used republican/bush type writers for the Che' film. > >> > > che did not kill civilians, neither did bush. > > >> > > On Dec 10, 2:49 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > Phil, > > >> > > > So don't go see the movie. > > >> > > > On Dec 10, 12:44 pm, Philobealo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > > You have to weep for the future, if people are learning about the > >> > > > > past > >> > > > > from Tinseltown. The latest crime against truth is called Che, a > >> > > > > hagiography that warps history to make communist executioner Che > >> > > > > Guevara into a hero. > > >> > > > > "I'd like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara!" > >> > > > > announced > >> > > > > Benicio del Toro this May, as he received a "best actor" award for > >> > > > > his > >> > > > > starring role in Che, a reverent new film about the communist > >> > > > > revolutionary. As the crowd at the Cannes Film Festival erupted in > >> > > > > thunderous ovation, the Puerto Rico-born actor gushed that "I > >> > > > > wouldn't > >> > > > > be here without Che Guevara, and through all the awards the movie > >> > > > > gets > >> > > > > you'll have to pay your respects to the man!" > >> > > > > But some stubbornly refuse to pay their respects. Thus, the actor > >> > > > > received a much cooler reception when Che, directed by Oscar-winner > >> > > > > Steven Soderbergh, had a private screening in Miami Beach this past > >> > > > > Thursday. Cuban-Americans, including the mayor of Miami Beach, > >> > > > > protested the 4-and-a-half hour glorification of the man they > >> > > > > consider > >> > > > > a Stalinist mass-murderer. > >> > > > > Miami's media proved equally unwelcoming. At a press conference > >> > > > > after > >> > > > > the screening in Miami Beach's Byron Carlyle Theater, Marlene > >> > > > > Gonzalez > >> > > > > of the Spanish language America TeVe network asked del Toro about > >> > > > > some > >> > > > > glaring omissions in the movie. What of Che's role in ordering the > >> > > > > executions of ordinary Cubans? And why no mention of the > >> > > > > forced-labor > >> > > > > camps established on the guerilla fighter's orders? A suddenly > >> > > > > hurried > >> > > > > Del Toro denied that Che bore any culpability for these horrors. He > >> > > > > refused even to admit Che's bitter falling out with Fidel Castro, > >> > > > > claiming that, to the contrary, the two always got along splendidly > >> > > > > and that Castro was genuinely heartbroken when Che was captured and > >> > > > > killed after fighting to his last bullet. > >> > > > > The contrast made for a moving scene. As protestors outside the > >> > > > > Carlyle Theater brandished pictures of relatives murdered by Che > >> > > > > Guevara, del Toro paid tribute to their murderer. Questions about > >> > > > > Che's brutalities — meticulously recorded in books like Exposing > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > Real Che Guevara — he brushed aside as the embittered fabrications > >> > > > > of > >> > > > > Cuban exiles. > >> > > > > The following day, del Toro flew to Havana to present his film at > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > Havana Film Festival and hob-knob with Castro regime officials. Che > >> > > > > was billed as the highlight of the festival and the Stalinist > >> > > > > regime > >> > > > > rolled out the carpet for their honored guest. > >> > > > > Del Toro publicly thanked the Cuban regime for research assistance. > > >> > > > > That del Toro considers the Cuban regime a reliable source for the > >> > > > > film is telling. Consider that the Castro government has jailed > >> > > > > more > >> > > > > political prisoners as a percentage of population than Stalin's and > >> > > > > executed more people (out of a population of 6.4 million) in its > >> > > > > first > >> > > > > three years in power than Hitler's executed (out of a population > >> > > > > of 70 > >> > > > > million) in it's first six. These figures come from the human > >> > > > > rights > >> > > > > group Freedom House and from the Black Book of Communism, authored > >> > > > > by > >> > > > > French scholars and translated into English by Harvard University > >> > > > > Press, not exactly headquarters for the vast-right wing conspiracy. > >> > > > > It's no accident that moonbat-infested Tinseltown produces > >> > > > > grotesquely > >> > > > > distorted historical stories. As Orwell noticed: > > >> > > > > Who controls the past controls the future. > >> > > > > Those who share the socialist vision of the future as a boot > >> > > > > stamping > >> > > > > on a human face have powerful friends in Hollyweird.- Hide quoted > >> > > > > text - > > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > -- > Mark M. Kahle > Blessed are the bewildered for they don't know the difference.... Me- Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
