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| Tucson Liberal Gives "Death of a President" An "A" Grade |
| 2006-10-26 |
Tucson Citizen Tucson is one of the few major cities where holstered revolvers can be carried openly by citizens. One would think that the rule of law would be respected there. Think again. One reviewer treats wishful thinking of treasonous murder, as "fair." Rating: unrated Length: 93 minutes Grade: A While it looks amazingly real, this British faux documentary is actually science-fiction. The film imagines what would happen if the president of the United States, George W. Bush, was assassinated on Oct. 19, 2007, during a political visit to Chicago. The finger of blame isn't pointed directly at any of the likely suspects - wild-eyed liberals, Third World fanatics or Middle Eastern Muslim fundamentalists. There is an African-American who is wrongfully incarcerated, then released, and an American-born Muslim who is left a prisoner in limbo. As this morbid fiction is the product of the Director's warped mind, I have to say: he did it! All of it sounds, and looks, likely enough. Of course such an incendiary subject carries a lot of implied political baggage. Most significant is how the assassination is politicized to get congressional passage of "Patriot Act III" so it becomes the permanent law of the land. Also emphasized is how the government rounded up hundreds of suspects, many of them American citizens, and spirited them off to foreign prisons for interrogation. This assumption of a rigid police state might be considered inflammatory, but our own real-life history provides plenty of precedent. In truth, given the opportunities for heavy-handed bias, "Death of a President" is remarkably fair. And its authenticity feels quite convincing. Lots of "precedent," like that pre-911 Bruce Willis movie on martial law in NYC and Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator." No wonder that no respectable Cinema chain is associated with this video-game for sickos. This isn't coming to my town; yours? |
| Posted by:Snease Shaiting3550 |
| #9 It simply astounds me how any American citizen can possibly applaud such garbage as this. Unpatriotic doesn't even begin to cover it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-26 18:53 |
| #8 I like his creds. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-26 12:33 |
| #7 Did I leave out that the Permian Roughneck Ass Kicker is the local awl cumpny's CEO, worth more than Gawd, sounds suspiciously like T. Boone, and has a double doctorate in Philsophy and Military Science? My bad, lol. Waay good idea in #4... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-26 11:59 |
| #6 Many thanks, .com. It is a joy to be back, free (for now) to exercise my First Amendment rights just as Moonbats do, and hold their feet to the fire in terms of consistency. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-10-26 11:54 |
| #5 Rofl, AC! It warms my heart to see you back in full force - and talking like a Permian Roughneck Ass Kicker, lol. ;-> |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-26 11:48 |
| #4 I have thought about penning the screenplay for an unauthorized sequel to this, entitled Media Beast: the Aftermath. This follows loyalist vigilantes as they take revenge on various left-wing media culture elements for inciting the assassination. Since GWB, Cheney, et al, are real people and could really be killed; and the media monsters claim artistic license for this; I think it is only fair for me to have the same licence to use the names of real media swine in the sequel. Typical scene: Several dozen BBC employees have gathered in an auditorium for their NUJ sponsored Minute of Hate. Cheney's picture flashes on the screen. Catcalls and chanting erupt from the crowd. At that moment, two men enter at the back. One of them has a backpack flamethrower. "Hot damn, Jim Bob, a whole room full o' commie moonbats. Light 'em up!" |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-10-26 11:41 |
| #3 This assumption of a rigid police state might be considered inflammatory, but our own real-life history provides plenty of precedent. So true, Chuck. Why just this morning on my way to work I was pulled from my car and beaten by the State Police...again! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-26 10:17 |
| #2 This assumption of a rigid police state might be considered inflammatory, but our own real-life history provides plenty of precedent. Yes, just look into the history of suspension of civil liberties during wartime by Woodrow Wilson (D) and Franklin Roosevelt (D). Notice something consistent here? Can we say Freudian projection here? |
| Posted by: Procopious2K 2006-10-26 10:16 |
| #1 I received the 700+MB flic in an email, Gawd bless unlimited attachments, from a friend outside the US - and the first 25 minutes make sense, actually - right up to the point that Bush is shot. Then it goes LLL haywire and sucks the big one. Evil US Govt stuff. I could lay it out, spoiling this sure-fire Academy Award Winner for everyone - or not. Doesn't matter to me. I almost flushed it without watching. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-26 09:59 |