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2007-12-22 Fifth Column

Hollywood's left wing slant of "Charlie Wilson's War"

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-12-22 01:58|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Hollywood, the world's most obnoxious phoney baloney preachers. They have become like the babbling drunk on the street corner predicting doom and gloom and seeing Satan (George Bush)behind every shadow. And all while shoving their hat in your face and demanding that you pay them to do the service of annoying you.

Posted by Whomong Guelph4611 2007-12-22 08:20|| 2007-12-22 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorkin must still be getting pretty good magic mushrooms to eat while he works on his films...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-12-22 09:27|| 2007-12-22 09:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Yup, quiet an asshole.

Personal life

Sorkin uses marijuana and cocaine. He has said that in freebasing cocaine gives him relief from certain nervous tensions he deals with on a regular basis.

In 1995, he checked into rehab at the Hazelden Institute in Minnesota, on the advice of his then girlfriend and soon to be wife Julia Bingham, to try and beat his addiction to cocaine and failed.

Two months later Sorkin relapsed. On April 15, 2001 Sorkin was arrested when guards at a security checkpoint at the Burbank Airport found hallucinogenic mushrooms, marijuana, and crack cocaine in his carry-on bag when a metal crack pipe set off the gates metal detector.

Sorkin recovered and continued working on The West Wing. Sorkin's wife filed for divorce soon after.

Edited for honesty. Also I had a chance to talk to a tribal leader's son in 1989. He told me about using what he called the Chinese "Blue Pipe" missile. When asked which worked better the Stinger or Blue Pipe, he thought and then said, "both work well".

It was easy to figure out where the AK-47s came from. The Russians had wood stocks and the Chinese supplied had plastic. Haven't seen the movie but I'm willing to bet it doesn't not include the Chinese involvement.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-12-22 09:27|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2007-12-22 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Sorkin uses marijuana and cocaine. He has said that in freebasing cocaine gives him relief from certain nervous tensions he deals with on a regular basis.

That explains the Golden Globe nominations the commercials been bragging about. Funny how they don't mention that he's a junkie. Of course its for medicinal purposes (it always is...).

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-12-22 09:46|| 2007-12-22 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Rep. Charles Wilson, Texas Democrat known widely on Capitol Hill during his tenure as "Good Time Charlie"...

This rang a faint bell, so I turned to Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?, specifically to the chapter entitled "Charlie's Angels", which begins:

I've been worrying about my fitness to write for Ms. magazine on account of I like Charlie Wilson.

She goes on to say, among many other things:

Since his days in the Texas Legislature, Charlie has been known for the beauties that grace his office. His standing order on secretaries is, "You can teach 'em to type, but you can't teach 'em to grow tits."

This line nestled itself in my memory. I didn't realize that fellow was the one they made the movie about.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-12-22 11:30|| 2007-12-22 11:30|| Front Page Top

#6 sorkin is a joke. are you laughing?

Posted by newc">newc 2007-12-22 11:47|| 2007-12-22 11:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Hollweird's Leftest Progressive
full-of-themselves addicted Movie Making a$$holes are automatically offending 1/4 or so of the movie purchasing public.

How do these fools stay in business?

Posted by RD">RD 2007-12-22 14:06|| 2007-12-22 14:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Hollywood makes the most money when they reflect American culture and society. They tend to do much worse as a business when they attempt to lead it.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-12-22 15:56|| 2007-12-22 15:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Fools! This is FICTION! Don,t you get that?

Posted by Gerthudion Threse9438 2007-12-22 16:26|| 2007-12-22 16:26|| Front Page Top

#10 our anonymous friend is either being sarcastic (I approve) or mendacious (boot the asshole). This flick will be presented as Fact, not Fiction, like an Oliver Stone or Al Gore pic.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-12-22 16:31|| 2007-12-22 16:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Why doesn't the right make any movies about the flaws of the left? Is the right not artistic enough? They have no leverage anywhere? I doubt that.

I would make a shameful history of the left.

Kids hear the "left" and they think hippies having fun and everyone is free to rock. When they hear the right, they think of cops, rednecks, and government snobs. We need to change this perception.

The propoganda war has been lost because there is no attempt to counter it. We feel so morally right, when confront by lies, we say dumb things like "that doesn't deserve a reply", but it really does.

Posted by Woozle Uneath8763 2007-12-22 17:52|| 2007-12-22 17:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh joy. Another anti-american movie I can ignore and watch it tank at the box office.

Merry fucking Christmas, Hollyweird.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-12-22 18:05|| 2007-12-22 18:05|| Front Page Top

#13 I guess i can say it first...

maybe we should all get together and not watch it...

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-12-22 22:51|| 2007-12-22 22:51|| Front Page Top

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