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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:10 PM Original message |
Lest we "demonize" Heston too hastily |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you for this. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ain't it the truth. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. More from wikipedia |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. You speak the truth,scarletwoman. Well said. n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Thanks, and -- |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Been working for the man. :) |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I've been simply avoiding DU, myself. I think I picked a bad weekend to check back in. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. He was opposed to McCarthy's purges as well |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yeah, it's frustrating not to know what caused it. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you. n/t |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sorry but haven't seen people demonizing Moses much. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Did you see this? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Two threads, not much really. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That was just offhand, not searching. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. People openly partied after Falwells death here, I admit. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Did he say it over and over? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. He did say it over and over, his NRA days made it what he was remembered for. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I think he had alzheimers or parkinsons |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I read that he didn't know who Moore was. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Not from me you won't |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I admire him as an actor.... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Ha, ha...actually I did last week or so. |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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Unbowed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thank you for this post. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Does a few years of good atone for decades of evil? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. realistically, by the time he took up with the right wing causes |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I disagree. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I've wondered for years what explains the 180 degree turn... |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Me too! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. It is a good one... quite thoughtful.... Congratulations on 1000th! |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. interesting |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
50. He did not make a 180 turn |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. ... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Sources... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Google is your friend, Dad..... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. All google brings up is |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. The 180 degree turn was from lib- progressive to RW conservative |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Saying he took a 180 would mean all the things he blieved in the 60's |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. He didn't get the chance to revoke equal rights.... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. I would like to know how you could calculate the death toll |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. The NRA is no doubt responsible for a great many deaths |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. So you agree that "death toll" is an unfounded exaggeration. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Though I'm unstinting in my willingness to rip on Heston the gun-nut... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Heston supported the Dem platform that says We will protect Americans' Second Amendment right to own |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wonder if they will be able to pry his fingers off his gun before burial |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. stupid and has been done over and over. now whoever uses it... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. He was the front-man for a rightwing corporate lobby. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I have to wonder if his brain disease was responsible. If it hit the area that |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Conservatism as symptom of brain disease. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I was thinking more in terms of a change in long held attitudes, opinions, |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Does it ever happen the other way? |
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ElkHunter (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. Heston was on the right side of many issues in the 60's... |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. I remember what Gore Vidal said about Heston's "a friend, in every way" scene in Spartacus. :) |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. How many people have died because he wanted ANYONE to have a |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. Heston's Political Views In Latter Part Of His Life...... |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thank you for this |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Deal With It |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. When it comes to Charlton Heston, all I really care about . . . |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. Show biz saying: you're only as good as your last performance. . . |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. He could rest on those laurels only so long |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. Old Onion headline: "Actor Alec Baldwin signs two year deal to care about environment" |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Uh, what? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. His statements disparaging black people for gun deaths. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Link? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Upthread |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Can't watch the video at the moment |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Now you're just making lame excuses. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. He didn't say anything openly racist |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. He blamed ethnic minorities for gun deaths in this counrty. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Not according to your quote |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. He also made some thought-provoking movies, like Soylent Green & Omega Man. nt |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. How could you not mention "Planet of the Apes"? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. True. Another great one. nt |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. It's good to try to find the best in people when you can |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. So he did one good thing in the 80+ years of his life. |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. That one good thing was a mighty good thing |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. If you lie with dogs you might end up with fleas. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
73. BUT his politics went all fundie. He turned his back on us. |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. I Never Knew |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
79. He was a *reader* - an actor/vessel to be filled with the words of others |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
81. Loved the guy. |
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