Free movie tickets in San Fran.
By on Jun 23rd, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Free movie tickets in San Fran.
There will be a screening of the movie “The War Tapes” in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre on June 26th at 7:30 pm. “The War Tapes,” winner of the prize for best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, offers a soldier’s-eye view of the Iraq war. The film is based on footage recorded by three members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard who were deployed to Iraq in early 2004. If you’re interested, sign up HERE. Feel free to pass it along to family or friends.
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If I lived in California, and near San Francisco, then I would like to see the movie, but I live in Georgia, which is about as far away from San Francisco that you can get in the US > lol.
June 23rd, 2006 at 11:45 pmI have been contemplating why the Bush admin. and the GOP are using both sides of the argument when it comes to Iraq. (Iraq is safe now! Iraq is too dangerous!)
On one hand, they say that ‘We have won’, ‘the Iraqi’s are liberated’. yet they won’t commit to any troop withdrawals, bench marks or anything resembling a plan or set of achievement goals to bring our troops home. They celebrate Iraq’s new Government, 280,000+ Iraqi Forces trained-but still no plan to leave.
Then, they are also arguing that we can’t ever leave Iraq because Iraq is the ‘Central front of the War on Terror’ (which we all know isn’t the case and that Iraq didn’t have this terrorism problem until Bush chose this war).
I don’t think that the Administration intends whatsoever to turn Iraq over to it’s own people and government. They don’t want to leave because this Administration has a goal of perpetual war accompanied by an all powerful Executive Branch. By staying in Iraq, the focus in America-they hope will stay on matters involving the Military, The Defense Dept. and National Security. So, if they can keep wars going at all times, they would hope that they could scare voters into keeping their party in power. It also keeps them in their own personal heartland where all the Oil is.
They KNEW damn well that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq so of course when none of them turned up, they were NOT surprised. They knew that they could peg the CIA, whom they threatened and intimidated into creating the desired pre-war evidence, as the fall guy and frame the ‘bad Intel’ (which we know was bogus and cooked up) on Tenant. After Tenant left, Bush inserts his Political operatives,lead by Porter Goss. Too bad Goss and his pals like Foggo and others couldn’t keep their horniness and corruption under wraps. Goss of course was hot on the trail of prosecuting journalists who exposed the administration’s illegal activities. So, now who do we get…Michael Hayden-another political operative who is indifferent to the Rule of Law and hostile towards Congressional oversight.
Cheney and Rumsfeld came to this administration with the lofty goals they had from the Ford Administration. By keeping our country in a constant state of war, they think they can justify the need for an all powerful and unaccountable Executive Branch. Some may say, ‘well, why would they want to hand that kind of power over to a potential Democratic President’. I think that they are going to do everything in their power to scare Americans into keeping Republicans in power. Although their own incompetence has put their ‘we’ll protect you’ message in doubt.
This crap about Bush wanting to ’spread Democracy around the world’ and ‘liberate every man and woman on Earth’ is crap. Since when does the Republican Party care about poor, oppressed people around the world, especially ones of different ethnicities and nationalities? This is all a BS excuse to invade other countries at will and be the sole dominant power in the world.
So, while most Americans may see Iraq as a ‘mistake’ or a defeat, the people in the Bush Adminstration along with their compliant Repbublicans in Congress, see it as a Victory in disguise.
Slogans/Concepts that reaveal their intentions for PERPETUAL WAR are:
June 24th, 2006 at 6:01 am‘The Global War on Terror’, ‘The Struggle against Islamofascism’, The ‘Axis of Evil’, The Struggle Against Islamic Extremism’ and my personal favorite ‘The Global Struggle Against the Enemies of Freedom’.
Paige – great comment and so very true. This Cheney and Rumsfeld truly want Carthegean Peace – a state of perpetual war. Well, if this nation continues in that direction, then we will suffer the same fate as Carthage – total defeat by a stronger nation which in this case may very well be China. Bush&Co are so busy trying to protect “their oil” that they have completely ignored China’s military buildup. The population of China is so large that having its citizens die in war would be nothing more than purging the population. China also has nuclear weapons. Somehow I don’t believe that a nation would nuke another nation, except maybe the US, because there would be nothing left to control and war is about power and control.
June 24th, 2006 at 8:32 amIraq War movie? Sounds boring to me. Just a bunch of footage of iraqis welcoming us as liberators as we rebuild their infastructure. I would get tired of all the non-stop praise and good will. I’m not in to feel-good stories like that.
I’d rather see a good fictional war movie where there’s blood & guts. Yah know, real drama.
June 24th, 2006 at 8:52 amsounds great man,lets go see an Anti- american movie in the faggiest section of the most wacked out, anti American city in America. I have an idea maybe all you progressives would go see the movie at the same time .Maybe “the big one” will hit and SF will slide into the Pacifc Ocean taking all you traitorous moonbats with it.
June 24th, 2006 at 9:41 amMoonbat, I don’t get how you think this movie is Anti-American. Did you watch the trailer, or read the article about the movie?
I won’t go into your homophobia.
TP, I would go see this movie in the Castro Theater in a heartbeat. SF is one of the best places I ever lived, and the Castro is one of the most colorful and interesting neighborhoods ever invented. If it weren’t for the overpopulation and the high cost of living, I’d live in SF now. I won’t hold my breath for this movie to some to Idaho, since so many here are just as fearful as moonbat patrol. I’ll buy it on DVD.
June 24th, 2006 at 11:54 amIf it’s playing in the gayest section of the gayest city in the country I am pretty sure that it is a typical Bush bashing movie in the same tradition of Michael Moore et al.
June 24th, 2006 at 12:52 pmI have been to SF a few times and honestly it is a beautiful city if it were not for all the freaks. I walked around the city going to chinatowna and City lights Books. While cost is not really a factor for me I just am not comfortable around such and “alternative & progressive” city. It is not the gays per se but their overt displays of public sex that are not in my opinion conducive to a good family environment.
of course see the movie if that’s how you want to spend your money but I will spend my $$ on supporting America and the war in Iraq thank you.
Just do me a favor, ok moonbat? Read the article — you don’t have to go see it. You might be surprised.
I love SF because it’s so beautiful — that’s why everyone else loves it too, I think. I’ve always found the bigger the bigger, the bigger the freaks. It’s part of the charm.
June 24th, 2006 at 3:16 pmPeace…
Moonbat Patrol,
You homophobia is offensive and you have the movie all wrong. Here are some of the groups bringing The War Tapes to SF and The Castro: military.com, Vietnam Veterans of America, Iraq & Afghan Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (builders of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial), Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. Maybe you will soon see at your local VFW chapter? If you go the Leadership Conference for Vietnam Veterans this summer you will see it there. At our premier at the Tribeca Film Festival (near Greenwich Village just to feed your bigorty) over a third of the audience were veterans. This is a film by soldiers, made in Iraq, during their year long tour – featured on both Fox and CNN, by The Nation and Army Times. Don’t try to peg it politically.
I hope you get the chance to see the film. But you should worry. No matter where or when you see it, there will be gays in the audience. There is no where to hide pal.
Chuck
June 25th, 2006 at 10:55 pmyeah and your homo-love is offensive to me, so too bad fag boy. why do you people always defend degenerates so much.
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