I saw this “piece” the other day :
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30704
(I know, Aint it cool sucks but stay with me for a sec) In this review it describes Happy Feet as a subliminally political and Leftist slanted movie. It got me thinking. How long has “children’s” movies been used as a training video for left wing thinking. Or Right wing thinking for that matter. Is this too far? Should we be concerned that we are molding our youth through movies and television for piolitical motives? Is this any more deplorable than the “Jesus Camps” held in the Bible belt or the brainwashing of the Middle Eastern youth by extremists?
Heinlein would be proud.
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And after thinking about it, so am I. I think it’s more than fair; if an immigrant wants to serve in the military, then they should definitely be fasttracked for citizenship. Does anyone have a problem or criticism of/with this? Heinlein wasn’t crazy; powersuit armor is in it’s first stages of development (if you read the book, you know what I’m talking about) so this concept isn’t nuts either, is it a natural evolution in a republic?
AJ
Below the viewing threshhold of this post, you will see Charles Krauthammer’s latest op-ed on Iran.
I hadn’t considered the situation quite this dire. But then again, I hadn’t considered the full calculus.
It’s worth a read and reflect. We had discussed this topic several times in the past and, according to das Kraut, the showdown is but a year away. We may learn whether “preemptive war” is a good idea or not.
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