tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8237729751932769739..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Happy Fourth of July!Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-91167693472786239982012-07-05T13:28:19.655-05:002012-07-05T13:28:19.655-05:00Every time the Science Channel has a Firefly marat...Every time the Science Channel has a Firefly marathon all my plans for being productive go out the window.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111717103765815148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-19855750483860409212012-07-05T09:35:54.020-05:002012-07-05T09:35:54.020-05:00Sorry about the Giants' loss. (Well, not real...Sorry about the Giants' loss. (Well, not really, since my Dodgers beat the Reds and the Giants' loss helped them move up.) (Why am I a dodger fan? you ask. Because, in 1955, when I, living in in Indianapolis, Indiana, began paying attention to baseball, the Dodgers had the greatest baseball player in the world [TM], Jackie Robinson.)Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-56480516980621874182012-07-04T23:44:53.366-05:002012-07-04T23:44:53.366-05:00Hmmm...Tender Mercies isn't really my favorite...Hmmm...Tender Mercies isn't really my favorite. I did listen to "Blood on the Tracks", though -- is that close?<br /><br />The original plan was to watch the 1970s Superman, or North by Northwest, or Hail the Conquering Hero!. However, we wound up in a fierce Monopoly game, and ran out of time. Well, that was part of it. <br /><br />Let's see: I did watch chunks of several Firefly episodes plus bits of Star Wars; I'd say they count, although I suppose one could argue about it.<br /><br />I haven't seen Coriolanus yet. Actually, never saw any version of it, and haven't read it. It's on my list. Never saw "Best Years," either. <br /><br />I'd put Teamm America much higher than Stripes, although I'm not sure I've actually seen all of Stripes, so I'm not sure how fair that is.<br /><br />Oh, and I watched a little of Brother Rat, which surely counts in some way or another (granted, so far it seems to have as much Confederacy patriotism as the other kind). Although Reagan wasn't in the bit I watched today.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-39395603160213278162012-07-04T23:21:18.821-05:002012-07-04T23:21:18.821-05:00I probably missed the deadline: how about "Te...I probably missed the deadline: how about "Tender Mercies"? Not traditionally patriotic, but perhaps the right movie for the moment, as we're all kind of the Bob Duvall character today: prosperous, sort of, but seemingly only in an arms-length kind of way, until tragedy brings the 'prosperity' home. Or something like that.CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-51240119483973178812012-07-04T19:55:51.680-05:002012-07-04T19:55:51.680-05:00Can I suggest the classic Bill Murray vehicle &quo...Can I suggest the classic Bill Murray vehicle "Stripes"?longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-53133228451903609862012-07-04T18:11:55.410-05:002012-07-04T18:11:55.410-05:00Most patriotic movie of the past year - Coriolanus...Most patriotic movie of the past year - Coriolanus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-49565854378954442132012-07-04T17:28:11.534-05:002012-07-04T17:28:11.534-05:00"The Best Years of Our Lives!""The Best Years of Our Lives!"the classicisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691196845661570282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-24933862781186089532012-07-04T16:20:53.399-05:002012-07-04T16:20:53.399-05:00For your movie, may I suggest Team America: World ...For your movie, may I suggest Team America: World Police?Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81810842181584444602012-07-04T14:34:52.663-05:002012-07-04T14:34:52.663-05:00That game was not very enjoyable after all.That game was not very enjoyable after all.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111717103765815148noreply@blogger.com