Fox News columnist Todd Starnes is reporting that a California
public school dispatched a deputy sheriff to the home of a 7 year old
because he was handing out Bible verses at school. His parents were
given a friendly warning. How many times have you heard a ridiculous
story like this....hundreds? Smell the flowers, go to the beach, make
plans.....I do....but it doesn't change things. There is a sickness in
the heart of America and no amount of peripheral normalcy can hide that.
Gary Cooper won a best actor Oscar for his performance in High Noon in 1952. Most everyone has seen the film but probably very few know about its reception over the years. John Wayne called it "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my life" but it was the Duke's buddy, Ronald Reagan's favorite film! The Soviet Union called it "the glorification of the individual" but the Left in America believed the director portrayed the townspeople as those in Hollywood who would not stand up to House Un-American Activities Committee! Somebody's confused here.
I've been aware of these controversies for a long time. Was it communist propaganda showing America's and capitalism's wretchedness or was it just another film about an American hero? I've always leaned towards the latter but recently the film's meaning to me has shifted. The bad guys, particularly the Clintons and the Obamas, have a lot of power. Their friends in the media alone can make a member of Congress out to be a fool if they get too patriotic. Elite universities can keep 'the wrong types' out of their faculties. The military can end a career with a bad report. Hollywood can ignore you at awards time. It has gotten so bad that now professional sports is becoming a lapdog for the Left.
Ask Anita Bryant what to expect, she's 76 now, if you stick up for family values. Ask Clarence Thomas about being Black and a conservative. Ask Sarah Palin what happened to her for calling feminism what it is. Ask Ted Cruz what it's like to stand up for the Constitution. Ask Donald Trump what it's like to try to secure your country's borders. America....in its metropolitan areas and its cultural districts has become the cinematic town of Hadleyville, New Mexico from High Noon.
It was the Spring of 1989 and the Communist government of Poland was forced to legalize the Solidarity movement and the Polish people were about to vote in elections! The success of this brave people spelled doom for the Soviet Union and it's variation of Communism. Lech Walesa and Solidarity had stood up to the communists and won! A High Noon poster of Sheriff Will Kane was graphically turned into a Solidarity 'get out the vote' poster. It read...." At High Noon; June 4, 1989!"
Gary Cooper won a best actor Oscar for his performance in High Noon in 1952. Most everyone has seen the film but probably very few know about its reception over the years. John Wayne called it "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my life" but it was the Duke's buddy, Ronald Reagan's favorite film! The Soviet Union called it "the glorification of the individual" but the Left in America believed the director portrayed the townspeople as those in Hollywood who would not stand up to House Un-American Activities Committee! Somebody's confused here.
I've been aware of these controversies for a long time. Was it communist propaganda showing America's and capitalism's wretchedness or was it just another film about an American hero? I've always leaned towards the latter but recently the film's meaning to me has shifted. The bad guys, particularly the Clintons and the Obamas, have a lot of power. Their friends in the media alone can make a member of Congress out to be a fool if they get too patriotic. Elite universities can keep 'the wrong types' out of their faculties. The military can end a career with a bad report. Hollywood can ignore you at awards time. It has gotten so bad that now professional sports is becoming a lapdog for the Left.
Ask Anita Bryant what to expect, she's 76 now, if you stick up for family values. Ask Clarence Thomas about being Black and a conservative. Ask Sarah Palin what happened to her for calling feminism what it is. Ask Ted Cruz what it's like to stand up for the Constitution. Ask Donald Trump what it's like to try to secure your country's borders. America....in its metropolitan areas and its cultural districts has become the cinematic town of Hadleyville, New Mexico from High Noon.
It was the Spring of 1989 and the Communist government of Poland was forced to legalize the Solidarity movement and the Polish people were about to vote in elections! The success of this brave people spelled doom for the Soviet Union and it's variation of Communism. Lech Walesa and Solidarity had stood up to the communists and won! A High Noon poster of Sheriff Will Kane was graphically turned into a Solidarity 'get out the vote' poster. It read...." At High Noon; June 4, 1989!"
