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[erudito]

Marin County has the richest per capita income of any county in the US. It’s is Republican and conservative, right? No: it’s virulently Democratic, liberal and politically intolerant.

David Zucker is making an anti-anti-Americanism movie. About the reticence of the creative right and the intolerance of the creative left.

Hilary and Obama still

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[taavi]

"Thank Allah for the ACLU"? Oh, come on. They've got to get better dialogue than that. Where's Team America's "We were attacked by a giant socialist weasel!" Now THAT was a funny conservative movie that skewered Hollywood activism brilliantly. From the description I predict this movie is going to bomb, purely because it is completely lame.
"Dennis Hopper makes an appearance as a judge who defends his courthouse by gunning down ACLU lawyers trying to take down the Ten Commandments" So much for separating church and state. Sheesh.

Yay for Team America

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This sort of thing only works if one can laugh at oneself as well as the other guy.

It would be ironic if Zucker (who has made some very funny films) falls into the same narrow earnestness trap as those he is deriding.

Re: Yay for Team America

[taavi]

Agree 100% (first time ever?)

[vizi]

Heard about the McCain staffer being direspectful of the dungeons & dragons community?

http://boingboing.net/2008/08/19/mccain-staffer-slams.html

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Goldfarb_keeps_experience_points.html?showall

Hilarious, ta

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