The so-called "Patriot Act"and its circumvention of the Fourth Amendment was all about keeping us safe from terrorists, right? Wrong.
Feel safer now?
"On September 12, 2001, Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh started creating what would come to be known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act--the Patriot Act, for short. The law greatly eased restrictions on what law enforcement officials could do pursuing criminals, with the hope being that we'd soon start apprehending terrorists by the dozen. Ten years later, how's the Patriot Act working out for us?
[This] graph depicts the numbers of "sneak-and-peek warrants," those that allow authorities to search private property without immediately notifying the target of the investigation, issued under the Patriot Act from 2006 to 2009: 15 for terrorism, compared to more than 1,600 for everyday drug busts..."
Feel safer now? 
I think it did become our theme movie, didn't it?
Damn funny movie. Classic.
Football players....get hit in the head a lot.
I still think Tom Brady made the wrong choice. I'd take her over Gisele Bundchen eight days a week.
I will be watching "Blue Bloods" with renewed reverance.
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This is my favorite scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRb3u0PtEZE
Priceless!
‘Scuse me while I whip this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upvZdVK913I
And for those who don't remember....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/quotes
It's funny.......the older I get, the older the women I find sexy get. I wonder if that is by design?????
Sela Ward, Cheryl Ladd, Dana Delany....hell I like Patricia Heaton.
OTOH, Bridgette Moynihan, on "Blue Bloods" is really sexy for a flat-chested woman.
Oooop........I gotta throw that shovel away.
Simply the funniest movie ever made (and a little scary that several of us know damn near every line)!
You will notice that I am ignoring the "old broad" comment - lucky you.
"The sheriff is 'NEAR'" is one of the funniest movies lines EVER. And when Cleavon Little pulls a gun "on himself", that's rollin' the floor funny.
Harvey Corman should have gotten an Oscar for that. And Gene Wilder WAS fabulous, back in the day. There and in "Silver Streak". Miss Jill Clayburgh. She was sexy for an old broad.
Oh, shit! I'm gonna get in troubel for that.
But.....she WAS.
But Des..imagine 72 virgins-on TRAMPOLINES.
Or Mel Brooks trying to get a studio to do Blazing Saddles.
Couldn't agree more. Imagine Norman Lear trying to get All in the Family on network TV today. No freakin' way.
I agree. Everythihng gets better with practice.
Must be an "Ahab the Arab" kinda thing. Interesting, you couldn't release a song like that today with all the "PC" shit. Have you noticed that when they play "Money for Nothing" on the radio the "bleep" the word "faggot" in the lyrics now. "That little 'bleep' has his own jet airplane. That little 'bleep' is a millionaire."
Since you brought it up, I never got why the 72 virgins thing was a selling point. Personally, a couple of virgins might be OK but other than that I'd want some pros. Somebody who knows what they're doing.
I think the "general" part gives it away.
Funny name. Wonder where he is from??? Not that it matters........or DOES it???????
OTOH, I think we can look at those facts from a different perspective. Just the "threat" of those search warrants, wiretaps, etc. have probably "skeared" the terrorists so much they are afraid to even "plan" any attacks. Alternative hypothesis, perhaps they have discovered the fact that the "72 virgins" promise is false. Whatever, we haven't had a successful terrorist attack from outside the country since 9/11. Is that due to our preparedness, anti-terrorist policies and proceedures, intelligence (from what I can see mostly by the British) or Al Qaeda's ineptitude or lack of commitment. Perhaps, they have had recruiting difficulties, given the fate of the "19".
His father spent time in a re-education camp. Translated that means he was a South Vietnamese military officer...bad news. I suspected as much, most children of those folks (that I know) are woefully screwed up emotionally and philosophically. In their defense, it's not a easy legacy to deal with.
Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh,
Problem right there...Almost assuredly military background. I'm betting.