Marty Hart-Landsberg wrote: > In many ways > South Korean politics is going the way of US politics.
Speaking of US politics: at the movies this afternoon, I saw a rock-video ad for the U.S. National Guard. It's called "Warrior" and has the standard shots of helicopters in Iraq, National Guard soldiers smiling at Iraqi kids (and vice-versa), and the NG putting out fires in the US. U.S. soldiers did not used to be portrayed as "warriors" (except in the ironic phrase "weekend warriors" to refer to the NG). This is a Christian Right thing and seems especially strong in the Air Force (a Christian Right stronghold). The old NG rock video was about "citizen soldiers." Kid Rock played the music. I wonder what the Christian Right thinks of _him_. He seems a total beer-nut. By the way, the movie we saw was "Bottle Shock," which was quite enjoyable and funny in an off-beat way. I guess it would be for people who liked "Little Miss Sunshine." It's no "Hamlet 2," but few things are. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
