Yea! I posted about it a while back when it was on IFC. He is basically a Rush clone with a conspiracy bent.
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Bosco Bosco <ironpi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Yep that dude is more than a few slices short of a loaf. he's the biggest > conspiracy nut on the planet I am almost certain. There's a great > documentary of Alex Jones trying to catch some secret society in the act of > some kind of nefarious world controlling deed at an annual convention in the > woods. It's great because he never catches anyone and because he never gives > inch in his conspiracy dogma. > > B > > --- On *Tue, 9/7/10, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Right Wing-nuts see "Machete" as harbinger of > race war > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 8:17 AM > > > > > First off this should come with a SPOILER ALERT. Secondly, Alex Jones is a > right winged wack job. > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Kelwyn > <ravena...@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=ravena...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > Box Office Mojo says 60% of Machete's audience was Hispanic. I don't > believe I have ever heard of that particular demographic breakdown before. > I also wonder how they came to that determination. > > ~rave? > > --- In > scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com>, > "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > > http://www.infowars.com/machete-producers-lied-about-racial-violence/ > > > > `Machete' producers lied about racist bloodbath > > > > Machete `race war' confirmed as tax rebates still in question for > anti-Texas, pro-immigration film > > Aaron Dykes & Alex Jones > > Prison Planet.com > > Sunday, September 5, 2010 > > `Machete' reached the #3 spot at the box office opening weekend. But > after viewing the film, it is clear that its producers lied about the extent > of the film's racial message, which includes vulgar atrocities, including > the killing of a pregnant woman attempting to cross the border during one of > the opening scenes. This deception about the film's message could bring its > tax incentives, worth millions in production costs, into question. > > When Alex Jones expressed concern in May that a leaked script portrayed > white characters as vehemently racist and wantonly murderous, or that a > Latino mob is roused to take on border vigilantes in racial conflict, > director Rodriguez assured Ain't It Cool News, that he'd `had too much > tequila,' and that those types of scenes wouldn't make it to the final > edited version. Producer Elizabeth Avellan went on the attack just before > the release, defending the tax incentives `Machete' had practically already > been assured. Avellan denounced the `uproar over the film' as "unfounded and > unnecessary," stating there was `no reason for a denial of incentives': > > "A lot of people made up a lot of stuff in terms of what the movie is > about and who the bad guy is," she said. "There were a lot of things that > people misconstrued … without even knowing the script and pretending they > have a script." > > Now there is no doubt. Everything Jones quoted from the script was on > screen in one form or another– and its tone was clear: opposition to illegal > immigration is tantamount to murder, white racism and vile Machiavellian > scheming. One scene that was excised from the script repeated the one-sided > demonization of the Freedom Force vigilantes, who were to murder a young > child on the border at the end. However, that ending was left behind for a > different sequence altogether. > > Reviewers like `Big Hollywood' panned the film as `Dull, Convoluted, > Racist and Anti-American,' criticizing that: "'Machete' offers no middle > ground, no reasonable, non-racist position against wide open borders for > those fleeing from what one character describes as the "personal hell" that > is Mexico." > > Who the illegals fight against on screen is one thing. What their words > mean is altogether something else. That's the shell game Rodriguez plays and > his racially divisive messaging goes way beyond the normal cinematic > political posturing and button-pushing. And you will never see a more > stereotypically racist portrayal of Southerners, who, in an obvious > reference to the border Minute Men, are not only played for cheap laughs but > portrayed as sub-human animals who hunt and murder illegals – kill a > helpless pregnant woman and say "Welcome to America." > > Rodriguez & crew played everyone as fools, knowing full well what the > film would contain. Does Texas want to subsidize the films of Robert > Rodriguez and continue to give him a platform to spew divisive > racially-tinted trash oriented at Hispanics and attempting to radicalize > their views? Rodriguez is the face of the Texas Film Commission's tax > incentives program, and has been virtually guaranteed up to $60 million in > rebate funding for a package of films. > > > > Blood-soaked and dripping with hate > > It wasn't the extreme levels of violence or its nudity that made this > film so offensive; it was the one-sided approval of Hispanic revenge > killings while uniformly demonizing the actions of the white groups > involved. Though the head Mexican drug lord was the ultimate enemy, he was > served exclusively by white politicians and radical groups; everyone in `The > Network' worked against him. > > What's more, the film was marketed towards Hispanic groups, including > widespread promotion throughout Latin America, featuring a poster with an > image of a blood-dripping machete (the symbol of peasant uprising). Now > Hollywood's exports aren't just American cultural hegemony, but a > weaponized-subsection of radicalized Latino culture that draws in crowds by > playing to Hispanic supremacy. > > `Machete' star Danny Trejo embraced his image as the `the first Latino > superstar' in an interview with HipHopNation.com, stating "It's an honor to > be considered the first Latino superstar. Or I should say the first Latino > action hero!" He continued: > > "I think Hollywood is afraid to realize that the Latino audience is the > largest that they've got. As long as they think that a Latino can't carry a > movie, its going to stay that way. Robert Rodriguez who is innovative and > brilliant, he knows what we've got. The other great thing is that he put > some strong Latina ladies in the movie like Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica > Alba. Lindsay Lohan also stars in the movie and she might as well be Latina > (laughs)." > > Keep in mind that Fox 20th Century films, a division of Rupert Murdoch's > NewsCorp empire financed `Machete.' Its news division pulled a story > criticizing the film's violent `war on immigration.' While Fox's film > division funds `Machete,' Fox News stokes heat over the Arizona immigration > battle and beyond. At the same time warhawks at Fox News fumed over the > Ground Zero mosque controversy, it was revealed that the mosque is financed > in part by a top Fox News owner (who is Saudi) as well as many top Western > philanthropies like the Ford Foundation, among others. Meanwhile Fox also > funds diversity filmmaking programs. > > The Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation have a history of > financing and subsidizing Mexican and Hispanic culture, including radical > groups like La Raza. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have not only > given millions to the National Council of La Raza, but financed minority > only scholarships. The Ford Foundation has also branched out into financing > Hispanic and minority-oriented films, including the 2010 Sundance Institute > / Ford Foundation fellowship initiative. > > Why would racist, elitist eugenicists groups like these finance radical > minority movements? The strategy is to divide and conquer, breaking America > into bands of opposing groups. > > A D V E R T I S E M E N T > > > > There's not been such an openly racist film in America since the early > days of cinema where the pro-KKK `Birth of a Nation,' and films featuring > Charlie Chan and other "coolies" epitomized a cruder era of filmmaking full > of offensive stereotypes. 70s exploitation films don't come close to > `Machete,' despite inspiring much of its style. Today, such depictions from > early cinema have been denounced. Why then would today's politically-correct > culture who denounce these stereotypes accept and praise a racist filmmaker > who pans to the Hispanic market? > > The messages in culture, including how ethnic groups are portrayed, are > clearly important to discuss in our society. Propaganda has been synonymous > with films since the beginning– when Soviet propagandists, like Eisenstein, > and later Nazi propagandists, headed by Goebbels, used it as a weapon of > cultural influence. While Rodriguez has a right to make as hateful and > racist a film as he dares, the State of Texas should be hesitant to > institutionalize support for his extreme views, given that the Film > Commission has a policy to selectively refuse funding that depicts Texas in > a bad light. The film `Waco' was sent packing, so why should `Machete' have > Gov. Rick Perry's blessing and budget? > > Do its themes grace Texas, or glorify a `Reconquista' view of the United > States mainland? > > In the Mexploitation film `Machete,' white characters who ran with the > Hispanic crew felt the need to justify their presence. "I was adopted," one > Anglo wanna-be gangster told Machete as he attempted to rally a Latino > posse. Hispanics, like Jessica Alba's character, who worked for the white > system as an I.C.E. (Immigrations & Customs) officer, redeemed herself by > betraying "the law" for "what's right." > > Alba's conversion, which ended in her rallying a crowd of migrant workers > by declaring "We didn't cross the border; the border crossed us," was > inspired by Luz. Played by Michelle Rodriguez, Luz operates a taco stand as > cover for her role as head of `The Network,' an underground organization > that helps to transport migrants across the border and situate them within > the U.S. Its influence is channeled through the pervasive myth of Luz's > alter-ego "She," the militant female version of the revolutionary leader > Che. `The Network' becomes a sort of underground railroad for the plight of > the immigrant, seeking refuge from the `Hellhole' that is their collapsing > country. In the film, that effort is thwarted by the white racist Von, who > torches her headquarters while his band of vigilantes called `Freedom > Fighters' prepare for their next border raid to mow down helpless illegal > aliens. Von & his boys also conspire with a crooked state Senator played by > Robert DeNiro to construct an electrified border fence that literally fries > trespassers instantly. > > Let's Get Real: Having a Healthy Food Supply is Essential (AD) > > Even the non-violent parts of the film are littered with mini-lectures > about the justification for immigration or on the dignity of brown people > and day laborers. And while the film had plenty of humor, its stab at border > issues was, as Kurt Nimmo noted, anything but satire. It is more of a racial > polemic, fueled by Rodriguez' one-sided philosophy, that declares symbolic > dominance through Machete's mythical exploits and ultimate victory. > > What's inflammatory? > > - Opening scene where pregnant mother trying to cross the border is > killed by DeNiro and border vigilantes to `prevent another anchor baby' > > - A phony campaign ad for DeNiro's Senator McLaughlin depicts hundreds of > crawling worms and cockroaches while decrying the "parasite" immigrant > "terrorists" crossing the border. > > - `The Network' of Latinos was continually virtuous while the Freedom > Force, a vigilante group cast with caricatures of hillbilly trash, neo-Nazi > types and fat slobs, repeatedly use terms like "wetbacks," "cucarachas," > "parasites," "beaners" and more. > > - Freedom Fighter vigilantes regularly go out on adventures to snipe at > illegals near the border and film their exploits > > - A Catholic priest played by Cheech Marin is crucified by the character > "Booth" who slings racist insults while nailing him to the cross > > - A scene in a hospital where it is declared that illegal immigrants are > usually refused emergency care, but Machete is lucky that `The Network' is > there to help him this time. (In reality, the cost of health care for > undocumented illegal immigrants, for both emergency care, births, public > education and beyond is burdensome to every Southern border state, as well > as in many other areas.) > > In closing, Fox News writer James Pinkerton has written a news story > about Machete titled "The Reconquista is Here." Let's just hope the Fox > executives don't pull the plug on this one. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > > > > >
