tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post976127261339805052..comments2024-03-05T21:05:36.848-05:00Comments on CommentaramaFilms: The Great (film) Debates vol. 47AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-3776331463806064542012-07-31T15:53:32.588-04:002012-07-31T15:53:32.588-04:00P.S. I'm not fan of Bush, but the attacks on h...P.S. I'm not fan of Bush, but the attacks on him were WAY over the top and a total disgrace.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-878248906743476392012-07-31T15:53:06.426-04:002012-07-31T15:53:06.426-04:00Scott, Most Americans are oblivious as well, and t...Scott, Most Americans are oblivious as well, and they definitely don't care about anything outside the border. Still, I like to remain aware of the world. :)<br /><br />The internet has helped a lot, even in the US conservatives were isolated before the internet came along. All of our media is left wing and so you and your friends may have known what they were saying wasn't right, but you had no way to know that other people felt that too.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-59069497060069832882012-07-31T15:29:55.070-04:002012-07-31T15:29:55.070-04:00Most Australians don't follow the day to day s...Most Australians don't follow the day to day stuff here and from what I see a lot of Americans don't follow their own day to day, let alone some other countries. <br /><br />I still remember all the anti Bush stuff from early 2000s that we got locally and from America. As we had no other source of information at the time we all ate it up and believed it.<br /><br />If I hadn't gotten on the net then I would still believe what ever the left wing media told me. <br /><br />Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-42894623971674919052012-07-31T14:48:23.886-04:002012-07-31T14:48:23.886-04:00Ben, Who could forget the Killer Clowns! :)Ben, Who could forget the Killer Clowns! :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-81542877329751542552012-07-31T14:48:00.107-04:002012-07-31T14:48:00.107-04:00Scott, Interestingly, the rise of the internet has...Scott, Interestingly, the rise of the internet has probably helped us learn a lot about each other. Most of my German relatives, who are not on the net really, only know what they heard on their nightly news, which is even further left than out networks.<br /><br />On Australia, I read about it periodically, but don't follow the day to day stuff.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-73146800026879581292012-07-31T13:31:37.251-04:002012-07-31T13:31:37.251-04:00Kit, He is pretty darn cool.Kit, He is pretty darn cool.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-46809036541443437112012-07-31T13:29:56.594-04:002012-07-31T13:29:56.594-04:00Let's not forget Critters and Killer Clowns Fr...Let's not forget Critters and Killer Clowns From Outer Space, LOL.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-18698974640436758342012-07-31T08:30:00.144-04:002012-07-31T08:30:00.144-04:00rla WTX as a guess your friends dad would be put o...rla WTX as a guess your friends dad would be put out by the Labor party and our Prime Minister Julia Gillard who only came to power after backstabbing her boss. She then promised no Carbon Tax and only formed government with the help of three independents then of course went back on her word and is now going to tax the hell out of us. <br /><br />The Labor government when they came to power changed the immigration law (saying it was mean) which saw an influx of illegal immigrants coming here by boat (a record numbers of them dying in the attempt which isn't nice either). They have basically stuffed up everything they have touched and they will loose the next election. <br /><br />I understand that most Americans know nothing of our politics, we are a small country half way around the world. I do follow American politics as it can have a large affect on us here and I'm on the net a lot. <br /><br />I've seen American friends on Facebook posting anti Romney stuff about him laundering money so I ask them about the fast and furious scandal scandal. It's fun poking them, I think they expect me to not know enough to swallow what they are saying and not point out faults in their guy. <br /><br />Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-48349200310129047732012-07-31T02:11:00.182-04:002012-07-31T02:11:00.182-04:00The Doctor on Doctor Who.
No contest.The Doctor on Doctor Who.<br /><br />No contest.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-69060630611991117662012-07-30T21:18:12.235-04:002012-07-30T21:18:12.235-04:00Shawn, The beachball alien honestly slipped my min...Shawn, The beachball alien honestly slipped my mind. LOL! Yeah, Kim Bassinger... good call. ;)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-37084300335242660592012-07-30T21:01:33.596-04:002012-07-30T21:01:33.596-04:00And let me add Kim Bassinger from My Step Mother i...And let me add Kim Bassinger from <i>My Step Mother is an Alien</i>. Yowza!Shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-26973756991817068722012-07-30T21:00:44.061-04:002012-07-30T21:00:44.061-04:00Scott, I have a friend (my friend's dad so he&...Scott, I have a friend (my friend's dad so he's my parents' age - late 50s-early 60s) in Perth (originally from Scotland). Anyway, he sounds off regularly about Aussie illegal immigration issues [there was a SAR off the coast recently?]. He's also rather put out by some current politicians. Since I don't recognize them, I can't remember their names (that's very US-centric, isn't it?). It's kinda funny when he pops up on my fb feed with a political comment and I have to remember where he is... <br />His son, my friend, is up in a mining office in Port Hedland - a paraplegic, former Aussie paralympic rugby team member...rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-79580083940173237082012-07-30T20:59:40.075-04:002012-07-30T20:59:40.075-04:00No love for the beachball alien from Dark Star?
...No love for the beachball alien from <i>Dark Star</i>? <br /><br />Personal favorite: the alien from <i>Alien</i>.shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-88320015166506292102012-07-30T17:51:14.843-04:002012-07-30T17:51:14.843-04:00whitsbrain, Excellent list! The Thing was definit...whitsbrain, Excellent list! The Thing was definitely a well done effect, and the creature itself has unique talents... very impressive all around. I like the Alien Queen too. That was quite a surprise when it appeared on film.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-4553773539458225432012-07-30T17:46:24.461-04:002012-07-30T17:46:24.461-04:00Rob Bottin's Thing (from "John Carpenter&...Rob Bottin's Thing (from "John Carpenter's The Thing")<br />Metalunan (from "This Island Earth")<br />The Alien Queen (from James Cameron's "Aliens")whitsbrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171082058163775614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-75353438111881973532012-07-30T17:00:12.177-04:002012-07-30T17:00:12.177-04:00Scott, We do that around here, we roam from topic ...Scott, We do that around here, we roam from topic to topic. LOL!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-76436710029384846352012-07-30T16:59:55.441-04:002012-07-30T16:59:55.441-04:00Thanks Ellen! :)Thanks Ellen! :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-88661725684213620652012-07-30T16:14:08.223-04:002012-07-30T16:14:08.223-04:00We went from favourite aliens to a debate on immig...We went from favourite aliens to a debate on immigration, I suppose it is apt.<br /><br />In the end I'm just glad that no one mentioned Keanu Reeves as Klaatu as that is by far one of the worst movies I've ever seen.<br /><br />Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-5679227328552053782012-07-30T15:24:32.544-04:002012-07-30T15:24:32.544-04:00Scott and Andrew, I agree with both of you.Scott and Andrew, I agree with both of you.ellenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17868593283128151858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-24356254748506741462012-07-30T15:02:54.032-04:002012-07-30T15:02:54.032-04:00Scott, Exactly. It has nothing to do with race. ...Scott, Exactly. It has nothing to do with race. It's about attitude.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-72988842653421178712012-07-30T14:57:26.596-04:002012-07-30T14:57:26.596-04:00Andrew,
I know what you mean, I was talking to a...Andrew, <br /><br />I know what you mean, I was talking to a taxi driver from India whose parents supported him to come here as a student. He worked while he studied, he then worked two jobs, while sending money back home and he was already planing to open up a delivery business. <br /><br />I would rather call him a fellow Australian then the slack bastard who doesn't want to work and who offers nothing to Australia. <br /><br />It has nothing to do with race, you could see my two sister in-laws to see that, it has to do with who wants to be an Australian. Who wants to work hard and take advantage of our country and make the most of their hard work.<br /><br />Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-9133694921624699422012-07-30T14:50:19.636-04:002012-07-30T14:50:19.636-04:00Scott, Same here. I still remember when I first m...Scott, Same here. I still remember when I first moved to DC, I got to talking to a guy fresh off the boat from Jamaica. He'd been in the country three days and he already had a job and a plan for how to open his own business at some point. That was great.<br /><br />At the same time, there were a lot of people who were born here who were whining about "there ain't no jobs." Uh, sure there are, did you bother looking?<br /><br />And I agree, what kind of message is it to let somebody come here illegally and then hand them money? How does that help?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-67049574204266579452012-07-30T14:29:06.547-04:002012-07-30T14:29:06.547-04:00Andrew,
I always say to people who support the b...Andrew, <br /><br />I always say to people who support the boat people why would you support people who's first action in coming to our country is to break the law? Then in some cases the government gives them money, so what do you expect to learn from that? Break the law and profit from it, is that how we want people to join our countries? <br /><br />I would rather someone who sacrificed everything, worked their but off and and followed the law to become an Australian. I'd rather them then a lot of Australian born people who take advantage of our lax laws and are a real drain on our society. <br /><br />Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-88725655186323630642012-07-30T13:40:58.654-04:002012-07-30T13:40:58.654-04:00Scott,
Exactly. We have serious problems with il...Scott,<br /><br />Exactly. We have serious problems with illegal immigration because it shows a disrespect for the law and for the people who have done it legally. Plus, these people tend to be here simply for economic reasons with plans to return home and they never want to become Americans.<br /><br />But that is very different than our view of legal immigrants. They come here because they want to become Americans and we love that.<br /><br />And like you, it doesn't matter what color someone is, where they grew up, or if they speak with an accent. If they are here doing what everybody else is doing, we see them as Americans. Is there some racism? Sure. Humans are like that. But the vast majority of Americans really aren't racist, quite the opposite actually.<br /><br />And I think you're absolutely right that countries without the immigrant tradition don't understand our mentality on this. It's the same thing with us not having an imperial tradition. I have German relatives who simply can't believe that we don't want to run countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. But we really don't. Americans genuinely don't want an empire. We view war as a necessary thing you have to do sometimes and then you go home again. We don't want more land or more people. It's just not something that would occur to an American.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-3130963616798127042012-07-30T13:27:37.411-04:002012-07-30T13:27:37.411-04:00Andrew, I grew up with British shows so they were ...Andrew, I grew up with British shows so they were just as normal to me as American and Australian shows. <br /><br />Too many movies have bad accents but it is a lot better then it used to be. I've also been fooled by good actors, the best being Dominic West and Idris Elba from The Wire and Hugh Laurie from house, it took me a few episodes to realise he was in Blackadder! <br /><br />And I bet money that most foreign countries (which doesn't have large scale immigration) do not understand western democracies like the US, Australia, NZ and Great Britain. They have different cultures and vastly different histories then we do.<br /><br />I had an argument with an Indian student in Australia who told me that Australia was a racist country. I told him to his face that if we were racists that we wouldn't let him into our country in the first place. He was struck speechless and had no comeback to that simple truth.<br /><br />I've met lots of Aussies who don't look a bit like me (ie. white), they were either born here or immigrated here but they chose to become Australians so I consider them an Australian just like me. A lot of countries and quite a few people from Australia cannot get that simple fact.<br /><br />Plus too many people purposely confuse a dislike of illegal immigration as a dislike of ALL immigration. That is mostly just to push a specific political point of view.<br /><br />Scott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com