It seems no genre of television is safe from gratuitous shots at how the Iraq war makes the U.S. an “imperialistic bully.” On Sunday's episode of Cold Case, a drama about a supposed squad of Philadelphia Police Department detectives who solve old murders, a witness is questioned about a 1981 murder of a husband and wife who were anti-Vietnam war hippies. When the woman who attended a college reunion party shortly before the murders recalls how “I was still kind of stuck in my old hippy ways. Didn't fit very well into the decade of greed,” “Detective Scotty Valens” points out how they all attended college “at the height of the Vietnam war.” That leads the woman, who by the end of the show is arrested as the murderer, to recall how the victims “were protesting against an America that had become an imperialistic bully.” To which “Detective Lilly Rush,” the star of the program played by Kathryn Morris, chimes in with an obvious allusion to Iraq: “Sounds vaguely familiar.” (Screen shot is of “Lilly Rush" talking to the witness/criminal.)
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Lily
February 19, 2007 - 18:33 ET by BBallleaperI assume "Scotty" is Richie's illegitimate offspring. Lily is everything I want in my female detective. That is, brainless with dirty, unwashed, straggly hair in the world's worst cut,...I assume that's a female comb over or exceptionally bad wig.
Hey Lily, just wait until the islamofascists take over. Your program will be gone in a heartbeat as will your Hollyweird liberal pals. Of course maybe they'll let you work in "Burka". That would be fun, wouldn't it?
While this stupid b**** sits in LaLaLand making a million dollars a week for exhibiting her no-talent ass, brave men are dying to protect her sorry butt and all she can do is flap her traitorous lips at them!
Don't watch this drivel anyway!
"brainless with dirty, u
February 21, 2007 - 11:52 ET by AlgerHiss"brainless with dirty, unwashed, straggly hair in the world's worst cut,..."
What is it with these TV females these days? It seems it is now chic and vogue to present yourself as a skanky, dirty, unkempt piece of slutty garbage.
Another is Kathryn Erbe from one of the 352 versions of Law & Order. Good grief, she looks awful.
Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!
More for me
February 22, 2007 - 16:46 ET by Chidi NwachukhuKathryn Morris is a hottie.
Was there any bullying after the US left?
February 19, 2007 - 18:54 ET by Carl KolchakI can't wait until this show does an episode about a Vietnamese survivor from a reeducation camp. I'm sure there wasn't any bullying by the left wing Communists in those camps now were there. How about the left wing North Vietnamese assisting Pol Pot after the US left? Now, if you get your history from left wing college professors then you would be taught that Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge weren't bullying anyone.
Checkout this quote from the below link.
"The Vietnamese communists swiftly allied themselves with the Khmer Rouge--as Sihanouk had dismissively labeled Pol Pot's group--against the new regime in Phnom Penh. The Vietnamese provided the rag-tag Khmer Rouge with arms and training."
http://www.time.com/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/pol_pot1.html
"There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles" 'Peace Frog'
I don't want to brag, but if American was an Imperialistic Bully
February 19, 2007 - 20:22 ET by acaiguanaI don't want to brag, but if America was an Imperialistic Bully, we'd still be in Vietnam and we'd be running the stupid country and it'd be an American territory.
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
And Cuba would be a Disney at
February 19, 2007 - 20:25 ET by Clear thinkerAnd Cuba would be a Disney attraction!
Agreed, ACA. Look at the pa
February 19, 2007 - 20:28 ET by Chicago RepublicanAgreed, ACA. Look at the painful lengths our military went through for the first nearly four years in Iraq to leave a "light footprint". Are these the actions of "a bully"?
The whole idea of American Imperialism is crap.
February 19, 2007 - 20:31 ET by acaiguanaThe whole idea of American Imperialism is crap.
Its Marxist and its wrong and it distorts the entire history of America with respect to its international ambitions and relations, particularly with respect to its wars.
If we were an Imperialistic country, the entire Southern Hemisphere would be an American colony and the Japanese would be speaking English and playing cowboy and indians wearing six-shooters as toy guns and not samari swords.
Europe would be saluting the American Flag and the ex-Soviet Bloc States would be petitioning to become part of the Union.
Give me a break.
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
Cold Case, the same show that
February 19, 2007 - 20:26 ET by msh1973Cold Case, the same show that depicted all pro-life advocates as "crazy" and "radicals". Whatever!
The show also features the
February 19, 2007 - 20:31 ET by Tom PaineThe show also features the only detective squad room in the country with an Amnesty International poster hanging on the wall.
Do they really? The only th
February 20, 2007 - 11:23 ET by BDDo they really? The only thing more incongruous would be an ACLU poster....
Dialogue like that quoted in
February 19, 2007 - 20:49 ET by GalvanicDialogue like that quoted in this article just reinforces my conclusion that there's nothing worthwhile for me in contemporary TV dramas.
As Tom Paine's noted how m
February 19, 2007 - 21:26 ET by Jack BauerAs Tom Paine's noted how many real cop shops display prominently a 4 by 3 foot poster for “Amnesty” International? I mean the parts of the station where the actual street cops solve actual crimes. Possibly a massive ZERO?
But the Muslim headed, violently anti-American leftoid controlled organization Amnutsy International does have its supporters in make-believe cop shows. The makers of the tedious TV series “Cold Case” for one.
Anyone with the misfortune to watch this truly idiotic show can’t fail to notice the huge poster usually featured behind our ice queen heroine cop played by the rather attractive, if somewhat sickly pale, Kathryn Norris.
The producers manage at least one long lingering shot every show. So intent are they at ensuring the whole poster is shown, they place it very high on the wall and shoot up (not in a drugs sense, but who knows).
And leftoids wonder where on earth conservatives get the idea that many mainstream entertainment TV shows have a relentless liberal agenda which they are determined to push 24/7? It’s insidious and never ending.
Law & Order in a high grade example of self-lefteous actors, writers and producers who never stop denigrating conservative views. It's a game that never grows old for them. They are deadly serious about it. Nothing happens in a finished TV show by accident. If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the screen, period.
Back to Cold Headcase though, the plots are utterly contrived and illogical.
The acting's up to snuff, but what’s PARTICULARLY ODIOUS is each episodes last minute wrap-up scene in slow-mo. The ice maiden is invariably caught sweeping a stray hair from her face, sporting an enigmatic/smug smile, while the newly vindicated dead victim appear off in the distance waving to her, happy in the knowledge she's solved the case. She nods back.
It's truly sickbag inducing.
MadTV sketch
February 19, 2007 - 22:33 ET by BDavisI never watched this show, but this MadTV sketch told me everything I needed to know about this show.
So, it's almost like the chi
February 19, 2007 - 23:11 ET by Roger the ShrubberSo, it's almost like the chick channels the spirt of the murdered victim?
Now, let me think...
Which presidential candidate also almost channels dead people?
Hmmm....
Which presidential candidat
February 20, 2007 - 08:55 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsWhich presidential candidate also almost channels dead people?
Would that be the same presidential candidate who channelled millions from numerous doctors and insurance companies so he could build a lavish estate, among other things?
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LOL -- dead on. And the att
February 20, 2007 - 12:48 ET by Jack BauerLOL -- dead on. And the attention to the hair is the same!
I WISH America acted imperial
February 20, 2007 - 00:58 ET by mostlymoderateI WISH America acted imperialistically once in a while, but we never do. America gives so many handouts to so many undeserving nations it's pitifull. Even in Iraq we treat the enemy with way too much civility. The problem with liberal's is that they "throw around" very serious words with VERY serious meanings. Like Imperialistic, nazi-like, or fascist. America has been called all of these things but it just isn't true.
If we were imperialistic we would halt all immigration for 10-20 years to fight overpopulation. We would leave the United Nations and tell Europe we were not going to protect them anymore. We would attack Cuba and Venezuala. We would stop all funding for Israel. We would complete our Star Wars program...etc.
Do we do any of the above? NO. Because America has always helped lesser fortunate countries out that were in a bind. SAME thing we are doing in Iraq, whether people want to believe it or not.
She probably came up with tha
February 20, 2007 - 11:18 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarShe probably came up with that line on her own and nearly wet her pants getting the Director to allow her to say it. "Oh, oh, oh. I got one, I got one, I got one!" Probably thinking "Susan Saranwrap will think me sooo clever" <as she giggles>
Of course, I'm giving her way too much credit.
Now back to watching Jack B. show us how interrogations should be run.
"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." Mark Twain
Anti Vietnam Veterans Show
February 20, 2007 - 12:01 ET by mikebromoLast season's Cold Case show had an episode showing a Vietnam vet as the bad guy. As a Vietnam Veteran I was upset but continued to watch the show. About five weeks later they had another episode about a Vietnam Veteran. This episode had him killing his girfriend or wife, can't remember and also a killing a Vietnamese family when he was in Vietnam. I have not watched the show since then.
I thought TV shows showing the Vietnam Veteran as the crazed lunatic killer went out of favor in the late 70's. Now, with the Iraq war, Liberals in the media are bashing all war veterans.
Mikebromo:Get used to it. I
February 20, 2007 - 12:41 ET by BDMikebromo:
Get used to it. I am fully expecting to see a whole batch of "He used an IED that he learned in Iraq" plotlines for TV crime thrillers in the coming years.
That and "He tortured him like he did in Abu Ghraib" plotlines showing us as crazed Iraq war vets....
Of course, we will never see "He is a crazed Move-on protestor or Code Pink wacko who murdered his girlfriend and put her in a trunk in the attic" like what really happened in Philly post Vietnam.
BD you are a bad person
February 20, 2007 - 13:52 ET by Carl KolchakFirst of all Mike, thank-you for your service in Vietnam.
Now, second BD, don't you know you are a bad person bringing up Ira Einhorn killing his girlfriend. Ira Einhorn is a left winger and no one is allowed to say bad things about fine upstanding left wing citizens such as him. So what if he killed his girlfriend and fled to France. He claims he was the originator of Earth Day, and that far outways any murder.
Sincerley
The Left Wing MSM
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jennings
I feel appropriately chastise
February 20, 2007 - 14:09 ET by BDI feel appropriately chastised....
I forgot, Earth day out-weighs all, except global warming....
1) global warming2) earth d
February 20, 2007 - 14:15 ET by Eric Turner1) global warming
2) earth day
3) kwanzaa
Let's have a big round of applause for our wonderful socialists!
1) global warming2) earth d
February 20, 2007 - 14:29 ET by DontFeedTheTrolls1) global warming
2) earth day
3) kwanzaa
Don't forget:
4) casual Friday
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1) global warming2) Internati
February 20, 2007 - 21:26 ET by Roger the Shrubber1) global warming
2) International Talk Like a Pirate Day
3) earth day
4) kwanzaa
5) The Gay Softball World Series
Argh, matie! What be wrong
February 20, 2007 - 21:36 ET by Eric TurnerArgh, matie! What be wrong with the ole International Talk Like a Pirate Day?!?
Alright Rog, now you've cross
February 20, 2007 - 21:44 ET by JABAlright Rog, now you've crossed the line.
I refuse to even think about clicking on a link with the two words "Gay" and "Softball" in it. I think I'll pass -- pun intended.
"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
Don't you mean...
February 22, 2007 - 16:43 ET by Chidi NwachukhuJab, I think you mean to have your signature read, "Too bad ignorance isn't painful."
I actually rather liked the show
February 20, 2007 - 12:36 ET by bbbossI kind of liked that show. It often played the old music, talked about the old days. I was watching when that bit played and immediately caught it. I swore, almost threw something at my brand spanking new plasma TV, and my wife told me to relax. I don't know if I'll continue to watch, but it really turned me off, in fact, I did write a note to the network execs telling them what a cheap shot their writers stuck in this episode. And that there were probably a lot of Americans that watched the show regularly, but would be seriously offended by the show calling their country an "imperialist bully". Even most of those Americans that are now questioning the Iraq policy don't believe their country is a bully....that nonsense is left up to the loons on the far left. Of course, the alphabet channels have long since crossed the line into the lunatic fringe of the American left. Too bad, because the show has a pretty good premise.