I lifted this from Big Hollywood because it mirrors my thinking exactly.
What a terrible testament to how far Hollywood has fallen.
John Ford was a liberal and John Wayne was a conservative. They argued frequently about politics however they remained friends and they cooperated in the production of magnificently patriotic movies like They Were Expendable (click the link for part one of Big Hollywood's seven part series on the production of that movie).
We have lost that today and it is because of the venom of the left.
May they burn in hell indeed.
The Washington Times is wrong. Hollywood wasn’t AWOL in
the War on Terror. In fact, just the opposite is true. Hollywood
summoned every ounce of financial and star power at their disposal to
fight this war.
Unfortunately, they chose to fight for the other side.
If our history is written by honest brokers, this generation of
Hollywoodists will be remembered as those who openly enabled evil and
spent hundreds of millions of dollars making bombs for the enemy — box
office bombs. Over a dozen of them, specifically engineered with equal
parts lies and hate and propaganda to undermine morale at home and on
the battlefield in the hopes that we would lose this war.
Never forget the crime committed in New York, Pennsylvania and at the
Pentagon on that terrible day. And never forget how Hollywood turned
on your country.
There were some exceptions, however, and chief among them was Joel
Surnow the co-creator of “24.” Each week, for eight seasons, he gave
this country a hero who openly loved America, did what was necessary to
protect her, and who was willing to pay a terrible price for it. ”24″
also delivered the goods. Cathartic, exciting and righteous without
being self-righteous, the addictive adventures of Jack Bauer became an
oasis in a cesspool of Hollywood product delivering the exact opposite
message.
As the face of the program, Surnow paid a price for his apostasy and
because he’s a smart man who knows how the world works, my guess is that
he knew that someday he would. We all watched as some of the biggest
forces in the world of entertainment and politics ganged up to exact their revenge with “The Kennedys.” Don’t believe for a second that wasn’t a form of payback.
For whatever it’s worth, we thank you, Joel Surnow. You can’t
imagine what it meant to millions of us to have something to count on
over those weeks and years — something that told us we weren’t crazy and
we weren’t alone.
And thank you to the subversives who used their art and magnificent
artistry to take our side through thinly veiled allegory. Thank you
Frank Miller and Zack Snyder for “300.” Thank you Christopher Nolan for
“The Dark Knight.”
There were others. Men like Gary Sinise who tirelessly support the
troops and David Zucker who took the fight directly to that
anti-American pig Michael Moore. There is also Robert Davi, Jon Voight,
Kelsey Grammer, Michael Moriarty and those like them who have bravely
and eloquently spoken out against the talking points issued by their
Hollywood Overlords.
For fear of missing one, I won’t attempt to name everyone in
Hollywood who did the right thing, who openly supported our military and
refused to participate in the resume-enhancing undermining of our
country. Within the context of the whole of the entertainment business,
however, they make up a heartbreakingly short list. But you know who are
and we know who you are and we thank you.
The rest of you can burn in Hell.
What a terrible testament to how far Hollywood has fallen.
John Ford was a liberal and John Wayne was a conservative. They argued frequently about politics however they remained friends and they cooperated in the production of magnificently patriotic movies like They Were Expendable (click the link for part one of Big Hollywood's seven part series on the production of that movie).
We have lost that today and it is because of the venom of the left.
May they burn in hell indeed.
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