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The More Things Change
The more they change for the worse: The N.Y. Times, Ed Harris, Holy Cities, the easily offended liberal reader, and much more, including the View from New Stuttgart.
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I’m sorry if I’m slow off the mark with this criticism, but I agree wholeheartedly with James Bowman’s review of Buffalo Soldiers.
Billed as a satire of the U.S. military, it’s directed by an Australian, Gregor Jordan, and stars a New Zealander, Anna Paquin. Its other star, Joaquin Phoenix, is one of a Hollywood dynasty and the only thing its principal supporting actor “Mister” Ed Harris has ever shot off is his mouth, over his views on George W. Bush. Mister Ed has made a fortune from playing real American heroes like John Glenn and Gene Kranz, Flight Controller of Apollo 13. I sincerely hope that if, from now on, he ever approaches any American who has distinguished themselves in public service with a view to portraying them they will decline his offer.
Oh, and any stockholder in General Motors who was disgusted by Harris’s views on the President should know that their money was used to pay him to appear in a series of ads for their corporation’s UK arm, Vauxhall Motors, earlier this year. Mister Ed might not be a Republican, but like all good liberals he knows the value of a buck.
p>Best regards to all at “The Prowler.” br> — Martin Kelly br> Glasgow, Scotland /p> p> GIVE ME MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s
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