Crimes Against America
Given the horrible events of the last couple of years, I think it's time we all take stock of ourselves as Americans. The world knows what "Crimes Against Humanity" are. Well, I think it's about time we have a "Crime Against America" category, for crimes so heinous you should immediately lose your American citizenship. The law has long held that once you're a born or naturalized citizen, you're a citizen for life. I say we amend the Constitution to change that law. I mean, really, isn't it about time?
I propose that the following all be considered "Crimes Against America," and that we subject those heinous enough to commit them to immediate loss of citizenship and expulsion from U.S. territory:
1) Asking for any Ray Charles song to be turned down. Ever. 2) Not being able to name at least one John Wayne movie you've seen and liked. 3) Being found in possession of a degree in French Literature. 4) Not buying Girl Scout Cookies when your office mates ask you to. 5) Proof that you never cried for even a second during Saving Private Ryan. 6) Making any statement implying anything bad about Jimmy Stewart.I really think we could get an important movement going here, if we all just try. However, I should say that this is still open for amendments. Who has some other suggestions? We can debate them on the floor and add them up until final ratification by the Senate.
I'm guilty of #2.
Please, just don't send me to France.
The idea of expulsion should hardly be considered a novelty. Every society since prehistory has expelled any and all persons whose presence threatened the safety of the campsite, the farm or ranch, the village, the city, the province, the country. It is usally the polite way to treat such people, the alternative being one-way rides to the cemetery or leaving the bodies for the crows.
I recall broaching this idea in a post about Islam's dangers to the United States, but I was cautioned that we should be more concerned about Moslems all over the world hating us, than about taking fundamental stops to stop what otherwise seems like a permenent war against us, and that we should respond to large-scale destruction of our citizens and perhaps our cities with Marquis of Queensbury rules.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Crime against America?
7) You think Singing in the Rain is stupid.
#5) only counts for the first viewing,right?
Am I still guilty of Number 3 if I can't find the damn thing anywhere in my house?
(1) My wife and I watched the Kennedy Center Awards last night. At one point I said, "I know what's missing. Isn't it about time they drag Ray Charles out there?" I was glad they didn't.
(5) Never saw the movie, so I can't say.
The rest of your selections look good to me.
Michele:
Run don't walk to Blockbuster and get True Grit, Big Jake or Rio Bravo.
Vickie:
Yep. Enjoy your flight... ;-)
I want an addendum added. Mister I don't follow Doctor's orders because they're stupid!
#1 Doesn't count if: your wife just worked 20 hours in 2 days after having taken care of your invalid ass for a week and she walks in from said job with a raging migrane.
I think that is only fair.
you open the can of deportation worms.
i love the idea of deportation, and have ever since i read '1984' at a tender age. ok well maybe i waited until 1984, i mean annie lennox was really hot and i dug the graphics for the movie...
where do you send the deportees? the canal zone?
> I'm guilty of #2.
Michele: I recommend The Quiet Man.
Pick something soon, we know where you live.
> 7) You think Singing in the Rain is stupid.
Heinous monsters.
> #5) only counts for the first viewing,right?
Yes, but you're immediately registered with the TIA program.
> where do you send the deportees?
France.
Blast it, when will someone mention El Dorado!?
James Caan, Robert Mitchum, and John Wayne. Whatta cast! For those who haven't seen it, Mitchum does a great job of an alcoholic ex-gunslinger. The word is that Wayne was disappointed not to get that role; something he accomplished with True Grit
Rosemary: don't forget War Wagon (with Kurt Douglas) or The Defiant Ones with Rock Hudson.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance...
...and not just because it stars John Wayne AND Jimmy Stewart.
Dean: Explain the "heinous monsters" comment? Are you being ironically agreeable or agreeably ironic?
I recommend The Quiet Man because it's so off-beat for Wayne, and so damned funny. I like John Wayne's comedies, and this one was really funny. (It's also listed as one of the 250 most popular movies of all time on the IMDB.)
Ara: I confess to not understanding the question. But mocking Singin' in the Rain should be a hanging offense so far as I'm concerned. The amendment should be updated forthwith.
(Speaking of Gene Kelly, this conversation prompted my discovery of a neat new film about him, which I've added to my Wish List.)
Hey, if u cant control menace of your own society i dont think its very wise to unleash them into another one.
And anyway such people dont deserve to be citizens of this world in the first place, let alone of a single country. Although criminals should have their fundamental rights, i beleive that the worlds judicial system is getting to soft for hardened criminals.
Dean:
Ara: I confess to not understanding the question. But mocking Singin' in the Rain should be a hanging offense so far as I'm concerned.
Good. That's what I thought you meant. Just double-checking.
BTW, I had the occasion to watch Wag the Dog again this weekend and found it to be even better the second time around. It's still relevant and incredibly funny.
Another David Mamet gem.
My favorite scene? The one with William Macy, Robert DeNiro and Ann Heche in the Mexican restaurant.
Macy: "When the fit hits the shan, someone is going to have to stay after school."
Hee!
Ref #5: What was there to cry about? I found it an amusing movie, especially the special effects which often risible. 'Cross of Iron" was a better movie.
Cheers
I think your an idiot. These rules are so stupid. No wonder no one likes you americans.(i like americans but a know a LOT of people that dont) You americans guys talk for the sake of talking, but you never really say anything. Its called verbal diary and this site is its origine. This is the first and last time i will ever visit this site. This site is a crime against intelligence.
P.S John wayne and jimmy stewart suck .What generation are you from? I think your really old beacause know one a know gives a rats ass about that racist looser John wayne and that bitch jimmy stewart
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