Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack): "Enough is enough!" (Heads to Crawford)

[guruoo]

(Mods: Sorry, original title wouldn't fit -g)


August 15, 2005 09:00 AM US Eastern Timezone

Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) Will Be Holding a National Press Conference to Unveil a Brand-New, Never-Before-Seen Exit Strategy to End the War in Iraq

Click here to see downloadable versions
Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) EndTheIraqWar.Com (Photo: Business Wire)


MOORPARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2005--"Enough is enough!" said Delores Taylor, alongside her husband, Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack). The quintessential activist heroine and hero of the 1970's are back with a vengeance. They are determined to end the war in Iraq, by restoring America to her moral purpose, before subway terrorists possess nuclear weapons in suitcases.

To reveal this new exciting exit plan, Laughlin will be holding a press conference at Peace House located at 9142 5th Street, Crawford, Texas, on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 1 p.m. (CT).

"This plan is a win/win situation for the Iraqi people, and especially for every American -- Republican, Democrat or Independent. Over 87% of 174 voters strongly approved this plan, including 61% who were Republican or initially favored the war," said Laughlin.

Not affiliated with either political party, Taylor and Laughlin are inviting the public to join them in a crusade to end the war and diffuse the escalating nuclear crisis.

Outraged at the daily deaths of American soldiers as well as innocent Iraqi civilians, and in support of Cindy Sheehan's courageous stand, they have created a never-before-seen comprehensive seven-month campaign with five separate major national events. The goal is to make America and the world fully aware that there exists an immediately available exit plan to end the war, give genuine peace, freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people, and bring our troops home by Christmas.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050815005354&newsLang=en

[leftchick]

1. Is that THIS Billy Jack?

:woohoo:

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Yes, that one

!!

[guruoo]

14. 'One Tin soldier' (revised)

http://arizona.indymedia.org/uploads/onetinsoldierfull_64.mp3

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Haven't listened to that song in a while

Even the original version. It's more relevant than ever before.

"Go ahead and hate your neighbor"
"Go ahead and cheat a friend"
"Do it in the name of heaven"
"You can justify it in the end"

[K8-EEE]

39. But On The Bloody Morning After....

One tin soldier walks away --

Great song for Camp Casey!

[guruoo]

51. Freepers: 'where did the hippies go, BJ?'

IMHO, as good a recommendation as he could get.
Welcome aboard, Mr. Jack!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1362405/posts

To: PJ-Comix

Well this is just plain sad.

4 posted on 03/14/2005 6:36:15 AM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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[Tigress DEM]

64. I think some are on Air America Radio. grin nt

[Tigress DEM]

66. I think some are on Air America Radio. grin nt

[Tigress DEM]

67. I think some are on Air America Radio. grin nt

[guruoo]

76. They're high on Cindy

Billy Jack’s Crusade Webring
http://r.webring.com/forum?forum=laughlinvoterrev;did=17

[uppityperson]

3. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now That is soooo cool. I loved BillyJack, even though I hated the movies violence. Strider and BillyJack. wow

[guruoo]

4. Show 'nuff

The Official Website of:
Billy Jack , Delores Taylor & Tom Laughlin
& EndtheIraqWar.com
& The new Billy Jack 2005 Feature Film:
Billy Jack’s Crusade
to End the War and Restore America to its Moral Purpose
http://www.billyjack.com

[wakeme2008]

36. He's got cool tee-shirts there.

:)

[leftchick]

71. thank you for the link

I had no idea! :)

[LosinIt]

6. I...Just...Go...Be...Zerk!!!!!

my favorite line

[leftchick]

9. omg....

I was a baby when these movies were made and I remember that!


:)

[Buns_of_Fire]

81. Mine, too. Along with "...and I'm gonna take my foot...

and put it right there... (pointing at the guy's left ear)... and there's not a damned thing you can do about it..."

And he then proceeds to do exactly that.

The right has Ahhhnuld. We've got Billy Jack. I'm content with that.

[riverwalker]

43. yep

www.billyjack.com
Has had an anti-war website for a long time.

[AuntiBush]

47. Oh Yeah! Riveting! Major Viet Nam Anti-War, Anti-Corruption Man!

Do not believe all the propaganda on the internet right now! Tons of it suddenly. This man will draw everyone's attention.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/641/ref=pd_sr_ec_ser_d/102-5953092-4968102?tag=meatme-20
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-5953092-4968102?tag=meatme-20

From Bill Alward's Movie Review Site:

"Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven, you can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgment day,
On the bloody morning after...One tin soldier rides away."

"One Tin Soldier" by Coven.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/2201/Rvw_BillyJack.html

[guruoo]

75. He could help us straighten out

some problems in our own party, too.

[AuntiBush]

86. That's the Best Line I've Heard in A Long Time.

It promises to be quite interesting.

[Spinzonner]

62. Can Billy Paul be far behind ?

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76hbillypaul.phtml

[ChiciB1]

5. Didn't He Quit The Democratic Party??

Or maybe he was extremely vocal AGAINST either Clinton or Kerry. I can't remember which.

[leftchick]

7. I think he was a big Libertarian?

until some of those folks realized the repukes are Nazis?? That would explain a lot. :)

[uppityperson]

8. From his website.

http://www.billyjack.com/index.php?menuID=Page&pid=110

A brand new Billy Jack film -- Billy Jack's Crusade to End the War and Restore America to its Moral Purpose.

We disdain both political Parties. We believe that both the cowardly Democrats and the rapacious Republicans have become so systemically corrupt, that, as Senator Warren Rudman said when he resigned from the Senate, ‘This place has become so corrupt it cannot function anymore.’ It is no longer capable of representing the people, but only the special interests, the wealthy, and the corporations, especially the multi-national corporations.


“We intend for our new film and this website to be a strong intelligent voice that brings consciousness, new ideas and real power back to the people.”


A powerful 5-Event National Campaign to stop the daily bloodbath in Iraq immediately...
more @ link

[ChiciB1]

18. Well More Power To Them!!

Hey, maybe the message is FINALLY sinking in that "the corrupt ones" are SINKING our country!!!

And I personally think the Democrats had better start doing some HOLLERING! I'm white, but I have to hand it to the Black Caucus because they're almost the only ones who are fighting the good fight.

Yeah, I know there are a few "whites" out there, but just a FEW!!!

[yorkiemommie1]

42. when is the film being released ?

n/t

[guruoo]

11. He's p/o'd at both parties, however...

he supports Cindy, ergo.....

[catzies]

10. They live in Moorpark?! Holy cow, I'm in the next town over.

I had no idea!

[kestrel91316]

13. You're in Simi??

[catzies]

17. Other direction. Simi's east, Camarillo's west.

n/t

[kestrel91316]

25. San Fernando Valley here, hi neighbor!

:hi:

[K8-EEE]

40. Oh Hey ALL You Neighbors, From No. Hollywood!!

We should do a get together! Hey you know what we went to this place in Newhall last Saturday that was the MOST FUN it's called Vincenzos, a dive pizza place with GREAT bluegrass musicians -- Chris Hillman (from the Byrds!!) even sits in sometime!

[catzies]

79. Hey there, SFV neighbor! My daughter goes to Pierce College

what a small world

:hi:

[PlanetBev]

35. Hey, Catzies, I live in Thousand Oaks

Nice to know that Tom is our nearest neighbor. Shows that we're not all knuckledraggers out here.

[K8-EEE]

41. My Sister Lives In 1000 Oaks ---

She has such a nice house and everything but something about it out there -- I am always itching to get out of there! It's super ultra suburban and I'm not, but there is great stuff out there, the best is Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park -- have you been?? VERY FUN AND NICE PEOPLE AND GREAT MUSICIANS!

[Hapameli]

70. Hey all Si Cal DUers! Rally for Cindy this Saturday at 3 in Hollywood

In front of CNN

Sunset & Cahuenga

[Beaverhausen]

87. wow. Didn't know about that. I will be at Ventura and Laurel Cyn. tomorrow

night!

:hi:

[catzies]

80. There are marvelous Dems in the Conejo Valley Democratic Club.

Check 'em out:

http://www.conejodemocrats.com/

:hi: from the other side of the Grade.

[onager]

83. West SFV checking in!

Canoga Park.

:hi:

I used to work in Moorpark. And Thousand Jokes...

[catzies]

85. Howdy West SFV! 818 represent!

:hi:

[uppityperson]

12. “No more orphans for Halliburton oil.”

Here is a New, Foolproof Strategy for Ending the Mess in Iraq

An Exit Plan that brings stability and democracy to Iraq, brings our troops home immediately by replacing them with a coalition from Russia, China, France etc., none of whom are as hated as the “demon/Satan” Americans.

All we have to do to get these countries to take over the reconstruction of Iraq is give them back the oil leases Bush stole from them when Bush invaded. (Russia had the West Qurnah oil field, China had the Rumaylah Reserve, and France had two of Iraq’s largest fields, the Majnoon and Nahr Bin Omar.)

For these countries, or any country to send their people and taxpayers’ money into Iraq to protect Halliburton and friends’ oil would be insane. Give the Iraqis the oil to give back to these major powers as they see fit, get the intensely hated Americans out who are seen in the same light as the Nazi occupiers of France, Belgium, etc., and the major powers will rush to take over and get the oil, allowing our troops to come home immediately.

http://www.billyjack.com/index.php?menuID=Page&pid=39

How the heck have I missed BillyJack ranting this these last few yrs?

[enough]

20. Sounds sensible. Must be impossible.

[daleo]

45. I don't know if this would work

It sounds like the Iraqis are expected to trade one set of exploiters for another. They probably want their own country (and oil) back.

[AuntiBush]

49. Same here uppityperson

He was my idol way back in when.... you were reading my mind.

[NVMojo]

54. well, he's calling a spade a spade, we stole the contracts Iraq

was dealing to other countries ...we tried to push all the other kids out of the sandbox ...

[BQueen]

15. Interesting stuff on their site -- I like this retort to RW boycotts

from their Personal Statement:

******
The moment free citizens, whether they be teachers, producers, or celebrities, are afraid to speak out for fear of economic reprisals, we are no longer America.

This behavior is terrifying. It is not just terrifyingly un-American, it is terrifyingly anti-American, doing extreme violence to every spiritual and moral principle America was founded on and stands for in the world today.

To those who say “I don’t say they don’t have a right to dissent, but I say I also have the right not to buy their records, or boycott their products, what is anti-American about that?”

Everything! The true test of being an American is not just to say they have a right of free speech, and I have a right of free speech, but to stand alongside Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson and defend to the death their right to say it not matter how much I disagree with it. Any method used to strike fear into dissenters so they’ll be afraid to speak up for fear of being punished, being fired, losing their right to make a living, having their products boycotted – any method used to silence the dissenter instead of doing everything possible to protect and defend their right to dissent, is as anti-American as one can become. It is to be no different from the exact thing we went to war with against Hussein, it is to become exactly like the Husseins and Castros who, in the name of America, destroy America.
*****

I'm bookmarking to explore later -- hope they've added to the "Most Neurotic TV Hosts" section by then...

[Minstrel Boy]

16. Listen, children, to a story, that was written long ago...

Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it:
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

[Mikimouse]

21. Around 40 years later...

an old man sits with his cats, and weeps for the nation we once were.

[uppityperson]

30. Just reading that song gives me goosebumps.

[earth mom]

84. Thanks for posting the song!

The Billy Jack movies had a big influence on me as a kid and that song always brings tears to my eyes...

Go Tom and Delores! :applause:

[warrens]

19. You know what?

THis is shit. They were wingnuts, I am sick of this,

[anotherdrew]

29. what?

They are not wingnuts

[uppityperson]

33. You mean because it was hippies vs bikers

with ex-military turned pacifist spiritualist turned vigilante against the corrupt cops and other assorted nasty guys, kicking the shit out of them? That? I agree, that always bothered me, but still....

[guruoo]

37. They're high-profile, anti-war, pro-civil liberties...

and they're going to Crawford to support Cindy.
Now, tell us more about this shit.

[H5N1]

23. The main thing about him: he is pro Palestine!

I invested 20,000 in this movie.
Like Cindy, he is both anti-bush and pro Palestine.
LOVE IT!

[Jim Sagle]

24. He's gonna kick w right in the head...and there won't be a goddamn thing

he can do about it.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

32. Do they still get royalties from the movie?

I just might have to rent it, it touched the soul then, when I was younger, and will now more so, as I am older.

[goforit]

26. This is just to funny!!...Why not, watcha gotta lose?

Fight for your freedom to live!!!!

[H5N1]

27. Invest money - be happy!

[guruoo]

52. Here's a recent picture of them

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[NVMojo]

56. America needs heroes!!!!! We have Cindy and more on the way!!

YAYA!!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

73. I do believe

that this is the start of the second coming but I have strange ideas about what the second coming is supposed to be about. It certainly is not about just one person. It's about all of us.

PBWY
DYEW

[anotherdrew]

28. YES! dick cheney IS Posner and bush is Posner's son

I sure hope this helps... Things are looking up.

[alphafemale]

31. Does this mean Mike Gallagher is going to be driving his car into a lake?

:evilgrin:

[riverwalker]

44. Gallagher IS Bernard !! n/t

[alphafemale]

53. OK...better than Cowardly Mike....What is the buoyancy of a fence-pipe...

laden pick-up?

[Mabus]

46. I just want Billy Jack to pour flour over his head

and cook up some giant buffalo-style chickenhawk wings.

:evilgrin:

[alphafemale]

55. Actually,..It was Bernard that poured the flour over the girls heads.

"You want to be white?"

Bullying, racist, rw fuck.

[Mabus]

59. I know, but I want it the other way around this time

I can dream.

[alphafemale]

60. Only if he made a racist, bullying, rw fuck pour flour over their own head

By the power of "suggestion"

That was the beauty of the car into the lake thing.

Talk about owned.

Fool could of gunned into reverse and got away.

But....?

Owned.

[Mabus]

65. LOL

I confess it has been years since I've seen any of the Billy Jack movies. Although I do remember the era of Billy Jack hats. Oh man, the guys who wore them were usually pretty hot.

[alphafemale]

68. We have a VCR Tape here. Daughter loved it, Played it for friends

on sleep-overs for years since like....5th grade.

She created a slew of "Billy Jack" fans.

[dweller]

34. BillyJack is back ...

The People’s Investigative Committee
who will conduct the
1st Public Televised Hearing by this Committee
to Explore Impeaching Bush and Cheney
as the only way to end the Iraq Oil Colony war and make Congress and the voters aware of the realistic Exit Plan immediately available

http://www.billyjack.com/index.php?menuID=Page&pid=69

read on...

dp

[K8-EEE]

38. Tom Laughlin & Delores Tayylor OMFG!!

I totally forgot about them but Billy Jack made a HUGE impact on me as a kid!!! It's the ultimate anti-Freeper flick...

[AuntiBush]

48. Donation to that AD! Welcome back Billy Jack & Friends!

:hi:

Looking forward to Friday's News Conference. What stations? What time?

DUERS: KICK THIS

[henslee]

50. This country is dumb enough to rally behind a movie character. This just

may work.

[NVMojo]

58. like I said, America needs a hero ...we have Cindy and now Billy back!

[guruoo]

63. This could be the jumpstart Cindy needed...

to stay in the headlines.

[othermeans]

57. "Sometimes I just go beserk" n/t

[Rainscents]

61. Good for him for Standing up for Cindy and to America!!!

Tie is turning, tie is turning!!!!!!!!!!! America is waking up slowly!!!!

[frustrated_lefty]

69. Welcome back, Billy Jack!

What floors me is how many "old-timers" are coming out of the woodwork to stand up. Not that they shouldn't have ideals. It's just they did their bit, they fought their fight, it's our time to pick up the flag. And still they come, and still they fight for their rights, and still they raise a little hell.

With all of the respect in the world to "the old-timers," my hat is off to you.

FL

[Boo Boo]

72. Oughta be interesting to watch this "major national event" ramp-up from

174 people to 10 million. That's quite a trick.

Frankly, I think he should stay the hell away from Crawford Texas. He may be very sincere, but this is likely to come off as self-promoting and more than just a little bit kooky. He runs the risk of turning Cindy's protest into a circus.

I'd love to be wrong about that.

[Midlodemocrat]

74. His website is really cool.

I love the link about Bush's messianic complex. Well said, Billy Jack!

[jokerman93]

77. Billy Jack!

Yeah! Big influence on me as a kid too. Definitely influenced my political views - and spiritual. Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor! Wow. Just last summer I pulled all the old Billy Jack films from Netflix and we had us a marathon here down at the Palms.

:-)

I remember wondering - where are the great story tellers now? We need parables like Billy Jack - stories about real strength and the spiritual struggle against tyrannies of all kind - personal and political.

I'm ready for this! It's about time for another chapter of Billy Jack, I'd say. Hey, Tom and Delores if you read this - never got a chance to thank you for your inspiration all those many years ago. Good to see you both still kickin!

:applause:

(And also, just had to say...Billy Jack could kick the Terminator's ass anytime!)

LOL. I Love it!!!

[Synnical]

78. I watched the orginal Billy Jack movie this past weekend

It was cool. Hadn't seen it in many years.

[goodhue]

82. Most excellent

"And once you understand the war has always been about oil, the exit plan becomes self-evident." - Billy Jack

[Synnical]

88. NYT: June 2005 - Billy Jack is Ready to Fight the Good Fight Again

http://www.billyjack.com/index.php?menuID=Page&pid=109

SANTA ROSA VALLEY, Calif. - It has been more than 30 years, but Billy Jack is still plenty ticked off.

Back then, it was bigotry against Native Americans, trouble with the nuclear power industry and big bad government that made this screen hero explode in karate-fueled rage. At the time, the unlikely combination of rugged-loner heroics - all in defense of society's downtrodden and forgotten - and rough-edged filmmaking sparked a pop culture and box-office phenomenon.

Now the man who created and personified Billy Jack, Tom Laughlin - the writer, director, producer and actor - is determined to take on the establishment again, and his concerns are not so terribly different. Mr. Laughlin (and therefore Billy Jack) is angry about the war in Iraq and about the influence of big business in politics. And he still has a thing for the nuclear power industry.

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"We despise both political parties, really loathe them," he said. ("We" might be Mr. Laughlin and his alter ego, or it might include his wife, Delores Taylor, who played Billy Jack's pacifist partner, Jean; but one doesn't interrupt the man lightly.)