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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:28 AM Original message |
“It’s a Wonderful Life” was considered by the FBI to be a piece of communist propaganda |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. ''...this picture deliberately maligned the upper class...'' |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. "Rich" and "bad guys" should never be equated! What nonsense. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. It was an FBI rule that movies could never show that crime paid .... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. .... |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Only in a fascist country. FBI, CIA work for corporations |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. The FBI investigating popular entertainment. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think Hoover was certifiable, a lifetime in the closet |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Agreed--a paranoic nut job. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
68. Not really... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Exactly!!! Sort of an Idi Amin wannabe....totally insane |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. it is beyond amazing some days how incredibly fear-driven this govt has been, and continues to be. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. They should be afraid with the way they treat us. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. It is that..... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's A Wonderful Life's true sin was its' underlying message of opposing monopolists and |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. My father's observation rings true- for some it's a game of unrelenting acquisition |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
70. The 'well off' that I know are consumed with |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Technically, he didn't "steal" it |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Uncle Billy accidentally left it in the folded newspaper which he handed to Potter. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 02:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
69. Similar to the megabanks like BOA and the megamarts |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. I watched it again just a couple nights ago |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hoover's FBI could see "COMM'NISM!" in Winnie the Pooh, FFS. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. Eyore seems suspect to me n/t |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. J Edgar Hoover was a warped, frustrated old man. nt |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Nice Reference... |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. In the whole vast configuration of things...... n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Hoover was one of the most hated men in America in his own time ... hated and feared.... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Mr. Potter is one of the all-time worst film villains. Regretably, the USA is now Pottersville. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Potterville = GOPs Third World America -- !! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Precisely. It's Palin's America. The very thing that J. Edgar wanted. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #45 |
72. Exactly! nt |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Cheney based his attitude towards Democrats on the Potter character. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. We could use another Capra about now |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. "The Grapes of Wrath" also |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. You can transpose the words "communist" & "terrorist" |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R, it's much worse today, isn't it kpete-everyone is now someone's "terrorist" |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. That damn George Bailey should have pulled himself up by his bootstraps. |
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pauldp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Damn right. He should not have taken the handout money the town gave him. |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've told some of my more right-leaning friends |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. funny - the fam and i were just talking the other |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. NATCH! |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's my favorite movie |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. This movie is extremely relevant to what's going on today. George's |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. The Cheney-Potter resemblance was freaky even |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Yes. I noticed that. too. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. The FBI has a file on one; Jesus H Christ |
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pauldp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R !! |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Speaking of... |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. So, where shall we live, |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. This looks funny, but the point is, this is the kind of thought that's been running the world for |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. longer than 60 years. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. Yeah -- I had something specific in mind, but you're right. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. who would characterize helping each other as being a bad thing? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
73. Hey, it's the new and improved Fascism. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. So who was the redacted dirtbag? n/t |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. That's a very interesting question -- any Hollywood history buffs here?? |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. villains |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's a Wonderful Life is one of my all time favorite movies. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Me, too! |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. Cleary we have moved way to the right since then |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes the republicans see caring, helping & giving to others as a threat to their profits structure |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. the fbi of that era considered anything of merit to be commie agit-prop |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Well, working class, you're worth more dead than you are alive." n/t |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R n/t |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. I don't have any respect for the FBI anymore - America's most crooked cops. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. It's Wonderful Life shows how one person can make a difference |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. People sacrifice to save George, but Potter gets $8000 free w/o prosecution |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Obviously you have never seen the "lost" ending: |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. I always knew it! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. George Bailey and his father were BANKERS, too |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
63. I think the Peter Principle amplifies astronomically under the oxymoron: military intelligence. |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
65. The irony here is that Capra was no kind of left-winger. |
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thanks_imjustlurking (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
66. kpete, I love you. nt |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
67. Casting Lionel Barrymore was a communist trick? nt |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. What about Brig. Gen. Jimmy Stewart, too? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
71. K&R Read this, people! |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
74. What did they say about the Book of James, New Testament? |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
75. Well, dunno about communist, but certainly pro-FDR |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
78. So, rich movie producers were maligning a rich banker? |
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