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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 08:58 PM
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Oliver Stone's "Platoon" as a metaphor for our political travails ..
Sgt Barnes .... the GOP

Sgt Elias ..... the Democrats

Bunny ......... the Tea Baggers

Chris .......... Charlie Sheen
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 09:02 PM
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1. Works for me, except for the suggestion that Charlie Sheen has anything to do with me. nt
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 09:09 PM
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4. Chris the character is the man ..
Forget Charlie Sheen 2011
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 09:21 PM
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6. Yeah, but who lives our struggle AND journalizes it the way Chris did?
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 09:05 PM
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2. I love the smell of teabags in the morning. Crap, wrong movie.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 09:05 PM
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3. My favorite line from Platoon
Sgt. Elias: Hey O'Neill, take a break! You don't have to be a prick every day of you life, you know.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 09:10 PM
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5. Mine too.
What a great performance by Willem Dafoe!
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