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Once Upon a Time in the West - Opening Credits

sfjocko says...

I'm fairly sure part of this has been posted previously in videosift, but I cannot find it in the system. I'm also pretty sure that this clip is more complete than the previously posted clip, which was shorter by a few minutes. In this slow, intentionally drawn-out scene, a few minutes means a lot.
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Addendum: reviewing the clips available in youtube, I find this, the clip that had been previously posted in videosift but I cannot find any more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLb-FlNhSE
That clip is the continuation of the current clip I am posting, where Charles Bronson's character meets his would-be assasins, and they discuss whether the horses are too few or too many.
Together, one of the greatest opening scenes in any film ever.

Picture your family dead - then go vote

bamdrew says...

Interesting reply, ren. Thanks, by-the-way.

I was somewhat surprised that you first say its inpossible to have an unhealthy degree of empathy, then rally for a withdrawl of all troops. I'm of the opinion that immediately pulling out would be inexcusibly selfish at this point. The country would surely fall closer to civil war, first faught primarily with fear and assasinations, then with retribution for retribution. The government as it is would become further unstable, and the rest of the educated class would desert the country; with no safety there are few doctors, few professors, few leaders (business, government, and otherwise) who would want to operate and live in such a state. The poor and injured would have marginal employment, little health care, little hope for a better future for their children, and be more accepting of whomever promises their area safety and some degree of freedom (warlord, dictatorship or otherwise). Anyhow, the mental and physical toll to the Iraqis would be pretty incredible, and it would be our fault, and our cross to bear for the generations lost to chaos.

We're in a mess, but everybody needs to keep a level head and look at this thing from multiple angles.

What Iraq needs now are leaders who are widely respected, divorced from religious politics and divorced from American influence. What US soldiers need are obtainable long and short-term goals, and for the Bush administration to stop making up their own rules. Captured Iraqis must be given a fair trial as soon as possible, one that falls into military, international, American or Iraqi jurisdiction... they are all in effect under NO jurisdiction right now, because thats where this administration wants them (can't break any laws if no laws apply to your prisoners). And what Americans and our allies need to do is have a very long, honest discussion with Iraqi officials, Iraqi military leaders, Iraqi religious leaders and prominent Iraqi citizens about what they think needs to happen. If the consensus is secure the infrastruction with a slow withdrawl of troops starting in 2007, then great. If its dress the American troops up in Mexican army fatigues, sounds good to me.

So, I'm of the opinion that people just need to listen to each other, identify problems and come to some conclusions. Then act. It sounds simple, but I'm a scientist, not a politician.

President Bush Assassinated

sfjocko says...

If Bush were assasinated, martial law would be declared immediately. And the grand experiment in democracy known as the United States of America would be over.

Army shuns this system to combat RPGs and save lives...

Farhad2000 says...

"At least in ancient Rome incompetent political leaders got killed much more frequently..."

You know I often wondered about this too, why is that in mordern history the only times assasins struck presidents is when we had someone capable; Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy (candidate but still counts, though am not really counting Ronald Reagen).

I mean thinking about what has happened in terms of geopolitics, how could the USA ever recover the trust of the international forum? Especially after that stunt at the UN High Security Council?

Whoever comes after Bush will retain a goverment that has little credibility worldwide, a large deficit, 2 probably on going conflicts and a whole region destabalized, rampant spending in the military industrial complex and scant spending on basic social initiatives. Frankly if I was a politician I wouldn't want to be the next to be running.

For all GAMERS out there: This is the Next Generation of Graphics! (Enjoy!)

John Lennon informal interview - good li'l argument

bamdrew says...

She talks down to him, like he's a child who is thinking too simply about how things have to work in the adult world. She comes across as extremely closed minded, and obviously didn't come to argue, just to tell him he and Yoko were silly.

I didn't know the ghost of Brian Epstein tried to warn him about his assasination...

New Govt Released Pentagon 9/11 Video

bamdrew says...

I've heard arguments on both sides, and I must say I'm undecided. Both sides often choose to ignore available data that contradicts their arguement (there are many images that show debris at many areas around the site; however, it is also wild to think that any amateur pilot would be able to direct a plane of that size so well, and somehow avoiding defenses).

I think this video relies far to heavily on smokey images and undated, undocumented testimony. Its convincing, but its completely unscientific.

The subsequent release of future video fotage should clear up my mind on the matter. My only explanation for why the govnernment hasn't released this material after they finished their own investigation is because they don't own the rights, and you have to go through the courts to retrieve footage like this now-a-days (since lawsuits from the Kennedy assasination films).



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