tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post6044502451247004410..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: John Milius — A Must-Read Article!Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-90777097571723066702014-12-28T14:23:27.993-07:002014-12-28T14:23:27.993-07:00"...when we lose a giant on our side such as ..."...when we lose a giant on our side such as Milius, there is no one there to pick up his shield and continue the fight."<br /><br />@KevinC Don't sell our side short. I understand your frustration but there are good talented folks on our side. MB wrote about one this year. I recall he had dinner with him? David Mamet is one of those folks who once where on the hard left. Then they nj larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-72794450623640357382014-12-28T08:34:13.336-07:002014-12-28T08:34:13.336-07:00Watched the documentary on him this year, and it w...Watched the documentary on him this year, and it was fascinating, and it's such a same that the voice of this master storyteller is now (temporarily) silenced. <br /><br />The problem with being on the defense in the culture wars is that when we lose a giant on our side such as Milius, there is no one there to pick up his shield and continue the fight. <br /><br />When someone like Sean Penn KevinChttp://www.exurbanleague.com/misfiresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-4048408746950567902014-12-27T20:50:44.517-07:002014-12-27T20:50:44.517-07:00BTW, Anon, I have no idea what those other five gu...BTW, Anon, I have no idea what those other five guys think re. TR, but you utterly missed Joel McDurmon:<br /><br />http://americanvision.org/10885/american-fascist-reality/Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084866159118318261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-17491682021775248192014-12-27T20:40:20.329-07:002014-12-27T20:40:20.329-07:00Any substantive rebuttals in there, Anon? Or do yo...Any <i>substantive rebuttals</i> in there, Anon? Or do you intend simply to <i>bore</i> me goodbye with name-calling and guilt-by-association?Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084866159118318261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-72862308408273115032014-12-27T20:24:29.620-07:002014-12-27T20:24:29.620-07:00A dash of Chomsky, a jigger of Zinns, a teaspoon o...A dash of Chomsky, a jigger of Zinns, a teaspoon of Jones and Gritz, and yes a swirl of Peckerhead. Put it all in your Bass-O-Matic for a quick blend. Then use a straw to suck it all up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-68275219181301602552014-12-27T18:59:15.004-07:002014-12-27T18:59:15.004-07:00Anon: "The TR bashing..."
Not bashing T...Anon: "The TR bashing..."<br /><br />Not bashing TR, just some of his morally questionable ideas. Listen to the James Bradley interview I linked to, then get back with me.<br /><br />Also, Joseph Sobran's "POatriotism or Nationalism?" — written just one month after the 9/11 attacks — was a genuine eye-opener for me:<br /><br />http://www.sobran.com/columns/1999-2001/011016Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084866159118318261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-34947926080019297222014-12-27T17:22:55.231-07:002014-12-27T17:22:55.231-07:00The TR bashing courtesy of Glenn Peck-er head.The TR bashing courtesy of Glenn Peck-er head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-33029918382657272372014-12-27T17:18:02.685-07:002014-12-27T17:18:02.685-07:00Though a product of his age, TR Had too many fault...Though a product of his age, TR Had too many faults to ignore. Eugenics, the supremacy of the Anglo- Saxon race and helping to start a war just so he could test his manhood being among the things I abhor about him. Anything he wrote or said and the people who revere him I take with a large grain of salt. No make that a ton of salt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305791134004717542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-69367594446075070922014-12-27T17:10:26.043-07:002014-12-27T17:10:26.043-07:00Don't forget to watch the excellent documentar...Don't forget to watch the excellent documentary about him from 2013: Milius http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2370224/<br /><br />I caught it on Netflix, and it is great! I didn't know about the stroke he had which came as a complete shock to me at the end of the movie.<br /><br />Jason MJason Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-86000138036584999722014-12-27T14:21:53.174-07:002014-12-27T14:21:53.174-07:00I love him as a director/writer, truly brilliant m...I love him as a director/writer, truly brilliant mankithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438439413379940633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-23546950715923914032014-12-27T13:52:49.337-07:002014-12-27T13:52:49.337-07:00"The authority figure Milius admires most is ..."The authority figure Milius admires most is Teddy Roosevelt, exponent of muscular Christianity and the New Nationalism..."<br /><br />I am a conservative (i.e., orthodox, Bible-believing) Christian. And much as I enjoy the (relative few) Milius films I've seen, and admire what (little) I know of Milius himself, in my view, this admiration of TR — for just the reasons listed — Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084866159118318261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-21899263563753151712014-12-27T13:12:09.376-07:002014-12-27T13:12:09.376-07:00The Wind and The Lion was a great movie> Especi...The Wind and The Lion was a great movie> Especially the letter at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-28623541158159181772014-12-27T12:49:45.937-07:002014-12-27T12:49:45.937-07:00and on his tomb stone it read...
Michael Bane -
R...and on his tomb stone it read...<br /><br />Michael Bane -<br />Renaissance Man_DonWorsham_noreply@blogger.com