Matt Damon had Bush pegged back in 1997

[tgnyc]

Was watching the 1997 movie "Good Will Hunting" the other day. Even though I had seen the flick before, there was one scene which made nearly jump out my seat: the scene where Matt Damon's character gives a speech to explain why he turned down a job at the National Security Agency.

Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. So I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never had a problem with get killed. Now the politicians are sayin' "send in the Marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard.

And on it goes to describe the current state of affairs with the current U.S. government with devastating accuracy -- despite having been written in 1997.

The whole thing at:
http://intelligencesquad.blogspot.com/2005/09/matt-damon-for-president-i-was.html

[Guaranteed]

1. Matt Damon's talent is constantly undervalued. nt

[BootinUp]

2. I love that movie and that story he tells.

Its just an excellent movie.

Yeah, you can't help but think of the Bush Crime family when he tells that tale of war and oil and the little guy that suffers at home.

[Arugula Latte]

3. That was such a great scene.

Funny then.

Not so funny now.

[Robert Oak]

4. great scene, but history says

What he is referring to goes all the way back to the 1950's. It didn't start with Bush at all.

Confessions of an economic hitman is a lightweight history read on this...(I didn't think this was such a hot book, but only reference I can think of that's a quick read on the history of use of govern. intelligence for black ops/economic gains).

[degreesofgray]

6. point well taken

that the current idiot in chief is not simply a present-day anomoly. He is merely a very visible puppet of his corporate masters (with loads of lip service paid to the religious kookery that would like to run this country). What has most bothered me about * from day one is that the puppet strings are no longer hidden--he is as much a tool as the hammer I keep in my garage.

I also figured when * was campaigning in 2000 that he'd invade Iraq if he became president, and now, unfortunately, I fully expect the misadministration to start making noises about taking on Iran (since we have them flanked in both the east and west, Afghanistan and Iraq).

Chants of "All hail Caesar!" can't be far behind...

[Beam Me Up]

8. Exactly. Not prescient. National Security State MO. Has been for years.

eom

[ET Awful]

5. Yup . . . I posted that scene a few months ago with the same thoughts :)

I don't think I got a single response :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3389160

[RevolutionStartsNow]

7. Anyone remember...

Elliott Smith singing the song from this movie ("Miss Misery") at the Oscars that year? Great performance, just him and his guitar, but of course Celine Dion won for that stupid Titanic song.

[Cocoa]

9. he was a little off on the gas prices

And of course the oil companies used the skirmish to scare up oil prices so they could turn a quick buck. A cute, little ancillary benefit for them but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. :-)