I think we need a Billy Jack revival.
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:56 PM
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I think we need a Billy Jack revival. |
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But we need to update it for the times. Any writers want to suggest the setting and plot?
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:03 PM
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1. Honestly, I'd go directly to Tom Laughlin. He's run independently for president all these years. |
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:17 PM
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2. Billy Jack yes, Tom Laughlin no |
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Honestly you could just do a movie about mineral mining exploitation on Native American lands. Illegal uranium extraction in the Black Hills for instance. Tom Laughlin's politics are kind of confused. He supported Ross Perot, and that man was a pretty clear cut example of right-wing demagogue. I'd prefer him to just kick his enemies than try to debate them.
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:27 PM
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3. I don't know anything about Laughlin's politics |
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but Perot was hardly a right-wing demagogue.
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:38 PM
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He warned strongly against NAFTA for example and of offshoring. In some ways it's too bad he lost. If he won then the stranglehold that the 2 party corporate owned system has might have been broken or weakened.
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Mon Jan-03-11 03:39 PM
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5. Billy Jack didn't talk much. |
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"Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"
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Mon Jan-03-11 04:17 PM
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6. I thought the movie sucked |
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Maybe I should watch it again. He wasn't exactly into Due Process.
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Mon Jan-03-11 04:21 PM
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7. If I remember correctly, Due Process was not something that applied |
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to Indian Affairs. The Indians, and later, Jean, were abused by the powerful.
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