30th Anniversary of the passing of John Wayne

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of John Wayne. To honor him, National Review’s John J. Miller has put together a terrific tribute. Check it out.
It was Maureen O’Hara who said “John Wayne is the United States of America,” and many people actually agreed; go figure. Honorable, generous, brave, selfless, aware of his own flaws…at least that was the persona he projected.
Wayne's work speaks for itself, a lot of it is actually good... and the man himself withstood the toughest of critics even after colossal failure (The Conqueror). If the right films are viewed, John Wayne doesn’t disappoint.

Revisiting Apple Nazi

These handpainted Nazi toy soldiers where on display in the Apple Store in Korea's biggest shopping centre, in Seoul back in January 2007.
We liked the following comment we discovered so much, we decided to regurgitate this occurrence...check it out:
Yeah, well,
as an "ex-German" I'm disgusted and amazed... Strange, in many German cities that place would be
1. firebombed, and then
2. the soot-covered management would be prosecuted (it's illegal in G to display swastika etc... )
On a more personal level I have to admit I'm equally appalled by any display of soldier-ism...The British (?) "Dambusters" is still one of the top ranked war movies of all times... Dam-busting is considered a war crime in international law/Geneva/UN etc...
G.I.-Joe figures instead... - hmmm... Many folks still cannot say "native American" without a smirk... Somehow that genocide wasn't so bad (probably, we'd missed out on oh sooo many "great" western movies... John Wayne (who of course never "served" ...)...; Abu Ghraib has amazingly fast become just another theme for stand-up-"comedians". And did you see that appalling "Guantanamo-Sketch" at Amnesty Int'l(!!!)'s secret policeman ball last year... Comparatively, that window display is almost a quaintly existentialist art installation... By the way, no need to fly to Asia... Right here in Ireland it's quite normal to see books and magazines showing the swastika on the cover...
F*ck'em'all

John Wayne 1907 - 1979

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