Hollywood Stop-Loss

YAAIWF (Yet Another Anti-Iraq War Film) has made its way out of Hollywood. Let's see how it's doing on opening weekend.

I'm told #7 Stop-Loss opened to only $1.6 million Friday from just 1,291 plays and should eke out $4+M. Although the drama from MTV Films was the best-reviewed movie opening this weekend, Paramount wasn't expecting much because no Iraq war-themed movie has yet to perform at the box office. "It's not looking good," a studio source told me before the weekend. "No one wants to see Iraq war movies. No matter what we put out there in terms of great cast or trailers, people were completely turned off. It's a function of the marketplace not being ready to address this conflict in a dramatic way because the war itself is something that's unresolved yet. It's a shame because it's a good movie that's just ahead of its time."

Here's a thought - how about making an Iraq war movie that doesn't slander the soldiers involved?  How about making an Iraq war movie that celebrates the heroism embodied in those who choose to serve their country?  There are stories in this war that need to be told.  For example, a quick Google search for Medal of Honor winners turns up CPL Jason L. Dunham.  Cpl Dunham used his helmet and body to shield the rest of the Marines from a grenade, dying in the process.  His self-sacrifice saved the lives of at least two other Marines.  And this is not an isolated incident, it is happening all over Iraq and Afghanistan while the Armed Forces fight for their freedom and our safety.  Any time Hollywood wants to make a movie about that I will happily go see it.

Via Hotair's headlines.

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Obama's positions on same-sex marriage and abortion

If you are curious as to where Barack Obama stands as far as gay marriage and abortion goes, you can find out right here.

Speaking about gay marriage, Obama says this:

"I don't think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state," said Obama. "If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans."

That should raise some evangelical eyebrows. One tenant of the faith is that the Holy Scripturtes are inspired by God, and written by men. As they are all inspired by God, and all have the same source, they should be taken with equal weight. Of course, context plays an important role, and the tone of the writing is important as well, but both of these passages are pretty straight forward.

The Baptist Press has an interesting article about it here.

As for abortion, I think this passage says it all...

In a 2001 Illinois Senate floor speech about that bill, he argued that to call a baby who survived an abortion a "person" would give it equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment and would give credibility to the argument that the same child inside its mother's womb was also a "person" and thus could not be aborted.

So, Obama does not believe that a baby, even outside of the mother's womb, is a person, if the intent of that birth (such as in partial-birth abortion) was to abort the baby.

That's says enough for me.

From Townhall.

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