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Bush snubbed at G-20

I was wondering why the event ended an hour early... It appears in this video that President Bush's approval is in a... more

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Bush less popular than Nixon in final days

With 71 days left in office, President Bush is less popular than President Nixon was at the time of his resignation, according to... more

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W.'s last night in office

Just like any other night....

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Will Ferrell as Bush endorsing McCain/Palin

Ferrell / Fey 2012!!!

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Oliver Stones's "P"

Having finished with George "W" Bush, Oliver Stone has turned his attention to another prominent political figure.

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Take a Poll! Can a Brit Rock the Role of Condoleezza Rice?

The beautiful British actress Thandie Newton will star as the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Oliver Stone’s new... more

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W's George Bush Snr. -- Viva La Revolution!

There's no misunderestimating James Cromwell. A longtime left-wing activist, his sweet spot is putting his own spin on historically significant figures -- Lyndon Johnson (RFK), S&L crook Charles Keating (The People vs. Larry Flynt), William Randolph Hearst (RKO 281), Prince Philip (The Queen), and now George Bush Snr. in Oliver Stone's new political biopic W.

In this candid interview, he discusses the role and the current sorry state of our democracy.

Below is one of the many highlights; Cromwell is clearly a force to be reckoned with.

Question: Does the presumptive Obama victory in a few weeks give you any hope?

James Cromwell: I have hope. The conditions are so bad from this administration that, much like the country that Roosevelt inherited, I hope that Obama is a big enough man to respond to the needs of ordinary American people, and that ordinary Americans learn that it is not our leaders who lead us. All substantive change in this country has come from the people, not the leaders. The leaders don't lead -- they follow.

Now, the question is will we abdicate the way we've abdicated for the last eight years and probably the last forty years? Will we abdicate to the money forces, the Wall Street forces, the multinationals and the military-industrial complex? Or will we finally say, "This is it!? This is our country. We are taking it back. We believe in habeas corpus. We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to maintain these rights, governments are instituted among men, who derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. That when these powers threaten these rights it is the duty and it is the obligation of the people to throw off this government."

I believe that. That's what this country is founded on and that is what we have to rediscover. Barack Obama? As the Black Panthers used to say, you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem. He has the choice. If he wants to be part of the solution, he has to listen to more rational voices. He has to listen to more progressive voices. He has to listen to his heart. He has to listen to his wife. He has to listen to his children and all of our children and do the right thing. That's the key, he has to do the right thing.

Click on link above for full interview.There's no misunderestimating James Cromwell. A longtime left-wing activist, his sweet spot is putting his own spin on... more

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Oliver Stone’s W. Final Theatrical Trailer

The final trailer for the upcoming Oliver Stone-directed George W Bush biopic, entitled “W.” starring Josh Brolin,... more

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2 months ago

Bush's calendar empty as McCain & Republicans avoid him

There is an invisible man in the 2008 election: the president of the United States. Republican candidates have all but shunned... more

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3 months ago

The 'Porno' actress playing Laura Bush

Within a year, she'll be playing a porn star and a first lady. All part of the job for Elizabeth Banks.

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3 months ago

U.S. plans to expel Venezuelan envoy, official says

The United States will expel Venezuela's ambassador in Washington to retaliate for the oil-exporting Latin American... more

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3 months ago

George Bush isn't in charge, says Vladimir Putin

In a thinly veiled dig at George Bush, Vladimir Putin today suggested that the US President was not in charge of American affairs,... more

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3 months ago

Krugman: The McCain camp is telling lies worse than The Bush Administration

Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten, and called Sarah Palin a pig? Did you hear about... more

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3 months ago

Former official: Bush OK'd US raids in Pakistan

President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to a former... more

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3 months ago

Al-Qaeda is planning to release 9/11 video

Al-Qaeda is planning to release a video message within 24 hours to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the... more

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3 months ago

Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers land in Venezuela

Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said,... more

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3 months ago

Think tank called the shots in Iraq while Generals were ignored...

At the Joint Chiefs of Staff in late November 2006, Gen. Peter Pace was facing every chairman's nightmare: a potential revolt... more

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3 months ago

Q&A With Josh Brolin on Playing George Bush in Oliver Stone's 'W'

THIS IS A VERY CANDID INTERVIEW! (IMHO) In Oliver Stone's sure-to-be-controversial W., Josh Brolin finds both the comedy... more

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3 months ago

GOP unveils its convention stars

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and... more

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4 months ago

Oliver Stone Thinks Bush Will Like His Damning Biopic, "W"

"Oliver Stone's upcoming movie about the life of President George W. Bush, W., paints the awful man as a sniveling Daddy's Boy who was so brow-beaten and dismissed by his old man that his entire adult life has been dedicated to disproving the elder Bush's low opinion of him. However, Stone thinks this faithful accuracy will actually appeal to the Bush Clan and the handful of wing-nuts who still support them. "Stone, [the film's star Josh] Brolin and the filmmaking team believe they are crafting a biography so honest that loyal Republicans and the Bushes themselves might see it. Given Stone's filmmaking history, coupled with a sneak peek at an early 'W.' screenplay draft, that prediction looks like wishful thinking."

"Brolin spent countless hours studying the president's speech patterns and body language but said he wasn't trying to concoct a spitting-image impression, which ran the potential of becoming a 'Saturday Night Live' caricature.

"I't's not for me to get the voice down perfectly,' the 40-year-old Brolin said, even though he came close. More important, the actor said, was to unearth Bush's inner voice—'Where is my place in this world? How do I get remembered?'

"Like other actors approached for the film (including Robert Duvall, who was asked but declined to play Vice President Dick Cheney), Brolin had more than vague misgivings about starring in 'W.' He was, in fact, dead set against it. 'When Oliver asked me, I said, 'Are you crazy? Why would I want to do this with my little moment in my career?' Brolin recalled. Then, early one morning during a family ski trip, Brolin read Weiser's original screenplay, which covers Bush from 1967 to 2004. 'It was very different than what I thought it would be," Brolin said, 'which was a far-left hammering of the president.' [...]

"'I love Michael Moore, but I didn't want to make that kind of movie,' Stone said of 'Fahrenheit 9/11.' 'W.,' he said, 'isn't an overly serious movie, but it is a serious subject. It's a Shakespearean story. . . . I see it as the strange unfolding of American democracy as I have lived it.' [...]

"While noting Bush's low approval ratings (23% in a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll released this week), Brolin, like Stone, said 'W.' isn't intended to kick the man while he's down. 'Republicans can look at it and say, "This is why I like this guy," Brolin said. 'It's not a political movie. It's a biography. People will remember that this guy is human, when we are always [outside of the movie] dehumanizing him, calling him an idiot, a puppet, a failed president. We want to know in the movie: How does a guy grow up and become the person that he did?'" "Oliver Stone's upcoming movie about the life of President George W. Bush, W., paints the awful man as a sniveling... more