I.O.U.S.A. movie...?

[The Luke]

Having watched the trailer for the upcoming IOUSA documentary:

http://www.iousathemovie.com/

...I was somewhat surprised to have heard nothing about this movie in the press.


Is it actually already on release Stateside?

Is it being deliberately blanked by the mainstream media?



The Luke

[2ND COMING]

first time hearing about this one...

[Dos Equis]

It's a documentary.  Documentaries rarely get significant publicity.  Kind of hard for the media to "blank" coverage when it's all over the internet.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963807/

[2ND COMING]

It's a documentary.  Documentaries rarely get significant publicity.  Kind of hard for the media to "blank" coverage when it's all over the internet.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963807/

al gore's documentary got all the publicity it needed to get him the nobel Lol

you know damn well cnn and msnbc pushed that movie hard. There's an obvious agenda behind it for personal benefits.....but this particular docu. i don't see a need for an agenda...just flat truth

[big L dawg]

were fuked

[garebear]

were fuked

truer words were never posted.

[Dos Equis]

al gore's documentary got all the publicity it needed to get him the nobel Lol

you know damn well cnn and msnbc pushed that movie hard. There's an obvious agenda behind it for personal benefits.....but this particular docu. i don't see a need for an agenda...just flat truth

Yes Gore's movie got plenty of press.  One of the exceptions.  Most documentaries aren't produced, directed, etc. by a former VP and released in theaters. 

[big L dawg]

Yes Gore's movie got plenty of press.  One of the exceptions.  Most documentaries aren't produced, directed, etc. by a former VP and released in theaters. 

I've seen about a dozen documentaries in theaters just in the last 2-3 years.

[lovemonkey]

This piece of film made me seriously doubt if Obama is appropriate as the man to lead U.S in these troubled times. I hope he mutates into the next Ron Paul pretty damn quick.

[Soul Crusher]

al gore's documentary got all the publicity it needed to get him the nobel Lol

you know damn well cnn and msnbc pushed that movie hard. There's an obvious agenda behind it for personal benefits.....but this particular docu. i don't see a need for an agenda...just flat truth

I just watched this documentary.  This is far above anything Al Bore could ever conjure up. 

This is the real deal and is why i am a conservative and not a socialist.  Spending more on nonsense programs is going to destroy us.  Its ridiculous. 

Unless we are willing to face the facts and tell everyone of the gravy train that enough is enough, we are finished. 

   

[lovemonkey]

Ah well, every superpower/empire has to end at some point. U.S probably doesn't have much time left. It will be interesting to see what happens when the almighty dollar plummets.

[Soul Crusher]

Ah well, every superpower/empire has to end at some point. U.S probably doesn't have much time left. It will be interesting to see what happens when the almighty dollar plummets.

Everyone wants a bailout/handout/entitlement/or some other taxpayer funded goody. 

We refuse to say no to anyone:

The Seniors
The Disabled
The Illegals
The Children
The politically well connected
The Ethanol lobby
The CSEA


We are finished because as a nation we refuse to say no.  Social Security is a bigger ponzi scheme than Madoff could imagine.   Medicare and medicaid is rife with fraud and waste and operate as a day care for seniors who run to the doctor for every sniffle.

Illegals are on the dole and collect welfare.

And on and on.

Its over.

 

[big L dawg]

I just watched this documentary.  This is far above anything Al Bore could ever conjure up. 

This is the real deal and is why i am a conservative and not a socialist.  Spending more on nonsense programs is going to destroy us.  Its ridiculous. 

Unless we are willing to face the facts and tell everyone of the gravy train that enough is enough, we are finished. 

   

congratulations on being conservative...now if you could just convince the conservative party to be conservative

[Dos Equis]

I've seen about a dozen documentaries in theaters just in the last 2-3 years.

Really?  Which ones? 

[Soul Crusher]

congratulations on being conservative...now if you could just convince the conservative party to be conservative

Yeah, me too.  

We have a one party cartel in DC and that state govts.  They have consolidated power to such a great extent that only a severe collapse will affect a change we need.  

Obama is not going to do damn thing about any of this because the people that voted for him are looking to increase entitlements, not end them.

[The Luke]

I'm always surprised at just how terribly brainwashed conservative Americans are... they are afraid of "socialism" and "socialized medicine" because they buy into the propaganda pushed on them by the cleptocratic Corpocracy.

ALL the countries overtaking America are socialist.

ALL the countries already ahead of America are socialist.

EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY with a better healthcare system than America (all 40 of them) has universal "socialized medicine".

American citizens have TOO FEW benefits... not too many. The most socialist countries: France; Germany and the Scandinavian countries, have HIGHER standards of living than the USA, not lower ones. More benefits, not less.

The French work 32 hours a week... Americans work 50 hours per week on average (for example).



It's not 1950 any more... American is not #1!

America needs to ask itself qui bene...? Who benefits from the systematic negation of the American people as a revolutionary threat?

Who benefits from the destruction of the American education system?

Who benefits from Americans being morbidly obese malnourished carb addicts?

Who benefits from the dysgenic trend in the American population?


I'll give you a hint... they can have their talking points parroted on FOX News.


The Luke

[big L dawg]

Really?  Which ones? 

religulous,bigger stronger faster,murder ball,metallica some kind of monster,march of the penguins,born into brothels,all together now(the Beatles)...there's more having trouble remembering them all....and not as recently Fahrenheit 911,bowling for columbine,super size me. If you live in a major city near a college you get to see most documentaries in theater when they first come out.as most all are in limited release.

[Soul Crusher]

I'm always surprised at just how terribly brainwashed conservative Americans are... they are afraid of "socialism" and "socialized medicine" because they buy into the propaganda pushed on them by the cleptocratic Corpocracy.

ALL the countries overtaking America are socialist.

ALL the countries already ahead of America are socialist.

EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY with a better healthcare system than America (all 40 of them) has universal "socialized medicine".

American citizens have TOO FEW benefits... not too many. The most socialist countries: France; Germany and the Scandinavian countries, have HIGHER standards of living than the USA, not lower ones. More benefits, not less.

The French work 32 hours a week... Americans work 50 hours per week on average (for example).



It's not 1950 any more... American is not #1!

America needs to ask itself qui bene...? Who benefits from the systematic negation of the American people as a revolutionary threat?

Who benefits from the destruction of the American education system?

Who benefits from Americans being morbidly obese malnourished carb addicts?

Who benefits from the dysgenic trend in the American population?


I'll give you a hint... they can have their talking points parroted on FOX News.


The Luke

Which country is overtaking us?

[The Luke]

Which country is overtaking us?

...educate yourself.


The Luke

[Soul Crusher]

...educate yourself.


The Luke

Another nonsense post by yourself.

I asked the question because I cant see what country is overtaking us.  You made the statement, not me.

I am probably far more educated than yourself and looking for your brilliant answer because by all measures, Europe has higher taxes, higher unemployment, and a declining birth rate.

 

[Mark Kerr]

Which country is overtaking us?

China.

[Dos Equis]

religulous,bigger stronger faster,murder ball,metallica some kind of monster,march of the penguins,born into brothels,all together now(the Beatles)...there's more having trouble remembering them all....and not as recently Fahrenheit 911,bowling for columbine,super size me. If you live in a major city near a college you get to see most documentaries in theater when they first come out.as most all are in limited release.

I live in a major city near several universities and we rarely have documentaries in theaters.  

Regarding this one, it is on the Oscar watch list:

15 Docs Continue in 2008 Oscar® Race

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 81st Academy Awards®. A record 94 pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order:

“At the Death House Door”
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
“Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“Fuel”
“The Garden”
“Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts”
“I.O.U.S.A.”
“In a Dream”
“Made in America”
“Man on Wire”
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
“Standard Operating Procedure”
“They Killed Sister Dorothy”
“Trouble the Water”

The Documentary Branch Screening Committee viewed all the eligible documentaries for the preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.11.17a.html

[Dos Equis]

Which country is overtaking us?

None.  No country offers our combination of freedom, opportunity, education, lifestyle, etc. on such a grand scale.  Not perfect and yes we have problems, but there is a reason we continue to have people flooding our borders, legally and illegally, every year. 

[Soul Crusher]

China.

And you have the balls call anyone else dumb???

China is near a recession depression itself over the global melt down and cant even feed all its people. 

And I am happy to see you are looking to a communist country with slave wages, no EPA, no labor laws, no enviro-nazis, no EEOC, no ERA, no unions, etc.

Is that the direction we should go???

[Dan-O]

And you have the balls call anyone else dumb???

China is near a recession depression itself over the global melt down and cant even feed all its people. 

And I am happy to see you are looking to a communist country with slave wages, no EPA, no labor laws, no enviro-nazis, no EEOC, no ERA, no unions, etc.

Is that the direction we should go???

LOL.  "China" was exactly the answer I was waiting for someone to give after The Luke's idiotic remarks.  Sheesh...  whatever!  Let them move to China if it's so great there.  Or France.  "Higher standard of living"  ...Yeah right.