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...movies, the work of the Western was to reconcile the individual and civilization, the man with the gun and the pretty school teacher. For the hero to be the best shot was also to say that the little people in the community were safe as long as it had a strong, armed protector - a one-man army, a preternatural policeman, the Old Testament God - on their side...
...want to put the matter beyond doubt," announced Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, putting British taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars of Northern Rock deposits in the (extremely unlikely) event it did default. Users' cash squirreled away at the bank, he said, "will be guaranteed safe and secure...
...movie can be seen as political, and Yuma has subterranean references to the Iraq occupation. As Fonda notes, "Christian Bale's character comes home from the war, inflicted with a disability beyond the loss of a limb, a deep psychological wound. It's safe to say the audience isn't watching this movie, with its mindless gunplay and out-of-control gangs, and going, 'Holy cow, that's Baghdad!' But those themes are there. A western can talk about today in the past tense...
When I think back to 9/11, no one thought that we would be six weeks or six months without another attack. The fact that we have been safe for six years is not an accident. History will note the determination with which the President and Vice President pursued a path to keep the nation secure...
Giuliani and the republicans keep trying to convince us that only they are tough enough to fight terrorists and keep us safe. To believe that, you have to forget their track record. I seem to recall that on 9/11 the terrorists boarded planes in a state that had a Republican Governor and did their worst damage in a city that had a Republican mayor and a state that had a Republican Governor - all while a Republican was in the White House. Ron Spiegel, PHILADELPHIA