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one Marcus Tullius said he laughed when Jerry Falwell died and that Heston’s death made the world a better place.

Pilgrim: You forgot he played Moses in the Ten Commandments. He was a terrific actor, bigger than life and a patriot!

No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

... and Yul Brenner as Pharoah was the perfect foil to Heston’s Moses!  One of the great films ever!!

My personal fav?  Heston as Michaelangelo in THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY with Rex Harrison as the Pope. Another perfect play-off of giants.

Charleton Heston was Hollywood as it should be.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

When will you be FINISHED!?? 

oops, I must have hit code?

Soylent Green ...is people!

Mickey:  ... and one of my favorite films!  A lesser-known Heston sci-fi - and all too possible - flick.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

Golfman:  Huh??? What were you trying to say?

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

I always think of Heston as Moses, great movie…

I think Rob hates me… I mean, just look at the pic he took of me!

I keep trying to remember the picture where the Heston character was like almost the last man on earth until he found a young, pretty black woman and then some albino undergound people. It also had Heston with a formula that prevented people from becoming albino types. It wasn’t great but I liked it!

No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman: The Omega Man

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Neiman, that would be Omega Man from the early 70’s.  I saw it in the theater as a kid..

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Thanks guys! When you climb past 65 it is hard work sometimes to pull out a memory with much detail, like the name of a movie. Thanks Atease for making me feel even older by mentioning you saw it as a kid.

No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Nieman:

My take on the Omega Man was up top:

The Omega Man, an end-of-the-world-last-survivor movie that Will Smith just re-made as I Am legend (roughly the same character and story line except that the bad guys weren’t rabid cannibal psychos but were religiously driven cultists psychos who hated anything modern and were determined to destroy everything they could get their hands on, sort of like Islamists that only come out at night).

Those were the albino people you were talking about. It was one of my favorites. A bit cheesy, but I’ve never claimed to have the best of taste when it comes to movies. I still like the Cheech and Chong movies, if that tells you anything.

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Neiman:  Just remember, Winston Churchill’s best years began after he hit 68. Otherwise, he would, today, be an insignificant foot-note in history.  So, muddle on, friend. 

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

So The Great Stone Face was only 86 years old. I thought the old geezer was at least a hundred. Him being Moses and all.

watashiwa: He was a man who worked hard all his life, he was married to one woman for a lifetime, he had solid core principals that guided his life and he died with honor. Yo would do well if at the end of your life, the same could be said of you!

No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Watashiwa:  “Nothing so defines a man as the manner in which he respects the dead.”

Speaks volumes about you, doesn’t it?

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

“Nothing so defines a man as the manner in which he respects the dead.”

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

It’s just a shame that he had to be ravaged by alzheimers before going. Other than that, an old man who lived a good life passed. It’s certainly not the joyous day the Kos losers pretend it is...but it’s not terribly sad either. Have a drink for the guy, and be glad he had such a good life.

For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country.

No one less tha Martin Scorsese called the chariot race in Ben Hur as probobly the “finest nine minutes of film ever made.”

Kenny:

Have a drink for the guy, and be glad he had such a good life.

Excellent philosophy. Consider it done.

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Why should I worry what will be said of me when I am dead?
I’ll be dead and words cannot hurt me. Lighten up!!!!!!!!!!

I did not know that such vile remarks had been made about Heston by some on the left. My aforementioned comments were made in jest. The last thing I did before my mother-in-law died in my arms was to utter a joke that made her smile. Then she slipped away. That joke helped to ease the pain of her loss to all of us.

And it goes on and on, the usual spewing of bile-laced hatred from the enlightened, tolerant left.

Pshaw.  Great point Pilgrim, because you and the fanatical right never make bile-laced hatred speech in direction of the left....right?

Give me a break.  This sort of thing is pointless on top of being stupid.  Both sides are guilty of this.  Unless you are completely ignorant of the reality, you have no business making such a ridiculous statement.

The last thing I did before my mother-in-law died in my arms was to utter a joke that made her smile. Then she slipped away. That joke helped to ease the pain of her loss to all of us.

Gee! Of all the cock and bull stories you’ve told here, this seems the most unlikely!

Are you shooting for zero credibility?

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Why should I worry what will be said of me when I am dead? I’ll be dead and words cannot hurt me. Lighten up!!!!!!!!!!

So, if I said your mother-in-law was a syphilitic whore, you’d be jiggy with that, because words cannot hurt her? 

Who would be so stupid, or childish, or classless to think that those careless words would not hurt or offend the family and friends of the deceased?

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

This sort of thing is pointless on top of being stupid

Aside from characterizing most of your posts, the point is, had you been paying attention (some of us still hope for miracles!)the statement:

And it goes on and on, the usual spewing of bile-laced hatred from the enlightened, tolerant left.

is quite accurate. How many times in just the last couple of months have the Huff Post and Daily Kos had to restrain or stop comments on threads about conservatives who had passed away because of the vile, unhinged rhetoric of the commenters?

How many times have you seen anything anywhere near similar on a conservative blog?
(Crickets chirp.)

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Pshaw.  Great point Pilgrim, because you and the fanatical right never make bile-laced hatred speech in direction of the left....right?

Examples of Pilgrim making vile comments about leftists that have died? None? Ok, thought not.

Give me a break.  This sort of thing is pointless on top of being stupid.  Both sides are guilty of this.  Unless you are completely ignorant of the reality, you have no business making such a ridiculous statement.

The examples of right wingers badmouthing dead leftists are next to non-existant. Ann Coulter eulogized JFK Jr. postively when he died. Even though Coretta Scott King was a massive leftist, no conservatives even pointed out disagreements with her upon her passing. Conservatives don’t even disagree with a leftist anymore once they pass. Indeed, sites like MichelleMalkin.com and TammyBruce.com post sympathy to the families of liberals when crisis is upon them.

There is no right wing equivalent to the mainstream celebration of the death of Charlton Heston, and you know it. Shameful.

Gee! Of all the cock and bull stories you’ve told here, this seems the most unlikely!
Are you shooting for zero credibility?

When my grandfather was in the hospital after his second stroke, and the doctors said he wouldn’t make it, the first thing I did upon seeing him was to crack a joke at his expense. Everyone had told me he was unresponsive...and to not get my hopes up. But upon cracking the joke, he gave the most mischevious laugh I ever heard him utter. So, I don’t doubt Wata on that. Telling a dying or seriously sick relative something to make them smile is completely in teh realm of believability.

For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country.

Telling a dying or seriously sick relative something to make them smile is completely in teh realm of believability.

It wasn’t the joke, so much as the: “As she died in my arms” bit. Possible, but it reminded me of Jesse Jackson’s “cradling MLK’s head in his lap as he lay dying” sort of horse hockey. (That too, was proven false!)

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

kenny: This guy is sounding more and more like a three dollar bill!

Law enforcement is my livelihood.

Why are minorities the only faces you see when you Conservatives talk about being tough on crime and complain about those on welfare?

Then his

Now I know I am going to get that Glock I’ve been admiring.

in a thread about child rearing.
Now this “My mother-in-law died in my arms” bit. Nothing about this guy rings genuine.

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Proof and Kenney,

I don’t know if you caught it or not but I called him on some of his BS on his post he called “True Colors” basically calling law enforcement racists. Here’s what I wrote:

watashiwa,

Interesting piece, and your follow up comment is interseting as well. But here’s a piece of advice - if you’re going to post opinion pieces (like I do) be prepared for when people challenge you on them. Like I’m going to right now.

Law enforcement is your occupation? As what? And JC Penney security guard doesn’t count. Nor does “private investigator”. If you don’t have at the very least a POST certification then you aren’t in law enforcement.

You’re “hard on criminals” regardless of race? Yeah well, speaking as someone who just spent the last 19 years on the street I can tell you that my expression to them was that when I take out the garbage I don’t care what color bag it’s in.

And when I smell bullshit I tend to call it bullshit. It’s another of my many character flaws. Gettin’ a whiff now, just by the way.

If I’m wrong and you’re a brother or sister officer, then I’ll apolgize in the same forum in which I challenged you. But if I’m not - well, then, don’t bring it up again and we’ll all be happy.

Have a nice day.

He didn’t respond. Hmmmm. Maybe he got busy or something.

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Yeah, Pilgrim, I caught that. I also noticed that he said law enforcement is my “livelihood”, not occupation. I figured he might be in uniform delivery, gassing up the police cruisers, or work sweeping up a local cop bar!
Still strikes me as phony as a three dollar Clinton!

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Hannitized,

Getting lonely in mommy’s basememnt? Miss me? How sweet.

The Huffington Post has closed comments on this article. Know why? Because their unhinged lefty loon readers would post ugly comments about a dead guy, that’s why. (to be fair I’m sure that many would be civil, but the ugly comments it be sure to generate would generate would bring some bad publicity to the site.)

Can there be any other reason?

So....you’re comment:

Pshaw.  Great point Pilgrim, because you and the fanatical right never make bile-laced hatred speech in direction of the left....right?

....is as invalid as most of your others are.

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Sorry for the above type-o’s. I just get....giddy when Hannitized blesses me with his comments.

Heh.

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the jawa report had some of the “classy” responses from the democratic underground:

“Is he soylent green yet??”

“If Heston lived another 20 years would the world be a better place? no. I think not. Its just that simple. So break out the good wine. Drink to vanquished enemies.”

“I’ll see you at Nancy Reagan’s funeral. I will be the guy with the air horn and a big ol’ grin.”

“Rest in Hell is where I am coming from.”

“I had no empathy for the aging Nazis, either.”

“he was scum”

“If “liberal” means...feeling any sense of loss that some sorry piece of shithumanity such as C Heston has checked out?...Then sign me out.”

Both sides are guilty of this

Yeah. Right!

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.