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John Fugelsang shared this on FB, and it is spot on. As usual. (Original Post) Siwsan Mar 2020 OP
The Feds Sent 170 BROKEN Ventilators to LA OMGWTF Mar 2020 #1
😅 Duppers Mar 2020 #3
Ysa, I shared this on fb this morning n/t ms liberty Mar 2020 #2
The Godfather is one of the best movies ever made. Ever. PatrickforO Mar 2020 #4
Funny thing is, Coppola did it for the money TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #7
I thought that Pacino had done "Serpico" or "Dog Day Afternoon" before the Godfather. Blue_true Mar 2020 #9
I think Mario Puzo wrote the novel for money too. PatrickforO Mar 2020 #10
How are the MAGAts handling that post? TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #5
K; R CatWoman Mar 2020 #6
Fucking Seriously. Cha Mar 2020 #8

OMGWTF

(3,951 posts)
1. The Feds Sent 170 BROKEN Ventilators to LA
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:07 AM
Mar 2020

They are currently being repaired, but JFC on a Peloton, that's not how this is supposed to work!

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
4. The Godfather is one of the best movies ever made. Ever.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:34 PM
Mar 2020

I love that movie.

And, yes, Trump does seem to demand that obeisance.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,172 posts)
7. Funny thing is, Coppola did it for the money
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 08:49 PM
Mar 2020

He and George Lucas were broke. Marlon Brando was considered too much trouble to work with. Al Pacino had only been in Panic At Needle Park and was a total unknown. James Caan was a friend from college.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. I thought that Pacino had done "Serpico" or "Dog Day Afternoon" before the Godfather.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 10:12 PM
Mar 2020

I could be wrong, I was in my teens then and didn't know about the movie at all at the time it went into theaters.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
10. I think Mario Puzo wrote the novel for money too.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:31 PM
Mar 2020

And yet, it came out a timeless masterpiece.

“Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as hell. You know where I learned that from? The Don. My old man. The Godfather. If a bolt of lightning hit a friend of his the old man would take it personal. He took my going into the Marines personal. That's what makes him great. The Great Don. He takes everything personal Like God. He knows every feather that falls from the tail of a sparrow or however the hell it goes? Right? And you know something? Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.”

Michael Corleone, right before he kills Solazzo and the dirty cop McCluskey.

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