Simpson's Episode “Operation Enduring Occupation"

[rpannier]

With “Weapons Of Mass Disintegration"

...The Simpsons' annual Halloween special. The episode, which airs Nov. 5, concludes with an Iraq war satire that may rank as the most pointed political statement the show has ever made. In the segment, aliens invade Springfield to prevent mankind from obtaining "weapons of mass disintegration," but their mission, called "Operation Enduring Occupation," turns into a quagmire. "You said we would be greeted as liberators!" accuses one alien.

link:
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/10/simpsons-pitch-tent-in-antiwar-camp.php

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. K & R. Saw the preview. I was blown away. n/t

MKJ

[aquart]

4. Preview? Where?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. Saw it on our local FOX affiliate. n/t

MKJ

[librechik]

2. wow--I knew it!

(my sig)

[Gman]

3. No more than 2-1 odds it doesn't run

Probably closer to even money.

[bling bling]

5. How embarrassing.

Someday, years and years from now, our children's children will point out that even the cartoons were brave enough to confront the WMD lie. We'll have to tell them that the corporate media was too scared to do the same.

Our media was so skeered of being called "liberal" that they dared to report nothing that could be construed as negative towards the Republicans or this administration. Facts stopped mattering. They just gave one microphone to a Dem spokesperson and one microphone to a Rep spokesperson and let them duke it out over the truth.

What a bunch of sissies this group of Americans will look like compared to our ancestors, and I blame a great deal of that on the media keeping everyone uninformed or misinformed. If the media would have done the research and asked the hard questions this whole outcome could have been different. The whole entire world and future of the world could have been different.

[Toucano]

6. Commander Cuckoo Bananas won't see it.

His poppy wouldn't let him watch the show. They had to watch the Waltons.