I just ordered a copy of "Invasion U.S.A." (1952)...

[Junkdrawer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_U.S.A._(1952_film)

It's one of the heavy-handed Red Scare films of the early '50s. Nowadays, we laugh at these over-the-top propaganda films and wonder how anyone took them seriously. Well, I'm sure that, in their time, they were every bit as effective as, say, 'The Path to 9/11' or 'United 93' was.

Someday, if we're lucky, our kids and grandkids will all get a laugh at what passes as serious news/documentaries. If we're real lucky.

[glaeken777]

1. in terms of over the top...

It's got nothing on the 1985 Chuck Norris actioner of the same name. There's a movie you never see on TV any more, probably because the networks are fearful the terrorists would get new ideas from it.

Interestingly, there is a scene in the film that parallels the fictional scenario mentioned at last night's GOP debate: a suicide bomber (Russian or East German in the film) attempting to blow up a crowded shopping mall.

Life imitating B-movie cheese?

[KoKo]

2. Probably a good time to "revisit" some of that stuff...

given the "times we live in." :D

[Junkdrawer]

3. Strangely enough, I use this stuff to revive my optomism...

"We will get past this and laugh at the general stupidity of it all"...

"We will get past this and laugh at the general stupidity of it all"...

"We will get past this and laugh at the general stupidity of it all"...

[KoKo]

4. I hope you are correct about this! "This too...Shall Pass."

I've been telling myself this since Clinton Impeachment. I'm starting to think that the "pixie dust" has lost it's power. :D

But...gotta survive with some kind of humor rather than making oneself sick over it. Your attitude is probably the HEALTHY ONE! :D