On WorldNetDaily, pastor Dave Welch puts our secular holiday in a spiritual context. Also related is this American Culture article from last year. And drive carefully so you don’t have to be memorialized before your time. —Mike Gray
Daily Archives: May 29, 2010
Dennis Hopper, RIP: Update
America lost one of Hollywood’s few proud conservatives today. Dennis Hopper died of complications from prostate cancer this morning at his home in Venice, California. Hopper, 74, made his mark on the American cinema by directing and acting in the 1969 film Easy Rider, a classic, and his acting career spanned well over fifty years. Although he had his personal challenges in life, ones he admitted were of his own making, what stood out to me was a 60 Minutes interview he did a few years ago, at the height of the Iraq war. Even though President Bush was becoming increasingly unpopular, Hopper defended him, said he admired him, and clearly didn’t care what anybody else thought. This kind of character in Hollywood will be missed. Update: On 30 September 1970, Dennis Hopper appeared on the Johnny Cash Show and recited Rudyard Kipling’s great poem “If.” HT: John J. Miller
TCM Thrillers (May 31 – June 6)
This week: * Monday—Spend the day with Clint Eastwood. * Tuesday—Harry gets dirty and cleans up … crime, that is. * Wednesday—Go figure: Bogie travels across the Pacific without ever getting there. * Thursday—Beautiful people get involved in the Cuban revolution. * Friday—Kirk Douglas gets his first kiss—from a sealion. * Saturday—A robot battles a mummy … happens every day. * Sunday—You’ll never look at a carousel the same way again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday—May 31st 5:00 PM—Where Eagles Dare (1969) An Allied team sets out to free an American officer held by the Nazis, but there’s a traitor in their midst. 8:00 PM—Kelly’s Heroes (1970) “Well, what do you think, Oddball?” “It’s a wasted trip, baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers.” “Hey look, you just keep them Tigers busy and we’ll take care of the rest.” “The only way I got to keep them Tigers busy is to let them shoot HOLES in me!” ———- Tuesday—June 1st 12:15 AM—Dirty Harry (1971) “I know what you’re thinking. ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But, being as this is a .44 Magnum,
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