[Vision2020] Book Recomendations: Huskey vs. Courtney

Scott Dredge sdredge at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 31 14:20:52 PST 2005 

Donovan,

Go see the movie "Sideways".  Lots of great
information about wine and it's not a downer like
"Open Water".

-Scott

--- Donovan Arnold <donovanarnold at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Carl,
> 
> I think that you owe me $4.28 for renting that
> movie. I cannot take 
> enjoyment in a character that knows how to use
> diving equipment but does not 
> know not to drink salt water. I do not think their
> being left behind was an 
> accident.
> 
> I would not pay money to see Alien Vs. Predator.
> However, I would like to 
> see Barney vs. Freddy or Elmo vs. Jason, maybe even
> South Park vs. Rugrats.
> 
> Take Care,
> 
> Donovan J Arnold
> 
> >From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
> >To: donovanarnold at hotmail.com, lfalen at turbonet.com,
> DonaldH675 at aol.com
> >CC: Vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Book Recomendations:
> Huskey vs. Courtney
> >Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:04:53 -0800
> >
> >Being the one who recommended "Open Water", I get
> the sense somehow, 
> >Donovan, that you have a slight disagreement with
> my admiration for said 
> >film.  Would it be fair to say that's true?  Or am
> I reading too much into 
> >this?  Have you seen "Alien vs. Predator"? 
> Possibly the greatest movie 
> >ever made.                                         
>                         
> >                                                   
>                         
> >                                                   
>                         
> >                                                   
>        Carl Westberg 
> >Jr.
> >
> >>From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>
> >>To: lfalen at turbonet.com, DonaldH675 at aol.com
> >>CC: Vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Book Recomendations:
> Huskey vs. Courtney
> >>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:56:22 -0800
> >>
> >>OK, I rented the stupid movie "Open Water" because
> of a recommendation on 
> >>V2020 so I think recommendations on here are
> invalid.
> >>
> >>Open Water was one of the worst movies I have
> every seen. It was not even 
> >>"Revenge of the Toxic Avenger" or "Brady Bunch"
> bad, because even those 
> >>movies were funny because they were so bad.
> >>
> >>This movie insulted the intelligence of every one
> that watched it. The 
> >>acting was horrible and the characters had
> inconsistent personalities. The 
> >>first 25 minutes of the movie had nothing to do
> with the plot, story line, 
> >>or the remaining 55 minutes of the movie, you
> could just fast forward and 
> >>miss nothing.
> >>
> >>Even the production was bad in that you sometimes
> could not hear the 
> >>person speaking over the background noise when you
> were suppose to be able 
> >>to.
> >>
> >>I would like to take the director of this movie
> and leave him out in the 
> >>open water so we do not have to deal with such a
> horrible waste of time 
> >>and money again.
> >>
> >>Take Care,
> >>
> >>Donovan J Arnold
> >>
> >>>From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> >>>To: DonaldH675 at aol.com
> >>>CC: Vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Book Recomendations:
> Huskey vs. Courtney
> >>>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:48:01 -0800
> >>>
> >>>This book and others on Intelligent Design and
> Evolution that are touted 
> >>>by the Conservative Book Culb are nonsense. I say
> this as a member of 
> >>>CBC. There was a strong Eugenics movement in the
> United States at the 
> >>>turn of the 20th Century. It was advocated by
> most of the leading 
> >>>Intellectuals of the day. I do not believe this
> had anything to do with 
> >>>the Holocaust or Darwin.
> >>>-----Original message-----
> >>>From: DonaldH675 at aol.com
> >>>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:48:25 -0800
> >>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>>Subject: [Vision2020] Book Recomendations: Huskey
> vs. Courtney
> >>>
> >>> > Visionaries:
> >>> >
> >>> > Because I have a serious academic interest in
> Holocaust studies I 
> >>>noted  with
> >>> > concern a book recommendation on Dale's blog
> _http://right-mind.us/_
> >>> > (http://right-mind.us/)  , "From Darwin to 
> Hitler - Evolutionary 
> >>>Ethics, Eugenics and
> >>> > Racism in Germany."  The  author, Dr. Richard
> Wikart,  in addition to 
> >>>being a
> >>> > faculty member at  California State
> University, is a "Fellow" at the
> >>> > Discovery Institute's Center  for Science and
> Culture, an organization 
> >>>that promotes
> >>> > Intelligent Design rather  than evolutionary
> theory.  The book is 
> >>>blurbed by
> >>> > the Conservative Bookclub  with the lead " How
> Darwinism led to the 
> >>>Holocaust
> >>> > And how it is destroying  respect for human
> life today".
> >>> >
>
_http://www.conservativebookclub.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6573_
> >>> >
>
(http://www.conservativebookclub.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6573)
> #
> >>> >
> >>> > The arguments made by Dr. Wikart in  his
> attempt to merge these very 
> >>>distinct
> >>> > entities are logically addressed  (and
> demolished) at:
> >>> >
>
_http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/Hitler_based_his_views_on_Darwinism_
> >>> >
>
(http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/Hitler_based_his_views_on_Darwinism)
> >>> >
> >>> > If Dale had attended New St. Andrews his
> confusion over these issues 
> >>>would
> >>> > be understandable - but alas, I guess we can
> only blame the 
> >>>intellectual
> >>> > company  he keeps.  For those interested in
> well documented historical 
> >>>accounts of
> >>> > the origins of national socialism in Germany
> and the Holocaust I 
> >>>suggest the
> >>> > following books:
> >>> >  _The War Against the Jews : 1933-1945_
> >>> > 
>
>>>(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/055334532X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance
> >>> > )  by _LUCY S. DAWIDOWICZ_
> >>> > 
>
>>>(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books
> >>> > &field-author=LUCY%20S.%20DAWIDOWICZ)  
> _Holocaust: Problems & 
> >>>Perspective of
> >>> > Interpretation (Problems  in European
> Civilization.)_
> >>> > 
>
>>>(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618214623/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding
> >>> > =UTF8&v=glance)  by _Donald L. Niewyk_
> >>> > 
>
>>>(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss
> >>> >
> &index=books&field-author=Donald%20L.%20Niewyk)  
> The Nightmare Years, 
> >>>1930 -
> >>> > 1940 by William Shirer
> >>> >
> >>> > Rose Huskey
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
>
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