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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Politics / Film It's a Wonderful America

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:23 AM

After his documentary 2016: Obama's America discredited then-President Obama and elevated Mitt Romney to the White House last year, what could Dinesh D'Souza possibly do for a followup? How about a movie explaining where the world would be if the United States never existed? Behold! A trailer!

I think a third grader would find that narration to be too condescending. Conservatives will love it!

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Wait, are you implying that people beyond third grade read slog? I like your new edge Paul, takin risks.

Posted by dnt trust me on March 19, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Such a blatantly stereotypical image of an Indian!

Posted by Bloated Jesus is Bloated on March 19, 2013 at 10:52 AM

I say that if Columbus had failed to discover the West Indies, it might have set European exploitation of the Americas back no more than 10 years. I submit that since the first British settlement that stuck didn't land until 1607, it would have had piss-all to do with the formation of the United States of America. Probably would have had a significant impact on the development of South America, however.

Posted by The Max on March 19, 2013 at 10:52 AM

@3, why would it make a significant difference in South America?

Posted by GermanSausage on March 19, 2013 at 10:59 AM

Is he implying that if Columbus hadn't "discovered" America, then the continent wouldn't even exist?

Posted by Urgutha Forka on March 19, 2013 at 10:59 AM

@5, Apparently so. Without the European gaze, nothing actually exists, of course. China didn't exist until Marco Polo made it over there, and it was forever until Australia finally existed, poor sods. Then all those little tiny islands? ...that took ages, they were so hard to find! Fortunately not long after we found most of those South Sea islands, we gratefully nuked the shit out of them with multiple bomb tests. Lucky them!

Posted by treacle on March 19, 2013 at 11:27 AM

@5, didn't you see it disappear?!?? It's right there on video!

Posted by beef rallard on March 19, 2013 at 12:00 PM

I find Dinesh d'Souza's filmmaking efforts very encouraging. Man, if THAT guy can get his films financed and released, there's loads of hope for people with actual talent.

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on March 19, 2013 at 12:33 PM

next up: what if d'souza's aunt had balls?

Posted by Max Solomon on March 19, 2013 at 12:40 PM

@4 I think that if the Spanish Conquest had been slowed to any significant degree, the French, Dutch, Portuguese, or even the British would have exploited the vacuum.

Posted by The Max on March 19, 2013 at 1:10 PM

@10, if Spain suddenly disappeared off the map like North America, sure. But like you said, if not for Columbus discovering America, some other European power, probably Spain, maybe Portugal, would have discovered the New World soon enough anyway, and without significantly altering the fall of the Aztecs, Incans, etc.

At any rate, I'm looking forward to second hand accounts of the film. Probably be filled with more errors then Ben Steins Creationism film. He'll probably go on about how without America, we would never have steam engines or cars or have defeated Nazi Germany.

Posted by GermanSausage on March 19, 2013 at 1:23 PM

Bleh. these books are better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_o…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion's_Bloo…

Posted by Womyn2me $http://http:\\www.shelleyandlaura.com$ on March 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM

Which is the chicken, and which is the egg? Do you actually have to be of sub-normal intelligence to qualify as a conservative "thinker" in 2013? Or are painfully simple-minded people just far more attracted to this ideology? It's amazing how all this propaganda is crafted to appeal to idiots.

Posted by Gurldoggie

on March 19, 2013 at 4:34 PM

Why does just North America disappear at the end? I'm really confused.

Posted by JFE on March 19, 2013 at 6:23 PM

How frakking difficult is it to create a trailer where the sound mix isn't so bad that the gawdawful music overwhelms the narration? Amateurishness at its worst. Instant credibility loss at its best.

Posted by Gospodean on March 19, 2013 at 6:40 PM