As screenwriters go, David Koepp is among the best. Not only did he write help write the scripts for two entertaining films in the 1990s, Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible, but he also wrote two of the smartest films of 2002, Spider-Man and Panic Room). Most recently, he helped write the script for Steven Spielberg‘s remake of War of the Worlds which both Bruce and I thoroughly enjoyed. My blog-league described it as “a good, nail-biting movie that truly captures America after September 11th.”
And yet while the actions of the main characters in the film did seem to, as Bruce put it, “represent an interesting cross-section of Americans in the hours after the Towers fell, Koepp, who helped pen the script, claimed “the Martian attackers in the film represent the American military, while the Americans being slaughtered at random represent Iraqi civilians.” In other words, he suggests that our troops invaded Iraq with the express purpose of killing the Iraqi people. But, he’s not the only Administration critic who misunderstands what we’re doing in Iraq. Hilary Rosen, the former First Lady of the Human Rights Campaign has found “another word for ‘insurgents’ in Iraq, and that’s ‘residents.’” (via Polipundit).
It seems that instead of describing the situation in Iraq for what it is, these two individuals, like so many other critics of the Administration’s policy there, deliberately misrepresent the situation in order to better criticize the war and attack the president. Mr. Koepp’s words notwithstanding, it’s not the Americans who are targeting Iraqi civilians, but the very “insurgents,” Ms. Rosen thinks represent Iraqi residents. According to the Middle East Times, “on average 33 Iraqis die every day, executed by Iraqis and foreign jihadis and suicide bombers, not by US or British soldiers.” (Emphasis added.)
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Oh my gosh…. *laughing* (Hat tip: Tim Blair)

Isn’t the definition of “majority” at least 50%-plus-1? Heh heh heh. Must be the Down Under version of “fuzzy math.”
-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

As a follow-up to our first posting on the ‘unwelcome mat’ to the USS Iowa in San Fran… and second one by Patrick (Gryphmon)…. GP Reader Jon says: “I would like to thank you for all of the attention you are giving the USS Iowa issue. There is one person that can change all of this and I believe there is a possibility it could happen. Mayor Gavin Newsom is the man that can make it happen.”

Mayor Gavin Newsom
City Hall, Room 200
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 554-6141
TDD: (415) 252-3107
Fax: (415) 554-6160
Email: gavin.newsom@sfgov.org

Go to it, folks!
-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

Patrick (Gryphmon) who originally alerted this blog to the City of San Francisco’s vote against berthing the WWII battleship Iowa on the city’s waterfront received a response from a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors who voted with the board’s majority against the Iowa. While Patrick was pleased that Supervisor Beven Dufty responded so quickly, methinks the supervisor is dodging the issue, especially as he suddenly brings up the costs of the endeavor. Check out Patrick’s post on the topic where he includes both the full text of Dufty’s e-mail as well as his own sharply worded reply.

Thanks to Patrick (Gryphmon) for the heads up on this outrageous example of the LiberalDemocrat ideology run amok.
SF Supervisors Reject WWII Battleship – NBC11.com

In turning away the Iowa, supervisors cited opposition to the war in Iraq, the treatment of gay and lesbians in the service and the city’s reputation for embracing the peace movement.

Fine, let the city suffer in its own liberal martyrdom. Patrick says…. Boycott San Francisco!!
Boycott San Fran — The Iowa – Gryphmon.com

Look, the military and I have obvious deep disagreements. But the fact is that it’s not the pacifists, or even the gay activists, who have provided freedom for Americans, and yes, even Gay Americans. It was those that were willing to die to protect it. The means they get my respect. (Of course, I still reserve the right to bitch). Hell, I might even have had relatives serve on the Iowa, like my great Uncle Cliffy, a Marine in WWII.
So this incident, a part of Navy history, and a part of our gay history, is not welcome in San Francisco. Besides the slap at the military, its a slap at the gay community as well. If we don’t make sure that our own history is remembered, both the good and the bad, its going to disappear.

For once, Patrick and I agree wholeheartedly. This is a cheap publicity stunt by ignorant liberal supervisors who have no clue about the world outside the Bay. I would be more than happy to spend my hard-earned money in a city like San Diego which celebrates our military men and women, not insults them.
Boycott San Francisco!
-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

Why do liberals believe in Darwinism to the point of infringing on freedom of religious belief, yet want the Government to coddle everyone with every entitlement program known to man?
-Bruce (GayPatriot) — gaypatriot2004@aol.com