http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAVDgUnmX1E
PONTIAC, Michigan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6mM57La8NA&feature=related
ROYAL OAK Shoot -- Stunt Set Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrjSQSZnQo&feature=related
Preparing for CAR CHASSE in Royal Oak, Michigan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqkKfvPv5L4&feature=related
CHINESE TANKS & SOLDIERS ATTACKING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy7OwCHeO78&feature=related
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Movie Trailer / Promotional Video for China "RED DAWN" movie
TRAILER #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeYCdp1ik_0&feature=related
TRAILER #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co0CopP1Vec&feature=related
TRAILER #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW_0hTn5gE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeYCdp1ik_0&feature=related
TRAILER #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co0CopP1Vec&feature=related
TRAILER #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW_0hTn5gE&feature=related
Obama cedes part of US to Mexico (Fox News)
This just in from Col. Norm Turner USAF (ret), and also retired Judge.
The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is three counties deep, and 80 miles into America—including portions that extend north of Tucson. Obama has, effectively, ceded the entire National Park to illegal aliens.
And, to help ensure the park’s transfer to illegal aliens, and according to Sheriff Paul Babeu, Obama suspended the fence construction on the park’s border with Mexico.
The park is a protected freeway for illegal aliens, whose numbers include many Mexican para-military units. And, Obama refuses the use of America’s military to help prevent the invasion, despite repeated requests by Arizonans, led by Governor Jan Brewer and Sen. McCain.
Instead of addressing the invasion, Obama has placed warning signs around the park to advise Americans not to enter this now-protected invasion trail.
As Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County explains, “We, as the most powerful nation on earth, can win wars and liberate countries throughout our history, yet we cannot even secure our own border and protect our own family. And, this is why crime in Arizona is and has been among the highest in the nation. And We Need Help!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrl4P9AcrQ&feature=player_embedded
The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is three counties deep, and 80 miles into America—including portions that extend north of Tucson. Obama has, effectively, ceded the entire National Park to illegal aliens.
And, to help ensure the park’s transfer to illegal aliens, and according to Sheriff Paul Babeu, Obama suspended the fence construction on the park’s border with Mexico.
The park is a protected freeway for illegal aliens, whose numbers include many Mexican para-military units. And, Obama refuses the use of America’s military to help prevent the invasion, despite repeated requests by Arizonans, led by Governor Jan Brewer and Sen. McCain.
Instead of addressing the invasion, Obama has placed warning signs around the park to advise Americans not to enter this now-protected invasion trail.
As Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County explains, “We, as the most powerful nation on earth, can win wars and liberate countries throughout our history, yet we cannot even secure our own border and protect our own family. And, this is why crime in Arizona is and has been among the highest in the nation. And We Need Help!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrl4P9AcrQ&feature=player_embedded
Friday, June 18, 2010
NY Times: Chinese Government Paying US Public Schools to Teach CHINESE LANGUAGE in American schools
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/education/21chinese.html
WASHINGTON — Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a government-financed survey — dismal news for a nation that needs more linguists to conduct its global business and diplomacy.
But another contrary trend has educators and policy makers abuzz: a rush by schools in all parts of America to offer instruction in Chinese.
Some schools are paying for Chinese classes on their own, but hundreds are getting some help. The Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools all over the world — and paying part of their salaries.
At a time of tight budgets, many American schools are finding that offer too good to refuse.
In Massillon, Ohio, south of Cleveland, Jackson High School started its Chinese program in the fall of 2007 with 20 students and now has 80, said Parthena Draggett, who directs Jackson’s world languages department.
“We were able to get a free Chinese teacher,” she said. “I’d like to start a Spanish program for elementary children, but we can’t get a free Spanish teacher.”
(Jackson’s Chinese teacher is not free; the Chinese government pays part of his compensation, with the district paying the rest.)
No one keeps an exact count, but rough calculations based on the government’s survey suggest that perhaps 1,600 American public and private schools are teaching Chinese, up from 300 or so a decade ago. And the numbers are growing exponentially.
WASHINGTON — Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a government-financed survey — dismal news for a nation that needs more linguists to conduct its global business and diplomacy.
But another contrary trend has educators and policy makers abuzz: a rush by schools in all parts of America to offer instruction in Chinese.
Some schools are paying for Chinese classes on their own, but hundreds are getting some help. The Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools all over the world — and paying part of their salaries.
At a time of tight budgets, many American schools are finding that offer too good to refuse.
In Massillon, Ohio, south of Cleveland, Jackson High School started its Chinese program in the fall of 2007 with 20 students and now has 80, said Parthena Draggett, who directs Jackson’s world languages department.
“We were able to get a free Chinese teacher,” she said. “I’d like to start a Spanish program for elementary children, but we can’t get a free Spanish teacher.”
(Jackson’s Chinese teacher is not free; the Chinese government pays part of his compensation, with the district paying the rest.)
No one keeps an exact count, but rough calculations based on the government’s survey suggest that perhaps 1,600 American public and private schools are teaching Chinese, up from 300 or so a decade ago. And the numbers are growing exponentially.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
UK's Guardian: Remake of "Red Dawn" with CHINA invading the United States
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/red-dawn-remake-china
Red Dawn is being remade, but China ousts Russia as America's new enemy
A remake of the 1984 cold war teen action film says much about America's fear of its declining influence in the world
Paul Harris
The Observer, Sunday 30 May 2010
The film was a classic piece of 1980s teen cinema framed against the paranoid geopolitics of the cold war. Red Dawn starred Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen as all-American teens leading an armed resistance movement against Soviet troops who had invaded the US.
Feeding on Hollywood's recent appetite for recycling old films, Red Dawn is being remade with a handsome new cast. But there is one vital difference: this time the invading communist army that takes over America is Chinese.
The new-look enemy reflects the changes that have swept the world since the fall of the Berlin Wall. First, the Soviet Union no longer exists, thus hampering any plot driven by its invasion of America. Second, a rich vein of paranoia about the rise of Chinese economic might now runs through American politics.
That would explain the viral spread of leaked stills from the movie showing mocked-up Chinese propaganda posters draped over a "Chinese/American Friendship Centre". The posters play on American fears about their nation's declining economic influence.
"Helping You Back On Your Feet" states one, showing a Chinese hand reaching down to pull up an American one. "Rebuilding Your Reputation" states another, with a Chinese communist star imposed over a map of America that has a large crack down the middle.
The film, due to be released later this year, is being shot on a budget of $75m and, like the original, features a roster of emerging stars rather than established A-list names. They include Connor Cruise, the son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman; Chris Hemsworth, who was in the last Star Trek movie; and Isabel Lucas, who starred in Transformers.
However, the appeal of the film lies not in its acting talent but, like the first one, in its ability to reflect the worries of a troubled nation. The original Red Dawn, written by John Milius, who wrote the original script for Apocalypse Now, was a huge hit on its release in 1984. Its hyper-patriotism and depiction of ordinary American teenagers fighting off the "red menace" chimed with the mood of Ronald Reagan's America. It might not have been subtle, but it was a box-office hit that went on to be named a favourite conservative movie of all time. The hunt for Saddam Hussein after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was named Operation Red Dawn in tribute to the movie.
The new Red Dawn is expected to follow in those cultural footsteps, albeit with a different enemy and reflecting not a nuclear-armed global stand-off, but rather America's fears over economic decline. The plot appears fairly close to the original. The invading Chinese troops use the pretext of America's economic problems to invade. Patriotic young people fight back against China's People's Liberation Army and the collaborators who work with them.
The Awl, a New York-based satirical website, last week obtained a leaked early copy of the script, which contained numerous scenes of high patriotism and a soundtrack that featured country star Toby Keith singing the song Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue. That theme has been taken up by the Asian media too. "US paranoia seen in new Red Dawn," said a headline on the Asia Times's website. Writer Ben Shobert went on to note: "The movie and its villains say much about current insecurities."
But cultural paranoia is only effective if based on some level of reality, and there is little doubt that America now regards the rise of China as the next major threat to its global dominance. Over the past decade China has pursued an active foreign policy in Africa and Latin America. Its rapidly growing economy is quickly catching up with the United States and it has recovered much quicker from the recent recession, which the US is still feeling. Such things have led to a strain of anti-Chinese sentiment in some parts of American politics and the media.
Those themes are played on in the new film, especially when depicting the surprise Chinese military attack that takes over the country. Yet perhaps the strongest symbol of America's decline and China's rise in the Red Dawn remake does not come from the movie's sets or script or even its plot. It comes from the fact that much of the movie was shot in and around the battered industrial city of Detroit. The city's emptying streets and many abandoned factories were seen as the perfect real-life backdrop for the city's war scenes.
Red Dawn is being remade, but China ousts Russia as America's new enemy
A remake of the 1984 cold war teen action film says much about America's fear of its declining influence in the world
Paul Harris
The Observer, Sunday 30 May 2010
The film was a classic piece of 1980s teen cinema framed against the paranoid geopolitics of the cold war. Red Dawn starred Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen as all-American teens leading an armed resistance movement against Soviet troops who had invaded the US.
Feeding on Hollywood's recent appetite for recycling old films, Red Dawn is being remade with a handsome new cast. But there is one vital difference: this time the invading communist army that takes over America is Chinese.
The new-look enemy reflects the changes that have swept the world since the fall of the Berlin Wall. First, the Soviet Union no longer exists, thus hampering any plot driven by its invasion of America. Second, a rich vein of paranoia about the rise of Chinese economic might now runs through American politics.
That would explain the viral spread of leaked stills from the movie showing mocked-up Chinese propaganda posters draped over a "Chinese/American Friendship Centre". The posters play on American fears about their nation's declining economic influence.
"Helping You Back On Your Feet" states one, showing a Chinese hand reaching down to pull up an American one. "Rebuilding Your Reputation" states another, with a Chinese communist star imposed over a map of America that has a large crack down the middle.
The film, due to be released later this year, is being shot on a budget of $75m and, like the original, features a roster of emerging stars rather than established A-list names. They include Connor Cruise, the son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman; Chris Hemsworth, who was in the last Star Trek movie; and Isabel Lucas, who starred in Transformers.
However, the appeal of the film lies not in its acting talent but, like the first one, in its ability to reflect the worries of a troubled nation. The original Red Dawn, written by John Milius, who wrote the original script for Apocalypse Now, was a huge hit on its release in 1984. Its hyper-patriotism and depiction of ordinary American teenagers fighting off the "red menace" chimed with the mood of Ronald Reagan's America. It might not have been subtle, but it was a box-office hit that went on to be named a favourite conservative movie of all time. The hunt for Saddam Hussein after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was named Operation Red Dawn in tribute to the movie.
The new Red Dawn is expected to follow in those cultural footsteps, albeit with a different enemy and reflecting not a nuclear-armed global stand-off, but rather America's fears over economic decline. The plot appears fairly close to the original. The invading Chinese troops use the pretext of America's economic problems to invade. Patriotic young people fight back against China's People's Liberation Army and the collaborators who work with them.
The Awl, a New York-based satirical website, last week obtained a leaked early copy of the script, which contained numerous scenes of high patriotism and a soundtrack that featured country star Toby Keith singing the song Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue. That theme has been taken up by the Asian media too. "US paranoia seen in new Red Dawn," said a headline on the Asia Times's website. Writer Ben Shobert went on to note: "The movie and its villains say much about current insecurities."
But cultural paranoia is only effective if based on some level of reality, and there is little doubt that America now regards the rise of China as the next major threat to its global dominance. Over the past decade China has pursued an active foreign policy in Africa and Latin America. Its rapidly growing economy is quickly catching up with the United States and it has recovered much quicker from the recent recession, which the US is still feeling. Such things have led to a strain of anti-Chinese sentiment in some parts of American politics and the media.
Those themes are played on in the new film, especially when depicting the surprise Chinese military attack that takes over the country. Yet perhaps the strongest symbol of America's decline and China's rise in the Red Dawn remake does not come from the movie's sets or script or even its plot. It comes from the fact that much of the movie was shot in and around the battered industrial city of Detroit. The city's emptying streets and many abandoned factories were seen as the perfect real-life backdrop for the city's war scenes.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
China's Government-Run Newspaper Furious at "RED DAWN" remake portraying Chinese Invasion of the US
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9a9ec43069ab4f97784bd1acb15d858d
BEIJING -- An upcoming MGM remake of the 1984 film "Red Dawn" -- this time, with the Chinese and the Russians as the enemies -- has drawn sharp criticism from one of the leading Chinese state-run newspapers two days in a row.
"U.S. reshoots Cold War movie to demonize China" and "American movie plants hostile seeds against China," read the Monday and Tuesday editorials in Beijing-based The Global Times, whose daily circulation, in Chinese and English editions, is about 1.5 million.
Coming on the heels of secretary of state Hilary Clinton's recent China visit, the commentaries said the $42 million film directed by Dan Bradley and starring Connor Cruise (son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman), "is deeply rooted in Americans' fear of China's rise."
"Despite the world's focus on U.S.-China relations in the Strategic and Economic Dialogue and their increasing economic connections, China can still feel U.S. distrust and fear, especially among its people. Americans' suspicions about China are the best ground for the Hawks to disseminate fear and doubt, which is the biggest concern with the movie 'Red Dawn,'" one commentary said
China's media regulators long have bristled at politics in the movies and recently censored all mentions of Russia and Russians as villains from the Chinese theatrical version of "Iron Man 2."
On the flip side, director Lu Chuan's "City of Life and Death" was lauded last year by some for giving a human face to one of the Japanese soldiers depicted in his feature about the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, a hot-button anti-Japanese issue among common Chinese.
China's government, which tries to shield the population of 1.3 billion from too much foreign influence, limits to 20 the number of imported films allowed to take home a share of the boxoffice -- a cap the Motion Picture Assn. has fought for 10 years to change in hopes Hollywood studios might tap pent-up demand for entertainment.
With help from China's nascent middle class swells, the nation recently was the second-largest gross boxoffice market after the U.S. for Hollywood hits "Avatar," "2012," and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Overall boxoffice gross here jumped 43% last year to $909 million and is tipped to climb more sharply still this year
BEIJING -- An upcoming MGM remake of the 1984 film "Red Dawn" -- this time, with the Chinese and the Russians as the enemies -- has drawn sharp criticism from one of the leading Chinese state-run newspapers two days in a row.
"U.S. reshoots Cold War movie to demonize China" and "American movie plants hostile seeds against China," read the Monday and Tuesday editorials in Beijing-based The Global Times, whose daily circulation, in Chinese and English editions, is about 1.5 million.
Coming on the heels of secretary of state Hilary Clinton's recent China visit, the commentaries said the $42 million film directed by Dan Bradley and starring Connor Cruise (son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman), "is deeply rooted in Americans' fear of China's rise."
"Despite the world's focus on U.S.-China relations in the Strategic and Economic Dialogue and their increasing economic connections, China can still feel U.S. distrust and fear, especially among its people. Americans' suspicions about China are the best ground for the Hawks to disseminate fear and doubt, which is the biggest concern with the movie 'Red Dawn,'" one commentary said
China's media regulators long have bristled at politics in the movies and recently censored all mentions of Russia and Russians as villains from the Chinese theatrical version of "Iron Man 2."
On the flip side, director Lu Chuan's "City of Life and Death" was lauded last year by some for giving a human face to one of the Japanese soldiers depicted in his feature about the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, a hot-button anti-Japanese issue among common Chinese.
China's government, which tries to shield the population of 1.3 billion from too much foreign influence, limits to 20 the number of imported films allowed to take home a share of the boxoffice -- a cap the Motion Picture Assn. has fought for 10 years to change in hopes Hollywood studios might tap pent-up demand for entertainment.
With help from China's nascent middle class swells, the nation recently was the second-largest gross boxoffice market after the U.S. for Hollywood hits "Avatar," "2012," and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Overall boxoffice gross here jumped 43% last year to $909 million and is tipped to climb more sharply still this year
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