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Is This Real Or Are We Living In A Clint Eastwood Movie?
William "Bill" Munny killed women, old people, children, and God only knows who else; but, heck, he doesn't know how many because most of the time he was drunk. Back at the farm house, the gang is hunkered down, surrounding the "cutter," covering-up, because, after all, they were only whores. The cover-up includes hiding out, so he won't be killed by the "assassins."
And, ... once again, we find The White House, hunkering down, with aprons out, covering up for one of their own, to keep him from being "assassinated," by hired guns for cutting up eight attorneys. Democratic and Republican head-hunters are out to get Rove, and The White House is "a'hunkerin' down." Wait! This is a movie?
Will Munny: "That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned." (Unforgiven, imbd.com)
Once again, we find this White House, "hunkered down," as they try to shield Rove and "God only knows who else." This time it is about missing emails. Shoot. Fact is, that we've been living this horror movie, since the day Bush was appointed by The Supreme Court." It feels like I've been living this "administration from hell," it seems, close to a decade. There's, in fact, not much difference between our White House and the characters in Unforgiven, with George W. playing the part of Little Bill Daggett.
The face off will happen in an out house, because every one has to relieve themselves once in a while. Man is it ripe around a double seated out-house.
Little Bill Daggett: "I don't deserve this... to die like this. I was building a house."
Will Munny: "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it."
[aims gun]
Little Bill Daggett: "I'll see you in hell, William Munny."
Will Munny: "Yeah." (ibid)
The Schofield kid finally gets his chance at killing the bad guy, and it wasn't as thrilling as he thought it would be. It's not much fun taking out people, and most of our soldiers are coming back from Iraq with PTSD, as the kid did, after the kid put three pieces of lead in the man, who sat on the pot with his pants down.
Will Munny: "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."
The Schofield Kid: "Yeah, well, I guess he had it coming."
Will Munny: "We all got it coming, kid."
The Schofield Kid: "I ain't never killed no one before that, Will."
Will Munny: "Well, you sure killed the hell outta that guy."
The Schofield Kid: "That was the first one... first one I ever killed. You know how I said I shot five men? It weren't true. That Mexican that come at me with a knife, I just busted his leg with a shovel. I didn't kill him or nothing, neither."
The Schofield Kid: [referring to his gun] "You go on, keep it. I'm never gonna use it again. I won't kill nobody no more. I ain't like you, Will... "
[indicating the money]
The Schofield Kid: "Go on, keep it. All of it. It's yours."
Will Munny: "What about your spectacles and fancy clothes?"
The Schofield Kid: "I guess I'd rather be blind and ragged than dead."
Will Munny: "You don't have to worry, Kid. I ain't gonna kill you. You're the only friend I got."
Are you as tired of this administration as I am? The only good decision that Bush has made in the whole of his presidency, was when he grabbed the "bull-horn" in New York. Since that, all we have seen is the last tavern scene, over and over. Death, dying and blood-shed everywhere. How many friends do we have, now?
Heck, whose going to play George Bush and Dick Cheney, when this administration has been reduced to a three hour, X-Rated movie. For sure, George W. Bush's tenure will be remembered by historians, as the president who made the biggest mistake in history.
Bush thinks that if he says it enough, voters will believe him. There won't be tons of terrorists swimming the ocean to fight the Americans. We could have had the whole South and North America fenced in, with the money we've spent on this war.
Will Munny: "We all got it coming, kid." to the Schofield Kid. (Unforgiven, imbd.com)
Now there is a small percentage of Americans who believe that Bush planted bombs in the Twin Towers, so he would have good reason to go after Saddam. What history we are living!
"Papa," were you alive when President Bush made war against Iraq and lost? It is hard for me to believe we did that and actually lost, thinking that we could have made an Islamic country into a democracy? Is that right?"
"Yep, Son, I lived through it; and I'm glad that it is over now; and we can get on with life."
But can we ever get on with life, on this one. I'm wondering what the heck our Supreme Court thinks about their pick for the president. Do they feel any guilt about all the lives lost?
Will Munny: "I ain't like that no more. I ain't the same, Ned. Claudia, she straightened me up, cleared me of drinkin' whiskey and all. Just 'cause we're goin' on this killing, that don't mean I'm gonna go back to bein' the way I was. I just need the money, get a new start for them youngsters. Ned, you remember that drover I shot through the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his head? I think about him now and again. He didn't do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin' I could remember when I sobered up."
It's pretty bad, when, after the news, you have to pull out your DVD of Unforgiven, to get a little relief these days. And, now, if I can find "Quigley Down Under!" It's a given, which role would be Bush's character in that movie.
Ned Logan: "You were crazy, Will."
With no apologies to Clint Eastwood!
