GreenIstheNewRed: Obama portrayed as a terrorist; New SHAC movie a comedy

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Update from Green Is The New Red.com Linking Obama to “Eco-terrorists” Posted: 17 Jun 2008 02:24 PM CDT Capitalism Magazine (yes, there is such a thing, and no, I have no idea why capitalism needs its own magazine… in a way, isn’t nearly every mainstream magazine Capitalism Magazine?) has a series attacking Obama. In this installment, they play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with an “eco-terrorist” twist. It seems Obama is supported by George Soros, and George Soros has given money to the Tides Foundation, and the Tides Foundation has given money to groups like the Ruckus Society, and there’s a chance (according to Capitalism

Magazine) that groups like Ruckus may have “condoned or engaged in eco-terrorism.” And to complete the loop: I think those individuals, in turn, were in that one movie about whitewater rafting, which starred Kevin Bacon. SHAC Terrorism Case… As a Comedy? Posted: 17 Jun

2008 02:08 PM CDT So the SHAC 7 are in prison, as “terrorists,” for running a controversial animal rights website. Defense attorneys are appealing, and it could be a landmark First Amendment case. But apparently civil liberties are SO not entertaining… instead, according to the Hollywood Reporter, it’s fodder for a comedy: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to “Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,” a spec script by first-time screenwriter Adam Sachs. The script — described as a quirky, elevated comedy in the vein of “Thank You for Smoking” — centers on an unlikely friendship between a lonely reporter and an outspoken teen who bond during an animal-rights protest. Sachs graduated from Harvard last year with a major in Earth and planetary science and had been writing for the Harvard Lampoon. He said he penned a humor piece for a Web site that caught the attention of Energy Entertainment’s Adam Marshall. Have no fear, though. An ambitious scare-mongerer, Wesley J. Smith, has already confirmed that the film will, in fact, depict the activists as “terrorists”: I heard from a correspondent who says he is the author of the script. Apparently, SHAC is not the hero. From his letter to me: “Dear Mr. Smith– I found your post about my script (during a round of self-googling — alas, such is 21st century life) and I just wanted to allay your fears: the script does depict SHAC as a terrorist group, and the hero of the story is a teenager who finally stands up to them in order to save an animal testing lab.” http://pets.Fortheanimals7/join http://www.myspace.com/fortheanimals7