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            <description><![CDATA[I spent much of Friday and&nbsp;Saturday with a group of Soldiers' Angels, manning a &quot;booth&quot; at a theater that is showing Brothers at War.&nbsp; Our goal was to educate movie goers about how they can &quot;support the troops,&quot; and to draw attention to the movie among those who were there to see other films.&nbsp; We were also lucky enough to meet producer Jake Rademacher, and one of the Marines seen in the film.

The film itself was terrific.&nbsp; If I had it in my power, I'd be standing on street corners, handing out DVDs of it for free.&nbsp; It's that important for people to see--especially civilians who may not know anyone in the military, or for whom 90% of what they think they know they've seen in the news and entertainment media.&nbsp; As one Marine said enthusiastically, &quot;It was the best damn movie I've seen in years!&quot;

I had one of the most disconcerting and incongruous experiences in years watching the previews, though.]]></description>
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            <title>Comment from Fishmugger on 2009-03-31</title>
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                <![CDATA[Hey Gaijin,<br />
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No can come alla way NC, neh.<br />
Wait maybe come TV sadarite big time. Tape alla same...giva fren.<br />
Seem onry show near Army base.<br />
<br />
O medito gazai mus.]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:49:58 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Old Gaijiin on 2009-03-31</title>
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                <![CDATA[Playing for at least the next three days 3/31, 4/1, 4/2 in Fayetteville at the Carmike.<br />
Brothers at War<br />
&lrm;1hr 52min&lrm;&lrm; - Rated R&lrm;&lrm; - Documentary&lrm; <br />
Carmike 12 - Fayetteville<br />
200 S McPherson Church Rd, Fayetteville, NC <br />
1:45 4:30 7:00 9:40pm <br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:02:34 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Argent on 2009-03-31</title>
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                <![CDATA[Thanks for giving me a bit of a feel for how it is your end.&nbsp; Actually I saw something extremely unusual today a military jet went over the hospital quite noticeable with the noise of course.&nbsp; So there ya go a bit of exposure in small doses.<br />
<br />
Hopefully I can get hold of it one way or the other might have to ask one of you guys to order it for me when it's on DVD, I'll cough up of course in advance.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:32:48 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from BillT on 2009-03-31</title>
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                <![CDATA[<em>Castle Argghhh Home for Gentleman Soldiers.</em><br />
<br />
Aka, the Jungle Room Annex...<br />
<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:18:07 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; Have a look through the plans for all those kewl Katrina Cottages.&nbsp; There's a nice three-bedroom I was looking at for me and the kid.&nbsp; You can build them anywhere.....&nbsp; :)<br />
<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Heck, with your own little veteran community, you could have morning formation, colours, retreat, etc.&nbsp; Maybe even get a cannon to fire the salute... heh.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:18:20 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from olga on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[&quot;We should build an annex at the Castle. &quot;Barracks for the Politcally Dispossessed...&quot; or something similar.&quot;<br />
John,<br />
not a bad idea, really :o)]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:31:55 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[<br />
&nbsp; heh..<br />
<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; Castle Argghhh Home for Gentleman Soldiers.&nbsp; :)<br />
<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hey, I'm up for it. Will you trade room and board for weapons cleaning, shell polishing and other assorted domestic work?<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:52:56 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Well, if you mean &quot;stops snowing ever&quot; yer probably screwed.<br />
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As for the most recent snow, on Saturday, it's all gone now.]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:41:07 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Fishmugger on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[John,<br />
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Let me know when it stops snowing out there. This is a very blue state and no one I ever vote for gets elected. But I keep voting...too many people died to give me that right and I won't waste it and stay home.]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:35:27 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[We should build an annex at the Castle.&nbsp; &quot;Barracks for the Politcally Dispossessed...&quot; or something similar.<br />
<br />
More Serfs!]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:24:20 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from FbL on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[That probablly <em>is</em> a better way to say it, Bill.&nbsp; The scary thing is that the Venn diagram the overlap between the political types you're describing and the two main parties would not be equal.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:13:04 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from BillT on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[<em>And if that weren't bad enough, an observer could easily be led to the (ERRONEOUS) conclusion that the divide breaks along political party lines.</em><br />
<br />
Eliminate two words -- &quot;erroneous&quot; and &quot;party&quot; and you'll have pretty well nailed it.<br />
<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:59:49 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[<br />
&nbsp; It's a pretty damned and stark divide in Maine. It certainly DOES fall along political divides up here.&nbsp; I am sick at heart and sick in body how my wonderful state has been traumatized these past 8 years, and if I could raise the money to move out, my daughter and I'd be gone in a heartbeat.&nbsp; <br />
<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:13:27 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Fishmugger on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Fuzzy,<br />
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From the web site, the closest theater to me is Langley in VA. There is nothing in the Northeast. Guess I'll have to wait till it comes out in DVD. I'd drive a couple of&nbsp;hours to go see it, but four hours is a bit much. Then again I could do an overnight and see the WWII monument which is on my bucket list.]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:13:17 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Grumpy on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Fuzzy, *well done!* &nbsp;I can not tell you what to do, but I am really glad, that those Marines had a certain 'Lioness' watching out for them. Thank you, Grumpy<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:59:22 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Argent - the width and politics of the divide depend on where you are.&nbsp; Some places it's pretty stark, other places there isn't one.&nbsp; You can't generalize across 300 million people that easily.]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:15:28 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from FbL on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[I hope you will see it, Saker. &nbsp;It's diifferent from Generation&nbsp;Kill in a number of ways.&nbsp; First of all, it doesn't have a strong narrative beyond the issue that inspires Rademacher to go to Iraq--bridging the divide between him and his brothers.&nbsp; It's almost like a series of vignettes.&nbsp; And as many reviewers have said, more than a war story it's a family story.&nbsp; It's not trying to document a time/place.&nbsp; Instead, it's documenting people, which I guess is why it seemed so familiar to me instead of being something exotic.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:56:14 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Saker on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Now I'm curious. I'll have to find a place to see this. The only supposedly &quot;realistic&quot; modern war movie I've seen was a few episodes of HBO's miniseries Generation Kill. It would be interesting to compare the two. <br />
<br />
As you were saying FBL, politics seems to get into everything. It makes it hard for non-military types like me to figure out what's real, and what's somebody's agenda.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:44:38 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from FbL on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Argent, I doubt it will be released in&nbsp;Australia--it's only in about 24 theaters right now, so it seems unlikely ot will go international on the big screen.&nbsp; DVDs are cheaper to make, so maybe it will be available more widely then.<br />
<br />
As far as the divide, I honestly don't know...&nbsp; Perhaps I am more aware of it because I constantly have one foot in each world.&nbsp; However, I haven't lived enough history to understand how this compares to other times.&nbsp; And I tend to be very emotional about this topic, so I don't know how reasonable my perspective is.&nbsp; As I said, take it for what it's worth...<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:23:48 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Argent on 2009-03-30</title>
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                <![CDATA[Clearly this is important to you I don;t think I've seen you talk so much before.<br />
<br />
I had thought to military civilian divide was stronger here but now I am not so sure.<br />
<br />
Do you happen to know if it will be released in Australia?<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:54:18 -0600</pubDate>
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