The War Room: December 11-17, 2004

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. Just one more week, then mom & dad will be waiting for school to start again. My apologies to the author of the song. Oh, but since Sunday is Brenda Lee's birthday, let's rock around our Christmas trees.



http://freeconservatives.com/smilies/read.gif This week's celebrity birthdays:
December 11:
Teri Garr
Phyllis Day George
Tom Hayden
Jermaine Jackson
Brenda Lee
Donna Mills


December 12:
Connie Francis
Dionne Warwicke


December 13:
Ted Nugent
Dick Van Dyke


December 14:
Patty Duke
Charlie Rich


December 15:
Tim Conway
Don Johnson


December 16:
Steven Bochco
Leslie Stahl
Liv Ullmann


December 17:
Bill Pullman
William Safire



:idea: This week's questions:

:thumb: Special thanx to CaliGirl for contributing the questions that will be used soon. (Although, I still encourage others to participate.)

1. What was the last movie you saw?
2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
5. What was the last book you read?
6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
7. Where were you born?


:moo: Hey, everybody! If you have questions you'd like used in The War Room, be sure to PM them to:

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[HomeschoolrsRUs]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
Shrek 2 at the theatre -- I Spy last week with the kids on DVD -- The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (with Jim Carrey) on television 2 weeks ago
2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
When Rhett carries Scarlett up the staircase
4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Actor - Dennis Franz / Actress - Patricia Heaton
5. What was the last book you read?
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
WAYYYY too many - I like Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, Sara Paretsky, Dorothy Gilman, Dean Koontz, Lillian Jackson Braun, Peter Straub, Ben Stein, Dinesh D'Souza, Mike Adams ... gosh, I could go on, and on, and on, literally! Because I just LOVE to read ... just about everything!
7. Where were you born?
In a hospital

[Barbara]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
Sweet home Alabama (on DVD last week)


2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
"All about Eve" and "Overboard"


3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
When Joanna/Annie faces her "kids" the first time and faints.


4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Actor - Danny de Vito (he's funny) / Actress - Goldie Hawn


5. What was the last book you read?
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/grisham/images/shim.gif Skipping Christmas (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/grisham/books/skippingxmas/)


6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
I don't really have one. I never buy books of the same author.
I like John Grisham but I have only read 2 of his books though. I mostly read the best-sellers of our daily paper, because they are often great.


7. Where were you born?
Also a hospital ;-)

[Beowulf]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
Yugioh the movie. (I took my son)

2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
Anything Star Trek

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket" grilling his recruits in the barracks at the beginning of the movie. (I know that monologue by heart and impersonate it too)

4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Hm...Morgan Freeman or Mel Gibson.

5. What was the last book you read?
Cover to cover? "Drive" A book written by Larry Bird about his life. ( I read that back in 1991 as I don't like reading.)

6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
I don't read much but I do like James Clavell based on the movies made of his books. Shogun is a favorite movie of mine

7. Where were you born?
St. Joseph's Hospital in Flint, Michigan.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

1. What was the last movie you saw?


:moo: Friday Night Lights.


2. What is your favorite movie of all time?


:moo: The Hiding Place.


3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?


:unsmile: Scene: in The Hiding Place, when Corrie rubs the frost from the infirmary window, & sees another woman getting into Betsie's bed. She then goes inside, to view hear the bad news, & view the corpse, then runs crying hysterically through the camp.

:moo: Line: "That's not a knife. (Pulls machete from boot) That's a knife!"


4. Who is your favorite movie actor?


:unsmile: I don't guess I have one.


5. What was the last book you read?


:moo: CZAR: The Lost World of Nicholas & Alexandra.


6. Who is your favorite author, & why?


:moo: Fawn McKay Brodie. I really liked her style in No Man Knows My History.


7. Where were you born?


:moo: America.

[CaliGirl]

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1. What was the last movie you saw?
Forever Young with Mel Gibson in 1992

2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
The Graduate

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3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
Don't do scenes or lines
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4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Baby Blue eyes Mel Gibson

5. What was the last book you read?
One of the” Left Behind” books about 2 years ago. I spend my time on the Internet researching genealogy and etc.

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6. Who is your favorite author, & why
N/A
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7. Where were you born?<O:p
Lynwood, CA. St Francis Hospital.... It's still standing<O:p
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[Faithful_Servant]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
National Treasure

2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
The Great Escape

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
"Hello! My name is Inego Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!!"

4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Robert DeNiro

5. What was the last book you read?
"Dominion" by Randy Alcorn

6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
God, if ya gotta ask why, please PM me and I'll explain it to you.:cool:

7. Where were you born?
George AFB near Victorville, CA. Where my father was training to throw guys out of airplanes.

[Rink]

1. What was the last movie you saw?

The Chronicles of Riddick' (the directors cut first)

2. What is your favorite movie of all time?

Cecil B. Demille's Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston as Moses.

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?

D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the going gets tough . . . the tough get going. Who's with me? Let's Go! Come on! AAAAEEEEEGGGHHHH!!
4. Who is your favorite movie actor?

Charlton Heston I guess.

5. What was the last book you read?

One of Richard Marcinko's latest books (not gonna dig up the title fer ya kay)

6. Who is your favorite author, & why?

I have two favorite authors only, the first being Elie Wiesel, and the second Richard Marcinko.

7. Where were you born?

Vancouver WA.

[Large_Al]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
the return of the kings
2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
Godfather 1&2

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
"coll! got to be"
4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Mel
5. What was the last book you read?
Zel Miller

6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
David McCullough

7. Where were you born?
Outside of Rochester N.Y.
Pittsford

[mabzie]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
can't remember

2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
Full Metal Jacket.

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
Dont relly have one

4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
R. Lee Ermey

5. What was the last book you read?
"Who's Looking out for you?"

6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
Jack London, because i like his books.

7. Where were you born?
Detroit, MI

[Riverboat]

1. What was the last movie you saw? - Spiderman 2

2. What is your favorite movie of all time? - Tough call. I love Henry V if I skip over the Fronchee parts.

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie? - The trial and execution of Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons; Henry V - "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . . "

4. Who is your favorite movie actor? - Jimmy Stewart, hands down.

5. What was the last book you read? - I Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt by Paul Grondahl. Right now I'm reading a horrifying yet inspiring book P.O.W: A Definitive History of the American Prisoner-Of-War Experience in Vietnam, 1964-1973 by John G. Hubbell.

6. Who is your favorite author, & why? - Why, Mark Twain, of course. A unique writer with an insight on American morals with a touch of sarcasm.

7. Where were you born? - Galveston, Texas

[UnkHiram]

1. What was the last movie you saw?

National Treasure
2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
Tough Question: Torn between the "Shootist" and "the Alamo"

3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
"Pretty Bold Talk for a One Eyed Fat Man" Robert Duvall to John Wayne in True Grit

4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
John Wayne

5. What was the last book you read?
Emergency Deep by Michael Dimecurio

6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
Another Very Tough Question
All Time It would have to be - Allan Dean Foster because he is a great storyteller.
At the Moment - Eric Flint because I am hopeless addicted to his Grantville Storyline.

7. Where were you born?
Arlington Texas

[Chap]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
National Treasure
2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
Papillon
3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
"Honey I'm Home", The Shining
4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
Robert DiNero
5. What was the last book you read?
The Silence of Adam, Dr. Larry Crabb
6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
See 'Faithful Servant's' response. We were twins seperated at birth.
7. Where were you born?
Philadelphia, (There goes the twin theory)

[ConservativeYouthMovement]

1. What was the last movie you saw?
2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
3. What is your favorite or most memorable scene or line from a movie?
4. Who is your favorite movie actor?
5. What was the last book you read?
6. Who is your favorite author, & why?
7. Where were you born?

1. I dont remember, in the theater it was Shrek 2 or spiderman 2
2.I like we were soldiers, and original star wars
3. I dont know
4. I dont know
5. Book? What is that?
6. Author? Is that like a book?
7. South Dakota.

[jag]

7. Where were you born?


George AFB near Victorville, CA. Where my father was training to throw guys out of airplanes.
lol...Colorado Springs, AFB. My father was flying the airplanes guys were being thrown out of.:thumb: