{"id":7482,"date":"2012-08-22T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:01:16","slug":"is-this-a-cuban-i-see-before-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2012\/08\/22\/is-this-a-cuban-i-see-before-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this a Cuban I see before me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Hi,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m The Jerk. You might remember me from that time the USCCB named me the second worst fictional Catholic on the internet.<\/p>\n

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Who\u2019s Number 1?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fine, fine. I can be the bigger man and accept defeat. I would like to know what tipped the scales.<\/p>\n

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Dude, it was that hair. It\u2019s creepier than some of the shit we found in Maciel\u2019s sock drawer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before I ruin Simcha\u2019s chances at ever being invited to speak at some money-bags event, like The Catholic Ladies for Muslim Fashion Awards, I better get on with the movie.<\/p>\n

RED DAWN<\/a><\/p>\n

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Remember that time when you were a kid at a family BBQ and your Uncle Terry was going on and on and on and on about the Communists? Remember how he talked about his bunker and canned goods? About the differences between a .357 round and a .45? About how he turned in his Social Security card? How Reagan was really a secret Russian mole?<\/p>\n

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Get me another Coors, kiddo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yeah, this is the movie Uncle Terry would have written if he ever got his typing privileges back. Pure 80\u2019s paranoia is on full display in the story written and directed by Hollywood\u2019s favorite gun-nut, John Milius.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t forget, I\u2019m kind of a fascist too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fun fact: John Milius served as the inspiration for Walter in The Big Lebowski. I just said that so you nerds couldnt.<\/p>\n

The movie asks the question; What would happen if America was invaded by Cuba? BUT in the movie, the Cubans have real tanks and stuff. In reality, we know the \u201955 Chevy\u2019s with inoperable Gatling guns bolted to the hoods that they actually have would never make the trip.<\/p>\n

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But we really do have good health care.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why don\u2019t you cram a Cohiba, Commie.<\/p>\n

The movie\u2019s answer involves a Patrick Swazye, Charlie Sheen, and everybody\u2019s favorite actor that isn\u2019t Steve Guttenberg, C. Thomas Howell, as a band of teens who become freedom fighters.<\/p>\n

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The producers felt I was a little too Guttenberg-y for the role.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once our idyllic small town in Colorado gets invaded by the Cubans, with the Russians not far behind, our teens managed to escape to the mountains where the initially hope to wait out World War III.<\/p>\n

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What, no broads?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh, don\u2019t worry, soon our all male ensemble is rounded out by the alluring beauty of Ally Sheedy and Jennifer Grey. Stop laughing.<\/p>\n

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I was Baby!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And I\u2019m a Chinese Jet Pilot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The movie takes an episodic approach , showing the evolution of these crazy mixed up kids into fierce freedom fighters. Since this is sort of a Brat Pack apocalypse movie, they take the name of their high school mascot, Wolverines.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s kinda gay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As\u00a0 this is the 1980s, the Wolverines take on some pretty obvious similarities of the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan, another group of freedom fighters sticking it to the Communists. I wonder how that war turned out?<\/p>\n

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\u201cPretty Obvious\u201d is also the name of my autobiography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honorable mention goes to two actors, Powers Booth and Harry Dean Stanton. Powers plays an American fighter pilot shot down who spends some time helping our youngsters. Man, Powers Booth should have had a much better career.<\/p>\n

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I see myself as the thinking man\u2019s John Saxon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harry Dean Stanton plays the father of Swayze and Sheen. Did I forget to mention they are brothers in the movie?<\/p>\n

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I was real sorry for The Swayze on this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Old Harry Dean He gets put into a \u201cre-education camp\u201d by the Commies because he was a gun owner. Dun Dun DUN!<\/p>\n

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And THAT\u2019S why I don\u2019t use flouride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See, the Gummint rules about knowing who has a gun is all part of the plot to soften us up for the invasion. Also part of the invasion, illegal aliens! The Cubans sent a vanguard over the boarder disguised as Mexicans. The only thing missing from this movie was a sub-plot about Zionism.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s always missing. Know why? THE JEWS!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Until next time, amigos, keep your precious bodily fluids intact.<\/p>\n

Oh, next up, we\u2019ll check out how\u00a0 REAL AMERICAN HERO Ronnie Reagan deals with Commies in Hong Kong<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Who wet my pants?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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