http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... Obama.html

I'm all for training with long-range rifles. I'm also for an armed left. HOWEVER, let's not sink into the fevered swamp mindset of the far right.

Obama has been a disappointment. But he ain't Hitler. Let's keep this in context...

Had he had any balls and said that on American soil, he'd be getting a visit from the secret service, as well he should anyways.

"I came here many years ago with a biker movie and we stopped a war". What an arrogant jerk! I saw Easy Rider years ago when it came out. I laughed at those scenes of Fonda and his buddy (Denis something) cruising across wide open spaces on the desert on bikes with 2 gallon gas tanks.

YabuUS wrote:"I came here many years ago with a biker movie and we stopped a war". What an arrogant jerk! I saw Easy Rider years ago when it came out. I laughed at those scenes of Fonda and his buddy (Denis something) cruising across wide open spaces on the desert on bikes with 2 gallon gas tanks.

Yes, it was Denis Hopper....

Peter Fonda is quoted as saying:

“I’m training my grandchildren to use long-range rifles,” said the actor, 71. “For what purpose? Well, I’m not going to say the words 'Barack Obama’, but …”

He added, enigmatically: “It’s more of a thought process than an actuality, but we are heading for a major conflict between the haves and the have nots. [snip]

OK, predicting a major conflict between haves and have nots is one thing.

But which side does Peter Fonda think he is on? (And by extension, which side does he think Obama is on?)

Serious question. Does Peter Fonda consider himself some kind of leftist? I've never thought of him that way, particularly.

Either way, it's a stupid and irresponsible remark.

I also couldn't figure out which side he identified with. I lnow another stint of republican control is going to split the have have not gap even wider.

Easy Rider stopped the Vietnam War?

The best scene of the movie, and my favorite of Jack Nicholson ever.

Peter Fonda has been irrelevant for decades. And he proved his irrelevance by making that remark. Hopefully the FBI and the Secret Service will be wanting to invite him for a chat when he returns to the States.

Interesting take on history.

Just how did 'Easy Rider' stop the VietNam war? I presume he's speaking about VietNam. Funny, I didn't see him at any of the peace rally's I attended...He wasn't marching alongside anyone I know. I don't recall seeing him in Chicago in 1968 or hearing of his arrest for demonstrating...

Come to think of it, I think his sister did more to acquaint the American public with the true nature of VietNam than he did.

His brain is fried from some substance. Is Jane still a born-again ?

rolandson wrote:Interesting take on history.

Just how did 'Easy Rider' stop the VietNam war? I presume he's speaking about VietNam. Funny, I didn't see him at any of the peace rally's I attended...He wasn't marching alongside anyone I know. I don't recall seeing him in Chicago in 1968 or hearing of his arrest for demonstrating...

Come to think of it, I think his sister did more to acquaint the American public with the true nature of VietNam than he did.

You may not know what Peter was doing during those Viet Nam years; but we sure know what his sister was doing.

That's sad. He was a cultural icon back in the day.