Cool News
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN - Austin - Thurs Nite Ticket Winners!
Hey folks, Harry here... with the winners of the WAITING FOR SUPERMAN passes below. I'm quite excited about this one. I saw the film back in May of this year - and flatly told them we had to have a screening in Austin, and I even proposed anywhere else they wanted. This is a film that must be seen. It isn't liberal or conservative. It isn't Fox News or MSNBC's news.
In an odd way this film is like what a great news program used to be about in this country. This film investigates the problem, what that does to society and regions and then how it can be reversed, how teachers could earn more and not rape the public, and they show why there's still a problem. This is a film to show everyone.
Seriously, think about it. "I'm the guy telling you about this shit!" And what do y'all think of my edumacation? So agreed... a problem. Even a monkey like me can see the difference between this and a Michael Moore documentary. I like Michael, cause I tend to agree with him. But I also know that he's doing fairly one-sided pieces sometimes. This is just the facts, but told in a manner that makes you care about these stories. There's no way you can be unaffected and quite a bit shocked by some of this - but incredibly enthused by what some very motivated people with solutions that they've proven. That's incredibly awesome. Sometimes a project like this can help wake people up a bit and not make you depressed, but hopeful and motivated to be helpful in the ways we as folks can. By vote or volunteering or lending a hand as best we can by simply being there with our own kids. We don't have particularly super powers, but we do have the best of our abilities and even those carry responsibilities.
The Film is Playing at the ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE on South Lamar in Austin, Tx at 7:30pm. I'm asking that folks show up no later than 6:30pm to help ensure a full house. The director, Davis Guggenheim is attending - and with a crowd of educators, parents, future parents and human beings I expect a lively audience filled with comments and questions. If you're not on the list, I've got a feeling we're going to have a good turn out, but this the kind of movie that carries great karma for just making the attempt. If there's room, we'll fill every seat.
Here we are:
1. Harry Knowles
2. Patricia Knowles
3. Jay Knowles
4. Dannie Knowles
5. Aaron Dunne
6. Roland DeNoie
7. Marcus Owens
8. Gordon Jones + 1
10. Alyssa Saucedo
11. Mike McCutchen
12. Lauren Barron
13. Brian Satterwhite
14. Mark Hall
15. Christopher Cargill
16. Jessica Cargill
17. Neil Reece
18. Mindy Constant
19. Paul Alvarado Dykstra + 1
21. Brian Roberts
22. Rachel Roberts
23. Steven J Epstein
24. Evelyn Nazro
25. John T Hennessey Jr
26. Kim Reznicek
27. Melody Johnson
28. Ken Johnson
29. Lori Trevino
30. Maria Rocha + 2
33. Glorimar Cardona
34. Emily Williams
35. Kasandra Perez
36. Kristin Cameron
37. Ganiva Reyes
38. Juan Portillo
39. Katherine Moy
40. Sarah Arriaga
41. Scott Duffey
42. Rand Shuler
43. Danielle Baumgartner
44. Jan Hamilton
45. Kwita Carrington
46. Charlotte Prine
47. Andrew McGavran
48. David Sifuentes
49. Ilyana Sifuentes
50. Andy Wilson
51. Amanda Wilson
52. Bob Heidkamp
53. Ivory Perez
54. Jesse Davis
55. Kaitlyn Lewis
56. Jim Lewis
57. Marissa Faith Castillo
58. Paul Love
59. Ronald Short
60. Ami Kane
61. Dshanya Reese
62. Brian Kelley
63. Gloria Walker
64. Chris Jackson + 1
65. Andy Couch
66. Heather Leah Kennedy
67. Jad Mufti + 2
70. Katie Slaughter
71. Luke Mullen
72. J.C. De Leon
73. Wesley Heidenreich
74. Brandon Nava
75. Leticia Suarez
76. John Estrada
77. Kai Ferguson
78. Christina Jennings
79. Christina Velasquez
80. Deborah Leija
81. Tyler Kloss
82. Marshall Peterson
83. Laci Peterson
84. Tony Senecal
85. Chris Fritel
86. Justin Patterson
87. Paula Nedbalek
88. Kristen Nedbalek
89. Blake Nedbalek
90. Kristopher Mackey
91. Tisha Mackey
92. Kristine Reyna
93. Louis San Miguel
94. Roger Gonzalez
95. Jamie Jeffress
96. Jayar Donlan
97. Story Evans
98. Whitney Reitz
99. Stephen Grimm
100. Sven Johnson
101. Carlos Lopez de Victoria
102. Xiomara Gabriel
103. Melissa Monteiro
104. John Osmon
105. Becky Osmon
106. John Turlington
107. Laura Krumm
108. Yoshimasa Hanamura
109. Chris Henney
110. Stephanie Henney
111. TD Lucky
112. Khanh T. Nguyen + 2
115. Justin Brookhart
116. Colleen McKinney
117. Catherine McKinney
118. David Lopez
119. Juliet Jones
120. Jarod Neece
121. Andrea Yz
122. Ashley Woodall
123. Melody Lawson
124. Dominic Mondragon
125. Rose Tamez
126. Sam Eidson
127. Josh Jones
128. Matt Moore
129. Rachel Zern
130. Sara Nejad
131. Jesus DeLeon-Serratos
132. Ellen White
133. Nadja Alexandra DeLeon
134. Aaron Domenicali
135. Keara Goin + 1
137. Russell Wilde
138. Ian Eskander
139. Jessica Eskander
140. Aaron Rainbolt
141. Tracy King
142. Chris Randleman
143. Jennifer Randleman
144. Stephen Huss
145. Alan Venneman
146. Ted Brown
147. Michael Lindsey + 1
149. Lex Lybrand
150. Kelli Horan
151. Samaya Brown
152. Austin Culp
153. Jordan Troublefield
154. Kevin Talley
155. Clint Tarrant
156. Andrea Troncoso
157. Amar Mehta
158. Michael Ramsey
159. Amanda Morones
160. Tony Crissman
161. Mat Garland
162. Carissa Licatovich
163. Johnny Lightfoot
164. Brandon VanGieson
165. Gigi VanGieson
166. Andrea Sharifi
167. Chow Wilde
168. C Whitesides
169. Hilary Whitesides
170. Ryan Ashworth
171. Mike Oates
172. Ian Prikryl
173. Lexi Martin
174. Deanne Blackstone
175. Bethany Blackstone
176. James D
177. Rickie Yudin + 2
180. Jay Holzer
181. Ashley Holzer
182. Matt Johnson
183. Michael Daross
184. Steven Walker
185. Monica Lavin
186. Lisa Marchese
187. Jose Marenco
188. Todd Calvert
189. Brian Lynch
190. Daniel Laabs
191. Brent Sluder
192. Leanna McMillin
193. Steven Short
194. Jackie Lain
195. Laura Cruzada
196. Lorraine Cortez
197. Alexis Mendez
198. Kristin Smith
199. Lauren Tucker
200. Gillian Shewaga
201. Brianne Parton
202. Jeff Long
203. Debra Long
204. Rob Little
205. John Wages
206. Amy Wages
207. Chad McCanna
208. Janell Gibbons
209. Kevin Clark
210. Matt Kocian
211. Joel Sarchet
212. Rod Trevino
213. Josh Trevino
214. Megan Evans
215. Hussain Pirani
216. Emily Morehead
217. Dana Archip
218. Mario Pena
219. Brandon Ferrall
220. Amanda Esquibel
221. Joel Sweeney
222. Rocio Rangel
223. Kirk Johnson
224. Chris McInroy
225. Will Elliott
226. Brett Carter
227. Joseph Basnight
228. Randy Wymore + 1
230. Jake McKay
231. Allison Henderson
232. Scott Feigh
233. Dustin McMillian
234. Carmon Marshall
235. Donald Kasner
236. Lori Kendall
237. Vincent Macaluso
238. Nhan Pham
239. Bob Carlton
240. Lisa Carlton
241. Katie Carlton
242. Bryan Hill
243. Brianne Hill
244. J Wade Dial
245. Tara Lee George
246. Michael Warren
247. Karen Warren
248. Rebecca Elliott
249. Fitz Meshbane
250. Max Pozderac
-
+ Expand All
-
...and if he does, it is only because he wants to gouge his eye out!!!
-
the fact is, anything that contains any sort of perceived slight against America, anything that suggests the oft-repeated cannard of "We're number one!" might not be true, is labelled left-wing. And immediately, we get "Why do you hate America?" and "If you don't like it, leave" comments.
The extreme left and right wings are too far apart to be brought to consensus by anything, least of all a movie. -
This is as one-sided and intemperate as any of Michael Moore's screeds. You just bought into it this time.
Several smart and articulate people explained in the last talkback why and how you're being misled here. I recommend you look over it. -
Fuck taxes...if you want your kid to learn, take an interest in it and you do what you need to do. Stop asking me to pay for your kids future.
-
Are motherfucking crazy, Harry? Teachers are "raping the public?" I think the lap band accidentally cut off the circulation to your brain. Jesus.
-
so you don't support public money going to private catholic and charter schools ala the Republican format? Just wondering.
-
Sep 01, 2010 12:40:01 PM CDT
THERE ARE GOOD TEACHERS, AND THERE ARE BAD TEACHERS
by bringingsexyback
The bad teachers should be publicly raped and that will keep the good ones on their toes.
-
Sep 01, 2010 12:42:23 PM CDT
I HEARD THE CALIFORNIA TEACHER'S UNION WAS OUTRAGED
by bringingsexyback
that they published teacher evaluations and that the taxpayers who write their checks are able to see them. Suckers.
-
and don't let them come back to school until their parents have taken all the stupid out of them.
-
The schools have an obligation to educate all children to the best of their ability. Chances are the stupid kids have stupid parents so I don't think your solution would work too well.
-
Somebody has to scrub the toilets.
-
Sep 01, 2010 4:41:13 PM CDT
Wanna bet that 99.9% of the ones attending are gonna be teabagge
by teabaggerharry
Sorry Harry but I rather join the KKK than to be in a room full of birthers and teabaggers that smell like palmitoleic acid. And I find it hilarious that you think Michael Moore is one sided and not this Davis Guggenheim guy. Funny as hell.
-
Sep 01, 2010 4:43:12 PM CDT
I bet that 99.9% of the ones attending are gonna be teabaggers
by teabaggerharry
(There you go!) Sorry Harry but I rather join the KKK than to be in a room full of birthers and teabaggers that smell like palmitoleic acid. And I find it hilarious that you think Michael Moore is one sided and not this Davis Guggenheim guy. Funny as hell.
-
This last post clearly confirms my suspicions. The man now knows everything that is wrong with the education system in this country because he saw a movie. Guggenheim provided him with all the facts about this simple topic that he will ever need.
-
I saw this in Cleveland a couple of months ago and actually talked to one of the producers. Its an awesome movie. The kind of movie that can really serve to facilitate change. Its criminal about what the state of education in this country. And every one is to blame. the teachers, the unions the politicians. we could take one day off of the "war" in Iraq and fix the educational system in this country. ONE FREAKING DAY. A billion dollars.
The question that people should be asking is not what is the problem with the educational system in the United States but WHY do we have a problem with education in this country. -
this movie does a great job of NOT being one sided. if anything the audience who are watching this movie were already aware of what ails the educational system. Its people like you who should see it. so you can understand. because people like you dont. Douche
-
thats the answer...american capitalism requires a permanent underclass. so your answer is actually apropo.
-
Sep 02, 2010 6:18:02 PM CDT
@xphyle Nope - Waiting for Superman is 100% Right Wing Propagand
by teabaggerharry
Sorry dewd, but I'm not buying this Bill Gate's sponsored propaganda bull shit.
Guggenheim has cherry-picked and packaged every hoary scare story from the last twenty-five years: the lazy and incompetent teacher, the reactionary and obstructionist union as represented by "villainess" Randi Weingarten (of whom one commentator notes that the movie "make[s] something of a foaming satanic beast"), the Democratic Party supported by those teacher unions, the lack of incentive rewards for "good" teachers, and not enough charter schools.
Sound familiar? Yep. It's the typical Right Wing propaganda at full force. Like I said before: This fucking film is ONE SIDED.
Just in case you think this propaganda flick is a one-shot deal, brace yourself for another one, due on May 7. It's a film titled, "The Lottery." Yeah, you guessed it -- another "documentary," this one about the charter school lottery process in Harlem, starring Geoffrey Canada, Eva Moskowitz (Harlem Success Academy), Dacia Toll (Achievement First), and Joel Klein. The movie's position? How about this excerpt from a review from the CNBC website:
"The Lottery exposes the backwards politics and nefarious agendas of politicians and special interest groups who stand in the way of improving a failing public school system."
One sided all the way. And like I said before, the ones going to see this crap are old farts that are either teabaggers, birthers or both.
No thanks Harry. I'll keep the change you keep drinking the Kool-Aid. -
So you dont think there is absolutely anything wrong with our school system in the US? So if the teachers, unions, bloated bureocracy and politicians arent to blame then who pray tell is? please enlighten me.
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- A fucking awesome AVENGERS Super Bowl Spot! Love this! -- 209 total posts 209 posts
- Call Me Skeptical, But Here It Is... Harrison Ford May Be In New BLADE RUNNER After All -- 288 total posts 96 posts
- Sunday Is Sweeps Day Four!! Discuss Here DOWNTON ABBEY, THE VOICE & SUPER BOWL XLVI! -- 89 total posts 88 posts
- Harry's read this new EVIL DEAD script - and yeah, takes more after EVIL DEAD the original... -- 163 total posts 80 posts
- Here's a new RIDDICK shot for you Diesel-heads! -- 87 total posts 77 posts
- Monty Cristo Shares His Thoughts (and Those of a Reader) on CHRONICLE -- 73 total posts 73 posts
- Speaking of Raimi... Wanna see a flying monkey from OZ - THE GREAT & POWERFUL? -- 73 total posts 73 posts
- WTF Hollywood: KAZAAM -- 65 total posts 65 posts
- The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day was told to tell you you’re a fascist pig. -- 44 total posts 44 posts
- Will Smith on a Monocycle in MIB III? -- 44 total posts 44 posts