Saw V (War With Iran)

Saw V (War With Iran)

By Bob Patterson

Created Nov 2 2007 - 12:53pm

What would it be like if the evil genius (played by Tobin Bell) in the Saw

series of movies were to take control of his homeland and leave his citizens

no choice and force their participation in a new and destructive series of

wars?

The Saw series depicts some very gruesome violence, but for those film fans

who do not object to extended sequences of realistic cinematic gore, the

first three films provided the "splatter" fans with very entertaining

installments of that genre. Future assessments may rank those movies on the

same level of achievement that mystery fans accord to the stories and novels

of Raymond Chandler.

As we envision it, Saw V would include a series of mistaken identity

reprisal attacks and acts of retaliation that would give it a Keystone Kops

style dash of comic relief. An analogy to clarify the mix-ups would be to

think in terms of the Native American culture. It would be as if a band of

Apaches attacked the colonists in New England and then wars with the

Seminole and Sioux tribes were initiated as a response to the Apaches'

hostile acts. Perhaps some Apaches would act as scouts for the forces

fighting the tribes from Florida and the upper mid-west.

It is a preposterous premise, but if the newest addition to the Saw series

is as commercially successful as the first three, they will be looking for

story synopsis for the next one, so why not Saw V: War With Iran?

In the original Saw movie the character Dr. Lawrence Gordon says this line:

"Stop the lies! You're a liar! I need to know the truth!"

Now, the disk jockey notes with sadness the passing of Robert Goulet and

will play one of his greatest hits(which could perhaps be the official theme

George W. Bush theme song?): "If I Ruled the World. It's time for us to cut

out of here. Have a "live to tell about it" type week.

Wait just a darn minute! Usually the Saturday morning column has enough

keystrokes for what a newspaper writer would call "three takes." There's

some space left to fill, so like the folks who pad out a DVD, we'll add some

bonus leftover items that have nothing directly to do with the column that

we have just concluded.

In the past, the Saturday Monring Columns have presented items for the "on

the road" department and so we will pass along the information, which we

found on the Jalopnik [1] site, about an internet item called Thrill of the

Road. Since we are fans of the digihitch [2] website which tries to be the

definitive source for all the news and information about "on the road"

stuff, we sent the URL along to them.

Regular readers who are familiar with the various leitmotifs for the

Saturday Morning columns, will need no explanation about why we sporadically

plug the Massachusetts firm, Factory Five, that produces quality

reproductions of Carol Shelby's famous Ford Cobra sports car.

Last week after plugging blogowogo [3], we revisited that site and were

amazed to see the wide selection of blogs concerned with automobile topics.

A buddy from high school sent us word that he is going to go on vacation in

Austalia [4] and New Zealand. We note with envy that good excursion deals

are being offered and that tourists from America will have the opportunity

to celebrate Christmas in the traditional Australian way (in your bathing

suit) because December is one of their Summer months.

One of our high school classmate's other buddies from grade school is one of

the contenders for becoming the Democratic Party's 2008 Presidential

nominee, so perhaps it is not unrealistic to presume that if he has complied

with a request to fwd a URL to his pal, then we should strive harder to

produce more clever and insightful comments on the contemporary American

political scene. Could a column about a Republican tendency toward hypocrisy

be composed in time to be presented next week?

Last Saturday, we woke up just in time to hear the News for Nimrods [5] on

KXLU at 5 a.m. Reverend Dan had an item about a war profiteer from the

Washington Post. Are we the only ones who think that, lately, there are so

many "discouraging word" type items regarding the Bush administration that

it is exceedingly difficult to be well informed about all the bad news?

My conservative buddy, Jersey Bill, seems to make a concerted effort to

remain uninformed about news which may indicate that the Bush administration

is inept. Thus, if in the future, the President is alleged to have committed

any transgressions (such as war crimes); then Jersey Bill will honestly be

able to maintain: "I never knew about that." Ironically, folks who are very

well informed (such as Smirking Chimp regulars) about specific details

concerning any possible malfeasance by the Bush team, might be subject to

allegations that they were accessories before and during the fact for any

possible war crimes. ("If you knew it was happening, why didn't you stop

it?") Would Jersey Bill's "deniability" be a specific example of the

pragmatic value of the axiom: Ignorance Is Strength!?

Well, we see by the old clock on the wall (which might have to be turned

back one hour tonight?) that now it really is time to go. The disk jockey

will play Robert Goulet's Camelot and we'll mount up and charge out of here.

Have aN "wonder what the king is doing tonight" type week.

_______

About author Bob Patterson has been a police beat reporter in Pennsylvania,

Nevada, and California. He has been an editor in Santa Monica and currently

is eking out a meager existence freelancing in the Los Angeles area. Contact

Bob at worldslaziestjournalist@yahoo.com [6]

--

NOTICE: This post contains copyrighted material the use of which has not

always been authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material

available to advance understanding of

political, human rights, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues. I

believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of such copyrighted material as

provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright

Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107

"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their

spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight, restore their

government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are

suffering deeply in spirit,

and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public

debt. But if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have

patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning

back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at

stake."

-Thomas Jefferson