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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11249)	8/22/2008 9:49:20 AM
From: shag007	Respond to of 50288

Sold out! Did not get to see it. -ng-

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11249)	8/22/2008 10:52:24 AM
From: inchingup	Respond to of 50288

IOUSA: Very small turnout. Counted 42 people in theater out of a market area of about 80,000. Movie itself was pretty elementary IMO (which is not a bad thing for the majority of the clueless masses) but I did appreciate the cut on Paul O'Neill and how he left office.<g> Felt the highlight of the movie was Walker proclamation that over $2 Trillion dollars was "missing" and couldn't be accounted for. I was surprised he didn't mention Switzerland as a likely place to start the search. Buffet seemed way overly optimistic and at times out of touch with reality. Walker was absolutely brilliant. Solutions to political problems centered IMO on educating the masses by going almost face to face. Could be a long uphill battle.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11249)	8/22/2008 11:03:13 AM
From: turtle2	Respond to of 50288

Scottsdale had 3-350: nearly full Consensus was that Buffett contributed little to the discussion. Does the film get wider distribution now?

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11249)	8/22/2008 12:40:24 PM
From: XX_XX	Respond to of 50288

Wish I could of seen IOUSA but the showing was too far away to make after other commitments( In SoCal of all places). Does anyone know when or where it will be shown next? Walker - Wouldn't he be too honest to make it? Currently I'm reading "None Dare Call it Conspiracy" Thanks for the recommendation Slider.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (11249)	8/22/2008 4:06:49 PM
From: paul ross	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50288

Attended in Beaverton, OR -was sold out... Movie was a B, B+.. felt it did a reasonably good job to simplify a complex issue..broke it down in 4 segments, with lack of leadership an important one...in the case of the audience I was in it may have been a lot of preaching to the choir... panel old, stodgy, white men, should have been more diverse to connect to rest of America.... Buffet did soft pedal, Walker did speak up when Buffet suggested a growing economy would solve some of the problem. Walker correcting him by saying all the numbers reflected a growing GDP...Petersen at one point referred to Buffet as Warren Rudman. In a lot of minds at the end were 2 old issues which had been packaged, discussed, compaigned on, chewed up and spit out in old elections, balanced budget amendment and term limits amendment. I think it was guy from Senior group who suggested that what needed to be done should be packaged as an issue and brought to the public...... One interesting historical item brought up was the Suez incident in 1955 where US (Eisenhauer) threatened to dump British debt if they didn't leave canal...the debt had become leverage in an international incident...something to think about...the movie brought out that when Britain backed down, they at that point ceased to be a world power... in thinking back, don't know if the $50T really sunk in.....