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nytimes.com - 12/21/2008

Wonderful? Sorry, George, It’s a Pitiful, Dreadful Life

— nytimes.com — “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your dreams. Was... this what adulthood promised? > (more) Wonderful? Sorry, George, It’s a Pitiful, Dreadful Life

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polipundit.com - 12/22/2008

A Wonderful Life

— polipundit.com — One of my all time favorite movies is "It's a Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart. I really... need to replace my VHS version with a DVD but would like to find it on sale first, Hmm, maybe on Friday!! Anyways, the New York Times has a moving article "Hard Times, a ... (more) A Wonderful Life

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fivefeetoffury.com - 12/22/2008

It's a Not So Wonderful Life -- and don't get me started on Ralphie

— fivefeetoffury.com — Commenters at HotAir are outraged by a NYT piece by a guy who doesn't like It's A... Wonderful Life . (Actually, that's too simplistic a description; you have to read the whole thing, and I suspect a lot of those furious commenters didn't, which makes ... (more) It's a Not So Wonderful Life -- and don't get me started ...

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Hot Air » Top Picks — ... “But consider this: Perhaps Mr. Potter wasn’t just a heartless Scrooge. Perhaps Mr. Potter, in the absence of sufficient regulatory oversight, was the one voice of sanity keeping the good people of Bedford Falls from over-leveraging themselves. Perhaps, if we had all taken Mr. Potter a little bit more seriously, we wouldn’t be in this mess to begin with .”

Blue Christmas
N/A — Remember the ones you love this holiday. And remember those less fortunate than you. Sometimes those groups can be one and the same. Have a blue, blue Christmas?  Don’t forget Mister Potter.  Remember Christmas comes but once a year.  It only seems to last forever.  Share whatever you have in your heart and you will be rich in what matters.

Subprime Meltdown - It's all the fault of George Bailey.
Corrente — Given the season and the Correntes' relentless investigation/snark of the Shitstorm - From Portifolio.com An article which points out that maybe Mr. Potter wasn't quite the bad guy after all, or as they put it: But knowing what we know now, about the dangers of subprime mortgages and the virtues of disciplined bankers, perhaps it's time to reconsider the financial—if not the sentimental—lesson of It's a Wonderful Life. In short: Was George Bailey a reckless subprime lender? Was Henry Potter a sober, misunderstood businessman? A fun ...