http://www.metafilter.com/tags/CharlieWilson Posts tagged with 'CharlieWilson' at MetaFilter. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:07:36 -0800 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:07:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68988/The%2DPritzker%2DMilitary%2DLibrary The <a href="http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/index.jsp">Pritzker Military Library</a>, a "public institution for the study of the citizen-soldier as an essential element for the preservation of democracy." Found while doing some after-film research on <a href="http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2005-10-06-georgeCrile.jsp">Charlie Wilson's War</a>, the site is a trove of largely non-partisan, often refreshingly candid military perspectives. Particular highlights are video and audio interviews with <a href="http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2006-10-19-frontandcenter.jsp">Jim Lovell</a> and Congressional <a href="http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/medalofhonor/index.jsp">Medal of Honor</a> winners. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68988 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:07:36 -0800 Afghanistan CharlieWilson Iraq JimLovell library Medal military podcast Bora Horza Gobuchul http://www.metafilter.com/62455/Charlie%2DWilsons%2DWar <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip/"><i>Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip</i></a> ends <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/06242007/tv/60_down_to_one_tv_paige_albiniak.htm">tonight</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin">Aaron Sorkin</a> will be leaving television production for a while. His current project is <i><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/">Charlie Wilson's War</a></i>, a movie starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman, based on the late <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/15/national/main1620687.shtml">George Crile's</a> <a href="http://www.grailwerk.com/docs/nytimes10.htm">excellent</a>, <a href="http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2003/07/21/crile/index_np.html">funny</a> nonfic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802141242/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">book</a> of the same name. The <a href="http://emol.org/film/archives/charliewilsonswar/index.html">movie</a> will <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A165584">trace</a> "party animal" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wilson_(politician)">Congressman Charles "Good Time Charlie" Wilson's</a> (D, TX) rise from a scandal (he was caught in <a href="http://www.realmovienews.com/movies/4377">"a hot tub tryst with two cocaine-sniffing showgirls in Las Vegas"</a>,) to his role in the 1980's covertly funding Afghanistan guerrillas so they could expand their <a href="http://afghana.com/Directories/SovietWar.htm">war with the Soviet Union</a>. Wilson's actions would eventually help collapse the Afghan <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan">PDPA government</a>, a power vacuum which would be filled by the Taliban. Who would have thought <a href="http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/16352/">ending the Cold War</a> would be so easy? tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62455 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:04:55 -0800 9-11 afghanistan charliewilson cia covert government hanks hoffman movie roberts scandal sorkin sovietunion states studio60 united war zarq