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Rare Film of Ronald Reagan, James Dean Unearthed
(CBS) In the mid-20th Century, Ronald Reagan began his transformation from B-movie actor to champion of American conservatism, riding in part a backlash against the cultural rebellion taking place throughout the nation.
With that setting in mind, recently unearthed footage of Reagan paired with his cultural polar opposite, James Dean, the rebel without a cause, is stirring.
Found by Wayne Federman, a writer for NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and published on the The Atlantic website, the production, titled “The Dark, Dark Hours,” aired Dec. 12, 1954, during an episode of CBS’ General Electric Theater.
Read the full article at The Atlantic at http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/04/ronald-reagan-and-james-dean-rare-video-from-1954/39238/
Reagan plays a doctor who feels threatened by Dean, a teenage criminal seeking medical help for a friend.
From http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/21/entertainment/main6417586.shtml
Obama gives foreign cops new police powers in U.S.
by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, December 28, 2009
A little-discussed executive order from President Obama giving foreign cops new police powers in the United States by exempting them from such drudgery as compliance with the Freedom of Information Act is raising alarm among commentators who say INTERPOL already had most of the same privileges as diplomats.
At David Horowitz’s Newsreal, Michael van der Galien said the issue is Obama’s expansion of President Ronald Reagan’s order from 1983 that originally granted those diplomatic privileges.
Reagan’s order carried certain exemptions requiring that INTERPOL operations be subject to several U.S. laws such as the Freedom of Information Act. Obama, however, removed those restrictions in his Dec. 16 amendment to Executive Order 12425.
That means, van der Galien wrote today, “this foreign law enforcement organization can operate free of an important safeguard against government and abuse.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=120363