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In the discussion thread: Kirk Douglas donates $50 million to charity [View all]

Sat Aug 4, 2012, 11:46 AM

Kolesar (29,331 posts)

18. The plot was about a man who refused to be conscripted

Edward Abbey also expressed great antiwar skepticism in A Fool's Progress: "It's Churchill's War"
He was also critical of our ridiculous nuclear missile program in another one of his books.

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32 replies	Author	Time	Post
Kirk Douglas donates $50 million to charity [View all]	FredisDead	Aug 2012	OP
If only every uber rich person would be so generous.	fasttense	Aug 2012	#1
Kirk Douglas will always have top status in my book	NBachers	Aug 2012	#2
Thank you, Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Douglas.	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#3
Thank you kindly, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas. nt	AverageJoe90	Aug 2012	#4
My opinion of him has gone way up.	UnrepentantLiberal	Aug 2012	#5
How incredible. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas	Frustratedlady	Aug 2012	#6
Bravo +!000	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#26
I hope more wealthy people start behaving like him	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#7
That would be a wonderful ad campaign	Ineeda	Aug 2012	#9
Still the hero.	alphafemale	Aug 2012	#8
They're not living by the More Is Never Enough credo and their heads haven't exploded?	valerief	Aug 2012	#10
Kirk starred in Spartacus and Paths of Glory, which were excellent movies	Kolesar	Aug 2012	#11
Douglas helped break the Hollywood "Blacklist" via Spartacus.	Frank Cannon	Aug 2012	#25
Very cool, but still, can you imagine being ABLE to donate $50 million? - n/t	primavera	Aug 2012	#12
Michael Douglas is very lucky	tabasco	Aug 2012	#13
Wow.	BumRushDaShow	Aug 2012	#14
Kirk Douglas's favorite movie that he starred in	marked50	Aug 2012	#15
The plot was about a man who refused to be conscripted	Kolesar	Aug 2012	#18
Lonely Are the Brave	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Aug 2012	#30
Ann and Kirk Douglas	Iwillnevergiveup	Aug 2012	#16
He is Spartacus.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#17
Ann and Kirk are the best.	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#19
I remember the nursing home - it went badly into the wayside before the actors noticed	Panasonic	Aug 2012	#21
bless him	CatWoman	Aug 2012	#20
Rec'd, that is one heck of a human being	just1voice	Aug 2012	#22
This is the man who helped end the Black List.	Walk away	Aug 2012	#23
My Kirk Douglas story	kwassa	Aug 2012	#24
Love this story!	blaze	Aug 2012	#28
Du rec	xchrom	Aug 2012	#27
applause for Kirk and Ann. Alzheimer's is a growing epidemic	wordpix	Aug 2012	#29
Always one of my favorites growing up and supports Obama, too.	freshwest	Aug 2012	#31
Kirk Douglas is 10 times the man Clint Eastwood ever was or will be...	MinM	Sep 2012	#32

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