Category Archives: Godfather I (film)

Democrats Refuse a Deal You Can’t Refuse

By Robin Bates | Published: November 25, 2011

The Congressional Supercommittee failed to arrive at a plan to lower the deficit because the Republicans approached negotiations offering (like Michael Corleone) “not even the fee for the gaming license, which they’d appreciate if Democrats would put up personally.”

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The Godfather Takes Out Bin Laden

By Robin Bates | Published: May 6, 2011

My first thought when hearing how Bin Laden was killed was that it sounded like the plot out of an action adventure movie (only without a heroine). There are also a number of parallels with Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.

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