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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
IMDB rating: 7.10
Plot: Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…
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Directors: Carpenter John
Actors: Russell Kurt,Dun Dennis,Hong James,Wong Victor,Li Donald,Wong Carter,Kwong Peter,Pax James,Chi Chao Li,Imada Jeff,Mor Rummel,Ng Craig,Action,Fantasy,Adventure,Comedy,
Is this why our country is in trouble?
This was an email and of course not verified, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it was the truth!
Why our country is in trouble
A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble!
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol
Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn’t get
messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman’s (Moore) staffer
(Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to
explain the length of the flight and the passport information,
and then he interrupted me with, ”I’m not trying to make you
look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts”
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly
explained, ”Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in
Africa”
His response — click.
3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious
about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the
vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view
room. I tried to explain that’s not possible, since Orlando is
in the middle of the state.
He replied, ‘don’t lie to
me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!”
(OMG)
4. I got a call from a lawmaker’s wife
(Landra Reid) who asked, ”Is it possible to see England from
Canada ?”
I said, ”No.”
She said, ”But they look so close on the map.” (OMG, again!)
5. An aide for a cabinet member ( Janet Napolitano) once called and
asked if he could rent a car in Dallas . I pulled up the
reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas .
When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ”I heard
Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive
between gates to save time.” (Aghhhh)
6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week.
She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from
Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois
, but she couldn’t understand the concept of time zones.
Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.
7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called
and asked, ”Do airlines put your physical description on your
bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?” I said, ‘No,
why do you ask?’
He replied, ”Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I’m overweight. I think that’s very rude!”
After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was
dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for
Fresno , Ca. is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was
just putting a destination tag on his luggage.
8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about
a trip package to Hawaii . After going over all the cost info,
she asked, ”Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then
take the train to Hawaii ?”
9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright (D) from Ala who asked, ”How do I know which plane to get on?”
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ”I was
told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have
numbers on them.”
10. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) called and said, ”I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida .
Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?”
I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , FL on a commuter
plane.
She said, ”Yeah, whatever, smarty!”
11. Mary Landrieu (D) La. Senator called and had a question
about the documents she needed in order to fly to China . After
a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she
needed a visa. ‘Oh, no I don’t. I’ve been to China many times
and never had to have one of those.”
I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ”Look, I’ve been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!”
12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ”I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .”
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ”Are you sure that’s the
name of the town?”
‘Yes, what flights do you have?” replied the man.
After some searching, I came back with,
”I’m sorry, sir, I’ve looked up every airport code in the
country and can’t find a rhino anywhere."
”The man retorted, ”Oh, don’t be silly! Everyone knows where it is.
Check your map!”
So I scoured a map of the state of New
York and finally offered, ”You don’t mean Buffalo , do you?”
The reply? ”Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.”
Now you know why the Government is in the shape that
it’s in!
YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, THEY ARE IN
POLITICS, THEY MAKE OUR LAWS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
I haven’t even checked to see which party these names belong to, to me it was just funny about how ignorant the people we trust to take care of us in Washington can be, and how out of touch with things they appear to be. Doesn’t matter which party, they are much the same in that regard.
Sadly these things probably have happened at one time or another!
Hopefully not to our politicians or their employees but it might very well be true!
I think Politicians are just like us and they are very knowledgeble about what they are interested in and sometimes daft about everyday things.
Ironbutt | Sep 08, 2009
Most politicians shouldn’t be politicians these days.
A-List Landscaping | Sep 08, 2009
That was a nice little rant
James | Sep 08, 2009
No, it’s not true. It’s a joke. It also went around a few years ago, but had different names.
The Real Joker | Sep 08, 2009
And then you have a President that uses phrases like
You are all wee weed out…and you are getting all ginned up.
He supposedly has a good education….I guess he got the wee wee diploma while doing cocaine smoking pot and getting all ginned up.
HEY he said it..he said he did drugs…I am not making it up!
everythingspeachy2000 | Sep 08, 2009
That is what happens when you don’t think for yourself..lol..but seriously, education the last twenty years has been in the toilet in the US.
we need Reagan and Jefferson | Sep 08, 2009
I’m not bashing you since you already acknowledged that the email was not verified, but it sounds to me like a travel agent took every funny story they knew and attributed them to political names.
It seem rather unbiased to one party or the other however, so no harm.
Funny though.
Brown9500v1 | Sep 08, 2009
This was pretty funny. I mean, even if they were stories with the names of government officials substituted for the names of the actual customers, it’s still funny. You know what’s even worse if these were true stories? I picked up on everything right away, and I’m Canadian! No insult to Americans on this one, but I wonder if an American would find a similar level of humour in something with Canadian places substituted?
Brianna's Mommy | Sep 08, 2009
MAIKO | Dec 15, 2009