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X-WR-CALNAME:DAJK Kyoto movie night: CRAWFORD [Texas]\, Dec. 23 Tues. 
	7pm @ Falafel Garden in Osaka\, Japan at Osaka\, Gihu\, Japan - Eventf
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SUMMARY:DAJK Kyoto movie night: CRAWFORD [Texas]\, Dec. 23 Tues. 7pm @
	 Falafel Garden
DESCRIPTION:  Join the fun! Discuss current events! Democrats Abroad J
	apan Kansai (DAJK) Kyoto branch bi-monthly movie night is on Tuesday\,
	 December 23 @7pm at Falafel Garden near Keihan Line Demachiyanagi sta
	tion in Kyoto. Location: Falafel Garden\, between Demachiyanagi and Hy
	akumanben (http://www.falafelgarden.com/info.html) Time: 19:00 (last o
	rder 21:00) December 23 - CRAWFORD In 1999\, Governor George W. Bush b
	uys a ranch in Crawford\, Texas and calls it "home"\; an insular commu
	nity explodes overnight. Bush declares candidacy for President\, using
	 Crawford as the perfect set-piece to project a folksy image. Months l
	ater\, he thrusts the town of 705 into the spotlight as his token symb
	ol the Presidents "Western White House." Crawford is instantly overrun
	 with international press corps and droves of flocking tourists. Shops
	 open\; Main St. booms\; the locals watch themselves on national TV. B
	ut soon\, the towns compelling characters feel the human impact of pol
	itical stagecraft. The spotlight exacerbates tensions between freethin
	king and conformity\, pushing a progressive teacher and her favorite s
	tudent to the edge and beyond. In 2004\, the town newspaper endorses J
	ohn Kerry\; its promptly boycotted. By 2005\, the Presidents mounting 
	problems follow him home. The conservative community finds itself host
	ing Cindy Sheehan's peace movement. 20\,000 impassioned protestors and
	 counter-protestors battle on Crawford's tiny streets. The symbol begi
	ns to change. Now\, the Crawford's boom is busting like the Presidency
	 itself. Tourists have stopped coming\; land is overvalued\; the bumpe
	r sticker and trinket shops are boarded up. But seven years of politic
	al stagecraft have made a graver human impact. Two characters are dead
	 and one is leaving town. Bush is soon to abscond. Left to deal with t
	he aftermath are the real people of Crawford. Their lives are changed 
	forever. And their story is our own. (Source: imdb.com) http://www.imd
	b.com/title/tt1183666/\n
LOCATION:Osaka\, Gihu\, Japan @ Gihu, Japan
SEQUENCE:1228209793
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