They'rrrrre Back

It didn't take long, but the GOP, flailing its arms at the kiddie end of the political pool, is greasing their anger on the bail out and the plan President-O is trying to put into play to somehow, someway make sure that at the end of the spring, the only people with jobs WON"T JUST be the politicians. A 9000 attendee conservative "think" conference, podiumed by Ann 'My parents were pure breed Afghans" Coulter and Newt 'Splendid Contract for America' Gingrich took place in the one place they could reach out to everyday folk with everyday problems...Washington.
Their tom toms beat anew to the same beat: Socialism. Nationalism. Big Government is Bad. And how the unemployed American worker will get us back on our feet, especially after their unemployment runs out. Now, we know damned well that Capitalism, pure unfettered market horseshit and free, unregulated trade has been damn good for this country so far - stupendo!- and that nationalizing the banks, who are on their knees begging for More soup, Sir, Please, more soup! so they can get their balance sheets back level by July, is just bad bad bad. Newt said that we're dangerously close European style economy. Horrors! Can you imagine that! Or better yet, a Canadian style economy! Double horrors. Except that the Canadian banks are just fine thank you, and if it weren't for our American style economy, the European economy would be just fine, the wine would flow, the women thin and beautiful, and the croissants buttery. Now, they don't really agree why it's bad to the take over of shit hole banks like Citibank, but here's why it's good: Cause if they go don't countless retirement funds and other huge institutional funds will be in the trash. Citibank is worth 10 billion dollars. That's as much as beer maker Heinekin. And I agree that Big Government in the hands of Ann Coulter would be bad, but so would all govenment. I was really hoping these guys would just go away for at least 2 whole years. But you see, instead of offering constructive energies, they are using this time to rebuld and reidentify their tired corrupt homophobic party. And they will screw up as much as they can before they let Obama put of droplet of change into the system, check on the behavior that results, tweak some more, and see if he can reduce the severity of the turmoil of this recessapression.
Film at 11.

Slumdog Jindal

The hope of the completely bankrupt and increasingly more marginalized Republican party - Bobby Jindal - toted the party line about smaller government. So is that what we actually got the past eight years? Did the government shrink? Did the powers of the government shrink to be able to incarcerate citizens without a trail, or to kidnap them to other countries, or to listen in on their phone conversations? Did it shrink with a military expenditure to rival six of the most industrialized nations? No, it didn't shrink, it got stupid. He's right, with the Republicans in charge, I don't want the governement to get bigger, cause with them, it just gets stupider. Obama was right. Every major catastrophe in this country HAS ALWAYS REQUIRED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE to get us out of what the private sector, unregualted and wild with profit, got us in to. Even their great leader, Abraham Lincoln, oversaw one of the biggest forced regualtion of business in the history of this nation. It was called the Civil War. And it regulated AGAINST FREE LABOR for the cotton industry. I have a suggestion. If the Republican politicians seriousely want to shrink the government tell them to stay out of it. Don't run. Don't serve. That'll make it smaller right there.

Slumdog Millionaire

Holy Shit, is India dirty or what?!?!?
Went to see it last night, after wanting to see it, but always diverted by other movies like UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS. (Holy Shit, is the Underworld dirty or what?!?!?)
People swear by this movie. Some people think it is the finest movie they have ever seen., even better than Evil Dead. Hard to fathom. But all I kept thinking of was Holy Shit, is India dirty or what?!?! Talk about needing a boost to the infrastructure! We should be sending money and Republicans over there to put some pipes in those toilets.
I thought it was a good movie. Not a great one. Great at times. But not super intriguing. Got kind of tired of the back and forth: OK, here we go...we're gonna find out what part of his sordid life he learned this fact...blah blah blah.
In fact, I think 2008, as far as the quote unquote recognized "great" movies, was pretty dismal. Cracks me up that the academy, in trying to stem the ratings slump of the show, decides that the answer is Hugh Jackman and NOT nominating The Dark Knight for a best picture. You're kidding right. That's your insight, Academy? And then you nominate such popular barn burners as THE READER (does Kate Winslet have an all nudity clause in her contracts?) BENAJAMIN BUTTON (2 and half hours without a halftime show or commercial breaks?!??!) was described by a savvy friend of mine as the most beautiful movie he has ever slept through. MILK ( This will pump the ratings, ho boy! Especially in the midwest, yessiree. Why they'll be marrying their gays off before the last nominated song is butchered!) FROST/NIXON. Couldn't you make up your mind what to call this one. Couldn't it have been Frost Vs. Nixon. You might've gotten the Marvel Comics fan base into this one if you did that. Or Frost Nixon! Like "That's COLD! Muthafucker. He frosted that Nixon!" You might have gotten more of the urban dollar. And Holy Shit, is India Dirty or What???
No Dark Knight.
No, lets bring in Wolverine! But wait, when they do, he won't be in muttonchops and Sissorhand fingers, he'll be in a Tux doing his song and dance and being Oh So Milk!!!!

I thought the Republicans were going to have some quiet time

New parents are always fond of punishing their little brats by telling them they have to have some quiet time. And I guess they are sent to the punishing sanctuary of their computer, flatscreened and otherwise digitally enhanced and completely kidsafe rooms. I don't know what it is that you have to do anymore to earn "quiet time" but I have to say, after 8 years of the completely out of control and infrastructure destroying GOP, shouldn't we be demanding that they have some quiet time? Shouldn't we insist that they return to their ranches, their country clubs, their yachts bought by Haliburton kickbacks, and SHUT THE HELL UP! For at least two whole freakin' years? I think so. I don't even mind if they leave the dinner table early. I'll give them a hall pass on eating their brocolli, but just, seriousely just, SHUT THE HELL UP! If I hear that the way out of this financial dump in the country's diaper is more tax cuts, I'm going to scream.