Evil is as Evil Does I have been accused of being evil for having indicated that Ann Coulter's Treason is so over the top that even visiting Saudis named "Jihad" reject it for being too anti-American for their tastes. Could this be the case? Could I really have gone over to the dark side? To find out, I took a tip from TBOGG and visited The Germatriculator, an infallible source of who's evil and who's nice, based on their vowels and such . The result?  To put that in perspective,
So, I'm evil, sure, but I'm less evil that Ann, and that's the important thing. And with that resolved, I'm going out evict some orphans and make fun of some Rush fans to see if I can improve my score. 4:08:17 PM  |
I Have No Respect for Her Either Here's an interesting article (An Hour Of Truce) in the English version of a Saudi paper. In it, Jihad Al Khazen tells of taking "an hour of truce" (or what we would probably call "a break") from UN discussions to browse the nonfiction section at a Barnes and Noble. He says he wasn't too impressed by the right-wing tomes he looked at, mostly because of their "Zionist" and/or anti-Arab sentiments. But I think his remarks below show that it's a small world after all:
If visiting Saudis can recognize Ann for the "betraying radical" she is, I have a little more hope for the possibility of world peace. 7:42:10 AM |
I've Got No Looks, You've Got No Brains, Let's Save Lots of Money --by Our Man In Occupied CA, Scott C. It’s been said that "politics is show business for ugly people," which may be why so many actors turn to politics once they begin to lose their looks. Ronald Reagan, George Murphy, Sonny Bono, that guy who played Gopher on The Love Boat, the list of badly-aging entertainers elected to high public office is long and growing longer every day. And in each case, the urge to go from public figure to public servant only arose after their show business careers began to circle the drain (with the exception of Italian porn star and legislator Ciccolina, who continued to churn out hardcore videos even after being elected to Parliament). There’s nothing particularly wrong with this, since even with the inevitable breakdown of collagen and elastin, Helen Gahagan Douglas was still easier on the eye than Richard Nixon. But it can make defending one’s previous employment history somewhat challenging. For instance, British MP Glenda Jackson’s nude scenes in The Music Lovers and Sunday Bloody Sunday may be far less embarrassing than George W. Bush’s history of drug abuse and drunk driving, but they’re also a lot more popular on the Internet. Likewise Fred Grandy’s starring turn in the male porn video Gopher Holes. (It’s possible I’m confusing him with someone else, or making it up entirely, but I can’t be sure because I’ve downed enough OxyContin today to kill the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.) A similar problem dogs California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger as he prepares to take the reins of the largest state in the union. It’s a sad fact that many actors only forsake show business after first taking ever more demeaning roles in a series of increasingly lurid films. Perennial good guy Ronald Reagan ended his film career playing a black-hearted murderer in 1964’s The Killers, while former box office champ Sylvester Stallone has sunk to making direct-to-video cheapies, leading to rumors that he will run for State Comptroller after fulfilling his contractual obligation to star in the male porn video Rambone: First Stud. (In the interests of full disclosure I should probably point out that I may have misunderstood this information when it was leaked to me, since the fistfuls of Hydrocodone are starting to affect my hearing.) Arnold faces much the same problem. In addition to all this carping about the Governor-elect’s history of molestation, certain commentators took offense to a scene in Terminator 3 where he shoved a woman’s head down a toilet. And predictably, the nitpicking only got worse when he threatened to do the same thing to opponent Arianna Huffington during a recent debate. However, if the media and the public is going to make an actor responsible for the characters he plays, it seems only fair that they consider his entire oeuvre, and not simply the cynical, exploitative retreads he cranks out in the twilight of his career. For instance, the perfect rebuttal to claims of misogyny is Arnold’s performance in the 1997 blockbuster Batman & Robin. Not only does his participation in the film bespeak an embrace of gay culture that goes way beyond mere tolerance, it shows his character, Mr. Freeze, working alongside the Uma Thurman in a spirit of mutual respect and non-head-flushing equality. |
But Should You Ever Have to Apologize for Wanting to Shoot Britney Spears? And let us suggest you check out Beelzebastard: we recommend the Stories We're Following running bit. This one from a day or so ago was one of our favorites:
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Per Kevin McCullough:
And if Kevin was there, not ten feet away from the conversation, then you KNOW it's true. But we do wish to thank Mike Gallagher for blowing the whistle on Ed Asner, leader of a powerful and sinister secret organization which used Manchurian Candidate-style brainwashing on Rush, causing him to make incredibly stupid and offensive statements whenever he was presented with his trigger device: a microphone. Evil genius Asner also arranged to frame Rush for drug offenses by planting drugs in his house and his bloodstream, just to make anti-drug, anti-victim, anti-whiner advocate Rush look bad. As for what Asner and his minions have planned for Hannity, when contacted by this reporter at his workshop at the North Pole, Asner would only laugh maniacally while stroking his white Persian cat. But he did murmur something about inviting Hannity to the U.N., and framing him the murder of George Bush. Who knows which right-wing radio-talk show host will be next! Until U.N.C.L.E has dealt with this fiend Asner, we advise all his potential victims to STAY OUT OFF THE AIR and out of harm's way! 4:02:50 AM |
Remember all the hysteria when the Gitmo "spy" cases started to break, and right-wing pundits told us that while we couldn't let political correctness blind us to the fact that Muslims were untrustworthy until proven otherwise? Won't it be funny when it's proven that Senior Administration Officials released more secrets into enemy hands than Muslims serving in the armed forces? To paraphrase Mona Charen: Does this mean that there are no loyal members of the Bush Administration? Obviously not. But it does suggest that simple common sense should dictate caution on the part of our government. Check twice about the affiliations of Senior White House officials. Some are totally sane and patriotic. But others are not. The White House is widely infected with the "Laws only apply to the little people" virus. Striking-Back-at-Those-Who-Show-You-Upism and CYAism exert wide appeal right now, and those Senior Administration Officials who oppose these radical movements are understandably frightened and cowed. We are always at pains to prove how open-minded and accepting we are as a nation -- which is fine, to a point. But we cannot permit political correctness to keep us from self-preservation. 3:36:57 AM |
Per Mirage hotel mogul Steve Wynn, twas big hair distracted the beast:
My theory: Montecore was trying to look out for the people sitting behind the woman, whose view was blocked by her big hair. Montecore, a movie buff and theater aficionado, knows just how annoying big hair on the front row can be. When he reached into the audience to bite the woman's head off, Roy tugged on his leash, causing Montecore to displace his hostility towards big hair and all it stands for, onto Roy. How many more of these ugly big hair incidents must we suffer before we take legislative action to prevent these senseless tragedies? 3:03:25 AM |
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