Personal Hollywood Boycott

I stopped watching Hollywood movies several years back.  It wasn’t really due to ideology (although that is an influence on the decision), but mostly due to most Hollywood movies being complete crap.
The creativity seems to have been drained out of Hollywood, in my opinion.
But I might just have to break my self-imposed boycott for this.

Thought-Provoking…

…if somewhat over-the-top by the filmmaker. Yet, to be fair, far less over-the-top than the jeerers.

I can’t download it (YouTube seems to have figured out how to block that), so if it gets yanked from YouTube, it gets yanked.  Watch it now, while you can.

I Always Liked Jerry Pournelle

Here’s another reason why:
People who made horrible decisions and bought houses without down payment and interest only loans will be bailed out by those who put up a down payment and took out a normal 30 year amortization loan and [...]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly on 28 Sep 08: Chiefs 1-3

The Good
- Larry Johnson returned to form and pounded the rock for 198 yards, and a greater than 7 ypc average
- DJ showed up and made 5 tackles, forced a key fumble, and got on INT
- Carr got the first INT for our CBs for the season
- Demorrio Williams energized the defense in his first [...]

Free Press?

As I’ve said before:
A free press is vital to the well-being of our nation.  Unfortunately, ours is bought and paid for.

Who’s to Blame for the Current Financial Crisis?

Follow the money.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly on 21 Sep 08: Chiefs 0-3

The Good
- The run defense.  For the most part, the Chiefs defense kept the might Atlanta running game in check.  Two notable exceptions, but those are what you get with a young team, and they should be fixable.  It was a step up from last week.
- Thigpen made some strides as a QB today.  He [...]

It’s Official: Thigpen to Start

Video at the link. (wait for the other news to go by first).
I wasn’t able to get the video to play, but it might be problems on my end.
UPDATE: Now I can.  And the text is here:

This is Hilarious

Just, whatever you do, don’t read too much into it.  Ignore the role, and just pay attention to how well the satirist re-wrote the subtitles to correspond with the actual facts, actual names, actual situations…and presumed emotions/reactions.
This is truly comedic art.  It means nothing in relation to the actual politics, but if something makes me [...]

Funny Because it’s (almost) True

Hot Air’s got the scoop.