July 2008
28 posts
WatchPeople confess: the book I’m most embarassed to have never read.
I’m so glad someone else shares my dirty little secret, which I will confess in public for the first time: I’ve never read Orwell’s 1984. (The short article connected with the video is here.)
Hm.
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Laura and Ron watch an ad about some show where a...
Ron: Oh, yeah, you're so great -- you saved Shoeless Joe Jackson's house. You really want to do Shoeless Joe a favor? Get him in the Hall of Fame.
Me: So, why did they call him Shoeless Joe, anyway?
Ron: Um. Probably because he didn't wear shoes at some point.
Mirrors Don’t Lie. Mislead? Oh, Yes. →
That settles it — I’m having my bathroom mirror replaced with a photo of Audrey Hepburn.
“I thought that Pierce Brosnan had been dragged to the edge of endurance by North...”
– Anthony Lane, review of Mamma Mia!
The Lesbian Man: A Greek's Crusade to Protect His... →
“‘My wife is a Lesbian, my daughter is a Lesbian and I am a Lesbian,’ Lambrou’s witness began, to laughter from the gallery. ‘Do you hear those people laughing?’ the witness asked the female judge. ‘All of Greece is laughing about it. And now you can imagine how we are treated abroad.’”
I think this guy should probably drop the lawsuit and...
The First Annual "Robbed!" Film Festival
The other day, I was watching the movie Boiler Room, and thought to myself for the 40th time, “Ron Rifkin really should have had the Oscar for this role, or at least a nomination.” So it occurred to me that you could make a pretty good film festival out of movies where the actors were robbed of either nominations or maybe of wins, if they were actually nominated. These are the ones I...
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime...”
– Winston Churchill
Jesse Helms: Honoring a Fine, Christian Gentleman →
Jesse Helms died today. For obvious reasons, I will not wish for the sonofabitch to rest in peace. Some of his finer pronouncements are listed at the link above; read them and be glad that the likes of him are dying out.
So-called pregnancy pact in Mass. town questioned →
“The story made headlines almost immediately: High school girls in this New England fishing town had made a pact to get pregnant. Now the account is under fire. One of the teenagers who became pregnant during the school year and the city’s mayor disputed the pact theory originally stated by the high school principal.”
Ok, looks like I got taken in by this one. Still, pact or no,...
Can prison food be unconstitutionally bad? →
“Nobody thinks prison food is haute cuisine, but could it be so bad it’s unconstitutional? The question comes up more often than you might think, and there’s one dish in particular that so offends the palates of America’s prisoners that it’s repeatedly been the subject of lawsuits…”
I’m going to give you some advice, and you would do well to heed...
An object lesson on why I supported Wesley Clark...
BOB SCHIEFFER: How can you say that John McCain is untested and untried, General?
CLARK: Because in the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk. It's a matter of gauging your opponents and it's a matter of being held accountable.
John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war. He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And he has traveled all over the world.
But he hasn't held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded—that wasn't a wartime squadron. He hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn't seen what it's like when diplomats come in and say, I don't know whether we're going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle this publicly? He hasn't made that calls, Bob.
SCHIEFFER: Well, General, maybe—could I just interrupt you?
CLARK: Sure.
SCHIEFFER: I have to say, Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences, either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down. I mean...
CLARK: Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.