a dub to draw the comparison

this is a little creepy

obama youth sing

All children who's parents are Republicans - please leave the room. You are free to stay and participate - just don't tell your parents - they won't understand.

seriously folks - the obama youth

because of Obama?
Praise Obama!


good grief

Dennis in regards to Harry Reid

I like Dennis Miller.

weekend

The nice part about this weekend was that I didn't have to crack a book. With two test behind me this week (Monday/Lab, Wednesday/Kinesiology), I could actually relax a little bit. Poor Gina had taken on clients for all of Saturday afternoon. She had hurt her back lifting something with her Dad on Wednesday. She had back surgery a while back and the doctor told her not to do that kind of stuff. She was feeling a little better as Sunday afternoon rolled around.

I arrived at church late on Sunday. I nearly didn't go because I didn't leave the house until 10:30 - driving from where we live in Southside to church in Gadsden takes more than a minute or two. Church now starts at 10:30. Katie wanted to go so bad and so I went anyway. Katie loves God stuff. I am very proud of her. Anyway, Brook, Liz, Jamie Pickle, and Jimmy Henderson were well into their worship set. Brook & Liz's voices blend so nicely together. The whole team were tightly linked together - a great sound - a good moment. I am glad that I went.

I took my time coming home from church because Katie wanted to do something special - other than just driving straight home. It was such a fair weather day that I took the very long not so straight way home in the Superbeetle. I drove the Glencoe route and hunted roads with interesting curves and hills. There is a very steep hill that's out there that I wonder how many folks actually dare driving it. We did. Katie's eyes opened wide and she laughed as we went down it.

I drove a little off the beaten path in Southside. It's funny that when you've got a little car like that - you begin to keep your eye out for the little dirt roads and not really anxious to take the direct route. The VW is not just a car - it's a touringmobile.

Last night after spending the day washing piles of clothes, cooking, and cleaning - I told Gina that I was going to fade into the night. Gina didn't really want me to go but I told her that this might be my last chance to go to a drive-in this year. I didn't get away until 6:45 and the first feature started at 7:00. I knew that I was going to miss most of the first feature. I drove the bug down past Leesburg - toward the 411 Twin Drive-In. It is still my favorite drive-in. They keep the grounds mowed and clean of debris - as if you're sitting in some one's back yard watching a movie. I came in real late on EAGLE EYE - a Steven Spielberg action flick. I got to see the last half of it - the plot was so thin that there was no problem catching up or figuring out what I had missed.

The batteries in my jambox died early on in DEATH RACE. My VW radio doesn't work - so I sat there and borrowed the distant sound waves from a neighboring group of tailgaters a few rows back. Death Race is a remake of a Roger Corman movie, DEATH RACE 2000 . It starred David Carradine. Don't waste your time on the original. This remake is actually better than the original- which isn't a high hurdle to leap. The movie wasn't great but the night was so clear , and the stars were brilliant above me - and the weather was perfect!

I drove home at 11:00. The bug wasn't as much fun to drive home at night because there wasn't much scenery to see other than on coming cars with their high beams on. Driving home did remind me of coming home from the Rebel Drive-In in Chigger (Brooks old 66 bug). We went to a bunch of drive-in movies in that little red bug. Once Brook, Jerry & Joey Pullen and I went to see GRAND PRIX (1966) at the Rebel Drive-in in that little red bug. Brook would get so into the racing scenes that he'd occasionally grab the steering wheel and try to keep James Garner back on the tack.

The drive home also reminded me of when I had my first little 73 bug. I worked at Rodco (silk-screening place) and would often catch a double feature before driving home. It was a sweat shop job and I didn't want to just go home to wake up and go at it again. Instead, I'd catch a twin feature, eat dinner in the car (usually KFC meat & a biscuit). It was during one of those nights that I saw AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. That was a great movie to watch at a drive-in A LONE!!! It was such a great scarry movie to watch outdoors that I got the hell out of there right after it was over.

It was a nice weekend. I got to be with the wife, be with the kids, catch some flicks, catch up on cleaning and very little HOMEWORK!!!! In a few weeks I will be starting CLINICS on Thursday and Saturdays. The rest of the year is going to be hectic.

why we laugh

* * * * Nope - AN AMERICAN CAROL isn't a great comedy but I liked it. It's strange sitting in a movie theater where the message is so pro-American - pro-troops! The perspective is so very conservative and right on! In a sense, it's kind of like the old WWII American propaganda film WHY WE FIGHT - that is if Frank Capra had cast the Three Stooges to have a role.

I've got a feeling that this movie isn't going to go away. The movie is not a keep you in stitches comedy. It might though eventually gain a cult following because of the story. Don't get me wrong - It had it's funny moments - but it also a few poignant moments that caught me off guard. It's a silly movie that packs some serious punches.

Now if I lived in Hollywood and had a hand in the production of such a movie - I would have had the characters play the role a bit more seriously. Jon Voight played George Washington seriously and quite well. I think comedy is a dish best served cold. One of the reasons that Zucker's AIRPLANE! was such a hit was that he used actors like Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, and Leslie Nielsen to play out the zany storyline. Keep in mind that Leslie was not known as the fumbling oaf - the comedian that he is known today (thanks to the Zucker Bros). AIRPLANE! took people by surprise because they used the serious leading men of the 1960/1970's to be the straight men of their own lines. If you remember that it was Robert Stack that played the no-nonsense Eliot Ness of television's THE UNTOUCHABLES. Peter Graves was the original Mr. Phelps of the television show MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. Lloyd Bridges was Mike Nelson in SEA HUNT! So I think Zucker lost that punch somewhere along the way after making those Scary Movie sequels etc. Most of the stars in Airplane! played the role straight and serious. I think this movie would have been even better if more of the characters did the same - including Kevin Farley (the late Chris Farley's bro) who played the Michael Moore character - to the rolls of the terrorist who are trying to get him to make the Pro-Al-Qaeda movie. I think the explosions from the explosives should have been more realistic and damaging rather than the Benny Hill type treatment that was used.

It's a pretty good movie but could have been funnier as well as an effective message vehicle.

audacity of hope

American Carol this weekend

This election season Oliver Stone is releasing "W" and Bill Maher is coming out with his religion bashing movie called "Religulous". It's all too common around election season for us Reagan loving Americans to have to endure all the rebroadcastings of every dead Kennedy movie or dead Kennedy documentary ever made. On the big screen and little screen Hollywood wants us enundated with their left bent point of view.

Well, producer David Zucker, as well as other conservative actors have decided to come out of their Hollywood conservative closet and make a comedy spoofing Michael Moore and the rest of the looney left.

David Zucker you might recall is the right half of the infamous Zucker Brothers that brought us Airplane! and Police Squad. The preview looks pretty good - and I hope it's a funny comedy for a change. I don't know if Zucker will ever exceed Airplane!.

I don't know about you, but I'm going to see a comedy this weekend. I can probably predict ahead of time that this movie is going to be panned by movie reviewers. In a way, I'm sure all the cast involved are putting their necks on the line with this picture. It will be interesting to see the turn out.

caption this

" I can also play the accordion!"

What Caused Our Economic Crisis?

Here's a Cliff Notes version of what has happened to our economy. Again, we're not being told this in the vast wasteland.