FRAUD VICTIM ALERT

People hate Hollywood's war propaganda machine.

In an effort to further alienate the American movie goer, public policy geniuses like Brian De Palma, Paul Haggis, and Robert Redford have decided to make "statement movies" about the Iraq war and U.S. foreign policy. Guess what? Americans hate privileged clowns lecturing to them through art about how stupid their leaders are, so they decide to not see the movie and support the producers and directors of the films. Michael Moore, anyone?

Look, just because a handful of French types rave about your movie at Cannes does not mean that it is going to  play well in the U.S. You know this folks, so don't bitch when you get your movies shoved right up your ass at the box office. To be fair, I haven't seen these movies, and I probably won't until they come out on DVD or on-demand, as I refuse to pay $10 to see a film that will likely be hit or miss with me at a theater. Are they good? I don't know, but I am betting that they will have some redeeming qualities that I might find appealing. That is not the issue, the issue is that these folks come off as "smarter than you" when promoting the films and they tend to try and over-intellectualize the big picture, which is hard for them because they are insulated and not all that bright when compared to the average, hard working American citizen.

The Left will paint these film makers as brave soldiers in the PR battle against Bush, and the Right will portray these film makers as traitors, but in reality, these guys (and a few girls) are just as clueless as anyone else about why we go to war.

Here's the Brietbart report on this -  "Follywood"

John Edwards pisses off Mellencamp fans.

John Mellencamp thought that it would be a good idea to drag John Edwards onto the stage during his show in Des Moines, Iowa. The crowd, however, thought that this was a bad idea and showed their displeasure as "The Haircut" interrupted a rendition of "Small Town" to utter a few useless sentences and then cowered to the side of the stage away from the booing crowd.

The moral of the story - when people are paying top dollar to see their favorite musicians, do not - we repeat - do not, screw with the fans by tossing political rhetoric into the middle of a hit song. What a couple of jerk-offs - Mellencamp, for thinking that he has any political influence with fans paying top dollar for a concert, not a goddamn fund raiser; and Edwards, for thinking that anyone paying top dollar for a concert wanted to hear his political rhetoric.

Here is the report from Politico. The fun and the bullshit never ends...

"Hey Hugo, shut up"

Finally, a world leader does what one of our leaders - President Bush or otherwise - should have done when this nutpouch came to the United Nations to give one of his convoluted speeches to the morons that make up that ridiculous body of malcontents.

Read about the fun here.

School is for learning...

...not for screwing around. These coddled little clowns do need to go back to school, but they broke the rules and now they need to be punished for it. You want to protest? Then sit-in at a football game or in front of the local 7-11, but a school is not a forum for public debate and making a scene. Before I'd let these little darlings back into school, I would require them to pass a fundamental history test as to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, just so we know if they even understand where Iraq is on a map.

That said, they all need the same punishment, regardless of who has the high GPA or who scored the winning touchdown Friday night, so thumbs down to the school board and principal for that nonsense. Also, dump them for 5-10 days, but nothing more.

I also like the parents who only step up and get angry when their little sweethearts are caught doing something stupid. Cute. I wonder if the care this much when they fail geometry or an english test?

The Chicago Tribune has the good news right here - "Not my child!"    

Enjoy your new jobs...suckas!!!

This comes to us from Ecorse, Michigan and centers around the mayoral and city council elections that took place earlier this week. Apparently, the incumbent mayor and 5 city council members were bounced out of office in the election, so what do they do? They slash the salaries of the incoming mayor-elect and the city council members! While I think that all public service jobs ought to be part-time and at a far reduced pay scale (it is public service, right?), this is a case of sour grapes by folks who were kicked out of office because their constituents didn't like the way they were doing their jobs and now they're pissed off about it. They deny this, but c'mon, do you really expect folks to believe that you did this for the good of the community???

To the clowns who were kicked out - How about this, if you're so concerned about the financial welfare of Ecorse, then how about you give back all but $12,000 of your salary for each year that you were mayor, and all but $5,000 for each year that you were on the city council? That's fair, yes? Hahaha! I thought so!

Read it here, courtesy of the Detroit Free Press

This is working out well for Pakistan.

So, your former prime minister comes back to suicide bombers and a cold response from the government, which places her under house arrest and starts rounding up her supporters (rather viciously, I may add), and finally, all hell breaks loose! In most other countries this would eventually settle down and everyone would go back to living their lives and the tension would subside. But most other countries aren't Pakistan, and what makes this even more troubling is that the situation also includes the possibility that all of this may end in a mushroom cloud as Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Sweet, so please tell me how this ends well, but more importantly, how we got to this point in the first place? This is a textbook illustration of why these half-assed countries should not have access to microwave ovens, let alone nuclear weapons.

Oh, and the fact that the Pakistani police in their riot gear look like C3PO from Star Wars do nothing to ensure me that they will be able to handle the situation.

Here is the  deal from My Way News - "Holy Shit!"

Hillary's a truth teller!!! Read it here!!!

This cracks me up. The Pantsuit's campaign is launching a website called "The Fact Hub", which might be a worthy title for such a sight had it not been developed by a candidate for political office - in this case, the highest political office in the land. I would take anything that any campaign represents as a "fact" with a grain of salt these days.

Here is the lowdown on The Fact Hub - "Honest. No, really..."

If you want real facts, verified by non-partisan folks, go here . These people have it right!

Hey kids! IItttttttssssss PLASTIC MAN!!!

I don't know, I just can't get over Ward Cleave...er, Mitt Romney's "plastic" appearance and answers to the questions that he is asked along the campaign trail. Is everyone from Massachusetts who runs for office born with a broomstick up their ass? He does try way too hard and he seems to speak in canned responses. That isn't going to get me to pull a lever for him if he wins the nomination for the GOP. Sorry, he just doesn't come off as a guy who would have a beer with me at the local pub. By the way, that is my criteria for picking a candidate to support.

Oil industry gouge! The fix is in!

Uh-oh, California (of course) starts the trend towards screwing the American driver with $5 gas! I am glad that I live in a public transportation-friendly city (until the CTA runs out of money again...) and don't have to give these greedy bastards one dime of my hard earned money. Screw big oil and the investors who speculate this shit to its highest price ever!

Here is the story from KSBW in California - "Ease it in please...*OUCH*!!!"

What, no tip??? C'mon Hillary!!!

***UPDATE*** The Pantsuit's campaign minions have rebutted the story concerning the alleged lack of a tip at the Maid-Rite Diner, and let's give some credit to NPR for doing the follow-up and setting the record straight here. That said, what happened to the alleged $100 dollar tip, and why was the waitress who was the focal point of the story  (and The Pantsuit's speech) left out? Some heads need to roll at the Maid-Rite!

Turns out that Hillary "The Pantsuit" Clinton cannot be bothered with the little people that she is supposed to be running to represent and protect. Some waitress in an Iowa restaurant has a red ass because the Democrats best shot at the gold ring inserted a short discussion that she had with the waitress into one of her speeches at an event after her stop at the restaurant, and never left the poor woman a tip when she left the restaurant. Oh, and get this, the waitress also works a second job at a nursing home just to make ends meet. To make matters worse, the dumbass who manages the nursing home doesn't like "The Pantsuit" much, so when the word was out that "The Pantsuit" included this woman in her speech, the woman's hours at the nursing home were cut drastically! For the record - her boss at the nursing home is a tool and should have had the brains to see that this woman was being used - yes, used - by "The Pantsuit" to get elected to the highest office in the land. Yet another reason why Iowa shouldn't be one of the reasons that a candidate succeeds or fails in a primary season.

Back to the tip issue for a minute - usually, when I use a coupon to get a discount at a restaurant I still tip the wait staff as though I was paying full price. Shouldn't someone who has the kind of dough that "The Pantsuit" has also do the same? Just wondering, I mean she did listen to the woman pour her heart out to her, you would think...nah, nevermind, this is just what we should expect!

Anyhow, my fingers hurt from typing this, so just go here to see the NPR story on this latest fiasco involving "The Pantsuit".