Just returned from Spiderman 2. It was a great sequel. The special effects are simply excellent. Tobey Maguire has the Peter Parker role mastered. Kirsten Dunst is really good. All the acting was good. The Newspaper editor is supposed to be the comic relief, but it isn't all that funny. I think that is what was missing for me in this one. It needs a little for humor and self awareness.
Spiderman 2 seems to be a movie that takes itself a little too seriously. While the drama is definitely what makes these 2 movies worth watching, it can also become a little cumbersome. Mary Jane seems to have great feelings for Peter, and yet still doesn't realize he is Spiderman? Is she in complete denial?
Also, the dialogue at the start of the movie was quite clunky. I was annoyed with Harry's lack of dialogue. He seems to have one line which he keeps repeating without variation.."Where is Spiderman?" He is like a friggin robot!
Alfred Molina was great as the Villian Dr. Ock. The fight scenes were nothing short of gripping. I liked the movie for the most part, I just felt it was a notch or so below the first one.
7 of 10.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
The Pirate Act? Somebody stop this nonsense!
The Pirate Act is the most insane piece of legislation to come down the pike since the Patriot Act. It gives the Attorney General the right to sue copyright infringers in civil court for damages on behalf of copyright holders without their consultation.
Why is this a good a idea?
First, Courts are already overrun with civil cases. It can take months to get a hearing on any case in civil court. Now we are going to allow the Federal Government to prosecute civil cases?
Secondly, large corporations are the only ones who hold enough copyrights for there to be enough infringement to warrant federal government involvement. Last I checked these companies have plenty of money and many lawyers on retainer to handle these kinds of cases. Why would they need the US taxpayers to fund prosecution of civil trials for them?
The answer is quite clear. The large corporations do not need the help, they just don't like the public relations problems they are having over suing every 12-18 year old citizen who is downloading music on the internet. They see this as a way to shift the blame off themselves and onto the Attorney General. The sad part is our elected officials are on their side!
The increase in copyright length over the past 30 years is nothing short of an all out assault on the average user of copyrighted material and innovation derived from prior works. Large corporations aren't interested in innovation, they are interested in using increased copyright length to continue the monopolies they enjoy on many properties. The biggest proponent of increased copyright length? Walt Disney Corporation. Why? Walt Disney died in 1966. At that time copyright ended 14 years after the death of the copyright owner and if the owner of a copyright was a corporation it had it for 14 years plus 14 more available upon renewal. In 1976, the congress lengthened it to 78 years for a corporation by tacking on 50 years to the 28 and no longer making a renewal necessary. They also lengthened it for an individual to 50 years after the death of a copyright holder. Uncle Walt held many copyrights as did his company, so they lobbied congress for the change.
Then the lobbied it again in 1998 and won a further lengthening by claiming that the copyright on "Mickey Mouse" would run out in 2002 if nothing was done. They claimed it would ruin the image of Mickey if he were allowed into the public domain.
What a crock of dung. They were only concerned with their greedy little pocket books.
Is the Mona Lisa any less brilliant because no company owns the copyright to it? NO. How about Beethoven's 5th symphony? What about the movie "It's a Wonderful Life?" Did you know it entered the public domain before the 1976 copyright law changes?
Why do you think it is on so much at Christmas time? It is free of royalty payments, so T.V. stations play it over and over again. Is this bad? No.
So... now we have effectively stopped ANYTHING from entering the public domain for the next 20 years and we want the Attorney General to take those who are trying to preserve the works of dead copyright holders to civil court? Why? We want him to flood the courts with 12 year olds who download music? Why?
It is time Copyright law had a return to sanity. Roll it back to 14 years plus 14 on renewal. Stop the insanity! Write your congressmen and Senators and put a stop to the Pirate Act BEFORE it becomes law!
Why is this a good a idea?
First, Courts are already overrun with civil cases. It can take months to get a hearing on any case in civil court. Now we are going to allow the Federal Government to prosecute civil cases?
Secondly, large corporations are the only ones who hold enough copyrights for there to be enough infringement to warrant federal government involvement. Last I checked these companies have plenty of money and many lawyers on retainer to handle these kinds of cases. Why would they need the US taxpayers to fund prosecution of civil trials for them?
The answer is quite clear. The large corporations do not need the help, they just don't like the public relations problems they are having over suing every 12-18 year old citizen who is downloading music on the internet. They see this as a way to shift the blame off themselves and onto the Attorney General. The sad part is our elected officials are on their side!
The increase in copyright length over the past 30 years is nothing short of an all out assault on the average user of copyrighted material and innovation derived from prior works. Large corporations aren't interested in innovation, they are interested in using increased copyright length to continue the monopolies they enjoy on many properties. The biggest proponent of increased copyright length? Walt Disney Corporation. Why? Walt Disney died in 1966. At that time copyright ended 14 years after the death of the copyright owner and if the owner of a copyright was a corporation it had it for 14 years plus 14 more available upon renewal. In 1976, the congress lengthened it to 78 years for a corporation by tacking on 50 years to the 28 and no longer making a renewal necessary. They also lengthened it for an individual to 50 years after the death of a copyright holder. Uncle Walt held many copyrights as did his company, so they lobbied congress for the change.
Then the lobbied it again in 1998 and won a further lengthening by claiming that the copyright on "Mickey Mouse" would run out in 2002 if nothing was done. They claimed it would ruin the image of Mickey if he were allowed into the public domain.
What a crock of dung. They were only concerned with their greedy little pocket books.
Is the Mona Lisa any less brilliant because no company owns the copyright to it? NO. How about Beethoven's 5th symphony? What about the movie "It's a Wonderful Life?" Did you know it entered the public domain before the 1976 copyright law changes?
Why do you think it is on so much at Christmas time? It is free of royalty payments, so T.V. stations play it over and over again. Is this bad? No.
So... now we have effectively stopped ANYTHING from entering the public domain for the next 20 years and we want the Attorney General to take those who are trying to preserve the works of dead copyright holders to civil court? Why? We want him to flood the courts with 12 year olds who download music? Why?
It is time Copyright law had a return to sanity. Roll it back to 14 years plus 14 on renewal. Stop the insanity! Write your congressmen and Senators and put a stop to the Pirate Act BEFORE it becomes law!
Monday, June 28, 2004
Why Cheney Cursed!
By Con Delirios
10. Halliburton Stock dropped a quarter point and he had just lost $8 Million Dollars.
9. Cheney had switched to Sanka that morning and was a little cranky.
8. Cheney just lost his favorite blankie in the great washing machine accident of 2004.
7. He just realized his daughter was gay and decided to blame it on a Senator from a state which allows Civil Unions.
6. Leahy's hometown of Montpelier, Vermont became one of the first cities in the nation to offer Wi-Fi access throughout its city limits. Cheney was upset with this because Wi-Fi signals do strange things to his pacemaker.
5. The battery on his pacemaker was running out of juice and his bloodflow to the brain was slowing. He decided to yell and scream obsenities as a way of kickstarting it.
4. Cheney stepped on a thorn while working in his garden that morning. He couldn't get it out and it was causing him great pain.
3. Their were no reporters around to yell at, so he yelled at Leahy.
2. Diane Feinstein was holding up makeup mirror and Cheney saw his reflection for the first time in 12 years. Having avoided mirrors for so long, he saw the stranger staring back at him and the snarl on the face made him angry. The first person he saw after this, Leahy.
1. His underwear were too tight, and were cutting off circulation to his brain. I mean... Balls.
10. Halliburton Stock dropped a quarter point and he had just lost $8 Million Dollars.
9. Cheney had switched to Sanka that morning and was a little cranky.
8. Cheney just lost his favorite blankie in the great washing machine accident of 2004.
7. He just realized his daughter was gay and decided to blame it on a Senator from a state which allows Civil Unions.
6. Leahy's hometown of Montpelier, Vermont became one of the first cities in the nation to offer Wi-Fi access throughout its city limits. Cheney was upset with this because Wi-Fi signals do strange things to his pacemaker.
5. The battery on his pacemaker was running out of juice and his bloodflow to the brain was slowing. He decided to yell and scream obsenities as a way of kickstarting it.
4. Cheney stepped on a thorn while working in his garden that morning. He couldn't get it out and it was causing him great pain.
3. Their were no reporters around to yell at, so he yelled at Leahy.
2. Diane Feinstein was holding up makeup mirror and Cheney saw his reflection for the first time in 12 years. Having avoided mirrors for so long, he saw the stranger staring back at him and the snarl on the face made him angry. The first person he saw after this, Leahy.
1. His underwear were too tight, and were cutting off circulation to his brain. I mean... Balls.
Mr. Wrong (1996) -- A Review
I just finished watching a truly awful movie on HBO called, "Mr. Wrong"
Ellen Degeneres and Bill Pullman star in what has to be one of the 5 worst movies I have ever seen. The plot just kept getting worse and worse. It wasn't at all funny, and it was very stupid.
In the movie, Martha(played by Ellen) is a woman who meets a man named Whitman (played by Bill Pullman) in a bar. They hit it off and things seem great between them. Then he turns into a psycho and his ex-girlfriend (played by Joan Cusack) tries to intimidate Ellen into leaving him. She already is trying to and the writer of the movie thought it would be funny to have her not believe Martha when she says she wants nothing to do with him.
From this point on... the movie becomes a mess of lameness the likes of which I have only rarely seen before.
I want to make sure it is clear...This movie so a major suckfest! They should put label on it that says, "watch only if you are being held at gun point."
0 of 10
Ellen Degeneres and Bill Pullman star in what has to be one of the 5 worst movies I have ever seen. The plot just kept getting worse and worse. It wasn't at all funny, and it was very stupid.
In the movie, Martha(played by Ellen) is a woman who meets a man named Whitman (played by Bill Pullman) in a bar. They hit it off and things seem great between them. Then he turns into a psycho and his ex-girlfriend (played by Joan Cusack) tries to intimidate Ellen into leaving him. She already is trying to and the writer of the movie thought it would be funny to have her not believe Martha when she says she wants nothing to do with him.
From this point on... the movie becomes a mess of lameness the likes of which I have only rarely seen before.
I want to make sure it is clear...This movie so a major suckfest! They should put label on it that says, "watch only if you are being held at gun point."
0 of 10
Fahrenheit 9/11 -- A Review
A couple days have past now, I feel I am in a much better state of mind to actually review the film.
Moore has a unique way of telling a story. He finds documentation and video footage and mixes them together to create something entertaining and yet pointed. The movie starts with a rather creative montage of the 2000 election. He doesn't delve too deep into this just enough to set the stage for where is about to go. His points are made not with his voice, but through the voice of the very people he is making the point about. This is a powerful propaganda technique and the film is excellent in that regard.
His piece about the war in Afghanistan being set to a Faux Western Television Show is not only VERY funny, but it makes the point that GW Bush and his administration are a bunch of cowboys. The segment where he is interviewed by a Secret Service agent outside the Saudi Arabian embassy is funny and pointed in the same way.
Moore drives us to the point that the war in Iraq was fought for different reasons than the obvious lies we have been told by our President and his cronies. Then he shows us why going to war for the wrong reasons is a bad idea.
All in all it is the best documentary I have ever seen. It is so far the best picture of 2004....And it will have the biggest impact of 2004.
10 of 10!
Moore has a unique way of telling a story. He finds documentation and video footage and mixes them together to create something entertaining and yet pointed. The movie starts with a rather creative montage of the 2000 election. He doesn't delve too deep into this just enough to set the stage for where is about to go. His points are made not with his voice, but through the voice of the very people he is making the point about. This is a powerful propaganda technique and the film is excellent in that regard.
His piece about the war in Afghanistan being set to a Faux Western Television Show is not only VERY funny, but it makes the point that GW Bush and his administration are a bunch of cowboys. The segment where he is interviewed by a Secret Service agent outside the Saudi Arabian embassy is funny and pointed in the same way.
Moore drives us to the point that the war in Iraq was fought for different reasons than the obvious lies we have been told by our President and his cronies. Then he shows us why going to war for the wrong reasons is a bad idea.
All in all it is the best documentary I have ever seen. It is so far the best picture of 2004....And it will have the biggest impact of 2004.
10 of 10!
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11
I have just returned from viewing Fahrenheit 9/11.
Putting my feelings into words is tough. I have lived the last 2 years and nearly 10 months since 9/11 in a state of fear. Not a day passes when I don't look strangely at the sky and think about those planes of death. When I am in a big city and have to enter a high rise building(such as the one I was in on the morning of 9-11-2001), I wonder if that building will be next. Therefore, a large portion of this film was very difficult for me to watch. My life has changed since then. I have moved to a new life and job. I have seen the fear and sorrow in friends and family. I have watched as people who live near me grieve over the loss of family members in Iraq. Seeing those signs outside local churches for the funeral service of a lost soldier is very difficult, even if you didn't know that person. The lives of everyone in the community are effected.
Watching the Lila Lipscomb of Flint in this film brought me to weepy tears. Every part of my body was wrenched. The film ended over and hour ago and I still am finding it hard to calm myself. You see Lila lost her son in Iraq. He was a soldier who signed up to protect his country and get a college education. Instead he was lost in the Iraq war which was fought under a blanket of lies from our federal government.
This is the true tragedy.
The film made me realize with even more conviction, that the terrorists we are fighting are our own fears. We fear that terrorists could strike at any time, anywhere. So, we let the government search us to an alarming degree before we step on an airplane. They still allow weapons on the planes, I mean matches and lighters are definitely items which could be used as a weapon as Moore points out in the film. We fear the tragedy could happen again, so we trust those security people with our lives.
We fear so much that we have given up many of our freedoms in the USA Patriot Act. We have allowed our representatives in congress to vote for this and many other bills without even reading them! Why do we allow this? I fear our congress when it votes for laws without reading what is IN the law.
BUT I decided while traveling home from the theatre, that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was completely right about one thing... "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" So, from now on I will not be giving fear the priority in any facet of my existence.
How do we fight against fear as a group? We vote on November 2nd. We vote against those who got us into this mess. We vote to oust GW Bush and his crew of corrupt cronies. We must vote against those who continue to support the Patriot Act EVEN AFTER SEEING ITS LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS IN CATCHING TERRORISTS. We must vote against those who have failed to protect us.
In short...IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO GO!
Putting my feelings into words is tough. I have lived the last 2 years and nearly 10 months since 9/11 in a state of fear. Not a day passes when I don't look strangely at the sky and think about those planes of death. When I am in a big city and have to enter a high rise building(such as the one I was in on the morning of 9-11-2001), I wonder if that building will be next. Therefore, a large portion of this film was very difficult for me to watch. My life has changed since then. I have moved to a new life and job. I have seen the fear and sorrow in friends and family. I have watched as people who live near me grieve over the loss of family members in Iraq. Seeing those signs outside local churches for the funeral service of a lost soldier is very difficult, even if you didn't know that person. The lives of everyone in the community are effected.
Watching the Lila Lipscomb of Flint in this film brought me to weepy tears. Every part of my body was wrenched. The film ended over and hour ago and I still am finding it hard to calm myself. You see Lila lost her son in Iraq. He was a soldier who signed up to protect his country and get a college education. Instead he was lost in the Iraq war which was fought under a blanket of lies from our federal government.
This is the true tragedy.
The film made me realize with even more conviction, that the terrorists we are fighting are our own fears. We fear that terrorists could strike at any time, anywhere. So, we let the government search us to an alarming degree before we step on an airplane. They still allow weapons on the planes, I mean matches and lighters are definitely items which could be used as a weapon as Moore points out in the film. We fear the tragedy could happen again, so we trust those security people with our lives.
We fear so much that we have given up many of our freedoms in the USA Patriot Act. We have allowed our representatives in congress to vote for this and many other bills without even reading them! Why do we allow this? I fear our congress when it votes for laws without reading what is IN the law.
BUT I decided while traveling home from the theatre, that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was completely right about one thing... "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" So, from now on I will not be giving fear the priority in any facet of my existence.
How do we fight against fear as a group? We vote on November 2nd. We vote against those who got us into this mess. We vote to oust GW Bush and his crew of corrupt cronies. We must vote against those who continue to support the Patriot Act EVEN AFTER SEEING ITS LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS IN CATCHING TERRORISTS. We must vote against those who have failed to protect us.
In short...IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO GO!
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
My Life -- Bill Clinton -- A Review Chapter 1
I have just decided after reading the first chapter of My Life by Bill Clinton that I will create a Chapter by Chapter Review.
Chapter 1...
8 pages -- Short but completely engrossing. The first chapter is mostly about his father. Gripping story, well written, and very interesting. Some events can change the course of history, such as a car accident in 1946.
Chapter 1...
8 pages -- Short but completely engrossing. The first chapter is mostly about his father. Gripping story, well written, and very interesting. Some events can change the course of history, such as a car accident in 1946.
Monday, June 21, 2004
Busy News Day....
Where to begin?
The first manned space flight on privately owned space ship occured today aboard SpaceShipOne. The pilot was Mike Melvill. A name that will be remembered up there with Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn. One of our true space pioneers. We have finally opened the door to the universe for everyone. The move of private industry into space will be the next exciting change for life as we know it. This is a the first big breakthrough of the 21st Century, it will bring a whole new sector to the world economy and open up private trips to places like the moon and Mars.
Who knows where we can go!
Coming back down to earth...
The Supreme Court handed down a ruling which undermines the fourth amendment requiring you to give your identity to police. Even if they have no probable cause to believe you have committed a crime. Welcome to Berlin, 1935! That is where this ruling will take us. We keep moving closer and closer to a police state. George Orwell was a true visionary, he just predicted it would already have happened by now. But with each ruling we are closer.
The Supreme Court also ruled in favor of HMOs today as well. Patients are now not allowed to sue HMOs for malpractice when they refuse to allow doctors to treat you.
A double whammy against the people! Right Wing Government 2 -- US Citizens 0
Lots happening in Iraq... too sad to mention. Although a judge(Col. James Pohl) did rule that Abu Ghraib is a crime scene and that defense lawyers can questions Generals. At least one judge has his head correctly attached to his shoulders. Nice ruling Colonel Pohl.
Ralph Nader picked a VP candidate, Green Party Activist Peter Camejo. Looks like Nader would like the support of the Green Party after all. They would give him ballot access in 22 states. Not that it matters, Kerry is going to wipe the floor with GW Bush anyway!
The first manned space flight on privately owned space ship occured today aboard SpaceShipOne. The pilot was Mike Melvill. A name that will be remembered up there with Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn. One of our true space pioneers. We have finally opened the door to the universe for everyone. The move of private industry into space will be the next exciting change for life as we know it. This is a the first big breakthrough of the 21st Century, it will bring a whole new sector to the world economy and open up private trips to places like the moon and Mars.
Who knows where we can go!
Coming back down to earth...
The Supreme Court handed down a ruling which undermines the fourth amendment requiring you to give your identity to police. Even if they have no probable cause to believe you have committed a crime. Welcome to Berlin, 1935! That is where this ruling will take us. We keep moving closer and closer to a police state. George Orwell was a true visionary, he just predicted it would already have happened by now. But with each ruling we are closer.
The Supreme Court also ruled in favor of HMOs today as well. Patients are now not allowed to sue HMOs for malpractice when they refuse to allow doctors to treat you.
A double whammy against the people! Right Wing Government 2 -- US Citizens 0
Lots happening in Iraq... too sad to mention. Although a judge(Col. James Pohl) did rule that Abu Ghraib is a crime scene and that defense lawyers can questions Generals. At least one judge has his head correctly attached to his shoulders. Nice ruling Colonel Pohl.
Ralph Nader picked a VP candidate, Green Party Activist Peter Camejo. Looks like Nader would like the support of the Green Party after all. They would give him ballot access in 22 states. Not that it matters, Kerry is going to wipe the floor with GW Bush anyway!
Friday, June 18, 2004
The Stepford Wives -- A Review
I haven't read the book or seen the previous movie. So, I started this at ground zero. I knew what the story was about, but not the details of it.
Let me begin with the positive. The acting in the movie is very good. Bette Midler and Nicole Kidman are both great actresses and so is Glenn Close. Roger Bart stole the show as the flamboyant gay "wife". Christopher Walken and Matthew Broderick were good as well.
The movie had several moments that were positively hilarious, but it also had such a serious kind of creepy tone that I was unsure if it was ok to laugh. I never felt like it was completely a comedy or a serious movie. This was unsettling.
The plot of the movie is, as most people know, that a group of men bring their wives to Stepford, CT and turn them into perfect robots. Creepy... wierd.
The movie makes you never want to enter a gated community again in your life, especially if you are a woman. But even as a man I would want to run far far away from these people.
Overall, I was left with a kind of empty feeling about the movie. I think if I saw it again and just decided that it was a pure comedy I would laugh a lot more. So, if you haven't seen it already.... think "this is a comedy" when you walk in and laugh. It is Ok to do so.
6 of 10
Let me begin with the positive. The acting in the movie is very good. Bette Midler and Nicole Kidman are both great actresses and so is Glenn Close. Roger Bart stole the show as the flamboyant gay "wife". Christopher Walken and Matthew Broderick were good as well.
The movie had several moments that were positively hilarious, but it also had such a serious kind of creepy tone that I was unsure if it was ok to laugh. I never felt like it was completely a comedy or a serious movie. This was unsettling.
The plot of the movie is, as most people know, that a group of men bring their wives to Stepford, CT and turn them into perfect robots. Creepy... wierd.
The movie makes you never want to enter a gated community again in your life, especially if you are a woman. But even as a man I would want to run far far away from these people.
Overall, I was left with a kind of empty feeling about the movie. I think if I saw it again and just decided that it was a pure comedy I would laugh a lot more. So, if you haven't seen it already.... think "this is a comedy" when you walk in and laugh. It is Ok to do so.
6 of 10
Thursday, June 17, 2004
SIX FEET UNDER -- Season Premiere
I read a lot of reviews for the 4th season of Six Feet Under. They all said the first episode wasn't all that great. They were ALL wrong. This was an EXCELLENT start to a new season.
SPOILERS AHEAD for those who Recorded it, like me.>>>>>>
The end of the episode shows Nate burying his wife under the tree from the opening sequence. The opening sequence which hasn't changed in 4 seasons and which places the title of the show six feet under the tree. This brings a whole new symbolism to life for me.
END SPOILERS >>>
The first episode was a great beginning and the critics say the series really picks up in week 2. I cannot wait!
The whole cast is back. It is great to watch Rico squirm around after his infidelity and George (played by James Cromwell) is a ticking time bomb. I'd say he is set to go off any time now. He seems to have an underlying viciousness that is just waiting to come out. I see a confrontation with Arthur in his future...
Nate is all kinds of messed up and who knows where that is going....and with whom.
Sunday Night HBO 8pm EST/CDT it is not to be missed!
SPOILERS AHEAD for those who Recorded it, like me.>>>>>>
The end of the episode shows Nate burying his wife under the tree from the opening sequence. The opening sequence which hasn't changed in 4 seasons and which places the title of the show six feet under the tree. This brings a whole new symbolism to life for me.
END SPOILERS >>>
The first episode was a great beginning and the critics say the series really picks up in week 2. I cannot wait!
The whole cast is back. It is great to watch Rico squirm around after his infidelity and George (played by James Cromwell) is a ticking time bomb. I'd say he is set to go off any time now. He seems to have an underlying viciousness that is just waiting to come out. I see a confrontation with Arthur in his future...
Nate is all kinds of messed up and who knows where that is going....and with whom.
Sunday Night HBO 8pm EST/CDT it is not to be missed!
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Al Qaeda Link With Saddam? How stupid does Bush think we are?
Vice President Dick Cheney is still spouting about "long established" ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda. GW Bush himself is still spouting this nonsense. EVEN AFTER THE 9-11 Commission and just about everyone else says there is NO CONNECTION.
GW Bush and his crew obviously thinks that if he keeps spewing the same lie over and over again that it we will somehow believe it to be true. It isn't.
There is only one way to stop this madness.....
GW Bush and his crew obviously thinks that if he keeps spewing the same lie over and over again that it we will somehow believe it to be true. It isn't.
There is only one way to stop this madness.....
VOTE FOR JOHN KERRY.
Bush-Cheney in 2004? NOT!
Ten things I think we might see during the 2004 presidential election cycle.....
10) GW Bush after 3 years of constant study finally learns to tie his own shoe laces. Vows to start the 'No Shoes left behind' program in second term.
9) Dan Burton gets VERY bad case of poison Ivy right before the Republican National Convention. Resigns from office in shame after scratching himself EVERYWHERE throughout speech.
Don Rumsfeld falls from grace by being caught with a room full of hookers in a conference room just off the oval office.
7) Dick Cheney bows out citing his inability to go along with an amendment banning Gay Marriage. Gets a divorce Moves to San Francisco and get re-married to Richard Simmons in a public ceremony held on Alcatraz Island.
6) Dan Quayle comes out of obscurity to be GW Bush's running mate. Dan and GW part ways 2 weeks before the election with GW saying, 'He and I couldn't agree on the spelling of the word cat. I said it was K-A-T and he said it was C-A-A-T. I was right, so he had to move on'
5) GW Bush then picks his dad to be his running mate. The BUSH - BUSH Ticket is hot for the first week, until GW is arrested in a cocaine sting operation by John Ashcroft who immediately throws his hat in the ring as a candidate. GW Bush is lead off in handcuffs and is heard shouting, 'He is a MADMAN I TELL YOU! AND YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH A MADMAN!'
4) Chris Matthews laughs at his owns jokes until he chokes and has to be given CPR on the set by guest Ann Coulter. He later claims it was the best sex of his life.
3) Dennis Miller switches back to being a Liberal and renames his show Fence Jumpers. He also adds a new co-host Jim Jeffords.
2) 2 Weeks after the election ... Roselynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush join forces to form 'Ladies Party' Clinton and Reagan promise a run for president in 2008. They start campaigning immediately for the next cycle.
1) On election night, the Ashcroft-Lott Ticket is destroyed by the Kerry-Edwards Ticket 538-0 in the electoral college.
10) GW Bush after 3 years of constant study finally learns to tie his own shoe laces. Vows to start the 'No Shoes left behind' program in second term.
9) Dan Burton gets VERY bad case of poison Ivy right before the Republican National Convention. Resigns from office in shame after scratching himself EVERYWHERE throughout speech.
Don Rumsfeld falls from grace by being caught with a room full of hookers in a conference room just off the oval office.
7) Dick Cheney bows out citing his inability to go along with an amendment banning Gay Marriage. Gets a divorce Moves to San Francisco and get re-married to Richard Simmons in a public ceremony held on Alcatraz Island.
6) Dan Quayle comes out of obscurity to be GW Bush's running mate. Dan and GW part ways 2 weeks before the election with GW saying, 'He and I couldn't agree on the spelling of the word cat. I said it was K-A-T and he said it was C-A-A-T. I was right, so he had to move on'
5) GW Bush then picks his dad to be his running mate. The BUSH - BUSH Ticket is hot for the first week, until GW is arrested in a cocaine sting operation by John Ashcroft who immediately throws his hat in the ring as a candidate. GW Bush is lead off in handcuffs and is heard shouting, 'He is a MADMAN I TELL YOU! AND YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH A MADMAN!'
4) Chris Matthews laughs at his owns jokes until he chokes and has to be given CPR on the set by guest Ann Coulter. He later claims it was the best sex of his life.
3) Dennis Miller switches back to being a Liberal and renames his show Fence Jumpers. He also adds a new co-host Jim Jeffords.
2) 2 Weeks after the election ... Roselynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush join forces to form 'Ladies Party' Clinton and Reagan promise a run for president in 2008. They start campaigning immediately for the next cycle.
1) On election night, the Ashcroft-Lott Ticket is destroyed by the Kerry-Edwards Ticket 538-0 in the electoral college.
NBA Finals
Congratulations to the Detroit Pistons....
Thank God that series is over. I hate both the Pistons and the Lakers! Although I did watch the games, I was unenthusiastic for the finals match up.
The NBA needs to fix a few things and here are my suggestions:
A) Fire Every Referee. That's right, fire them all and start over. Anybody can do a terrible job of officiating. You get 2 steps without dribbling, then it is a violation called travelling. These refs cannot grasp the concept. If it was only 3 steps, and only once in a while, I would say they just missed the call. It is 5 to 6 steps and I watched the entire finals and never saw a single travelling call.
I saw only one in the entire playoffs, and that was a bad call because the guy had just been blatantly fouled and instead of calling the foul, the ref called travelling!
B) Instruct the new referees to call EVERY foul. I do mean EVERY foul. Ticky tack or otherwise. It is just awful to watch the team who can dish out and take the most punishment win the championship. This isn't football, this is basketball. The less tackling the better. Call all the fouls and only one thing will happen.... less fouls will occur. Then the Shooting Percentages will go up and the game will be more exciting.
C) A complete banishment of the shot clock! Rid us of this horrible device that puts a premium on speed of player over quality of player. This will put the importance back on ball handling skills, passing skills and shooting skills. If you are good at these things you will be in every game, regardless of how fast you can run.
There you go.... David Stern make these corrections and next year we will see some great basketball!
Thank God that series is over. I hate both the Pistons and the Lakers! Although I did watch the games, I was unenthusiastic for the finals match up.
The NBA needs to fix a few things and here are my suggestions:
A) Fire Every Referee. That's right, fire them all and start over. Anybody can do a terrible job of officiating. You get 2 steps without dribbling, then it is a violation called travelling. These refs cannot grasp the concept. If it was only 3 steps, and only once in a while, I would say they just missed the call. It is 5 to 6 steps and I watched the entire finals and never saw a single travelling call.
I saw only one in the entire playoffs, and that was a bad call because the guy had just been blatantly fouled and instead of calling the foul, the ref called travelling!
B) Instruct the new referees to call EVERY foul. I do mean EVERY foul. Ticky tack or otherwise. It is just awful to watch the team who can dish out and take the most punishment win the championship. This isn't football, this is basketball. The less tackling the better. Call all the fouls and only one thing will happen.... less fouls will occur. Then the Shooting Percentages will go up and the game will be more exciting.
C) A complete banishment of the shot clock! Rid us of this horrible device that puts a premium on speed of player over quality of player. This will put the importance back on ball handling skills, passing skills and shooting skills. If you are good at these things you will be in every game, regardless of how fast you can run.
There you go.... David Stern make these corrections and next year we will see some great basketball!
Right Wing Exploitation
We are currently being exposed to some Right Wing Exploitation. Ronald Reagan is apparently appearing in GW Bush campaign ads from one of the Republican Machine's Political Action Commitees.
An ad coming out this quickly means that they were producing this commercial almost the minute that he died. How did this happen?
A staffer was watching the Memorial Golf Tournament on CBS and Dan Rather breaks in with the news of Reagan's death. Then he puts up a 10 minute package about Reagan's life. Immediately the staffer hits the record button on his TiVo. Then makes a few calls, transfers the video to his PC and starts creating the magic of a new campaign spot. Reagan and GW Bush are both great war presidents!
Phooey... This shows the kind of "compassionate" they meant when they labeled GW Bush as a "Compassionate" Conservative. They meant to say a "Passionate" Conservative with overzealous tendencies. A Calous and Overbearing group of individuals is the new definition of the Republican leadership.
An ad coming out this quickly means that they were producing this commercial almost the minute that he died. How did this happen?
A staffer was watching the Memorial Golf Tournament on CBS and Dan Rather breaks in with the news of Reagan's death. Then he puts up a 10 minute package about Reagan's life. Immediately the staffer hits the record button on his TiVo. Then makes a few calls, transfers the video to his PC and starts creating the magic of a new campaign spot. Reagan and GW Bush are both great war presidents!
Phooey... This shows the kind of "compassionate" they meant when they labeled GW Bush as a "Compassionate" Conservative. They meant to say a "Passionate" Conservative with overzealous tendencies. A Calous and Overbearing group of individuals is the new definition of the Republican leadership.
Garfield ... A Review
I saw Garfield with my kids.... Mrs. D refused to go. She was the smart one.
The movie was much better than I expected, but it still sucked badly.
I felt a certain need to go, even though the preview was god awful, because I am from Muncie, Indiana (Home of Jim Davis creator of Garfield) and Jim Davis donated lots of money to lots of activities I was involved in growing up. He is a great community guy, SO I thought I would go.
The movie was just plain awful, but it could have been worse....
I laughed a few times, I didn't expect to laugh at all. Bill Murray is funny, even just as a voice, but the plot was as lame as a person who has just had all of his bones magically turned into rubber. Most of the movie was endless attempts at humor, which failed miserably. The kids under 10 in the audience were amused, but everyone else was so busy rolling their eyes that they have permenant eye injuries.
STAY FAR FAR AWAY.. AS in go see Shrek 2 again.
Garfield = 2 out of 10.
The movie was much better than I expected, but it still sucked badly.
I felt a certain need to go, even though the preview was god awful, because I am from Muncie, Indiana (Home of Jim Davis creator of Garfield) and Jim Davis donated lots of money to lots of activities I was involved in growing up. He is a great community guy, SO I thought I would go.
The movie was just plain awful, but it could have been worse....
I laughed a few times, I didn't expect to laugh at all. Bill Murray is funny, even just as a voice, but the plot was as lame as a person who has just had all of his bones magically turned into rubber. Most of the movie was endless attempts at humor, which failed miserably. The kids under 10 in the audience were amused, but everyone else was so busy rolling their eyes that they have permenant eye injuries.
STAY FAR FAR AWAY.. AS in go see Shrek 2 again.
Garfield = 2 out of 10.
...... And Justice For All!
Now... I don't much like the pledge of allegiance. I didn't think about it much earlier in life, but my wife (Mrs. Delusional to you.. or Mrs. D for short) has always refused to say it. She made a great point about it with me and I now believe it to be true.
To blindly pledge allegiance is unpatriotic. It assumes that the United States Government can do no wrong and I will unquestioningly agree with it.
Since I believe it is my duty to question the US Government and its intentions as a proper citizen of this free country... I now refuse the pledge on principal as well. It has nothing to do with all this "under God" nonsense...
However... There is a great line in it. ... With Liberty and Justice For All. That is something I can get behind. Justice For ALL! I like it.
By Justice for ALL... that means everyone, not just those which are American citizens but also those who are being held as terrorists. We believe in "Justice For ALL" as a ideal and unoppressive way to run our Government. Sometimes Justice For ALL involves some dangerous people being set free by us being absolutely sure we got the right person. Our country is founded on the principal that it is better to set the guilty free, than to imprison the innocent.
Our current President and his Thugs have scared us into believing we are safer to let them imprison these "bad guys" than to give them a fair trial under due process of the law.
I disagree. If they are truly guilty, let us try them for their crimes in a free and open court. Not some Military tribunal which is stacked against them, or have them held without habeas corpus for indefinite periods of time. This doesn't make me feel safer, it simply lulls us into a state of false security.
Try these people in the light of day, prove them guilty.
Then we can truly have Justice for ALL!
To blindly pledge allegiance is unpatriotic. It assumes that the United States Government can do no wrong and I will unquestioningly agree with it.
Since I believe it is my duty to question the US Government and its intentions as a proper citizen of this free country... I now refuse the pledge on principal as well. It has nothing to do with all this "under God" nonsense...
However... There is a great line in it. ... With Liberty and Justice For All. That is something I can get behind. Justice For ALL! I like it.
By Justice for ALL... that means everyone, not just those which are American citizens but also those who are being held as terrorists. We believe in "Justice For ALL" as a ideal and unoppressive way to run our Government. Sometimes Justice For ALL involves some dangerous people being set free by us being absolutely sure we got the right person. Our country is founded on the principal that it is better to set the guilty free, than to imprison the innocent.
Our current President and his Thugs have scared us into believing we are safer to let them imprison these "bad guys" than to give them a fair trial under due process of the law.
I disagree. If they are truly guilty, let us try them for their crimes in a free and open court. Not some Military tribunal which is stacked against them, or have them held without habeas corpus for indefinite periods of time. This doesn't make me feel safer, it simply lulls us into a state of false security.
Try these people in the light of day, prove them guilty.
Then we can truly have Justice for ALL!
Religion and Sports
This can be summed up in the immortal words of Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham):
"I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring... which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle. You see, there's a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I've got a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. 'Course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. 'Course, what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball -- now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God's sake? It's a long season and you gotta trust. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball. "
One of the best quotes from a movie ever....
Anyway, While I am a Christian, I am not an over the top radical christian. So you will not find many postings on those topics, unless it is of concern to what I consider the only real religion of the 21st Century... Spectator Sports!
There are many sports, I like most of them... But I am truly defined with 3 words... Baseball, Basketball and Football. All 3 are magical.
"I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring... which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle. You see, there's a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I've got a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. 'Course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. 'Course, what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball -- now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God's sake? It's a long season and you gotta trust. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball. "
One of the best quotes from a movie ever....
Anyway, While I am a Christian, I am not an over the top radical christian. So you will not find many postings on those topics, unless it is of concern to what I consider the only real religion of the 21st Century... Spectator Sports!
There are many sports, I like most of them... But I am truly defined with 3 words... Baseball, Basketball and Football. All 3 are magical.
Politics
When I write as Delusional, I am generally big into politics. Although politics can sometimes creep into the writings of Con Delirios, it is usually just a mainstay for Delusional........
An Example.....
An open letter to all Americans:
We the termites of North America shall declare an all-out war on the foundations of the houses of each and every American who votes for GW Bush in November should he somehow retain the White House, even if he is once again appointed by the Supreme Court to serve a 2nd term.
GW Bush has declared a war upon us by loosening the environmental laws and allowing the use of formerly banned chemical substances in the fight against small wood eating insects. These Weapons of Mass Termite Destruction represent an imminent threat to our safety.
Therefore, the Termites have put in place a policy of Regime Change. GW Bush must go, or else....
Yours Truly...
The Termite Liberation Front of North America
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See how comedy sometimes finds its way into the personality of Delusional?
An Example.....
An open letter to all Americans:
We the termites of North America shall declare an all-out war on the foundations of the houses of each and every American who votes for GW Bush in November should he somehow retain the White House, even if he is once again appointed by the Supreme Court to serve a 2nd term.
GW Bush has declared a war upon us by loosening the environmental laws and allowing the use of formerly banned chemical substances in the fight against small wood eating insects. These Weapons of Mass Termite Destruction represent an imminent threat to our safety.
Therefore, the Termites have put in place a policy of Regime Change. GW Bush must go, or else....
Yours Truly...
The Termite Liberation Front of North America
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See how comedy sometimes finds its way into the personality of Delusional?
Comedy
My first love is comedy. I love to watch comedies on T.V. I love to watch movies classified as comedies. I love to read comedy novels. I love to watch comedians.
I only have one requirement for my comedy.... that it actually is funny.
Going forward you will see that my funnier side is known as Con Delirios and my more serious one as Delusional. Although, both can be funny and both can be serious.
Here is an example of something written by Con Delirios....
Tonight's list a look at the MTV lineup of future programming...
1) When dogs fly. A show where one of the idiots from Jackass takes dogs on trips around the world in a hot air balloon.
2) Music Videos... We hope.
3) The American Armwrestling Championships.
4) Snoop Dogg stars in... I am a pimp.
5) Real World / Road Rules/ Jackass/Punk'D/Wildboyz compete in a wacky all-star competition.
6) Re-runs of every show ever aired on MTV in marathon format.
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Now... you may or may not find that funny, I did. So... I consider it comedy!
I only have one requirement for my comedy.... that it actually is funny.
Going forward you will see that my funnier side is known as Con Delirios and my more serious one as Delusional. Although, both can be funny and both can be serious.
Here is an example of something written by Con Delirios....
Tonight's list a look at the MTV lineup of future programming...
1) When dogs fly. A show where one of the idiots from Jackass takes dogs on trips around the world in a hot air balloon.
2) Music Videos... We hope.
3) The American Armwrestling Championships.
4) Snoop Dogg stars in... I am a pimp.
5) Real World / Road Rules/ Jackass/Punk'D/Wildboyz compete in a wacky all-star competition.
6) Re-runs of every show ever aired on MTV in marathon format.
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Now... you may or may not find that funny, I did. So... I consider it comedy!
Welcome
Welcome... Come one come all!
This is exciting for me, for today I have decided to use this as a new Blog Space! Many exciting topics shall be brought forth. I welcome everyone to participate and shall create a vast range of topics for all to enjoy!
Delusional --- or if you prefer Con Delirios!
This is exciting for me, for today I have decided to use this as a new Blog Space! Many exciting topics shall be brought forth. I welcome everyone to participate and shall create a vast range of topics for all to enjoy!
Delusional --- or if you prefer Con Delirios!
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