Wednesday, January 28, 2004
How can you forget, my friend, the top-notch performances of Terry Bradshaw and Joe Klecko in one of the best ensemble, road-trip films of all time — Cannonball Run?
My contempt for Michael Moore compels me to alert everyone of an ever-growing and refreshing community of Moore haters, making the rounds in the wonderful world of cyberspace.
Type his name into your favorite search engine and you'll find a refreshing plethora of sites dedicated to debunking the inaccuracies and all-out falsehoods perpetrated in his films, specifically the Oscar-winning "Bowling."
The facts, I feel, are of little or no consequence to our portly pal whom I'm embarrassed to say hails from my home state.
In other words, "liar, liar, size 48, bright red pants, on fire."
Type his name into your favorite search engine and you'll find a refreshing plethora of sites dedicated to debunking the inaccuracies and all-out falsehoods perpetrated in his films, specifically the Oscar-winning "Bowling."
The facts, I feel, are of little or no consequence to our portly pal whom I'm embarrassed to say hails from my home state.
In other words, "liar, liar, size 48, bright red pants, on fire."
Baseball Players in Movie Roles: OK, there was Pete Vuckovich as Klu Hayward in Major League (actually, a pretty good role). We had a slew of All-Stars in bombs like Little Big League and Rookie of the Year.
Reggie Jackson, Mike Witt and Jay Johnstone all appeared in The Naked Gun.
Basketball players and football players have also dabbled in Hollywood: Bob Knight, Anfernee Hardaway, Matt Nover and Shaquille O'Neal in Blue Chips, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane!, Jim Brown in too many movies to mention, O.J. Simpson in the Naked Gun movies, Brett Favre in There's Something About Mary, Dan Marino in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
The point is, there are plenty of movie roles athletes can take without having to hold press conferences explaining themselves.
Hmm, I wonder what his bio will look like in the Indians' media guide:
... Single...Resides in Mentor, OH, just outside Cleveland...Attended college in Japan where he compiled a mark of 6-0 with a 0.77 ERA (46.2IP, 14H, 4ER, 14BB, 82SO) during his senior season...Averaged 15.8 SO/9.0IP this season and yielded only 2.7 walks/9.0 innings... Was also a film star while in Japan, becoming a favorite among fans of gay porn movies.
Sox fans, when do the Indians come into Chicago?
Reggie Jackson, Mike Witt and Jay Johnstone all appeared in The Naked Gun.
Basketball players and football players have also dabbled in Hollywood: Bob Knight, Anfernee Hardaway, Matt Nover and Shaquille O'Neal in Blue Chips, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane!, Jim Brown in too many movies to mention, O.J. Simpson in the Naked Gun movies, Brett Favre in There's Something About Mary, Dan Marino in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
The point is, there are plenty of movie roles athletes can take without having to hold press conferences explaining themselves.
Hmm, I wonder what his bio will look like in the Indians' media guide:
... Single...Resides in Mentor, OH, just outside Cleveland...Attended college in Japan where he compiled a mark of 6-0 with a 0.77 ERA (46.2IP, 14H, 4ER, 14BB, 82SO) during his senior season...Averaged 15.8 SO/9.0IP this season and yielded only 2.7 walks/9.0 innings... Was also a film star while in Japan, becoming a favorite among fans of gay porn movies.
Sox fans, when do the Indians come into Chicago?
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
The curious world of Democratic endorsements: I don't know if Jason knows this, but I'm now doing volunteer work one day a week at the Jack Ryan for Senate office downtown. (I will add asides on that later.)
In the world of serious statewide campaigns, the endorsements that matter are township party organizations (i.e. Maine Township or New Trier Township or Fremont Township), political leaders (from Rep. Denny Hastert to the Sangamon Co. coroner) to other political organizations (Club for Growth) to newspapers.
Organizational endorsements are important, obviously, as those seem to motivate rank and file members to heed the endorsement more than endorsements from politicians influence constituents. And here's why newspaper endorsements sometimes mean nothing.
At any rate, how can celebrity endorsements mean anything? Does tax cheat Willie Nelson's support of Dennis Kucinich (partly because Kucinich believes in higher taxes for the wealthy) hold any value? Do we care Bonnie Raitt (who hasn't really come out with anything good since she dried out) likes Kucinich? That Al Franken supports Howard Dean? That Madonna suppports Wesley Clark (because he's the "most spiritual" candidate?)
To start with, most of these folks are more out of touch with American life than the most out-of-touch politician. Yes, I think even Teddy Kennedy is more in touch with people than Madonna or Barbra Streisand. And Kennedy is a guy who got away with DUI and vehicular manslaughter (among other things), grew up in the most privileged of families, and never paid a dime of estate taxes despite being an heir to said privilege.
At any rate, my wife told me someone she knew in college was supporting Clark because Michael Moore is backing him. Moore is a political activist of sorts, albeit one that jumped the shark far before Bowling for Columbine (a movie filled with gross inaccuracies). But why would he support Clark? Moore, as noted here, was no supporter of the war in Kosovo, Clark's crowning achievement.
Clark continues to say he backed Clinton 100 percent in Kosovo, and that he doesn't regret a decision he made there. Has Blowhard Moore changed his stance?
In the world of serious statewide campaigns, the endorsements that matter are township party organizations (i.e. Maine Township or New Trier Township or Fremont Township), political leaders (from Rep. Denny Hastert to the Sangamon Co. coroner) to other political organizations (Club for Growth) to newspapers.
Organizational endorsements are important, obviously, as those seem to motivate rank and file members to heed the endorsement more than endorsements from politicians influence constituents. And here's why newspaper endorsements sometimes mean nothing.
At any rate, how can celebrity endorsements mean anything? Does tax cheat Willie Nelson's support of Dennis Kucinich (partly because Kucinich believes in higher taxes for the wealthy) hold any value? Do we care Bonnie Raitt (who hasn't really come out with anything good since she dried out) likes Kucinich? That Al Franken supports Howard Dean? That Madonna suppports Wesley Clark (because he's the "most spiritual" candidate?)
To start with, most of these folks are more out of touch with American life than the most out-of-touch politician. Yes, I think even Teddy Kennedy is more in touch with people than Madonna or Barbra Streisand. And Kennedy is a guy who got away with DUI and vehicular manslaughter (among other things), grew up in the most privileged of families, and never paid a dime of estate taxes despite being an heir to said privilege.
At any rate, my wife told me someone she knew in college was supporting Clark because Michael Moore is backing him. Moore is a political activist of sorts, albeit one that jumped the shark far before Bowling for Columbine (a movie filled with gross inaccuracies). But why would he support Clark? Moore, as noted here, was no supporter of the war in Kosovo, Clark's crowning achievement.
Clark continues to say he backed Clinton 100 percent in Kosovo, and that he doesn't regret a decision he made there. Has Blowhard Moore changed his stance?
Been a few months, but now that the Democratic stuff is heating up, I've really gotten something stuck in my craw.
the past week, we've been subjected to a pair of campaign incidents — both involving Howard Dean — in which hecklers have been summarily shut down.
At a rally last week, Dean had security remove a pair of hecklers who were mercilessly riding the former Vermont governor during his speech at a New Hampshire rally. He claimed he had them removed because no one has the right to inhibit free speech.
At a Dean rally this week, pinko goofball and overall psychopath Al Franken literally BODY SLAMMED a Dean Heckler and Lyndon LaRouche supporter, then excused his disgusting behavior by claiming that he did it in the name of free speech.
Excuse me, but aren't you — by kicking hecklers out of a rally and inflicting physical harm on hecklers, all to make them shut up — restricting THEIR free speech?
I have a feeling that, if you look up Democrat or Liberal in a thesaurus, the word HYPOCRITE would be first on the list of acceptable words.
the past week, we've been subjected to a pair of campaign incidents — both involving Howard Dean — in which hecklers have been summarily shut down.
At a rally last week, Dean had security remove a pair of hecklers who were mercilessly riding the former Vermont governor during his speech at a New Hampshire rally. He claimed he had them removed because no one has the right to inhibit free speech.
At a Dean rally this week, pinko goofball and overall psychopath Al Franken literally BODY SLAMMED a Dean Heckler and Lyndon LaRouche supporter, then excused his disgusting behavior by claiming that he did it in the name of free speech.
Excuse me, but aren't you — by kicking hecklers out of a rally and inflicting physical harm on hecklers, all to make them shut up — restricting THEIR free speech?
I have a feeling that, if you look up Democrat or Liberal in a thesaurus, the word HYPOCRITE would be first on the list of acceptable words.
