Note to Sean Hannity

Dear Mr. Hannity, President Obama was not "anointed". He was ELECTED. And he was elected decidedly so. I mean, I know that you don't particularly care for him and all but, please, could you at least try and respect the process here/the office of the Presidency? I tried to do that when Bush was President (defended him over charges of Nazism, etc.).

Unpleasing, To Say the Least

Rachel Maddow is obviously much cuter than Limbaugh. One could argue that she's smarter, too. But, folks, I'm telling you here, the woman has basically been doing a lot of the same shtick. I mean, clearly, we all know about Mr. Limbaugh/the fact that the President just can't do a damn thing right for him (not even the way that the President handled the Somali pirate situation was good enough) - day after day after day. That, my friends, is absolutely a given. But, yes, what about Ms. Maddow? Are not the tactics of this gal at least somewhat comparable? I mean, just look at the way that the lady's been treating Massachusetts's newly elected Senator Brown. In the Senator's very first vote, he actually broke with the Republicans and voted in favor of the Democrats' jobs bill. Hm, you'd think that that particular vote would have pleased little miss liberality. Apparently, it did not. For, instead of commending Senator Brown, she instead used the story as a pretext to attack him again. Can you'all say Rachel Limbaugh?

And the Top-Billing Goes To....

While it may be true that Frank won the Oscar/Clift brilliantly held it all together playing the tormented G.I., Burt Lancaster's contributions to "From Here to Eternity" shouldn't, in any way/shape/form, EVER be diminished. I especially (for example) love that scene in which he preempted the fight between Sinatra and Ernest Borgnine. Remember that one, folks - Fatso/Borgnine wanting such a rumble but, BOOM, Lancaster busting up the whiskey bottle and staring him down with it? And, really, who in his right mind will ever forget that roll in the surf with Deborah Kerr, that simultaneously touching and acerbic reaction of his to Clift getting shot, the way that he understatedly responded to Clift playing his muted taps, etc.? I mean, certainly, I know that he had that cadence thing and all but.....

Maybe Larouche Was On to Something After All

"The Khmer Rouge are murderous thugs. But we won't let that stand in our way."....Henry Kissinger (this, upon friendly American overtures to this dastardly regime), 1975.............................................................................................Wow, huh? Talk about some nasty realpolitik.

" I Am (As in Used to Be) the Greatest!!

I have a lot of respect for Floyd Mayweather. I might even go as far as to call him the premiere boxer of recent memory (i.e., the last twenty years or so). But, folks, I'm afraid that I also have to tell you here, I don't think that this present version of Mr. Mayweather (still an excellent fighter, mind you) wants anything to do with a Mr. Manny Pacquiao. I mean, did you the former on "Pardon the Interruption" the other night? The fellow didn't even want to talk about Paquiao. He wouldn't even say Paquiao's name, for Christ! Not that I necessarily blame him, mind you. This, in that, seriously, have you seen Paquiao lately? That son of a bitch is a buzz-saw, for Christ!! And I'm telling you here, if in fact you don't believe me, just ask Miguel Cotto. He made that poor bastard look like a frigging statue...............................................................................................Still, though, it is kind of hard to watch - Mayweather so obviously ducking an opponent like this. It's pathetic/sad, in effect. I mean, seriously here, don't you think so?

Miscellaneous 7

1) I don't know about the rest of you but, in my mind, one of the more memorable clips from that health care summit was the one in which Senator McConnell started bitching and moaning. You remember it, right - the part in which he started whining about this supposed lack of time that the Republicans were getting to plead their case? Yeah, huh. Well, guess what, folks, the guy was being a complete/total/petty asshole/nincompoop. This, me-buckos, in that, yeah, he was actually including the President's opening (and, yeah, mostly nonpolitical) remarks as part of the Democrats' time block. But, clearly, even more egregious than that was the idiot's obliviousness as to the purpose of the summit. It WASN'T supposed to be a debate/public spectacle. It was supposed to be a negotiation. And while, yes, I'm totally aware that the Democrats treated it like a circus, too, I'm sorry, Mitch McConnell - he sure as hell gets the biggest turkey award in my mind, hands frigging down!.....2) Not that I recommend dumping trash into the ocean, mind you, but, please, you gotta trust me on this one. Whenever you do dump it in, the trash - it goes in EVERY direction, not just to the left/right. And, yes, so, too, is it unpredictable. This, in that just when you think you've got a handle on it.........3) I have to admit it, folks, I actually kind of liked Rachel Maddow at first. I found her to be witty, nice, and, yes, even a little open-minded at times. But now, I don't know, I'm not nearly so certain anymore. I mean, seriously, have you seen her lately? She has gotten to be as incessantly (not to mention, sarcastically) partisan as any of them. And the fact that she seems to be so incredibly pleased with herself - THAT is starting to get me a little queasy, too. Thankfully, the woman got "schooled" a little bit the other night. She had Democratic party chairman, Tim Kaine, on. And, yes, of course, she had to tell Mr. Kaine just how disappointed she was that the President has decided to support the moderate Democrat, Blanche Lincoln, in the Arkanasas primary. Mr. Kaine, trying to be diplomatic, responded by pointing out the obvious. He told her that this whole "left-right and center" thing is a highly relative concept, that it ultimately hinges on factors such as geography, etc.. Fair enough, right? Ms. Maddow's response? Yeah, you got it, a quick commercial break.

"Get Your Hands Off....."

It's too bad that the first thing that comes to most people's minds when they hear the name, Charlton Heston, is guns. I mean, I know that the NRA hasn't exactly been a reasonable pressure group and all but, folks, come on, it was only a singular part of Mr. Heston's life. The fellow also starred in some of the most memorable Hollywood films EVER. We obviously all know about "Ben Hur" and "The Ten Commandments". But, even beyond that, there was (Orson Welles's) "Touch of Evil", "The Big Country", "El Cid", "The Greatest Show on Earth" (a best picture Oscar in 1952), "The Agony and the Ecstasy", and, yes, for my money, "Major Dundee", too. And, yes, even his more futuristic/"out there" films ("Planet of the Apes", "Soylent Green", "The Naked Jungle") were worthy (this, in that they got us to think and speculate) as well. SO, let me to ask you something here. Is it, folks, too much to ask that we give this fellow respect/his due....in this regard, too? I mean, I hope that we haven't gotten that jaded in life - really and truly.