Archive | January 2011
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Chick-fil-A may not like me, but I like Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A is the best fast food chain in America. Period. They’re efficient, courteous and consistent. I could care less about their CEO’s politics. The Atlanta-based company has come under fire from gay rights groups for supplying food to an event sponsored by the Pennsylvania Family Institute, which has worked to defeat same-sex marriage initiatives. (I [...]
Propagandart
I’ll never understand artists who suck up to Communists. [Pianist] Lang [Liang] played a Chinese household song called “My Motherland” at the function to welcome President Hu Jintao. It was the theme music of a 1956 movie named Shangganling Battle, which depicted the fighting of Chinese troops against US troops during the Korean War (1950-53). [...]
The first Phil Collins Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Lameness goes to …
Overrated “bromance” auteur Judd Apatow, for defending Tim Allen from mean ol’ Ricky Gervais. Apatow’s reasoning is even lamer than the former “Home Improvement” star: “Tim Allen did 200 episodes of Home Improvement. He was in three of the highest-grossing movies of all-time. And his latest [Toy Story 3] just crossed the one billion mark. [...]
Oscars’ stupidest decisions (screenplay and director)
(post-1970) BEST SCREENPLAY *”Dead Poets Society,” 1989 (original). Not quite Patch Adams goes to Prep School, but not much better, either. “Crimes and Misdemeanors” and “Do The Right Thing” were snubbed for this? *”Ghost,” 1990, (original). Might as well have given an Oscar to a Hallmark card. *”The Lord of the Rings: The Return of [...]
Noted & Quoted, KOTH edition
”The only place you can find a Main Street these days is in Disneyland. And just try to buy a gun there.”
The courage of a 9 yo
Ronald McNair, killed in the Challenger explosion 25 years ago, would merit remembrance had he never become an astronaut. In 1959, when McNair was just nine years old, he famously made a scene at the Lake City Public Library. Residents stared the African American boy down and watched as he walked to the main counter [...]
The Cynthia McKinneys of the right
(Some) Republicans recognize the callowness of Bachmann Palin Overdrive but are scared to say so publicly, lest they attract the wrath of their groupies. When Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was named to the House Intelligence Committee earlier this year, one of her Republican colleagues responded this way: “Is that a punchline?” Another simply said, “Jumbo [...]
Another dumb conservative woman threatens to run for prez
Angle won’t rule out W.H. bid Visiting Iowa for a movie premiere, Nevada Republican Sharron Angle wouldn’t rule out a run for president.“I’ll just say I have lots of options for the future, and I’m investigating all my options,” Angle said Wednesday when asked whether she is considering a bid for the White House, the [...]
Sarah Palin tips the stupid-o-meter
I dare you to watch this and tell me with a straight face she’s not a moron. Greta Van Scientologist, meanwhile, is her usual creepy self.
