RSSThat Was Quick, One and Done
In its second box office week, Star Wars; EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH has fallen out of the top spot.
I could actually understand if it were beaten by MADAGASCAR, but Adam Sandler’s remake of ‘The Longest Yard’? Personally, I think it is sacrilege that they made a remake to the 1974 classic, The Longest Yard. There are some movies that stand the test of time and just should never be remade.
However, what happened to Star Wars? To many internet downloads? Or to much Bush bashing (video)?
Don’t Steal a Plasma TV in NC
From the files of the Shawshank Redemption comes the following story. After 35 years in prison for stealing a black-and-white television set, Junior Allen is a free man.
Allen was a 30-year-old migrant farm worker from Georgia with a criminal history that included burglaries and a violent assault when he sneaked into an unlocked house and stole a 19-inch black-and-white television worth $140.
Some state records say Allen roughed up the 87-year-old woman who lived there, but he was not convicted of assault.
Instead, he was sentenced in 1970 to life in prison for second-degree burglary. The penalty for the offense has since been changed to a maximum of three years in prison.
How did this guy piss off? Reminds me of Pops from the original ‘The Longest Yard’ who got his sentence extended for punching the warden.
Allen, 65, walked out of prison Friday, ending a case that attracted widespread attention because he remained in jail while other inmates convicted of murder, rape or child molestation were released.
As long as it wasn’t me I guess I could joke about it.
“For a black-and-white TV, how much do you have to pay?” Hasberry said. “We’ve got an in-house joke here: How much time would he have gotten if he had stolen a color TV?”
Allen, I beg of you. Stay away, far away from the Plasma TV’s.
Oliver Stone”d”
Can I say I blame Oliver Stone for being drunk or stoned after the box office results of his last movie, Alexander? Or was it that was the reason why the movie turned out the way it did?
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and driving while intoxicated, police said Saturday.
Stone, 58, was arrested Friday night at a police checkpoint on Sunset Boulevard after showing signs of alcohol intoxication, police Sgt. John Edmundson said. A search of his Mercedes turned up drugs, Edmundson said. He did not specify what kind, but Lt. Micaela Garland said police confiscated pills that were being analyzed at a lab.
Stone was released Saturday morning after posting $15,000 bail.
I’m glad to see someone else, The Moderate Voice, had the same reaction to Stone’s latest effort disaster, Alexander:
Oliver Stone was arrested in Beverly Hills.
And, no, it wasn’t for Crimes Against Humanity for his latest film Alexander.
Hmm … So that’s where he comes up with these conspiracy theories, its a paranoid “alleged” induced state.
Looks like Oliver may be back to that endless revolving door called Hollywood Drug Rehab.
Bush to Senate Dem’s on Bolton Documents; Pound Sand
In response to Senate Democrats to produce confidential unredacted documents that Biden & Reid had requested; President Bush says, “No”. What is rather hypocritical is the fact that when Democrats justified the judicial filibuster and vilified the so called “nuclear” option, they stated that they were defending the right of the Senate’s checks and balances. What part about this Senate Democrats is not privileged Executive material and part of those same checks and balances? Biden knew when he made the request to receive the Bolton documents he would never get them. Today, President Bush said exactly what Biden already knew, NO!
The Bush administration said yesterday that Democratic senators should not expect to get the documents they are seeking before they will allow an up-or-down vote on John R. Bolton, whom the president nominated to be ambassador to the United Nations.
“They have what they need,” White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. “The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Intelligence Committee have had access to this sensitive, highly classified information. The Democrats clamoring for it have already voted against the nomination. This is about partisan politics.”
It appears that the harmony that they Democrats and Harry Reid claimed would rule the day following the filibuster compromise was as shorted lived as an early John Kerry exit poll lead. The Democrats are back to their old games.
”John Bolton enjoys majority [Senate] support, and it’s a shame that Democrats are stopping a vote,” said Erin Healy, a White House spokeswoman. ”This is about partisan politics, not documents.”
The Democratic response,
”If this administration was really serious about getting an ambassador in place at the UN to deal with reform or any other issue, they would have cooperated with the Senate long ago so that it could have all the information necessary to make a sound judgment on John Bolton’s fitness to serve,” Kurz said.
No, I think more to the point if Senate Democrats were serious about what they claim they would not request documents that they know could and would never be given to them. This would be obstruction and a lose-lose for Democrats. One, they look like liars in that they promised harmony and then continue partisan politics. Two, Democrats lose face as they are never going to get these documents and will be forced to have the vote on Bolton.
I love this idea from Baldilocks in the Democrats only chance to get these documents from the White House.
Send Sandy Berger in to get those Bolton classified docs. However, the good senators might want to wear a mask while reading the info; after the heist, the papers might not smell too good.
Send Berger, that’s priceless. However, may just be the only way.
Off to the Airport
Everything looks good, we are off in a few minutes. Back in Atlanta in the morning.
San Francisco was great. The food and weather were perfect. The company was outstanding, and it in an interesting world when you can go half way across the country for a day.
The only gripe with San Francisco is the homeless. They are everywhere and because of that the city is in lockdown mode. We were searching for a bathroom this morning (too much coffee) and the only place we could find that had a toilet available near Fishermans Wharf was at McDonalds. And they had a machine on the door that you had to get a token so you could use it.
Otherwise, everything was great.
One recommendation I have is to go to the Moon Star Buffet (8th and Mission). It was recommended to us on the Trolley by a local. They had an amazing selection of top quality sushi and hot and cold Asian dishes. Outstanding food and the staff was great. Highly recommended.
