PETA's Banned 2009 Super Bowl Ad

May not be suitable for children. It got my attention.

Apology

An apology for our 2001-2008 interruption in service

Dear World:

We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MY TOP TEN FILMS OF 2008

First, this wasn’t Hollywood’s best year. Second, there’s still several films I haven’t had the chance to see yet: Quantum of Solace, Gran Torino, Hellboy 2, and Tropic Thunder to name a few so my list is the 2008 films I have seen. Actually the list is split in two – the first four films are my favorites and the other six are ones I like but aren’t ever going to be considered classics.
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Top Four:
1) Wall-E
2) The Dark Knight
3) Iron Man
4) Slumdog Millionaire

Second Six:
5) 21
6) The Bank Job
7) Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
8) Untraceable
9) In Bruges
10) Get Smart

A film I haven’t seen yet could replace one of the second six. The Top Four will remain on my list with no apologies.

THE DARK KNIGHT MOST PIRATED MOVIE 2008

According to TorrentFreak.com, the ten most-pirated films of 2008 are:
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1. The Dark Knight
2. The Incredible Hulk
3. The Bank Job
4. You Don't Mess With the Zohan
5. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
6. Juno
7. Tropic Thunder
8. I Am Legend
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
10. Horton Hears a Who!
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Hulk and Zohan? … well, no one ever claimed pirates and thieves had taste.

The Casablanca Screenplay Project

Casablanca is one of my favorite films of all time. I found this interesting. 26 years old but interesting. Not sure what it means to struggling screenwriters:

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In 1982, freelance writer Chuck Ross retyped the script of Casablanca, changed its title to “Everybody Comes to Rick’s” (the title of the original play) and submitted it to 217 agencies as a script supposedly by an unknown writer.

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Ninety returned it unread, for various reasons (it was their policy not to read unsolicited manuscripts, they weren’t taking on new clients, or they were no longer in the agency business).

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Seven never responded. Eighteen scripts apparently got lost in the mail.

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Thirty-three agencies actually recognized the script.

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Eight noticed a similarity to Casablanca, but didn’t realize it was Casablanca.

Thirty-eight agencies claimed to have read it, but rejected it. Of those agencies that actually read the manuscript (or claimed to have), the majority did not recognize it as Casablanca, nor did they think the script was good enough to be worth representing.

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Three agencies expressed a desire to represent the work.

Read the entire story at: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Casablanca_Rejected

WALL-E*

Finally caught up with Pixar's latest release. I know, I know ... I'm way behind in my movie viewing. As for the adventures of Wall-E and Eve. I liked them and their story. A lot. OK, Quantum of Solace, Wanted, X-Files, Appaloosa, and Slumdog Millionaire are still on the not-seen-yet list. So, with that said, my favorite flims of 2008 are The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, The Bank Job and {drum roll} WALL-E.

Top Numbers for 2008 Movies

According to The Numbers (www.the-numbers.com) the Top Grossing Movies of 2008 with one month left to go are:

1) The Dark Knight
2) Iron Man
3) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
4) Hancock
5) WALL-E
6) Kung Fu Panda
7) Horton Hears a Who
8) Sex and the City
9) Mamma Mia!
10) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

I think it’s safe to say that next year (and the next) we’ll see more movies based on comic books and graphic novels. But aren’t we close to running out of the good ones? Really don’t want to see a film based on Archie or Sgt Rock.

Happy Thanksgiving

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Where did the white man go wrong?

Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a U.S. Government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done." The Chief nodded in agreement. The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?"

The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied: "When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.'

Then the chief leaned back and smiled. "Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that."

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Slumdog Millionaire - Trailer

Looks cool ... from director Danny Boyle

Remember that hope is a good thing, Red, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Stephen King,

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

That's my Question, too.

Royality Time

REBEL NATION
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Wow. I'm excited. Just received my royality check for the first half of the year. 126 print copies and 12 e-book versions of RN were bought. Too cool. I hope all enjoyed them.

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If you're interested in checking it go to: http://www.zumayapublications.com/title.php?id=160 or Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Zumaya is the best method.

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President

Very well said. Well, I'm off the fence.

Official Announcement:

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The federal government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government's political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed!

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It just doesn't get more accurate than that. (Stolen and reprinted from an email I received. I have no idea who they stole it from.)

SEEN ON TEE-SHIRTS
(somewhere ... don't know where but somewhere...)

PAUL NEWMAN
1925 – 2008
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I was 12 years-old, in the 7th grade, a Californian suddenly living in a suburb of Dallas and feeling totally lost and out of place, when I saw Cool Hand Luke the first time. I resonated to the character then and still do in some ways. While “What we have here is failure to communicate” is the most well-known line from the movie, the line I remember most is a beaten-down Luke telling a guard – “Calling it your job don't make it right, Boss.”
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Two years later, for a Father’s Day present my brother and I took Dad to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Dad reluctantly went. He didn’t enjoy going to the movies any longer. I can still hear Dad laughing throughout Butch & Sundance. "Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?" "Rules? In a knife fight? No rules."
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Thank you, Mr. Newman. Rest in peace.
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Some of my favorite Newman movies are:
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cool Hand Luke
Nobody’s Fool
The Verdict
The Sting
The Hustler
Hud
Harper
Absence of Malice
Cars

NEW BAIL-OUT PLAN

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A friend sent me his economic bail-out plan. Thought I'd share:

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Here's a plan that I've been thinking about since the announcements of the "Bail Out". This here is a "plan" I could live quite well with!!!

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The "We Deserve It Dividend"

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I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend! I'm no math genius, so to make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens that are 18+ years of age. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair estimate of adults 18 and up. So divide 200,000,000 adults that are 18+ into $85 billon. That equals $425,000.00.

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Here's where we all get excited. My plan is to give $425,000 to every person that is 18+ years of age as a "We Deserve It Dividend". Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%. So...... Every US Citizen that is 18+ years of age would have to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000.00 right back to Uncle Sam. It also means that every adult 18+ years of age has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife have $595,000.00 free and clear.!! What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family? Again, back to basics here:

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college - it'll be there

Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs

Buy a new car - create jobs

Invest in the market - capital drives growth

Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ years of age including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. Most importantly, really paying those serving in our Armed Forces! If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ("vote buy" ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

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If we're going to do an $85 billion dollar bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

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As for the problem companies: AIG - liquidate it. Sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General. Sell off the real estate and let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up. Here's my rationale, we deserve it and AIG doesn't. Sure it's a crazy idea that of course can "never work", but can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom? I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion "We Deserve It Dividend" more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC . And remember, The Family plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

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Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Appaloosa

Bond and a western ... looking like a good fall movire season :)

Quantum of Solace Teaser Trailer (OFFICIAL) HD

James Bond 007 ... cool