Monday, June 27, 2011

Michele Bachman & John Wayne... Gacy?

Michele Bachman's presidential campaign is off to a fantastic start.  I mean, she's just KILLING out there.

Learn to Google.  Too funny!

27 June 2011

Gay Marriage in New York

Last week, New York became the latest state to end discrimination in marriage.  Very soon, gay or straight, you will be able to marry in New York.  Marvelous.  First, The Empire State, now the Empire.



27 June 2011

Cars 2: Pixar Finally Fails

I'll admit it.  That headline makes it seem like I was hoping that Pixar would fail.  However, nothing could be farther from the truth.  No other movie studio has produced such a string of hits for so long, movies that I've always liked and often loved.

My wife and I loved the original Cars.  It was all the things that make Pixar great: charming, funny, smart, clever, and endearing.  So it was with great anticipation that we went to Cars 2 Saturday evening.  It was horrible.  Take the opposite of all of those descriptive words above and then add boring.  Don't bother.

One more thing: We went to the late showing to avoid children.  You can't avoid children.  There we were, in a theater in which the movie would not end until nearly 11 PM, surrounded by children.  And not just older kids, many of these kids were four or five.  And since their parents had already proven to be worthless, they went the full monty and loaded these kids up with soda to boot.

I fear for the species.

27 June 2011

Friday, June 24, 2011

Rapture: Well, That was Awkward

My wife sent me this funny story following the rapture-that-wasn't last month.



Photo taken from MYFOX8.com, story of staff writer Scott Gustin.

24 June 2011

Ferris Bueller Sequel?

Is a sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off in the works?  Well, probably not, but there is a very funny what-if trailer in the Net.

 

24 June 2011

Addition: They actually are making -- or remaking -- Footloose.  This cannot end well.



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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

National Debt: The View of a Money Man

As introduced by Josh Marshall at TPM:


This is really a must-read piece. Not because of the message but the messenger. The hyper attention to the country's debt is supposed to be in reaction to the bond market, the people who buy our debt. But the biggest bond guy in the country is telling Congress that while getting the deficit/debt in order is important long term it's simply crazy to think massive budget cutting is going to create the jobs or the growth the country needs. Unfortunately, that's the mindset now of people on both sides of the aisle.




Full post here.

21 June 2011


22 June 2011 Addition:  The former chief economist of the IMF, another Money Man, weighs in.  Debt default would be "a calamity."