Issue 153
News: The real conspiracy behind Obama's birth.
Now, the nation is moving further towards getting with the rest of the developed world in getting universal health coverage for America. Bizarrely enough, if the significant amount of coverage CNN gave to authenticating Obama's American birth is any indication, the issue that seemed to be more on the minds of a significant number of Republicans was the issue of his birthplace. Was he born somewhere other than Hawaii? Does this Make Obama ineligible for the highest office in the land? Would this change current Democratic dominance? Well, the answers to these questions are No (his birth announcement and certificate have been made public and authenticiated), Not Necessarily (even if he was born abroad, his mother was American, and he lost any Kenyan citizenship his father gave him by failing to renounce his American citizenship by 21) , and No (because nobody questions Joe Biden's citizenship). You know why I think that this flared up again now, as opposed to earlier in the actual presidency? Here's what I think: Obama's administration is looking for a way to simultaneously minimize the Republican debate against health care, and make the Republicans look like idiots. So, remembering the debate about whether his claim to "natural born citizenry" was legitimate before the election, some moles from Obama's employ decided to start up the rumor again and apparently have succeeded in doing so, since some congressmen have actually fallen for it.
Band Name of the Day: None.
Film Idea of the Day: Me and the Devil Blues. An artistic, yet deeply misanthropic teenager named Johnny meets the Devil, who wants him to write a webcomic (later named Brandi) around the premise of a teen starlet and a horse getting fused in a teleporter accident, like in Cronenberg's Fly. He hides this double life from the world, and nobody seems to notice that anybody but a 13-year old girl could write it, despite increasing levels of violences and references to serial killers and 20th Century classical composers. The rest of the comic focuses mainly on the Johnny's adventures with the devil and their interactions with his family including his parents (both of who seem to be oblivious to everything around them, and in essence, are what characters in Brett Easton Ellis novels would be like if they ever settled down to have kids), 10-year old sister Alexis (a fanatic of the comic who hasn't put two and two together about her brother's double life), and 22-year old marines veteran brother Dennis who lost the use of his legs in combat and eventually became a bitter alcoholic.
Film Review of the Day: Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. Well, it's not really a film, it's more of a game, no wait, it's more of a slideshow that verges on being soft-core porn. Of course, I suppose if you call a few isolated scenes of borderline nudity no more visible (and with much less eroticism) than the average PG-13 Austin Powers movie soft-core porn, but of course that's not accurate either. Well, what I guess it really is is a film done in a slideshow, sort of like La Jetee, no, wait, it's not like La Jetee, it doesn't even have a compelling story, or even much of a story, just a lot of scenes based around the premise of the viewer making choices that affect whether two people get together, and a narrator or two scolding you for making stupid choices. For that matter, it was released on a game console that lived on for only about 2 years, and is likely not playable on modern PC or DVD drives. At least it's available (mostly) on Youtube and in numerous reviews of crappy games like the Angry Video Game Nerd.
Quote of the Day: "The people in this novel are not human."
____________Fred Smith on Left Behind.
Now, the nation is moving further towards getting with the rest of the developed world in getting universal health coverage for America. Bizarrely enough, if the significant amount of coverage CNN gave to authenticating Obama's American birth is any indication, the issue that seemed to be more on the minds of a significant number of Republicans was the issue of his birthplace. Was he born somewhere other than Hawaii? Does this Make Obama ineligible for the highest office in the land? Would this change current Democratic dominance? Well, the answers to these questions are No (his birth announcement and certificate have been made public and authenticiated), Not Necessarily (even if he was born abroad, his mother was American, and he lost any Kenyan citizenship his father gave him by failing to renounce his American citizenship by 21) , and No (because nobody questions Joe Biden's citizenship). You know why I think that this flared up again now, as opposed to earlier in the actual presidency? Here's what I think: Obama's administration is looking for a way to simultaneously minimize the Republican debate against health care, and make the Republicans look like idiots. So, remembering the debate about whether his claim to "natural born citizenry" was legitimate before the election, some moles from Obama's employ decided to start up the rumor again and apparently have succeeded in doing so, since some congressmen have actually fallen for it.
Band Name of the Day: None.
Film Idea of the Day: Me and the Devil Blues. An artistic, yet deeply misanthropic teenager named Johnny meets the Devil, who wants him to write a webcomic (later named Brandi) around the premise of a teen starlet and a horse getting fused in a teleporter accident, like in Cronenberg's Fly. He hides this double life from the world, and nobody seems to notice that anybody but a 13-year old girl could write it, despite increasing levels of violences and references to serial killers and 20th Century classical composers. The rest of the comic focuses mainly on the Johnny's adventures with the devil and their interactions with his family including his parents (both of who seem to be oblivious to everything around them, and in essence, are what characters in Brett Easton Ellis novels would be like if they ever settled down to have kids), 10-year old sister Alexis (a fanatic of the comic who hasn't put two and two together about her brother's double life), and 22-year old marines veteran brother Dennis who lost the use of his legs in combat and eventually became a bitter alcoholic.
Film Review of the Day: Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. Well, it's not really a film, it's more of a game, no wait, it's more of a slideshow that verges on being soft-core porn. Of course, I suppose if you call a few isolated scenes of borderline nudity no more visible (and with much less eroticism) than the average PG-13 Austin Powers movie soft-core porn, but of course that's not accurate either. Well, what I guess it really is is a film done in a slideshow, sort of like La Jetee, no, wait, it's not like La Jetee, it doesn't even have a compelling story, or even much of a story, just a lot of scenes based around the premise of the viewer making choices that affect whether two people get together, and a narrator or two scolding you for making stupid choices. For that matter, it was released on a game console that lived on for only about 2 years, and is likely not playable on modern PC or DVD drives. At least it's available (mostly) on Youtube and in numerous reviews of crappy games like the Angry Video Game Nerd.
Quote of the Day: "The people in this novel are not human."
____________Fred Smith on Left Behind.
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