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Archive for March 29th, 2008

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Posted by TRO on March 29, 2008

1. The racist, anti-semitic, anti-Italian, anti-American Reverend Wright, long-time mentor of Barack Hussein Obama, makes an appearance at a Chicago Catholic church and is welcomed with open arms. Video here.

Is the Catholic Church TRYING to make me leave in disgust? Granted I am not the best Catholic in the world, but I am sure there are plenty who are better than me who are also disgusted by this. Is this some Chicago thing? Because I just don’t get it.

2. Medals matter. More than ever when compared to Obama and Hillary.

3. The 10 Most Prophetic Science Fiction Movies Ever.

4.  Speaking of movies, the newest anti-Iraq war, anti-military, anti-American film, Stop-Loss, is bombing at the box office just like all the others before it. Of course, Hollywood thinks it is because the American people aren’t ready to watch a war movie while the war is going on - I guess all those successful WWII movies made during WWII were just accidents - but the fact is that the American people just don’t want to see movies where Americans are the bad guys and the military is incompetent and/or evil. They are smarter than Hollywood - they know lies when they see them.  Vietnam is over, guys, deal with it.

4. Considering most guys think of a lower-back tattoo on a woman as a target, this seems like a bad idea.

5.  The classic movie The Day The Earth Stood Still  is now about global warming?  Plus it starts Keanu Reeves?  Can you say box office bomb? I knew you could.

UPDATE:

Here’s a brutal review of Stop-Loss. Evidently it is just a badly made movie all the way around.

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Dammit, I’m Not Sure If This Is Good Or Bad

Posted by TRO on March 29, 2008

The Blog-O-Cuss Meter - Do you cuss a lot in your blog or website?

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