Happy Halloween!
http://time-blog.com/allen_report/2006/10/why_some_top_republicans_think.html
I have to say I agree with the logic of this article. Although I must admit I would not be totally surprised if we lost the House and kept the Senate. It is a grevious mistake for the Democrats to run about crowing about their win in advance. The act makes it hard to respect them as if their heads really aren't in the game. In a campaign race it's always important to keep your eye on the goal and saying you are going to win without pushing a real campaign strategy which they don't seem to have other than 'Bush Sucks' is what makes me confident that their success is as substantial as the hot air they have been puffing out in the last month.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/31/D8L3OOHG0.html
And Kerry's not helping by spreading rumors of a draft that is never going to happen and being rude to current troops. He must be trying to get into the spirit of Halloween with a good scare. The reality is no matter what someone's political affiliation is or if they have none-almost everyone knows someone in the military and who has served in Iraq and statements like his just make people feel bad.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
No Movie for Dixie Chicks
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash4.htm
NBC's recent decision not to run the Dixie Chicks movie is a good one-for one reason the Dixie Chicks while talented musicians have no place on the main networks. There desire to continue political infighting with the right and most of midwestern america plus their old fan base is not good for the interests of a major network like ABC, CBS, or NBC.
The Chicks have a right to say what they want and do what they want and they certainly don't deserve death threats but then again-most celebrities don't deserve the death threats that they recieve from crazy people simply for being famous. It's the paradox of fame- a lot of people really love you and some people love you sooo much-they hate you. Throw in some inflamatory remarks at a trying time on the American psyche coupled with traitor like behavior on the part of the lead singer and it's no surprise people went nuts and threatened to kill the poor silly Natalie Maines.
She should have had more control and composure being a celebrity comes with responsiblity and the response should have been expected. At the very least she should have made the statements in the U.S. and not to a foreign audience-duh. The fall out has left the Dixie chicks with no where to go but more liberal and to loose their core audience and look for a new set of fans altogether-which may not be hard or may be career suicide. I suppose there are lots of liberal women who like country music and they are talented musicians...sooo. They may change their tune once they see how the bottom line suffers from reminding people of their ingnorant mistake.
I would still think the continuation of this strange event from 2003 is not good for the Dixie Chicks and at the least there management should be smart enough to know a documentarty on their Bush hating and fall from grace belongs on HBO or Showtime.
NBC's recent decision not to run the Dixie Chicks movie is a good one-for one reason the Dixie Chicks while talented musicians have no place on the main networks. There desire to continue political infighting with the right and most of midwestern america plus their old fan base is not good for the interests of a major network like ABC, CBS, or NBC.
The Chicks have a right to say what they want and do what they want and they certainly don't deserve death threats but then again-most celebrities don't deserve the death threats that they recieve from crazy people simply for being famous. It's the paradox of fame- a lot of people really love you and some people love you sooo much-they hate you. Throw in some inflamatory remarks at a trying time on the American psyche coupled with traitor like behavior on the part of the lead singer and it's no surprise people went nuts and threatened to kill the poor silly Natalie Maines.
She should have had more control and composure being a celebrity comes with responsiblity and the response should have been expected. At the very least she should have made the statements in the U.S. and not to a foreign audience-duh. The fall out has left the Dixie chicks with no where to go but more liberal and to loose their core audience and look for a new set of fans altogether-which may not be hard or may be career suicide. I suppose there are lots of liberal women who like country music and they are talented musicians...sooo. They may change their tune once they see how the bottom line suffers from reminding people of their ingnorant mistake.
I would still think the continuation of this strange event from 2003 is not good for the Dixie Chicks and at the least there management should be smart enough to know a documentarty on their Bush hating and fall from grace belongs on HBO or Showtime.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Leave Jess Simpson Alone!
It seems these days that picking on celebs is the next best thing to liking them. On page 34 of this weeks Us Weekly the gossip magazine shows Jessica Simpson in a hard to find pose comparing her to Courtney Love. The comparison is ridiculous and stupid making me wonder if they need their vision checked. In the past 6 months I have noticed that the magazine has taken a lot of time to write nasty articles about the actress/singer.
My impression is that some silly syncophant that's s-y-n-c-h-o-p-h-a-n-t, of Nick Lachey's has been driving the agenda. Well get over it, Nick Lachey is moderately talented and not interesting in the slightest. I was personally hoping he would quit showbiz and go back to Ohio. He was cute-8 years ago when he was in 98 degrees and that was still in a beefcake-who probably would get lost in a large parking lot sense-.
What mystifies me is the backlash against her when he is so obviously the player and less likeable person-sympathy for his divorce must play a part. He acted like a bonehead on the show Newlyweds and his personality was carved into the more steady and house hubby character that was needed to balance Jess' obvious driving of the show with her personality.
Most important, I don't feel sorry for someone who cheats on their wife early in a marriage and wonders why it didn't work out. YEP, that's right. Go look at the early shows, he repeatedly went out and talked to other women about their marriage problems. And any crack psychologist can tell you that a man who discusses his problems openly with other women is not going to stay married and faithful. Try the early episodes with all his female dancers where he complains to them about her. 'Oh poor Nick, rich and married to a hot woman! Let me help you out of that dreadful marriage!!'
And now he is happily bonking Vanessa Minnilo an MTV VJ, and singing songs about heartbreak. Excuse me if I don't feel sorry for him or believe he is heartbroken at this date. And it's annoying to watch him dance across the country doing promos for the now old release while smugly smiling at the camera. It's like you can hear him thinking 'Now I'm finally getting the attention Jessica got!' Aaah, poor Nick, there's a reason she gets more attention than you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lachey
If you look at this posting it says that neither Jess or Nick would have a career without the machinations of Joe Simpson and the show Newlyweds-and this could be true. But Joe Simpson his dadager skills, their marriage and Jessica Simpson are another post and an entirely different blog. The point is Nick Lachey owes his current career success to his marriage and divorce of Jessica Simpson at this point. (Ouch, that hurts!)
Time could prove me wrong, but he faded in the late 90's next to the other boy bands of the time-that being N'Sync and Backstreet Boys- not a good sign for him, and I don't see him turning this current renaissance into anything long lasting. In fact the last two Us Weeklys don't even mention the Lanillo couple and it's a good thing because seeing them together makes him look bad and far from the pitiful image he put out to promote the album. Call me cold but seeing someone rich and out with a former Miss Teen USA doesn't bring pangs of sympathy to my heart.
There is some entertainment in covering the slings and errors of fate for celebs (duh!). But the ribbing of Simpson for her failed relationships, bad clothing choices(they picked on her for wearing sweaters last week!), and flub at the MTV VMA's are dumb and not entertaining-think lighter and less jealous girl nasty US. I can honestly say the jealous petty female attitude is not fun and if it doesn't work for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie- and it doesn't work for you.
At the same time some publicity is better than no publicity for Jess and she is in every issue of US Weekly as she should be at this time. Time will tell which part of this fallen couple will survive and thrive in the entertainment world. My money is on Jess Simpson especially with the new film 'Employee of the Month' opening this week. It promises to be entertaining and fun-love DANE COOK.
So it would be prudent for Us Weekly and other gossip mags to go easy on the charasmatic JS and back off LANILLO coverage which just makes Nick Lachey look bad. I mean it's just good business....
My impression is that some silly syncophant that's s-y-n-c-h-o-p-h-a-n-t, of Nick Lachey's has been driving the agenda. Well get over it, Nick Lachey is moderately talented and not interesting in the slightest. I was personally hoping he would quit showbiz and go back to Ohio. He was cute-8 years ago when he was in 98 degrees and that was still in a beefcake-who probably would get lost in a large parking lot sense-.
What mystifies me is the backlash against her when he is so obviously the player and less likeable person-sympathy for his divorce must play a part. He acted like a bonehead on the show Newlyweds and his personality was carved into the more steady and house hubby character that was needed to balance Jess' obvious driving of the show with her personality.
Most important, I don't feel sorry for someone who cheats on their wife early in a marriage and wonders why it didn't work out. YEP, that's right. Go look at the early shows, he repeatedly went out and talked to other women about their marriage problems. And any crack psychologist can tell you that a man who discusses his problems openly with other women is not going to stay married and faithful. Try the early episodes with all his female dancers where he complains to them about her. 'Oh poor Nick, rich and married to a hot woman! Let me help you out of that dreadful marriage!!'
And now he is happily bonking Vanessa Minnilo an MTV VJ, and singing songs about heartbreak. Excuse me if I don't feel sorry for him or believe he is heartbroken at this date. And it's annoying to watch him dance across the country doing promos for the now old release while smugly smiling at the camera. It's like you can hear him thinking 'Now I'm finally getting the attention Jessica got!' Aaah, poor Nick, there's a reason she gets more attention than you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lachey
If you look at this posting it says that neither Jess or Nick would have a career without the machinations of Joe Simpson and the show Newlyweds-and this could be true. But Joe Simpson his dadager skills, their marriage and Jessica Simpson are another post and an entirely different blog. The point is Nick Lachey owes his current career success to his marriage and divorce of Jessica Simpson at this point. (Ouch, that hurts!)
Time could prove me wrong, but he faded in the late 90's next to the other boy bands of the time-that being N'Sync and Backstreet Boys- not a good sign for him, and I don't see him turning this current renaissance into anything long lasting. In fact the last two Us Weeklys don't even mention the Lanillo couple and it's a good thing because seeing them together makes him look bad and far from the pitiful image he put out to promote the album. Call me cold but seeing someone rich and out with a former Miss Teen USA doesn't bring pangs of sympathy to my heart.
There is some entertainment in covering the slings and errors of fate for celebs (duh!). But the ribbing of Simpson for her failed relationships, bad clothing choices(they picked on her for wearing sweaters last week!), and flub at the MTV VMA's are dumb and not entertaining-think lighter and less jealous girl nasty US. I can honestly say the jealous petty female attitude is not fun and if it doesn't work for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie- and it doesn't work for you.
At the same time some publicity is better than no publicity for Jess and she is in every issue of US Weekly as she should be at this time. Time will tell which part of this fallen couple will survive and thrive in the entertainment world. My money is on Jess Simpson especially with the new film 'Employee of the Month' opening this week. It promises to be entertaining and fun-love DANE COOK.
So it would be prudent for Us Weekly and other gossip mags to go easy on the charasmatic JS and back off LANILLO coverage which just makes Nick Lachey look bad. I mean it's just good business....
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Why ask Hastert to resign? Foley's the Guilty One.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/new_foley_insta.html
If you haven't read the newest round of messages that Foley sent to pages during the last Two congress' including the current one. Then you may have heard about his behavior through Fox News, CNN, or your local neighbor. And you probably can't decide what's worse, the guy in Pennsylvania shooting little Amish girls execution style or the former Florida Congressman who headed up a Panel in Congress to extend laws to protect children from sexual predators only to turn out to be one himself. (Whew that was a long sentence!) See above link for newest round of messages on Foley.
IF you don't read or watch or listen to the news at all, then this blog will make no sense to you. In the days since Friday the 29th of September 2006 many pundits, and Journalists, and politicos have expressed a rising dismay over the fact that Foley took advantage of his position of power to entice and use young adolescent men, specifically House pages, for what looks like phone sex. It seems that much more was possible with these men since one email points to a future date that would include underage drinking for Foley and one of the boys.
Really, many people knew Foley was gay. That was not a secret. I have known for years that he was gay and I believe the constituents he served also knew that about him. He seemed to be a man who cared about children in a good way. But the impact of his email messages is that they involve children who are victimized by his predatory behavior.
Conservatives express dismay at the unseemly behavior of this leader and how he behaved as someone in power in the Government; he has reinforced the idea that a powerful government is not a good thing.
Liberals have spearheaded a campaign to make Hastert resign or at least admit to knowledge of Foley's illicit behavior. It seems to be a bit ahead of the real problem: no one ever wants to admit that they know someone with a perversion like pediphilia. And anyone who says they have never denied that someone they knew committed an act like theft, rape, lying, or any of the other 7 deadly sins is flat out lying to themselves. Even if Hastert had been aware of the issues with Foley it would have only been in some vague degree and easy for anyone and I mean anyone to dismiss. Frankly, if he had known than that means everyone knew in the House and that makes the Democrats in the House look pretty bad too. It's just a fact that once a secret travels that far in the House; it's no longer a secret.
Until someone releases strong evidence that Hastert knew about the behavior and it was proven beyond a shadow of doubt; the call to remove Hastert from House leadership is nothing but a partisan campaign time trick. And the real issue is what needs to be done in the House to prevent male as well as female pages from being misused by the Congressmen or staff in the future.
Most importantly, this is not the first time a Congressman has misused their power to take advantage of a person-period. And it won't be the last.
If you haven't read the newest round of messages that Foley sent to pages during the last Two congress' including the current one. Then you may have heard about his behavior through Fox News, CNN, or your local neighbor. And you probably can't decide what's worse, the guy in Pennsylvania shooting little Amish girls execution style or the former Florida Congressman who headed up a Panel in Congress to extend laws to protect children from sexual predators only to turn out to be one himself. (Whew that was a long sentence!) See above link for newest round of messages on Foley.
IF you don't read or watch or listen to the news at all, then this blog will make no sense to you. In the days since Friday the 29th of September 2006 many pundits, and Journalists, and politicos have expressed a rising dismay over the fact that Foley took advantage of his position of power to entice and use young adolescent men, specifically House pages, for what looks like phone sex. It seems that much more was possible with these men since one email points to a future date that would include underage drinking for Foley and one of the boys.
Really, many people knew Foley was gay. That was not a secret. I have known for years that he was gay and I believe the constituents he served also knew that about him. He seemed to be a man who cared about children in a good way. But the impact of his email messages is that they involve children who are victimized by his predatory behavior.
Conservatives express dismay at the unseemly behavior of this leader and how he behaved as someone in power in the Government; he has reinforced the idea that a powerful government is not a good thing.
Liberals have spearheaded a campaign to make Hastert resign or at least admit to knowledge of Foley's illicit behavior. It seems to be a bit ahead of the real problem: no one ever wants to admit that they know someone with a perversion like pediphilia. And anyone who says they have never denied that someone they knew committed an act like theft, rape, lying, or any of the other 7 deadly sins is flat out lying to themselves. Even if Hastert had been aware of the issues with Foley it would have only been in some vague degree and easy for anyone and I mean anyone to dismiss. Frankly, if he had known than that means everyone knew in the House and that makes the Democrats in the House look pretty bad too. It's just a fact that once a secret travels that far in the House; it's no longer a secret.
Until someone releases strong evidence that Hastert knew about the behavior and it was proven beyond a shadow of doubt; the call to remove Hastert from House leadership is nothing but a partisan campaign time trick. And the real issue is what needs to be done in the House to prevent male as well as female pages from being misused by the Congressmen or staff in the future.
Most importantly, this is not the first time a Congressman has misused their power to take advantage of a person-period. And it won't be the last.
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