Oscar ideas?

Tom McMahon: Gay Westerns:

Butch Cassidy and His Life Partner the Sundance Kid

The Good, The Bad, and The So Five Minutes Ago

High Noon-ish

The Wild Brunch

She Wore A Red Lapel Ribbon (To Award Shows)

High Plains Choreographer


I thought these were funny....

Fascinating read!

TOM WALSH: State needs to value smarter workforce: "WMU hired EPIC/MRA of Lansing to interview owners or managers of 1,181 so-called new economy companies in Michigan and four competing states, including Ohio and Illinois, about how best to grow new companies and create the jobs of the future" ............."Taxes are important, but in a different part of the company life cycle. An emerging business may not care about taxes because it doesn't have profits yet, but it needs to find capital easily and quickly.
I hope the WMU connection doesn't whitewash what the executives really said in the full report. It's also possible that the executives see the "business atmosphere" as a greater problem in Michigan than a lack of educated grads (we do export hundreds of college grads out of our state) We'll see.....

Oops! Fun for the democrats!

Harris Cancels Election Trips (Florida Sen race): "U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Longboat Key, is canceling campaign stops in Southwest Florida as questions swirl about her ties to a Washington defense contractor at the center of a bribery scandal. "
Not good news for GOPers.

Why is this a "big" story?

Lawmakers rake it in - 03/05/06 - The Detroit News: "Legislative salaries haven't increased in more than three years but now stand at $79,650 -- higher than neighboring states with full-time Legislatures including Ohio ($56,260), Illinois ($57,619) and Wisconsin ($45,569). Indiana, whose Legislature meets about three months annually, pays its lawmakers $11,600 a year."
Maybe the salaries are on the high side but nothing has changed in the last three years. Sounds like The News wants grumpy voters soon.

CBS News calls him a "recent...graduate"

CBS News UNC Graduate Charged With Attempted Murder: "

(AP) A recent University of North Carolina graduate was charged with nine counts of attempted murder Saturday, a day after authorities say he drove through a popular campus gathering spot in an attempt to avenge Muslim deaths."
Imagine how C-BS would have headlined if this terrorist was a "Christian".
Gutless!
The Chronicle used the same headline.

Show this to a democrat and watch the fun!

Halliburton Eyed for Dubai Ports Deal:

Whisper "Haliburton, Rove, Haliburton, Rove......"

Cowabduction.com

Cowabduction.com
If you care about cows!

This sounds good

My Way News: "Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to withdraw from more West Bank settlements immediately after forming Israel's next government and to set Israel's final borders within four years if it wins upcoming elections"

Reporter is shocked!

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Slow home sales drive prices down: "The slow real estate market is driving down prices"
Suppy...demand? The connection seems to be a new concept to this reporter. I wonder why they don't blame Jennie..... oh, she's a democrat. Never mind.

Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless - New York Times

Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless - New York Times: "'On a family vacation this summer we needed to get access,' ..... needed to send an e-mail message to his boss on the East Coast from Ocean Shores, Wash.. 'I said, 'O.K., let's drive around the beach with the window open.' We found a signal, and the owner of the network was none the wiser,' Mr. Wolf said. 'It took about five minutes.'"
Is this stealing? I don't know.

Powerful voice against the Deal

The Editors on Port Deal on National Review Online: "Dump the Deal

The 45-day delay for more investigation into the United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World looked last week like a port in a political storm. Now it looks more like a trap. ...."we have yet to hear a compelling argument against it."

It's always good to hear both sides....Except when they have no argument.

Canadian oil flowing into United States

Canadian oil flowing into United States: "Canada has become the biggest exporter of oil to the United States with the re-opening of a pipeline from Alberta to Oklahoma."
Fill 'er up, eh?

How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator

Telegraph News How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator: "In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Teheran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear programme was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002."
Read This!

Nifty way to shorten bad movies

Short Film Ending! Videos
OK, just click on it! Even Audrey Hepurn (Wait Until Dark) would approve......Golly, would that farce ever end.....

This sounds strange

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting."

French Bistro non-attendees?

I guess they're not gonna come to the French Bistro Dinner but pretty funny anyway...

Hey Gordo, thanks for the invite... But we gotta pass.
Way too much carnage for a couple vegetarians: veal, duck, pork!

You need to watch “Babe” again!


When Mrs. X first became a veg, I thought, OK, that’s cool. I’m hip. I have a wife who’s a vegetarian! But then over a period of about 12 years, she “enlightened/brainwashed” me. These days, my daughter Nellie would get very confused if she found out I was eating ducks!

Today I was showing Nellie my old fishing gear from when we lived on our boat. I showed her a small aluminum bat and a gaff. I explained how I would gaff the fish, haul them aboard, and then clobber them on the head with the bat!! She was looking at me, like “what the heck are you talking about”? Fortunately, I never worked in a veal processing plant. That would be a tougher explanation.
Gotta love these parents!

My kid lived, I'm pissed. Give me your money!

Wizbang: Explosively Unique...: "Parents can sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday. "
Much more to this story. Read how our legal system works/doesn't work. Ugly.

A religion of peace?

Michelle Malkin: "The driver of an SUV that plowed into a group of pedestrians at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday told police it was retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, according to ABC News. "
Aren't these attacks on Americans in the USA moving from "aberation" to "what the heck is going on here?" pretty quickly?

Real Good Oscar review

THOUGHTS BY SEAWITCH: "This year, I am paying attention to the foreign film nominations. There are five up for nomination.

Sophie Scholl - The Final Days This film tells of the interrogations that Sophie Scholl underwent by the Gestapo for her involvement in an anti-war group called the White Rose.

Tsoti This one is about a African youth who is trying to get away from the gangs and redeem his life.

Joyeux Noel This one is about Christmas Eve in 1914 and how the soldiers who have been facing each other with guns try to bring a few brief moments of peace.

Don't Tell This is the story of a young woman who starts remember how her father molested her when she was a young girl and tries to learn the truth about her family history.

These are all wonderful stories about how individuals try to bring some peace and justice into their lives. Which brings me to the 5th nomination:

Paradise Now Does the glorification of suicide bombers really belong with those other films of redemption? No, it doesn't. "
She's just a blogger! How refreshing!

And the US media focuses on breached or topped?

Isaac Schr�dinger: A Message for the World: "It's curious that the Urdu writing above that text doesn't say the same thing.
Translation of the five Urdu words into English: 'It is appropriate to kill an offensive cartoonist.'"

And no US newspaper has the guts to publish the cartoons. The Muskegon Chronicle cowards didn't either.

A good father...

Tom McMahon: What I Have Learned In 15 Years: "It was 15 years ago today that our 8-year-old son Ryan suffered a severe brain injury that left him unable to walk or talk or feed himself. He was in the hospital (in two hospitals, actually) for over six months, and ever since has lived with us at home. I thought I would share some of the lessons I've learned in these past 15 years:"
Read this story of love with a hankie handy. Scroll down a bit.

Is this why Porky never wears pants?

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Prof resigns over graphic video: "Grand Rapids Community College professor resigned after allegedly showing ten seconds of a sexually explicit video in his criminal justice class. ..According to the paper, students begged to see it. Naves warned them it was an explicit clip of a man having sex with a pig.
Atlanta Lou ponders: "Then again, I suppose some guys don't know when "oink" means "no"."

Pay too much and the Feds freeze your money?

Scripps Howard News Service: "They were told, as they moved up the managerial ladder at the call center, that the amount they had sent in was much larger than their normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified. And the money doesn't move until the threat alert is lifted."
From correspondant AtlantaLou this nugget of Homeland Insecurity.

Didn't he just finish a world hunger tour?

Clinton crusades against obesity:

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Former President Bill Clinton and National Governors Association Chairman Mike Huckabee are fighting U.S. childhood obesity, a problem each has faced.
Hey, fat kids get hungry too!

Nifty way to avoid divorce!

Herald Sun: Sniper Mum goes free [04mar06]: "A MOTHER of five who dressed in camouflage and lay in wait in a sniper's nest before gunning down her abusive husband has been found not guilty of his murder"
"Honey, I'm home." just doesn't cut it all the time.

Mommas, do't let your babies grow up to be liberals...

Herald Sun: Jane Fonda says plastic not so fantastic [02mar06]: "Along the way the actor and activist has found God and important causes and lost three husbands and a pair of breast implants. Not a bad swap.

for "The Da Vinci Code" readers only

OpinionJournal - Taste: "The Conspiracy Code
A lawsuit against a fiction writer could spell trouble for the publishing world. "

Wow!

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: Chertoff Has 'Few Days Left,' Sources Say John Gizzi: "In the aftermath of the public revelation of the presidential 'teleconference' and mounting criticism of the performance of Michael Chertoff, Administration sources told HUMAN EVENTS today that the secretary of Homeland Security has 'only a few days left' in the Bush Cabinet"
Interesting to see if this is true and why.

Teachers, school board sign four-year contract

Teachers, school board sign four-year contract: "Wage increases. Teachers will receive a 2 percent increase retroactive for the 2004-05 year; 2 percent for the current year; 2 percent for 2006-07; and 1 percent for 2007-08. "
This doesn't seem too bad for either side.

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