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Students & Professors meet Holocaust & Homosexual Denying Tyrant


The UN gives some love to Holocaust Denying Tyrant

And not to miss out on the chance some 400 professors and their brainwashed students also got some face time with the man who threatens other sovereign nation's existence.

Perhaps some responsible legislator, state or federal, could look into how much taxpayer money, in form of grants, loans, etc., goes to North Central College, SUNY at Old Westbury, and Chestnut Hill Academy.
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Pres. Obama channels John Lennon at the UN


Imagine ...

Robert Ferrigno, a fellow Seattle-ite and one of my favorite writers, wonders what Pres. Obama might sound like addressing the UN:
“As the great philosopher John Lennon sang,” said President Obama, winging it, using one of his never-fail college town stump speeches, “imagine there’s no countries, it’s uh . . . it’s not hard to do.”

Most of the ambassadors looked confused. The Chinese ambassador removed his earpiece, rapped it on his desk and put it back in place.

President Obama’s tongue felt thick but he soldiered on. “Nothing . . . nothing to kill or die for. And no religion too.”
...
“Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can,” intoned President Obama. “No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man . . . and women, men and women, and . . . and transgendered too.” He wiped his eyes, overcome for a moment with the beauty of the sentiments. “Imagine all the people, sharing all the world. . . . ”
It would be hilarious if it was not so frightening.
Tags: UN   obama   lennon  
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Imagine if McCain or Palin had said this


1929 Experimental television

"Daddy, who is that man and what did he do with President Hoover?"

That's the question Jesse Walker, at Reason.com thinks someone might have asked if Senator 'Slow' Joe Biden's take on Depression era history actually reflected ... you know ... history. Here's what 'Slow' Joe uttered to Katie Couric:
When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, "look, here's what happened."
Needless to say, Katie Couric didn't refute 'Slow' J's take since she, as hard as it may seem possible for someone in her position, probably knows less about history than the Senator from Delaware.

Imagine if Senator John McCain or Gov. Sarah Palin had uttered this stupidity.
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Knight Rider II suffers from BDS


New car. Same ol' BDS.

NBC's new Knight Rider, is described by the show's creators as a sequel to the original Knight Rider series, rather than a remake. Unfortunately the new KITT isn't fast enough to escape Hollywood's knee-jerk, reactionary Leftism.

KITT's new driver is a former Army Ranger working with the FBI. The bad guys however is a bunch of out of control mercenaries working for whoever will pay the bills. If their client is Middle Eastern country looking to start a war, then so be it. The name of the evil mercenary organization is ... wait .. for ... it ... "Black River".

Ouch ...  I think I just sprained my eye sockets from excessive eyeball rolling.

These so called artists threw in a shot at Blackwater USA and by so doing threw me completely out of their story, which up to that point really wasn't all that bad.

It is the rare television show or movie that doesn't include some kind of sucker punch at those of us who think the men and women who choose to work with the American military, even as civilian contractors, are brave and honorable souls.

If this is the best the new Knight Rider is going to get, I suspect this show will have a short shelf life.
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Watchmen courthouse premier?



It began in February 2008, but that didn't stop production. Now Fox and Warner may meet in a Los Angeles federal court in January to settle their legal dispute. Will this stop Watchmen's scheduled March 6th, 2009 release date?

The Democrat Times of New York article (linked above) is fascinating in the behind the scenes glimpse it gives in getting a property like Watchmen turned into film. What struck me is how the project moved from company to company before it finally got made. It started at Fox, then traveled through Largo International, then Universal and Paramount before finally getting made by Warner, with Paramount set to distribute internationally.

So Zack Snyder does what no one else seemed capable of doing, translating this complex book into film, and now it looks like a bunch of suits and lawyers could keep it from being seen by the public.

Cue Ethel Merman -



Ouch, so that's what a subpoena feels like.
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The Obama Campaign Theme Song?



I think I've come upon the Dalai-Bama's campaign theme song. And if it doesn't work for "The One from Chicago", then it certainly works for his propaganda machine the Main Stream Media. The song?

"You Can Get Away With Anything" from the Andrew Loyd Webber musical, "The Woman in White"

"You can get away with anything
It all comes down to style
You'll have a captive
audience
As long as you beguile
Yes you can have your cake and eat it
The love of those whom you betray
...
You can get away with anything
to prove it is my sport
I live to push the boundaries
to break the rules, in short
One must be something of a bounder
if one intends to play this game
There's only one thing that one has to have
one has to have
no shame
Yes I can get away with everything because I
have no shame

Photo HT: Dirty Harry's Place
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Yoga-nuts for Obama


All praise The One From Chicago

A yoga studio is having a day of stretching and dance for the Dalai-Bama in order "to demonstrate the power of our community to effect positive change in the world." Or at least positive change in their heart rate and flexibility, which will do wonders for homeless in Seattle.

Electing the first female Vice President is not considered "positive change" by this group of "open-minded" and "tolerant" Yoga-nuts, given that they are taking donations for the Obama presidential campaign.
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Count me as one of the Unpatriotic

Joe Biden's idea of Patriotism comes with the threat of men with guns kicking in your door and prison time. It result in millions of Americans doing this at the dining room table.



My idea of patriotism, on the other hand, comes from love of country, the amazing American Experiment, great men like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, et al, and is inspired by this:



So forgive me if I and millions of other Americans don't jump on Slow Joe Biden's "taxes is patriotism" bandwagon.

HT: KJL @ NRO.
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Comics in Greece - UPDATE

I posted, a while back, about trying to find a comic shop in Greece, and my lack of success. Thanks to a Book Festival happening beneath the Acropolis I found one.

Greek comic fans can get their fix at the COMICWORLD shop in Korydallos or Chalandri (Warning: you need to be able to read Greek to get anything from the link to the COMICWORLD website). The two guys tending the COMICWORLD booth both spoke English, which is not uncommon in Greece. It also served them since a lot of what they sell is in English.

At the COMICWORLD booth I browsed a copy of Batman Hush Vol. 1, which they were selling for €13 Euro, which is about $19 US, for a book with a cover price of $13 US. $2.99 US comics went for about €5 Euro, about $7 US. I'm presuming the cost increase is due to cost of importing the English language books into Greece, but I'm not certain. I am certain that I won't be buying any comics while visiting Greece. Until, that is, the American Dollar has greater value than the Euro.

I wish nothing but the best to the guys in Greece selling these books. I hope there shops are successful. I just wish Greeks were getting a better picture of America from the books they sold. Unfortunately, we all know that comics are just as anti-American as the rest of entertainment media.
Tags: comics   Greece  
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Deep-Pocket Chopra's view on Patriotism


I may be from a lousy movie, but I'm not that stupid.

If I needed another reason to not like Deepak "Deepockets" Chopra, other than his inane "spirituality", this is certainly it.

According to ol' Deepockets, "Patriotism [is] the usual fallback in a failed war."

There were a lot of patriots during the American Revolution, American Civil War and WWII. So according to the Left's favorite guru, these must have been failed wars.

HT: Dennis Prager
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McCain is, like, old, dude



I bet you did not know that John McCain is getting a bit on in years. If not the Obama campaign is hard at work reminding Americans to be "age-ists" come this November.

I wonder if anyone at the Dalai Bama's campaing HQ every heard of Banana George? Or maybe Jack Lalanne?

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CNN in Europe - On 9/11



9/11 in Greece, CNN as the only English news source, is not the best way to remember that day.

CNN did spend a few brief moments reviewing the events in the context of a report about the memorial to those who died at the Pentagon on 9/11. I don't have an opinion about the memorial itself. Clearly the architect gave it a great deal of thought and, since it is on Pentagon grounds, the military approved it.

CNN could not help itself on 9/11 and had to immediately follow this respectful report with an shot at American activity since that terrible day. The story that followed the Pentagon 9/11 memorial was about a Middle Eastern college student who, following the Fascislamist attacks against America, thought it would be a good idea to download an al Qeada manual from the internet. He was held and questioned for several days by authorities who were naturally on edge and looking for anyone interested in Fascislamist activity.

CNN made it clear with this report their opinion of the West's war against Fascislamism. If it does not involve pointless negotiation by European wimps diplomats, then CNN does not like it.

The Middle Eastern student CNN chose to interview was absurd on its face. He made the comment that American activity, like his short detention and questioning, was radicalizing and creating more fascislamist terrorists. That clearly did not happen in his case. So who was he talking about? We'll never know. CNN never bother to follow up an assertion made without evidence if that assertion fits CNN's left-liberal worldview.
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Comics in Athens, Greece

Looking for a comic shop in Athens, Greece? Good luck!



Hitting the link in the image above should take you to Diamond's 'international' comic shop locater page. Unfortunately, the database only has cities in England or Ireland. Guess my next vacation will be to one of these nations.

I'm keeping my eyes open for Athenian comic shops, but I gotta say that the beaches are far more alluring than a smoke filled shop.

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Athenians for Obama

Athens (Greece, I mean - I've never been to Athens, GA) seems to love Barak Obama.



In the Athens Voice - a free city newspaper that comes out each Thursday - has a long article about America's election. Accompanying the article was a full page spread of the above picture. Missing from this image is a massive "YES, WE CAN" that was printed in the black space below The One's visage.

My gracious wife has translated the article's title and summary. It reads:
"New York: Yes, We Can - The Athens Voice watches the American Election.
"Obama entertains the international request for change, believing that this time the people will dare."
I cannot wait to see the Athens Voice reaction to a winning McCain/Palin ticket.
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It's a CNN World

I'm currently vacationing in Athens, Greece and, therefore, am stuck with CNN for news and information, since I do not understand the Greek newscasts.

On Monday CNN's big news was, of course, Hurricane Gustav. In the hours before the hurricane made landfall CNN had a couple of local New Orleans reporters talk about the preparation for the storm. The locals guys were asked how the evacuation had been progressing. They reported that things were going quite well, as compared to the run up to Katrina.

Not satisfied with this bit of relative good news, the CNN anchor kept hammering away at how bad things might be if the city is not prepared. This was despite the fact that locals were reporting that the area was much better prepared now then it was three years earlier.

It is one thing to do nothing but present bad news, it is something else entirely to actively search for bad news in the middle of a newscast that relayed how well things were going.

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