fresh to death!

[He condemned the United States, saying it played a role in 1 million deaths and forcing 5 million people to flee. He made no mention of the violence among Iraqi groups since the 2003 U.S. invasion.]

I bet he also "made no mention" of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who died during the totalitarian rule Saddam's Ba'ath Party, of which al-Zeidi was a card-carrying member.

[In Geneva, those issues faded as al-Zeidi was cheered by reporters and others...]

What's surprising about totalitarians like al-Zeidi being cheered by European Leftists?

The best stories - and therefore, the best characters - are reflections of timeless human struggles. A very good list above. A few I would add:

A father who, having failed his son throughout his life, redeems himself with a final act of selfless love. Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper's trailer scene in "True Romance". Pitch-perfect. Magic.

A lonely widow, desperate to reclaim the joys of happier times. Ellen Bursteyn in "Requiem for a Dream". A horrifyingly sad look at how drug addiction - of any kind - slowly and subtly consumes the victim. How "Traffic" won Best Picture in the same year that this was released is beyond me. You want to keep your kids from doing drugs? Show them this movie when they're about 12 years old.

A story as old time: a brother's jealousy and the torment of regret. This one may seem a bit odd but it's always been one of my favorite performances. Esai Morales in "La Bamba". He is incredible throughout, but especially in the finale when everyone learns of Ritchie's death. Set to the haunting song "Sleepwalk", when he screams out "Ritchie!"...well, it's just a simple and heart-rending and perfect ending that highlights the regret his character feels at knowing that he'll never have a chance to make things right with his brother.

Grey Man: Leftist intellectual cowards like Michael don't have a problem with Democrat/Leftist front groups who use taxpayer money to advise people on tax evasion and setting up underage brothels. Do you think he's really concerned about another lying leftist's refusal to answer phone calls?

It would be fun watching you eat those words in a few months when the charges are downgraded or dropped entirely. But as we all know, you won't have the courage to show your face by then.

Dr. King was a truly gifted orator:


"And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"


or this...


"Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!

And so I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!!"


What a shame that he's mentioned in the same breath as our useless President.

I actually think "Halloween (07)" is MUCH BETTER than the original, so I can't wait to see this one.

You're an abortion supporter, so the "issue" is completely moot. A person who believes in killing babies before they're born is in no moral position to lecture anyone on infant mortality rates.

And since you - personally - do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to decrease that rate, of which you claim to care so much, you are - again - in no moral position to lecture anyone about infant mortality rates.

It's called "hypocrisy", Lefty. Isn't that one your cults' favorite words?

Since you're so concerned about the "infants", I guess that means you're opposed to abortion, right? Or that you're handing over an extra 10% of your paycheck to do your part in helping reduce that infant mortality rate, right?

Thought not.

So shut up.

Canada is simply another feminized European culture...one that will be kissing our collective a$$es by 2050 when they look on in horror at Britainbul and Francestan.

For a perfectly illuminating - and hilarious - education in why comparing ourselves to the feckless Canadians is ridiculous, give this a read. An excerpt:

Though they don't know who they are, they know they're not us (roughly 9 out of 10 comparison surveys
are done by Canadians), so they bang that drum until their hands bleed. Still, it seems there is almost
nothing Canadian that isn't informed in some way by America. When the late Canadian radio host Peter
Gzowski had a competition to come up with a phrase comparable to "American as apple pie," the winner
was "As Canadian as possible, under the circumstances." In 1996, when Canadians were asked to name
both the greatest living and the all-time greatest Canadian, 76 percent said "no one comes to mind."
Another survey showed them to believe that the most famous Canadian was Pamela Anderson, star of
America's Baywatch. When Canadians were asked to name their favorite song, they settled on one by a
good Canadian band, The Guess Who. The song: "American Woman."