Brad Pitt is in the BP execution business, and business is booming.
The Right Stuff: The Economist picks up where I left off last week with a puff piece on Indiana governor Mitch Daniels. The article sheds some light on Daniels’ positions and challenges ahead if he wants to run for President.
More problematic, it is unclear that a clever, measured candidate stands a chance within the Republican Party. Neo-cons are allergic to talk of defence cuts. Social conservatives were rabid after Mr Daniels, anti-abortion himself, told the Weekly Standard that he favoured a temporary truce on social issues. “It just happens to be what I think,” he says, arguing that politicians need to unite on urgent matters of national security and debt. He is also unlikely to fire up tea-partiers. “Didn’t somebody say in a different context, ‘Anger is not a strategy’?” he asked your correspondent over a rare plate of steak and chips.
This attitude is refreshing, but I think The Economist is right.
Time to Raise Taxes: What’s the difference between institutional Democrats and Republicans? I’m not so sure, but both groups seem primed to raise taxes because they’re incapable of reducing the size of government. Veronique de Rugy at The Corner discusses this problem.
Even the Republicans, as a party, haven’t come out with a list of things, a list of agencies or programs, to cut. We shouldn’t consider raising taxes until we have cut spending, which shouldn’t be that hard with a $3.8 trillion budget (roughly $1.8 trillion larger than in FY 2000). Are we claiming that this $1.8 trillion increase since 2000 all went to indispensable programs that should never be cut?
Avatar: Special Edition: Didn’t catch Avatar the first time around? Well, James Cameron’s visually stunning but ultimately boring movie is being re-released. I can’t imagine sitting through it again. The special effects were amazing, but this movie will be largely forgotten in ten years. The story just isn’t compelling. Save your money and catch Pocahontas on the Disney Channel sometime instead.
The Breaking Point: You know a story has reached its full saturation point when a political science expert like Roger Ebert takes time to write about the Ground Zero Mosque. He takes time to rip Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Glenn Beck while at the same time citing Mein Kampf. Can Ebert just stick to reviewing movies? Oh, wait… he’s not even good at that either.
Capital Punishment: Typically, Hollywood liberals are opposed to the death penalty. The movie, The Life of David Gale is a fine example. Well, actually it’s not a good example. The idiots that put that film together were obviously anti-capital punishment, but the move actually made me wish David Gale was executed earlier in the movie. Anyway, I digress. It appears Brad Pitt is now in favor of capital punishment… for those responsible for the oil spill.
Actor Brad Pitt, whose Make it Right project has spearheaded efforts to build 150 affordable and sustainable homes in the Big Easy’s hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward, is prominently featured. Reflecting on those responsible for the oil spill, Pitt can barely contain his contempt.
“I was never for the death penalty before,” he says. “I am willing to look at it again.”
There simply isn’t enough intelligence in the world to cure Pitt’s idiocy. With all due respect, can we put Pitt to death for Legends of the Fall?
NAACP: I wonder how long it will be before the NAACP repudiates its own racist elements? In the most cynical way the NAACP is the big winner in their race-baiting conference. The organization has become irrelevant, but here we are, still talking about the group after two weeks. The biggest winner is Andrew Breitbart. Mr. Breitbart continues to break news and drive liberals crazy (not that it’s difficult). BTW… Has anyone come up with incriminating evidence from the D.C. protest that proves Tea Partiers shouted racial epithets at black congressmen? Andrew Breitbart’s $10,000 reward still stands. It seems odd that in the era of the cell phone camera and the iPhone that no one can produce even a shred of evidence supporting racism at a Tea Party. Maybe that’s because there is no such evidence because it only exists in the fever swamps of the left? We flush and you make the call!
U.S. Manufacturing: I know there’s a lot of doom and gloom these days, but Carpe Diem sheds some light on why losing manufacturing jobs isn’t necessarily a bad thing unless you manufacture stuff. What is Mark J. Perry’s conclusion? A threefold increase in worker productivity is a major reason why there are less manufacturing jobs. Losing jobs is never pleasant, but manufacturing is going through the same cycle that farming went through 150 years ago. Soylent Green is people! Aughahgaghagagh!
Constituency: It looks like President Obama has found his constituency. The President’s approval rating sucks throughout most of the United States, but the residents of Washington, D.C. give Obama an 85% approval rating! It’s worth noting that the top ten states where Obama has the highest approval are also some of the most bankrupt. I guess if a state is used to bad leadership, what difference does it make? It might also have something to do with the fact that most of the residents either work for the government, are on the dole, are in their sixth year of graduate school or are otherwise drags on society.
More Good News: It appears the oil seepage two miles from the oil spill isn’t related to the BP disaster. I know that’s a load off the minds of the American people. Sure, there’s another leak out there polluting the Gulf, but at least BP isn’t responsible. It’s Obama’s fault!
Finally… It appears the racist member of the NAACP has resigned. The good news just keeps on coming. I’m sure the whole thing is a big misunderstanding and the truth is really that I’m a racist for even pointing out this story.
Update: It appears the video that was at the center of the controversy was edited in the worst possible way. Shirley Sherrod’s story is actually touching, except for the Marxist sentiments. However, it must be noted that the crowd of NAACP members seems on board with the whole “our kind” message. I expect that to be an overlooked part of this story.
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