Bhutto Assassination

10:34 am EST December 27th, 2007 | News | 7 Comments

To put it bluntly, this will not work out well.

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday outside a large gathering of her supporters where a suicide bomber also killed at least 14, doctors and a spokesman for her party said.

While Bhutto appeared to have died from bullet wounds, it was not immediately clear if she was shot or if her wounds were caused by bomb shrapnel.

You think maybe if we didn’t keep dawdling while Al Qaeda grows stronger inside Pakistan, things would be more stable there.

CK poses for iPhone

2:41 am EST December 27th, 2007 | News | 1 Comment

Test Photo of CK from iPhone, originally uploaded by owillis.

This is how we do it.

Merry Christmas

2:20 pm EST December 25th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Merry Christmas everyone…

Topic: Oliver's World

It’s A Wonderful Life ’07

10:56 pm EST December 24th, 2007 | Movies | 34 Comments

Just finished watching it for the ten billionth time on Christmas Eve, and I don’t know how anybody could argue that it isn’t one of the most liberal movies ever. Take for instance this scene where George explains to Mr. Potter why the perennially inefficient building and loan serves such a grand purpose in Bedford Falls:

George: Just a minute, just a minute. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. You’re right when you say my father was no business man. I know that. Why he ever started this cheap, penny-ante Building and Loan, I’ll never know. But neither you nor anybody else can say anything against his character, because his whole life was……Why, in the twenty-five years since he and Uncle Billy started this thing, he never once thought of himself. Isn’t that right, Uncle Billy? He didn’t save enough money to send Harry to school, let alone me. But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter. And what’s wrong with that? Why…here, you’re all businessmen here. Doesn’t it make them better citizens? Doesn’t it make them better customers? You, you said, what’d you say just a minute ago? They had to wait and save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home. Wait! Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they’re so old and broken-down that they….do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you’re talking about…they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn’t think so. People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they’re cattle. Well, in my book he died a much richer man than you’ll ever be!

Potter: I’m not interested in your book. I’m talking about the Building & Loan.

George: I know very well what you’re talking about. You’re talking about something you can’t get your fingers on, and it’s galling you. That’s what you’re talking about, I know. (to the Board members) Well, I’ve said too much. I….you’re the Board here. You do what you want with this thing. Just one thing more, though. This town needs this measly one-horse institution if only to have some place where people can come without crawling to Potter. Come on, Uncle Billy!

links for 2007-12-24

7:20 am EST December 24th, 2007 | News | Comments Off

The 56 Geeks

I’m #1!
It’s a Wonderful Life the lost ending

An even better ending to the best Xmas movie of them all
Bill Donohue makes up bizarre excuse to attack Huckabee

WIN… AND THEY’RE IN!!!!!

11:26 pm EST December 23rd, 2007 | News | 6 Comments

I DON’T KNOW HOW THE HELL THEY GOT HERE, BUT THEY’RE THERE. ONE WIN AND THE REDSKINS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

ADRIAN PETERSON? WHO DAT?

WE WANT DALLAS!
HAIL!!!

ALSO: I think Joe Gibbs at least muffled the haters with his challenge of too many men on field after the Skins hurried the snap behind a questionable catch. That was the boot on the throat of the Vikings.

Forget Hillary, Barack and John. GIBBS FOR PRESIDENT!

Topic: NFL

The Danny Offers Gibbs Two More

7:53 pm EST December 23rd, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

The idea that Joe Gibbs was going to be let go was so ridiculous.

With a game crucial to their playoff hopes coming up Sunday night against the Minnesota Vikings, the Washington Redskins have offered a two-year contract extension to head coach Joe Gibbs, according to a source.

Owner Daniel Snyder has said he’s confident he can convince the Hall of Fame coach, who is in his second stint with the Redskins, to stay in Washington.

It’s possible that Gibbs may not sign up for two more years, but I doubt he wants to leave on a down note. Plus, we got a game to play tonight.

Please. Please. Football Gods. Please.

Topic: Redskins

If Romney Wins New Hampshire, Can He Still Lose?

1:29 pm EST December 23rd, 2007 | News | 4 Comments

The Romney campaign was flailing at Mike Huckabee last week as Huckabee overtook Romney in the Iowa polls. This week, Romney is flailing at John McCain – who’s eating into his lead in New Hampshire. But even if Romney wins, he could lose. Romney was the governor of the neighboring state, and especially with the symbiotic relationship between Massachusetts and New Hampshire – they know him. John Kerry parlayed that into a 13% victory over Howard Dean in 2003 (the margin would probably have been higher had Dean not also been a northeastern pol). If Romney beats McCain in New Hampshire but by less than 10%, doesn’t that make him pretty weak?

Topic: 2008 Election

Ron Paul On Meet The Press

12:59 pm EST December 23rd, 2007 | News | 1 Comment

Welcome to planet fruitcake. Makes the rhetoric of people like Dennis Kucinich and the like seem like calm and moderate by comparison. I wonder if the few liberals who support him realize how nutty the idea of ending the income tax system is, as well as Paul’s shrug in response to the lost revenue.

Topic: 2008 Election