Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Moved

You are looking at this blog in the new host. It already seems faster and I shouldn’t have those stupid memory errors I was getting on the old place. Hopefully, it won’t be down as much either.

I have the new blog up. Check it out. And remember to change your bookmarks.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Blame it on Ringo

Scam of the Day

To the people who think Obama is brilliant, you couldn’t be more wrong. Obama isn’t the future. His ideas are mired in the past where they failed before.

The amount of money that goes into executive pockets is staggering. So is the amount that comes out of those pockets in taxes: precious little. America’s super-rich are paying far less of their incomes in taxes than average Americans who punch time clocks. This is grossly unfair. The good news: Under Mr. Obama’s new plan to cut the deficit in half, the very richest Americans will start paying something closer to their fair tax share.

This article couldn’t be more wrong. The fact is, the amount of tax revenue paid by the top 1% of earners is almost $40 of tax revenues brought in by the government. 70% is by the top 10%. So how could they “not be paying their fair share”?

The “fair share” argument gets brought up by Democrats every election cycle and it’s a lie. If you over tax the rich, they will leave. You can’t put all the burden on the rich. They already pay more than their fair share.

If Obama was sincere but lowering the cost of government, he would shrink it. Not expand it. It’s simple economics. If a business having losses you have to cut expenses. That means lay people off, cut back on expenditures. You don’t increase expenditures!

Yet that is what Obama is doing. And he’s trying to pay for it with more debt and more taxes.  It’s idiotic. Not smart.

Yes, Democrats. Your smart president is a dolt.

Carnival!

Some amazing pictures from festivals around the world.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Chalk Art of the Day

Global Cooling!

A flashback to the 70s

O Oh

“I thought 8,000 was the floor, and it looks like 6,000 is the floor. People are angry, I’m getting angry.”

Chris Mathews (MSNBC)

Gosh, when the tingle guy gets mad at you, you’re in trouble now!

I guess Obama’s magic wand is on the fritz.

The Reality of Reality

My latest Big Hollywood piece.

The Oscars Were Tedious

Really no surprises except Sean Penn winning for Milk. So naturally he lectured everyone. And Bill Maher introduced documentaries. And gave his asinine speech about religion being the root of all evil. Whatever.

Personally I think actors should be barred from using “fearless”, :brave” and “courageous” when describing themselves or other actors. They have no idea what those words mean and it’s an insult to real heroes.

I think Slum Dog Millionaire deserved to win, but I think it was a major crime that The Dark Knight wasn’t even nominated for best picture or a host of other awards.

The real offense of the night didn’t come from Hugh Jackman’s awful singing but from the lack of applause for Charlton Heston during the segment where they remember industry people who passed last year. Everyone else got some. Especially Paul Newman who got the most attention. Newman was an ardent lefty. Surprise. 

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Live Blogging the Oscars at Big Hollywood

Check it out here. Bill Willingham is there, too.