Opening Stuff.
There are day's when the world slows down; you sense the beauty in details of little scenes passing by in slow motion; small events that raise the beat of your heart, bring small shivers to your spine. You savor and store them away for a busier day. And relive their beauty when the sun turns into gray.
Need a bailout, come to America. France's Peugeot-Citeon is drowning in red ink, and guess who's stepped in to tow awy the wreck -- the US taxpayers thorugh it's GM reclamation. The day after GM bought the financial mess, Moody's downgraded the P-C bonds to Junk Status. They dumped $400 Million of US Taxpayer assets into Junk Bonds! Auto experts are dumbfounded as to the reason why GM would need to pay that much for anything that Peugeot possesses technologically. And here's an interesting facet, they paid that much with no plans to renegotiate labor contracts bleeding the company -- a near impossibility anyhow in a socialist country. But hey, President OBama loves Europe and the French. Maybe it's just part of the planning for his next world job.
The Question:
I have always been intrigued for some reason by Linda Fiorentino. Maybe it was her wry smile. The last movie I remember with her was "Where the Money Is" with Paul Newman. Name five of her other better known films.The Headlines:
--Economy Adds 200,000 Jobs For 3rd Straight Month; Market Ticks Up.--Netanyahu Has Bunker Busters On His Mind.
--Greece Looking Forward To "Next Bailout" After Bond Swap Finger In The Dike.
--New Documents Showed Japanese Feared Fukushima Meltdown From Day 1.
--Pope Denounces US Political Push To Legalize Gay Marriage.
--Repubs Take To the South; Illinois Next Big Delegate Contest.
--Pakistan Taliban Say the Will Attack If Bin Laden Widows Aren't Released.
American Idol: I agree with letting Jeremy go. But, what last night's show showed me is that the younger set is voting again. That's why I wasn't surprised that 16 yo Shannon made it, and frankly I think she will grow as the show wears on. More indicative of the youth vote maybe the fact that one of the older singers Erika Van Pelt was in the bottom three women. (She could have been as high as 8 overall). She has a big voice, but with and a presence more attuned to the likes of older viewers. Of course I think she's fantastic becasue she works around the corner from here. I'm thinking next to go will be Jermaine Jones. At least, that's from my perspective of people I don't want to watch any more.
It seems that one of the underlying issues in America is that people have traded feelings of community for feelings of self.
In a related note, a news item says that banks are foreclosing on churches in record numbers. The church, one of many institutions, which for years which bound communities together, are losing membership...to what? To people's need to satisfy their personal whims? BTW, another new study shows compellingly that church goers are far happier than secularists. Even committed liberals agree, (Those with the ability to think rationally) saying there should be no question that this is not true.
For all of those spend more per gallon on water than gas, check out these recent research findings. The vast majority (Except those in Newport RI) say tap water just as good or better. Second, you are as likely to find impurities in bottled H2O as you are in water from taps. Three, 25% of all bottled water comes from city water supplies including Coke's Dasani. And, there is that plastic bottle that takes 17 million barrels of oil each year to produce. So you are drinking a beverage that costs more than gas whose packaging is a part of the consumption that is increasing the cost of gas.
The good news about the Greek bailout is that the creditors will only lose half of their money! Everybody is worried about the Greek gimmie society, and not the people who make their largess a reality. The same thing is being played out in the RI statehouse right now as we speak where union supporters there (Aren't they all?), are putting forth collective bargaining bills that will only result in holding the Public Union employees creditors hostage -- The RI taxpayer. The beat goes on and the only thing that happens is that people pay more for the same mediocrity. You can never let these union leadership thugs off the hook, because they will never give in to common sense. Union leaders here are a little like those in Teheran -- they'll say anything to buy time.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Friends With Kids is one of those younger generation family movies where the leading couple has a kid because of the old biological clock, and their best friend's growing family, but isn't really sure they want it. The father said "He's 100% for it but can only give 50% of his time. (Are we really becoming more civilized?) It's predictable but actually entertaining.
--Silent House is a grabber about a young woman sealed in her house after her father has been grabbed by unseen forces. It is a study in terror as the girl wonders about what's outside her hide-away.
--In John Carter, a movie based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs book (He wrote the Tarzan novels), Carter a former military captain is transported to Mars where he finds that the survival of humans there is entirely in his hands. Not great.
Almost Near: Chapter 64 continues. --"Something is weird here. When are we going to see our mother." Sheila moves towards the door.
"There's nothing weird here. I'm going to take you to your mother in a few minutes."
Rebecca has not relaxed her Rudy like stare. Tucker's brow begins to sweat as he remembers the last time he saw that stare, just before he hit their father with a shovel. But he deserved it. These children don't. They're part of my family.
Rebecca bolted for the door. She almost reached it, but a swipe of Tuckers arm knocked her against the wall, banging her head as she fell into a lump.
A confused Sheila started to scream. "What did you do to my sister?'"
Tucker rushed to her and knelt down, "Sheila, Sheila, don't scream, Don't cry. It was an accident. I would never hurt you and your sister. Comon' let's go see if Beck is ok." And then we'll go see Mom."
The Answer:
Linda Fiorentino was in many decent movies. She may be best know for Dogma, but she was always good in the others like The Last Seduction, Men In Black, After Hours, Once More with Feeling, Body Count, Chain of Desire, Strangers and Larger than Life.I particularly like taking it easy.
Gone the days when stomach's queasy.
Worries and frets and thinking about
Visions of woe that never turn out.
The best thing good for the human brain,
Is to think about sun and not the rain!
Have a great weekend everybody!
