Open Thread Thursday

Tennessee – I don't know if this is where they find the posters but you can go to http://www.impawards.com

Inspired by recent movies presented here, I decided to watch Adventures in Babysitting (and Action Jackson is on its way). I thought it was a cute movie (and it falls into the "Why don't they make movies like this anymore?" category). Elizabeth Shue never really did it for me but she's adorable in this film, as is the young daughter and her Thor "worship". I'm sure parents would be up in arms today, what with the two F-words even though they're appropriate in context and used for comedic effect and not in a sexual way. I guess it just depends.

I've actually made it 80s month on Netflix. I've got Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, D.A.R.Y.L., Summer School, Peggy Sue Got Married, Heavy Metal, and The Lost Boys (yes, I'm the one who still hasn't seen it) coming.

Because I've seen those already!

Steve – that is what can euphemistically be referred to as "heady praise" indeed. Since I had never heard of this one, I trotted on over to IMDB and it pretty much has to be the 1945 release about a british soldier who has fought in three wars adressing the question of whether conducting a war with honor is actually possible given it's true nature. Still, I see it was put on DVD a few years back by Criterion which tells me it is probably the best possible telecine and a fine film to boot.

Thanks Scott – I was probably thinking as much of the films themselves as the posters, but it should be a neat site to pereuse.

Wow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a blast, Heavy Metal is definitely one of my favorites and has a great soundtrack. You've got some real winners there….enjoy!

Cold Kentucky Rain
Suspicious Minds
Can't help Falling in Love
Burning Love
and some of his covers
Are my favorite Elvis Presley songs ever
Of course I voted for The Fat Elvis stamp so I'm a little biased towards his later stuff

OPEN THREAD MADNESS RANT…

Did anyone see Obama, blame Bush and the republicans again for HIS failing economic POLICIES….. damn, to funny!!!

Just wait till ACORN starts polling
Thats when Obama's numbers will reach the moon
/sarc

NAACP ,ACORN,and Al Sharpton all say black people have no responsibility for anything they say or do.
Hussein Obama's failed presidency will not be his fault
Bush and Cheney will be blamed when the next terrorist attack happens.
When all the companies leave the US they will blame BUSH
When Iran makes a nuke and launches it on Israel it will be blamed on BUSH
/spit

and comedians say Obama is giving them no material at all…

saw the sequel. it had it's moments, but nothing beats the feel of the 80's original.

Which time? It's his standard opening. 'Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to start off by saying it's all Bush's fault…"

Thanks Scott…..pretty cool site!

it is getting to be a cliche.
Can't the man stand on the stregnth of his own ideas? His followers do it all the time too. I wonder why they would use the man they consider the worst leader in the history of the galaxy as a defense.

The organizing philosophy of the Left
"Asked about his organizing philosophy, Andy Stern summed it up this way: “[W]e prefer to use the power of persuasion, but if that doesn’t work we use the persuasion of power.”
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/28/the-organizi...
/nothing to see here move along

An Obama appointed offical ordered the case against the Black Panthers blocking a polling station with weapons, be dropped.
Obama's 20 year relationship with the hate filled rantings of Rev. Wright.
Michelle "the only day I have ever been proud of my country was the election of my husband"
Eric Holder another white hating black man "white people are cowards"
Maybe it will take more then 1 beer with 1 white cop to overcome this.

Who let the New Black Panther Party thugs off?
"Last week, I reported on the Obama administration’s stonewalling of House efforts to investigate its decision to drop default judgments against New Black Panther Party thugs who menaced Philly voters on election day with nightsticks and racist epithets. Yesterday, I included the episode in my review of White House thuggery over the last six months."
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/30/who-let-the-...
Again /nothing to see here move along

I'm gonna go with Bush's fault, it seems to be the catch-all for everything Obama's administration screws up….

That's the thing. his ideas are shite….

The other day 15 people were shot in Chicago within an 8 hour period, almost everday I see on Drudge 6 dead in Chicago 3 dead and 4 shot in Chicago this has been going on for months right in Obam's hometown (the great community organizer) and somehow I neer see this in the MSM. I would bet the homicide rate in Chicago alone higher then Iraq and Afghanistan togeather.
In my town Tampa When a cab driver is killed the black community goes into "No Snitching" Mode.

When one of their innocent kids get killed they march for peace, ending violence, and for more police protection.

Then when the police have to kill some gun totting thug they march against the police and racial profileong.

I'm gettig tired of this little game but apparently Mr Obama stills wants to play it

Another good one by the always excellent, Tom Sowell:

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=MGI0OW...

I can read her articles all day long…. Persuasion of power…. I gather Michell has used that numerous times on Hussein!!!

Black panthers…. what a crock,,,,,,The white house stand up for there opinion's and the thing that bothers me about this… ANY white group would be shut down in a heartbeat and the media would crush anything left of them!!!!

Yeah Right !
I hear he has fits everytime someone mentions LGF
LOL

I never understood, "NO SNITCHING MODE" if it was my neighborhood, I would want the criminals in jail… but in the area's that this is prevalent, they almost hold any criminal in high regard.. I guess I am soooo OUT of the loop… that I have no clue… but it is a weird practice…

They already are
All republicans have been shut out of both houses in all commities
And the TEA party attendents are all racist .islamic, homphobes

Your right…I drew a blank for a second…. and WOW… look at that…..there have been a number of republicans groups shut down already!!!

while you're at it watch Kathryn Bigelow's masterpiece 'Near Dark'. Don't care much for the vampire stuff (unless it's Christopher Lee) but this is an extremely cool flick…

That is if you haven't already seen it…

I just added it to the Netflix queue. Thanks for the suggestion!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090730/pl_blo...

This bill just gets BETTER and BETTER!!!

Slowly but surely each state will fall by the waste side and STOP SUPPORTING THIS LOON WE CALL OUR PRESIDENT!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090730/ts_nm/us_obam...

he's one of this year's nominees for Biggest Douche in the Universe (along with Bill Maher and a few others).

I think Bill Maher wins that hands-down. He has the ability to utter one sentence and effortlessly reveal his douchebaggery.

Stewart is a lightweight. A flaming coward, but still a lightweight….

I think if Time and Newsweek would just put Obama on thier cover a little more often they will reallly start making the BIG money.

Thanks Joe…. I love seeing SLIPPING numbers….. I gather his next 3.5 years is going to a SLOW SLOW process… wow, a lame duck 6 months in!!!!

Sure you do, it is called Omerta. Used mostly by the Mafia.

Just wait til something really bad happens with North Korea or Iran, or something here like his Obamacare plan or Cap & Tax….

His popularity will fall faster than Michael Vick's career…..

Fortunately, the politicians, specially Democrats, are getting scared of the electorate. We will vote them out.

I would love to know if anyone has the balls to stand up for OUR COUNTRY… the hell with the party boundaries….. we need for someone to actually take action against this progressive liberal…

Someone mentioned it on the Coulter thread at Townhall so I don't know how true it is. I may have jumped the gun on this one, but it sounds like something that would be true.

/SPIT

Then Crowley and the FOP need to stand up to them. This is so ridiculous….

Thats pathetic….. APOLOGIZEs should be in order for CROWLEY!!!

Really? No material?

TOTUS or as I refer to them by secret service codename Binky 1 & 2, he next to never goes anywhere without them.

The sting of persons nominated for positions who have a problem paying their taxes. Granted the tax code is nearly 70k pages and should be max 1,000 pages.

The Czars, all 34…35, 36 of them.
1] their growing like rabbits.
2] czars didn't work out so well with russia
3] the power of the executive branch keeps growing and growing [is that a hydra or a new gov't? [not sure, I didn't vote for the later]

TARP crammed down the bank's throats [ok, that was bush/paulson]
Stimulas, with shovel ready projects… yeah, how many of those projects have started?

Breaking of contracts. Certified Bond Holders, the people who get paid first, didn't. Pension programs are heavily investing in secure bonds, you know guys like firefighters, cops, teachers. We're not talking daddy warbucks here.

Unions. SEIU exec meets with Barry once a week. [Halliburton didn't have that kind of access to Dick Chenny]

Israel. Not really supporting them. You might have notice they don't have the nicest neighbors of the world. [I wouldn't have A-jad over for a bar-b-que] Oh, they've canned their order of F-35 jets.

Speaking of Jets… Barry doesn't want more F-22's. It's not like their to replace the aging F-15 which now can't keep up with Air Force 1's new engines. F-22's can. [and yes, I'm still pissed they [Navy] put the Tomcat out of service. Its not like we were hitting targets in afganistan… oh, wait, we were. [wait, that was bush too or is that 2?] Its not like parts for the F-14 have gone missing. Yup, they have. Who else has F-14s? Iran.]

so thats Barry 6, Bush 2
No material?
or just lazy comedians?
Firing of GM's CEO.
Laundering money, near 100 billion around the world, through AIG.

By the way, Barry said he'd remake the country, what is he remaking into? Did anyone ask that during the campaign?

Earlier on Fox, they reported that Crowley is bringing his lawyer and another police officer to this prestigious "beer summit". I think family members of Gates and Crowley are also attending. Hopefully, that means there is less chance of an ambush.

WOW !
I just heard 2 Atlanta cops were suspened for doig a background check on Hussein Obama

I read this earlier Hank. The thing I would take notice of is the article was written on July 22. I imagine the spin doctors at the WH are making sure Mr. Gates, if he chooses not to apologize to Sgt. Crowley, sure as hell doesn't attempt to get one from him.

That would blow this whole thing up and make the president not look so good. It's all about the photo-op tonight. All about the image. Gates and the president each in their own ways, messed up. They would both be well served by a public apology to Sgt. Crowley and in the case of the president an apology to the Cambridge PD and to cops all across the country. He'd get a big bump in the polls if he were to do so. I'm not holding my breath. We'll see.

For the record, the sergeant is not looking for any apology from either man.

Jed, for what it's worth I've bought a vintage poster from Chisholm Larsson in Manhattan. I wasn't cheap but they're knowledgeable and fair. I was really impressed that the BOSS, Mr. Larsson called me himself with a few suggestions and tips…(framing,etc.) I'm an Audrey Hepburn fan and have a spectacular Argentinian half sheet, one of the very few in the entire world from "Funny Face", aka "The Pink Poster".

http://www.chisholm-poster.com/