Open Thread Thursday

Good news !
Cheney For President? Slim Odds But Not Impossible
With this being the end of summer and Congress still on recess, maybe James Taranto was stuck for a topic when he used his Wall Street Journal column to float Dick Cheney's name as a possible Republican candidate to challenge Barack Obama in 2012. Dick Cheney?
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/02/blogs/coo...
/'Woohooo !

Barbara Stanwyck – a great actress from a great era of cinema.

CHARLIE UPS THE RACE-CARD ANTE
First it was Gov. Paterson. Now the dean of New York's congressional delegation has played the race card — and just as the governor did, he's using President Obama to do it.
Rep. Charles Rangel said Tuesday that "bias" and "prejudice" toward Obama are fueling opposition to health-care reformhttp://www.nypost.com/seven/09032009/news/regiona...
/I have said before Hussein Obama has set race relations back 50 years

I can't help with the second, but the first…by this point in the franchise, "Grand Theft Auto" is the name of the franchise even though you do a LOT more than just steal cars in the game (carjacking, mugging, gunrunning, shootouts, armed robbery…good times). Kind of like how the third movie didn't take place on Elm Street, but it was still called "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3…"

As for "Gay Tony," in the expansion, you follows the exploit of a new protagonist, Luis Fernando Lopez, a member of the Northwood Dominican Drug dealers and the personal bodyguard of Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince.

And I play these games for the same reason I enjoy a movie like "Heat" or "Taken." It's fun to be a "bad" guy once in a while.

Unfortunately not fully (well) written or fully funded, let alone read or understood, didn't stop the "stimulus bill" of the "cash for clunkers" program.

admittedly I'm not a gamer. But if it makes sense to the target audience, so be it.

as for the eyelash stuff, apparently it is a topical solution. My guess would be like rogaine and propecia. But it seems to be safe for women to use, as they appear to be the target audience.
I don't understand the trauma with bad eyelashes. but I also don't understand the trauma for a man being bald either.

I know liberals love to bash Glenn Beck, but the guy speaks the truth.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,545920,00.htm...

After reading this, is it any wonder why this country is worse off now than we were last Christmas? And BP just found a huge deposit of oil in the Gulf of Mexico……WTF is this administration doing to us??

"I PLEDGE" – one of the most frightening videos I have ever seen. Worse than the brainwashed black kids marching and chanting in a school room.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13249171?_requestid...

Who put this thing together? Aston Kutcher? Who are these robot flunkies he has in there? Who is the white tattooed freak who kisses both his arms and pledges himself to Obama? Who is the chick with Kutcher who pledges herself to be "a servant to Obama"? Who is the guy who vows/suggests that he will only flush the toilet after a dump and not a whizz? It's a freak shiw that they wanted to make school kids sit down and watch and absorb.

I anxiously await the moment that this presidency is over and done with. Until then, I beware everything Obama.including that witch who lives next door to me with the "Obama Momma" bumper sticker on her car – the same chick who was arrested for DUI recently.

One of my favorite actresses. What is curious is she had a show-biz friendly name, Ruby Stevens, yet it was changed.

When people talk about the great actresses of the golden age of film, a lot of the time, they bring up Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis. Both were great actresses, but in my humble opinion, Stanwyck blows them both away. She made it seem so effortless.

I miss flagging myself daily. I can still send emails, but it's just not the same.

Charlie Rangel the tax cheat, chairman of the Way and Means committee, the man who is stiffening up tax loop holes to snare the evil rich, stated the reason that we don’t support Barry’s Marxist schemes, is racism. See how easy that is, you excuse any behavior because of race. By the way, the tax laws that he writes don’t apply to him because of his race, and all that he does is for the children.

I would GOOGLE….."The Obama" and "Healthcare"……then visit the site of each result ……copy and paste into the email……to forward to flag@whitehouse.gov………along with the url as subject line…….it was so fulfilling to get to stick it back to those "idiots".

Sadly, they closed down that email address. I guess there was just way too many fishy things going on in America. And far too many patriotic Americans like myself who gladly supplied them tips multiple times a day.

White House Withdraws Call for Students to 'Help' Obama
The Obama administration is rethinking its course recommendations for students ahead of President Obama's address to the the nation's schoolchildren next week, rewriting its suggestions to teachers for student assignments on how to "help the president."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/03/white-...

She was great in that, no doubt. I think I first became aware of her in "The Benny Goodman Story" playing opposite Steve Allen. My dad was a huge Goodman fan and I was a huge Steve Allen fan so I clearly remember that movie. By all means see it if you haven't. Later, I really got to know her on "The Donna Reed Show" with Carl Betz, Shelly Fabres, and Paul Peterson in a kind of "Mother Knows Best" early 60's style sit-com. Of course my last remembrance was she filled in for a season as Miss Ellie on "Dallas."

Being from Philadelphia, we have plenty to apologize for too…..

The mayor's name is Nutter for chrissakes!!!!!

He may be sorry he asked for it. My daughter, 16 years old, is already complaining about having to pay back the trillions already borrowed on her dime.

I know what conventional wisdom has to say about the political leanings of young people. And I am awed by the exceptions in what I see. There is hope!

I'm sure he was remorseful. It most likely cost him the White House. It's not fair to keep American royalty from the preordained destiny.

My local public access station has a program with Tom Hatton hosting really old movies. Last week he showed "Lady of Burlesque," which has long been on my list of 'so bad, it's good' movies. Stanwyck is terrific in it, but it also has Michael O'Shea, Pinky Lee, and the wonderful Iris Adrian in the cast. Good fun.

"I PLEDGE"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcPA1ysSbw

A direct link to the video. If you have not yet seen it, watch it now! KNOW YOUR ENEMY!

OK – I don't know how I missed this when it first hit back in January of this year.

Where is the outrage? I had to see it on Drudge in some SLC newspaper.

Has it been laughed off and dismissed? A deluded pig in Trader Joe's the other day – an employee there – came out of the men's room and then when he saw me out there waiting, he went back in and flushed the toilet. I asked him, "So if I wasn't here, you wouldn't have flushed the toilet?" His reply – "It was only urination." That was a week ago. Now I see this "Pledge" video and i know where he got the idea. I called and complained last week, but I didn't ID him by name. Today I will.

This is the ideological war that Obama has amped up in America. The flushers vs the non-flushers. Oddly, it is the flushers who are not willing to shit our country away vs the non-flushers who want to live in their own world of piss.

I condemn Obama and every shit-faced 'movie star'.for appearing in that thing, particularly the far-out pigs and bent-brains with the extreme wacko stuff. Such vapidity. I'd like to kick that Aston Kutcher back to his scumbag Hell that he came from.

Who here is ready to be a "servant" to that psychopath Obama?

This is my reply to Mr. Nolte's thread from yesterday about PC villains. I posted it there but it'll probably get lost in the shuffle.

This came up in another thread several months ago and I expressed my opinion that the iconography of World War II, whether we're talking about music or uniforms or even the architecture, simply lends itself to movies. Take Where Eagles Dare for example. Could you really do that movie today in the Middle East? Eastwood and Burton couldn't exactly pass themselves off as Arab terrorists and the hot blonde SOE agent would have to be covered from head to toe to avoid suspicion. And, IMHO, when you're dealing with an enemy that would simply blow you (or himself) up, it sort of limits your options.

Now I'm not excusing anyone. A creative writer who does his homework could make it happen. It's just that many of the conventions we normally associate with war movies would have to be thrown out the window.

Is Fox jumping the shark ?
Imus Joins Fox Business Net
"Imus signed a multi-year deal with FBN to simulcast 'Imus in the Morning' weekdays from 6-9amET along with his radio syndication. The announcement stated that Imus will be incorporating more business news into his format."
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/the_revolvi...

Liberals love to bash Glenn Beck BECAUSE he speaks the truth.

We will not be allowed to touch the Gulf oil, BUT we sent 2B to Brazil so THEY could develop their oil fields. And, Obama will probably let the ChiComs take the oil in the Gulf in exchange for eating up more of our debt.

My husband's been on this "if it's yellow let it mellow" kick recently. Mostly over concerns regarding water consumption. It's OK, but only UP TO A POINT. (He's NOT an Obamafan.)

I'll tell him about this video, though, and that should end things.

Read a bio of hers earlier this year ("Stanwyck," by Axel Madsen)…very entertaining and informative, but, alas, I came away with the sense that she didn't have a happy life, and was not a good mother. She had a wretched, orphaned childhood (mother killed by streetcar, dad takes off shortly after, shuttled from relatives to foster homes)–that steeliness was no act! Amazing success but two failed marriages. Worked like a fiend, a staunch political conservative (the author clearly doesn't have a high opinion of HUAC or the MPA), but I was left with the sense that she was a very sad woman. The book is a good primer on the old studio system and the rough transition many had to the rise of television, not to mention the eternal difficulty of being an aging actress. (some things have never changed)

I'm listening to Mark Steyn at the moment, who's subbing for Rush, and he's making a ruckus over it. And while I don't think its all that big a deal, he does have a very valid point.

He mentioned a trip to Iraq (not sure when he went) and said when he was touring elementary schools, every class room had a empty square on the walls, where the paint had faded around portraits of saddam.

He also got a translation of the elementary grade first reading books, the equivalent of our Dick and Jane series. In it the characters praise the benefits of learning to read and write so they can sing and write praises of the glory of saddam.

His point is that's the kind of thing that happens under third world dictators, and not in first world schools.

The polite kind from upstate.

Movie Idea:
Working Title: The Religion of Pieces
Synopsis: Eccentric Inventor, Government Agent and Billionaire Philanthropist get together to fight their own War on Terror. Whenever possible, they create situations where terrorists inadvertently blow themselves up before they can harm others. Muslim extremists are also subliminally coaxed into "dying for Allah" by swallowing golf balls, breaking into dangerous animal enclosures at the local zoo, subjecting themselves to degrading methods of self-asphyxiation and so on.

"never romantically involved with her."

So why did it take him an hour and 15 minutes, at least, to get from their party to the dike bridge? He could have circled Chappaquiddick Island 10 times in that space. His whole story is a lie and not even remotely a good lie.

I think a lot of the message will be lost on the kids, sure. I like the idea, you know, the President gives a positive address to students about studying hard, dream big, rah, rah. That's fine. But the fact that it's coming from Obama gives me the heebie geebies. Especially when some of the recipients are high school seniors, who are at or close to voting age. Things are rotten in the state of Denmark.

I think Washington and Lincoln portraits are different story, being long since passed away. I do remember a portrait of Kennedy in the office, with his line about "Ask not what your country can do for you…." But I imagine there were a lot of them following his assassination.

I agree that this kind of behaviour is completely inappropriate when done in public places. You would be surprised (I hope!) at how many times I walk into a women's restroom somewhere and it is FILTHY. You would think that with all the cleaning up most women do after their kids and husbands, they would know better and act differently. But no! They can be the worst slobs. TP on the floor, pee on the seats, toilet not flushed… I figure they're Obama voters.

You know, when people ask me who my celebrity crush is, (among others) I say Barbara Stanwyck circa 1941 when she did The Lady Eve and Ball of Fire. Considering I'm only 26, I still can't account for that!

I posted a photo of her on Facebook and a friend said she looked like a girl I had a thing for in film school. I didn't see the resemblance.

Sometimes on YouTube, I'll pull up a clip of her singing and dancing from a movie called Lady of Burlesque. She even does a couple of splits! (The DVD is a public domain piece of crap so when I saw it I could barely understand the muddled dialogue.)

And of course, Double Indemnity, which I'm still trying to get a friend to watch with me one day.

How about Charles Barron?

William I too remember seeing for the first time, Miss Barbara Stanwyck in reruns of "The Big Valley" in the early 70s, as the tough & honest matriarch. Lee Majors credits her for teaching him a lot about show business, while on the set of the show. I have been a big fan of hers ever since.____A couple of other movies I liked her in where in an Elvis movie " Roustabout," the film you mentioned "Double Indemnity," as well as, "Meet John Doe", "Ball of Fire," and a movie whose name escapes me at the moment she starred in with Henry Fonda. Oh I almost forgot, "Titanic."____You're correct I think she was great.____ __

I'm not blaming you Ed. I'm from NJ and we used to hear about him from time to time. Barron is quite the racist rabble rouser, wanting to slap a white person for his mental heatlh and such. BTW I've been to upstate NY, Cooperstown, and it is beautiful!

Why would anyone take advice from those people?Hundred dollar tee shirts,million dollar homes,cars,clothes,jewels etc..What the HELL do they know(or remember)what it's like to pay taxes AND scrimp up enough extra money to pay a bill?I have a solution….LET THE HOLLYWOOD CROWD finance,supplement and pay for IN FULL..this health care bill and any OTHER proposal this administration puts forth.I for one..AM TAPPED OUT!!! get the frigg out of my pocket and let me live in relative peace.I can not afford one more public program.400.00 gross p/wk does not go far but it would go further if I could actually KEEP IT!

No problem, was just giving you a quick pithy response. I'm about an hour and ten minutes south west from Cooperstown, in Broome County.

Cooperstown is great, been there many times. There's lots of beautiful places upstate. You should check out the Delaware Gap, and the Beaver Kill – one of the best trout streams in the country.

"Know your enemy"? I used to be your enemy. Trust me, I know them. Inside and out. You want to ask me anything about what a dyed in the wool, bleeding heart liberal thinks, wants, or does. I can tell you.

You won't like many answers, and a lot of it won't make any sense to you, but that's because they're liberals. I could no longer take their devotion to irrationality and illogic.

As the bean counters used to explain it to us in engineering, they're obviously "leveraging their synergy."

They think they found a way to wring another dime out of an existing revenue stream.

Spend the day introducing him to the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. Both texts are on the internet. I used to do that with my daughter on the 4th of July.

I have been to the Delaware water gap in NJ a few times as well as eastern PA. However left NJ last October to stay with my folks in WA state. My father is a retired USN submariner and he and mom retired out here in the peoples republic of Washington. The mountains, Olympic and Cascades never fail to awe and amaze. One place I would like to see in NY state would be West Point. I regret that I've never been there although it was not too far a drive from Central Jersey. Oh well when I get back there some other time I will make it a point. So much to see in this beautiful USA, not always enough time. It was nice chatting with you. I got to get ready to go to the Raiders @ Seahawks preseason game with my old man. See you later on this site, as I go here often and have seen some of your previous posts. Take care EdSki.

All that effort, money and time, spent (invested) by Vanity Fair, and yet, amazingly, my opinion wasn't changed?

Palin is a politician to keep your eye on, and not just because it's easy on your eye.

I predict she's going places.

Just to lighten up a bit b/c I found that video so bothersome and b/c the electricity just came back on in my neighborhood after 3.5 hours-

John and Ken Show of KFI – they were railing about the disgusting men's room at the station and invited people to call in with their own disgusting experiences. A guy called – a crew member on a photo shoot waiting to use the portable restroom there. This petite model comes out and he goes in and see, unflushed, a huge turd just sitting there and he was aghast – "That came out of her?!?! All it needed was an outboard motor and a sponsor!" He got that line out and both J&K began to die laughing uncontrollably. This was a few years ago, but I never forgot it.

Barbara Stanwyck did lots of good films of all kinds.

Director Frank Capra did a number of fims with her and in his autobiography, THE NAME ABOVE THE TITLE, he had nothingbuyt kind words for her and added that all the film crews adored her.

My faves – and no one has mentioned the first one yet
REMEMBER THE NIGHT w Fred MacMurray
DOUBLE INDEMNITY w Fred MacMurray again
MEET JOHN DOE

There's more, but those are 3 I especially like.

Here's her credits on the IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001766/

Man that Barbara Stanwyck – I'll go wherever she wants to take me

First there was Grand Theft Auto (PC and Playstation 1), then GTA2 (also for PC and Playstation 1), GTA2: London 1967 (only for PS1). Then it's Grand Theft Auto 3 (for PS2 and Xbox1), then came the extentions of Vice CIty (miami) and San Andres (West coast). Now for xbox 360 and PS3 is GTA4 with the extenions of "The lost and the damned" and "Ballad of BGT".

With full games and extentions across all systems they number 14 releases (10 games 4 extensions) .

Hope it helps

Thanks Jed:
I was hoping somebody would say who that was. She's beautiful!
I didn't recognize her at all. I only know her from her Big Valley days when she was a bit older.
Geez, I loved that show when I was a kid! I was quite in love with a young co-star named Lee Majors!
And I wanted to be Linda Evans.

I PLEDGE:

to give my son a four-day Labor Day Weekend.

If it's good enough for federal employees, it's good enough for him. And he gets to avoid brain-washing from the White House.

Also…Barbara Stanwyck is seriously underrated! Awesome actress!

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