Open Thread Sunday

Oh, we got trouble right here in River City and it starts with "O" and it rhymes with go….. Great movie, The Music Man.

Wait until we have perfectly normal stretch of hot days in July or August and the global warming crowd (your former boss) will start the 'get used to this because were all doomed' nonsense.

The Flim Flam ObaMan

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The Music Man as Obama? How apt.
They both use The Think Method. With similar results.

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He was awesome and perfect in The Last Starfighter. He was a perfect ham in Music Man, his broad style and presence just overwhelmed the screen and the viewer, and like Marian, you had to fall under his spell.

Great score, too. Craig Safan.

Loved Robert Preston in S.O.B., where he had some of the movie's best lines, but also as McQueen's dad in Junior Bonner and in the WWII flick Wake Island.

Just saw this at The Conservative Underground and wanted to share.

Top 10 Reasons why Obama couldn't get the Olympics in Chicago:

10. Dead people can't vote at IOC meetings
9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal,
8. Who cares if Obama couldn't talk the IOC into Chicago? He'll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.
7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.
6. Obviously no president would have been able to accomplish it.
5. We've been quite clear and said all along that we didn't want the Olympics.
4. This isn't about the number of Olympics "lost", it's about the number of Olympics "saved" or "created".
3. Clearly not enough wise Latina judges on the committee.
2. Because the IOC is racist.
1. It's George Bush's fault.

We investigated the American Police Force, they are a scam

http://mywhitehouse.org/2009/10/04/american-polic...

Also please leave a comment thanking Parabear for his investigative work.

One of my very favorite bits from The Simpsons' "Golden Age" was the "Music Man"-inspired monorail salesman.

I also loved Robert Preston in Victor/Victoria…another lovable "con man" role…

Next place for President Harold Hill to work his magic – Iran:

He'd better do his research. Especially about Ahmadinejad's secret Jewish past:

Ahmadinejad's Bris or The First Cut Is The Deepest

http://naturalfake.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/ahmad...

Did anyone else notice that when Daley started his pitch to the IOC, the first card out of his hand was the Race card? The whole thing was so absurd – no acknowledgement of the Olympians or their hard work and dedicated goals, just a clear picture of what how the games are important to the Obamas. I feel sorry for those in Chicago who thought that bringing home the Olympics was the answer to their problems…hopefully they're now seeing that they've been spared yet another huge public debt and another layer of Chicagoland Corruption.

Great pic – great film – is that a sportcoat or a tux?? wow!

Why was my comment not posted?

oh brother – get this from the Chicago Sun-Times:
"Some Chicago officials say anti-American resentment likely played a role in Chicago's Olympic bid dying in the first round Friday.

President Obama could not undo in one year the resentment against America that President Bush and others built up for years, they said."

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/olympics/1804170,C...

I am so looking forward to 2012! Obama has proven himself a blundering idiot and even the other "news" agencies are starting to criticize him. He's only been in office for how long and look at all the mistakes he's made!

I think they will say the climate is 'ideal' when we are all sustenance farming and walking everywhere…

http://www.sacgardens.org/

The American people can pull an IOC or Honduras on him.
Or we could play Survivor on him
…"Hussein Obama,the tribe has spoken,you have been voted out"
Time to leave
/Hahahaha

How prophetic, tho relatively easy to predict as ConservativeMomBot below has given us the article
stating just that, " Its all Bush's fault." Most of the other top 10 items have a ring of truth if not outright
true. Dems are so easy to read if you pay attention, I guess a major portion of the electorate has an attention
problem.

How about this for a t-shirt:

"WELCOME TO CHICAGO

I SEE DEAD PEOPLE!

AND THEY'RE VOTING!"

Just a thought..

ROFL. …beans, no frank, huh?

I actually saw Rowdy Gaines (Chicago point guy, apparently a former Olympic swimmer and gold medal winner, uh, ok) say on ESPN word to the effect "Well I hope politics DIDN'T play a role (in Chicago's defeat) I'd hate to think that the last EIGHT YEARS affected the voting (they got 18 votes, pathetic) so he WAS blaming BUSH!

and it's ALWAYS for "DEMOCRAT" all the time…

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You think the hockey stick was a scam you ought to check out what the IPCC really is.

A committee of politicians, activists, and bureaucrats who go through hundreds of scientific studies. They cherry pick what fits their political agenda, they even take snippets from studies that refute global warming, by only grabbing portions. Then they put it all together so it spins like a top, release it, and expect every one to buy it because they're from the UN.

If find it funny as hell, to be honest. The left actually thought the world hates America because of George Bush. They really believed it.

They hate America because where other nations have failed time and time again, the US succeeds. We prove their assumptions and processes and procedures, and traditions, are abject failures every day. And pisses them off to no end.

There's a reason people are proud to hate the NY Yankees. And it ain't because they don't like pin stripes.

NFL update, looks like the Giants are going to be 4 – 0.

Please say a prayer for the Jets against the Saints, they're both 3 – 0. It's not easy being a Jets fan.

Thats all we need for a Sunday. A nice raft of fresh bullsh&t

The IPCC is as corrupt as they come.

Some scientists expect sun spots which are dormant right now to pick up near 2012 to 2014. When this happens, the earth might continue with its natural warming cycle that it has been experiencing since about 1680.

During the last iterations of a 1,500 year cycle (and there are others of varying lengths) both the Southwest and California were deserts – probably why the Anastasias Indians had to abandon their cliff dwellings on Mesa Verde in Colorado.

We could save ourselves a lot of cap and tax hurt by preparing the public with the truth of what is likely sometime between now and the next 400 years.

What we and the world need is desalination science and technologies, not to make Emperor’s Gore, Strong and Soros rich.

I agree that we need science, not politics. Right now the 'global warming' crowd is literally cherry picking data to fit their agenda.

The long term problem is that the environmental movement is hurting our economy and, long term, will slow real scientific research.

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Further to the parallel, he woos a spinster elitist librarian single mother who earns her living off of the legacy of an old coot who left her a bunch of scandalous books, while she is dreamily awaiting a Knight in shining armor to rescue her.

Man, this stuff just writes itself. . .

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Heh. It is one of the more cloying of the classic musicals. When it's on, I dvr it pretty much just for the opening and "Ya Got Trouble," which is still one of the best musical numbers, EVAH! Speaking of musicals…I just dove into the new Wizard of Oz blu-ray. I though the restoration for the last dvd release was gorgeous, but they've really outdone themselves. It's absolutely crystal clear and stunning, and comes with a ton of new extras and a 6-hour doc on MGM.

yea, how does that work anyway?

This is wonderful, Robert Preston was a joy in The Music Man. I was Amaryllis in our community theatre back in my day (heh heh) My mom was so proud of me when I was twelve!! The Last Starfighter was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and I thought Finnegan Begin Again was excellent.

Speaking of the Music Man, Harold Hill trying to lead the band in handcuffs was classic!!

I'd tell you but I've applied (disguised as a leftist college student) for a $17 Billion tax $$$$$ research grant to *investigate* the reasons that happens. And, as a ~person of science~, I MUST pay myself extremely well, spend lavishly, fly 1st class, ride in limos and dine and hotel 5stars, so I can "simulate the actual enviroment of the study subject" the modern day professional politician. After all, like all tax money, it's FREE, right?

Apparently the theme of "It's All About the Obamas" was the thematic message of Michelle Obama's speech to the IOC. Paraphrasing: "I want my children to be able to step out their front door and go to the Olympics…. Even though my father was sick, he worked hard… blah, blah, blah…." It wasn't well received.

eh . . . How you say? . . . BS? . . . to Chicago officials . . .

It looks like the USOC will take the heat for the failed bid in Copenhagen (according to the leftwing media). Does anyone really believe that, had Chicago won the bid, they would've been given the credit??

so…(deep breath), ya I *admire* Michelle's sacrifice.

It's an unexpected spin – I figured they'd go for the "he's better off without it, considering all he's juggling on his plate" plan (stupid mixed metaphor intended =)…or that it was just a cover to meet with military on AF1

HAHAHAHAHA – they tested it with "some Chicago Officials", but they got Burris to take the bait and claim it – from Big Gov:
Senator Rowland Burris of Illinois, the Senator who was appointed to fill President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, blames George Bush for Chicago not getting the Olympics in 2016. Burris stated in an interview, shortly after the announcement, that the image of the U. S. has been so tarnished in the last 8 years that, even Barack Obama making an unprecedented pitch for the games could not overcome the hatred the world has for us as a result of George Bush.

Glad to here it. I can't wait to see the restored Wizard of Oz.

A Marine colonel on his way home from work at the Pentagon came to a dead halt in traffic and thought to himself, "Wow, this traffic seems worse than usual. Nothing's even moving."

He notices a police officer walking back and forth between the lines of cars so he rolls down his window and asks, "Excuse me, Officer, what's the hold up?"

The Officer replies, "Mr. Obama is just so depressed about his rejection in Copenhagen that he stopped his motorcade in the middle of the highway and he's threatening to douse himself in gasoline and set himself on fire. He says the country hates him and he doesn’t have the $2.5 million to repay Chicago’s taxpayers for the humiliating trip. I'm walking round taking up a collection for him."

"Oh really? How much have you collected so far?"

"So far only about three hundred gallons but I've got a lot of folks still siphoning."

There was another one like this about 10 years ago. I think someone was collecting for Bill and Hillary's defense fund, and they had about 5 gallons. (5 gallons by the way is more than enough…) Just can't find that original.

I will, because …darn it, I’m good enough, I’m schmart enough, and dog-gone it, the government people and dead and fictious voters like me!

I think you may be on to something here. Perhaps we should call the NEA and SAG to see if they can't give us a hand.

They seem to have no problems with helping out in political arenas….

Funny stuff! I'd imagine most adjectives you could inject to describe a MMoore film would get your comment thrown out by the site moderator.