Joe Queenan uses the new Paris Hilton flick to discuss the worst movies of all time:
It must, upon release, answer the question: could it possibly be as bad as everyone says it is? This is what separates Waterworld, a financial disaster but not an uncompromisingly dreadful film, and Ishtar, which has one or two amusing moments, from The Postman, Gigli and Heaven’s Gate, all of which are bona fide nightmares.
A useful tally.
A strange crime wave sweeps over Mexico.
A reader writes:
I’m no Hillary supporter, but I find it hard to believe that Hillary’s current actions reflect an attempt to secure the 2012 nomination. For one thing, if Obama were to lose to McCain, a non-trivial portion of the punditry and Dem operatives are going to lay the blame at Hillary’s feet, reducing her strength for 2012. In fact, she may well find herself a pariah.
Second, by 2012, the Dems will have developed several new, “next generation” candidates from among the likes of Mark Warner, Jim Webb, and Evan Bayh, just to name a few obvious choices. Her handlers are too savvy to think that 2012 will be any easier than 2008, particularly with the NEW baggage she is currently acquiring via her scorched earth campaign.
In sum, I don’t see a 2012 strategy here. I see a woman who’s incredulous at finding herself in the losing position and who hasn’t shaken the assumption that the nomination is her destiny, reality and consequences be damned.
Not militaristic enough for Andy McCarthy. Too pro-Muslim for John Derbyshire.
From a blog made up entirely of actual IM conversations:
A: A few of us were playing ‘F**k, Friend or Throw off a Cliff’
A: You ever played this?
B: No
A: I’ll explain
A: I was given the names Ernie, Elmo and Oscar the Grouch, and I had to choose which one I’d f**k, which one I’d want as a friend, and which one I’d throw off a cliff
B: Oscar was the friend, I assume.
The rest here.
Where everyone stands:
In the month of February, McCain raised just under $11 million, compared to $34 million for Clinton and $55 million for Obama.The numbers get worse when you look at the whole election cycle: in total, McCain has raised just $64 million, less than half of Clinton’s $170 million, and a third of Obama’s $193 million.
But what’s most striking is the debt. The Clinton campaign has amassed a staggering $8.7 million worth, double McCain’s $4.3 million. Obama, on the other hand, owes only $625,000. By campaign standards, he’s debt free.
Not by planes anyway:
"Yeah, so, no evasive maneuver. I gotta tell ya, I will give it to the commander of Air Base Eagle. He had that place – you know, not only were there no bullets flying around, there wasn’t a bumblebee flying around," – Retired Colonel William "Goose" Changose, the pilot who flew Clinton to Bosnia.
This was Clinton’s version of her Tuzla trip in 1999:
"You know, I went to Bosnia shortly after the peace accords were signed, when it was safe enough to go to our base in Tuzla, but not very safe to go anywhere else. I couldn’t get into Sarajevo. But I was able to fly out of Tuzla into two base camps — Camp Alicia and Camp Bedrock — to visit with the men and women who were there on the front lines of Americas peace-keeping efforts."
A reader writes:
Ack — I can’t take it anymore — I don’t care that much about Wright and it doesn’t affect my support for Obama, but you and these other "scholars" have to stop pissing on our heads and telling us it’s raining! There’s no way to excuse Wright’s poisoning of children’s minds with his AIDS conspiracy crap no matter how long he was a marine or how much better he was compared to other black preachers of his era. Bullshit.
The man is part of the problem, not part of the solution and if African-Americans can’t grow up enough to treat him as such then I’m leaving the table. I’ll acknowledge Wright’s good works, but the Bible teaches us that good works towards some do not excuse sins towards others. Your constant "I don’t condone his statements but…" won’t cut it.
