All right, move it along. The weekend is over. Get back to work. What do you think of the plans by Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and the NRA to hold a “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington and “I Have a Dream” […]
Nazi Tourette’s
The definitive Glenn Beck take down. What it says about the state of the American political scene that the most incisive commentary on it is being offered by satirists is subject for another day. Go to the bathroom. Empty your bladder. Come back and watch. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p […]
Demagogues & Faces in the Crowd
In 1957, the very recently, lamentably departed screenwriter Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan respectively wrote and directed A Face in the Crowd, starring a pre Sheriff Andy, very finely dramatic Andy Griffith. The film is the story of “Lonesome” Rhodes, a man with a troubled past who goes on to become a broadcasting phenomenon in […]