Trailer Sunday is REALLY Late Today...

Sorry, but there were other newsy things going on today.

So first up: a man who loses his wife and daughter in a hold up gets his revenge on the criminals who did it as well as the lawyer who brokered their deal in "Law Abiding Citizen."



The world of advertising gets another look, this time at the people who created the most popular ads in pop culture history in "Art and Copy."



A woman who has bad luck with romance decides to take some coins out of the Fountain of Love, and finds that she's inexplicably gotten the bearers of the coins to fall in love with her in "When In Rome."



A couple on the brink of divorce are forced to spend time in the Witness Relocation Program together after witnessing a murder in "Did You Hear About The Morgans?"



If you have an idea for a trailer to put up here, let me know in the comments.

We Are Now Living In The USSR

At least if you believe that free speech is dead.

I was going to wait until more details came out, but Skip and Doug at Granite Grok have posted plenty on this. Plus NowHampshire has some more details that should disturb anyone.

As we all know, 1st CD Rep. Carol Shea-Porter held two laughable town halls this weekend -- one in Manchester and one in Portsmouth. The venues were laughable -- the IRS buildings in each of the cities. And on top of that, people were assigned tickets to ask a question. Which wouldn't have been so bad if, according to Doug, she didn't spend the first 20 minutes of the hour long town hall having a couple of speakers talk of their bad experiences with the current health care system.

A retired New York policeman in Manchester was escorted out of Carol Shea-Porter's event Saturday morning because he dared to speak when his ticket wasn't called.



As many people have pointed out, Shea-Porter, before becoming a US Representative, used to be a protestor against the war who used to follow Jeb Bradley around and dog him all the time. Apparently it's good enough for her, but not anyone else.

Edited because I forgot who she followed.

Didn't They Already Do A Remake in the 1980s?

Rob Zombie is about to tackle one of the classic Z-movies from the 1950s -- "The Blob."

Which was remade in 1988 starring Kevin Dillon and directed by Chuck Russell.

I'm wondering what Kate Phillips' family thinks of the idea.

Where In The World is Rep. Paul Hodes?

Yesterday he was in my general neck of the woods at the Tilton-Northfield Rotary Club:

U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes discussed health care reform at a meeting of the Tilton-Northfield Rotary Club Wednesday.

"I support a public option," said Hodes, a Democrat who represents the 2nd District in the U.S. House. "I believe it's a very important, critical part of the reform effort."

Hodes said the public option does not mean a government takeover of health care or a single-payer system.

"What we are talking about is introducing competition into a system that needs it," Hodes said."Right now, frankly, the insurance company's bureaucrats are between you and your doctors."

A public option would mean that existing health insurance companies would have to streamline their costs, become more efficient and offer competitive prices along with a government plan — a similar plan to the one federal employees now have, Hodes said.

Hodes also took time to express his sadness over the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.

"We have lost a great champion for health care reform and for the people," Hodes said to the Rotarians, before asking them to observe a moment of silence.

After the discussion, Hodes added that Kennedy was "a true champion" and that he will be "sorely missed" by all.

It was nice to see in the article that some of the people there were able to ask him some tough questions on this.

How about letting the rest of your constituents do the same, as well?

Carol Shea-Porter is a Dumbass, Part (?)

Caller Dennis from Manchester asked Shea-Porter during a broadcast on WGIR radio, “I just wanted to know where it says in the Constitution that the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party for that matter, can pretty much do what they’re trying to do?”
“I would point out to you that in the Constitution it also does not say the government can build roads or should build roads,” Shea-Porter replied. “It also doesn’t say the government should make sure the drugs are safe. It doesn’t say the government should look at airplanes to make sure they are safe to get on. It doesn’t say we should have a police force in Manchester.”
“So, the Constitution did not cover everything,” Shea-Porter concluded.

What she doesn't seem to understand is that the federal government doesn't have the power to impose roads or police forces or any of those examples that she posed because they are under the power of the state, NOT the federal government. You would think that a Congressperson would understand that.

(h/t Hot Air)

Press Conference on Mark Sanford Today

I just got a press release in my e-mail from the Lt. Governor's office regarding a press conference that's going to be held at noon in regards to the investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford. Stay tuned.

Update: The Lt. Governor has asked Gov. Mark Sanford to step down from his post, and that if he doesn't impeachment hearings should start.

Good riddance!

They're Already Starting

This was in the NY Times over the weekend. Since Rush Limbaugh has now brought up the story, it's worth mentioning.

Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.

The topic is a delicate one that has already generated controversy, even though a formal draft of the proposed recommendations, due out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the end of the year, has yet to be released.

When my son was born, this was one of those decisions that we had to make for our son -- do we or don't we? When my husband's first wife had their son, they had it done, although my husband wasn't too thrilled about the idea. I had thought about it, too, until I saw an episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit that focused on the topic and then did my own research afterwards. Since it was way before I had my son when the episode aired, I told my husband that if we had a boy we would let him make the decision on his own when he got older. And when he was born, the hospital didn't make a big deal out of it -- the only thing they recommended was, "What's good for Daddy is good for baby."

That was our decision.

Although the article does state that they aren't going to force people to get their little boys circumcized, the idea that the goverment is going to promote the idea based on inconclusinve studies is a step towards that. It always starts with a "suggestion."

Granite Grok Has Pictures Up

Here's a link to the pictures that were taken at last night's Concord protest. They put one up of me holding my sign calling out Rep. Paul Hodes for not having town halls this month.

Apparently this happened after I left: a woman started getting on Doug's case about his huge Obama/Joker sign that he was holding, calling him "racist" and that he "should be thrown in the stockade." The woman drove off in her car, but then returned to join them holding this sign:


Go to the Granite Grok link to read what Doug said to her that got her eventually walking away from them in a huff.

Details on Carol Shea-Porter Town Halls This Weekend

11a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Norris Cotton
Federal Building
275 Chestnut Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Doors open at 10. Since it is a federal building people need to go through security

2 – 3 p.m.
Thomas J. McIntyre
Federal Building
80 Daniel Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Doors open at 1:00 p.m. Since it is a federal building people need to go through security

Here's the caveat, though -- not only are they being held in federal buildings where people will have to go through security to enter, but only 100 people at a time will be able to fit into the two rooms.

I think if the deck ends up stacked in her favor at both events, it's time for another protest. She's too chicken to even talk to us, the irony being that she used to go to town halls herself to "bring debate." She proved that last night when she wouldn't even engage with us out on the sidewalk. (I do have to give Rep. Paul Hodes credit, though -- last night he actually did approach us and talk with us even though he didn't really answer any of our questions)

Cash for (Fill In The Blank)

First we had Cash for Clunkers.

Now we have Cash for Appliances.

And coming up here in New Hampshire: Cash For Hair Design!

Concord Healthcare Protest

This was the first protest I have been to in awhile. Other than getting lost on my way down there (oops!), it went fairly well. I had to take my son Christopher with me, so he got another shot at being card carrying member of "the mob." :-) Doug and Skip from Granite Grok took pictures and video, so once they post it I'll put up the links.

The highlights:

-- Of course, there was one sign on my son's stroller that read "I didn't read the bill, either!" The one I was carrying was two sided: one side read, "Keep Your Hands Off My Health Care!" The other side read "Hodes -- Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!" (reference to the fact that he has yet to schedule a real town hall debate).

-- We were standing outside of the restaurant where BlueHampshire.com was having their fundraiser featuring Rep. Carol Shea-Porter and Rep. Paul Hodes as well as the founder of liberal blog DailyKOS. The street was pretty busy. We had people honking for us, and those against us were giving us the middle finger. (So much for intelligent debate.) One woman driving by went so far as to stick both her hands out the window WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING to swear at us. Yeah, that was safe.

-- There were Obamacare supporters that stood along side us. It was civil -- no one tried to beat us up or anything. They also didn't stay long. I had made the conscious decision not to argue or debate them while I was there because I had Christopher with me. Although I did have to throw in a comment when one guy, joining the supporters, started debating one woman, and when one of the other protestors said that "They don't have any ideas," he shouted back, "They have ideas!" I had to yell to him as he was crossing the street, "Not the right ones!"

-- Skip and Doug showed up later in the day. Doug had a huge sign with Obama as the Joker, while Skip started holding the sign featuring the confusing beauraucracy of the Obama Health Care Plan. Doug was very proud of that sign.

-- At some point some kids decided to join us -- some tween/teen girls and some preteen African-American boys. I wouldn't have noted their race except that they were willing to pose with Doug's Joker sign. They stood with our group for a good portion of the time, and were trying to get cars to honk their horns.

-- Rep. Paul Hodes actually came to talk to us while we were protesting. I got to shake his hand, but didn't get a chance to say much more than introducing myself because he moved down the line. He saw my sign and said, "Well, I'm here."

-- Rep. Carol Shea-Porter showed herself to be a chicken weenie. I didn't see her as she was going in because I was feeding Christopher, but I could hear the other protestors calling her chicken for not wanting to debate us. Apparently as she was going in the only thing she did was smile and wave.

I left around 6:30 p.m. so I could get Christopher home to bed. But I'm sure if anything happened after I left Doug and Skip will have it up tomorrow.

The Newest Obamaism

From The Hill:

At an online forum on healthcare held Thursday at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Obama drew on his own political experience to predict better fortunes next month.

"There's something about August going into September where everyone in Washington gets all 'wee-weed' up," the president said.

And we have the perfect picture to go along with that, too.



And who says that we can't make jokes about President Obama? :-)

A Year Ago Today, At This Time...

We were joined by this little bundle of joy.


Now he's this BIG bundle of joy!

Where did the time go??

Happy first birthday, Little One!

The ARtist of the Obama Joker Poster Has Been Found

And this is too delicious of a revelation: He's a Palestinian lefty!

Bored during his winter school break, Firas Alkhateeb, a senior history major at the University of Illinois, crafted the picture of Obama with the recognizable clown makeup using Adobe's Photoshop software.

Alkhateeb had been tinkering with the program to improve the looks of photos he had taken on his clunky Kodak camera. The Joker project was his grandest undertaking yet. Using a tutorial he'd found online about how to "Jokerize" portraits, he downloaded the October 23 Time Magazine cover of Obama and began digitally painting over it.

Four or five hours later, he happily had his product.

On Jan. 18, Alkhateeb uploaded the image to photo-sharing site Flickr (shown at right). Over the next two months, he amassed just a couple thousand hits, he said.

Then the counter exploded after a still-anonymous rogue famously found his image, digitally removed the references to Time Magazine, captioned the picture with the word "socialism" and hung printed copies around L.A., making headlines.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

So does this mean that anyone who uses the poster can no longer be called a racist, then?

What's even funnier:

"After Obama was elected, you had all of these people who basically saw him as the second coming of Christ," Alkhateeb said. "From my perspective, there wasn't much substance to him."

"I abstained from voting in November," he wrote in an e-mail. "Living in Illinois, my vote means close to nothing as there was no chance Obama would not win the state." If he had to choose a politician to support, Alkhateeb said, it would be Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Wanted

(h/t Musings of the Angry Webmaster)