Common Sense Underlies Gun Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court this summer ruled in favor of the right of Americans to bear arms. This proclamation however never mentioned common sense with respect to fire arms. Simply because one may carry a gun does not mean that one SHOULD carry a gun.
Take for example Plaxico Burress, NY Giants football player, who this [...]

24: Redemption

Jack Bauer is back! Although I’d been warned that Jack had lost his edge, the previews for the rest of the season show that the real Jack is resurrected later in 2009. Jack used his wits and brains to save lives. In the end, Jack sacrificed his freedom to save others. I can’t wait to [...]

Quantum of Solace

James Bond and his movie genre return boldly in Quantum of Solace. During the course of the movie, my mind recalled the early (Sean Connery) Bond installments. Solace returns Bond to the reticent and emotionally closed off spy who simply enjoys some women becomes attached to other women and above all seeks to protect the [...]

Curiouser and curiouser

The Screen Actors’ Guild lives and operates in a vacuum. SAG apparently fails to appreciate the extreme impact of the last “Entertainment Industry” strike on the television industry. On top of that, SAG fails to comprehend how the economic challenges that our citizens face will impact whatever sympathy factor consumers of their product will carry [...]

Fuel, Irony

As I returned from a short car trip, I began watching the NASCAR race today. As I read news stories and facebook postings by friends about the lack of gasoline in North Georgia, the car race rolls on at intense speeds with quick refueling and tire changes. Realize though that NASCAR uses a different type [...]

Surprise! It’s a hoax.

When Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer reported that that they found Big Foot in the North Georgia mountains, who REALLY thought Big Foot lived in N. Ga.? Seriously. 
We have bears and any other manner of wildlife here in the piney woods and the Appalachian Trail. William Lett, an Indiana man, negotiated a deal for Tom [...]

Is this REALLY News?

The AJC is reporting today that Matt Ryan, rookie draft pick of the Falcons, will take over for Mike Vick on AirTran billboards. Is this really news? Why is it a headline that a football player will be an advertising icon for a company?
Isn’t that just free advertising for the company? Wow! That must be [...]

Can’t Believe It

Let us all give thanks that Paris Hilton is not old enough to run for president. For those not in the know, the Constitution written by a bunch of old, dead guys who wore powdered wigs requires that the President be at least 35 years old.
I must say she poses a totally plausible resolution to [...]

Media Decides Which Criminal Case Makes Headlines

Ladies and Gentlemen: I spent the morning with Fox News as the back drop to my work. It struck me as odd that the only missing and murdered people who made consistent headlines were WHITE and FEMALE. There was one Amber alert posted just once looking for an African American male who allegedly took some [...]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Not my first choice for the movies, John is an avid Hellboy fan. The movie was NOT what I expected. Beautifully directed and designed, the film showed the director’s and writer’s appreciation for the venues created as well as the characters. The story shot almost like a cops and robbers film with comic book characters [...]