Saturday, June 30, 2007
"I'll show you what horror means!"
That's a quote from the 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Our website classic-horror.com just did a Jekyll and Hyde week. I wrote two reviews for it. Take a look and see!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
It keeps getting worse....
From today's Washington Post... this ugly story just speaks for itself,
"Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common. They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights division. And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago -- over the objections of their immediate supervisors -- by Bradley Schlozman, then the acting assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Schlozman ordered supervisors to tell the women that they had performance problems or that the office was overstaffed. But one lawyer, Conor Dugan, told colleagues that the recent Bush appointee had confided that his real motive was to 'make room for some good Americans' in that high-impact office, according to four lawyers who said they heard the account from Dugan.
Bradley Schlozman is accused of favoring political conservatives in hiring decisions when he was acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's civil rights division. He has since left the division.
Bradley Schlozman is accused of favoring political conservatives in hiring decisions when he was acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's civil rights division. He has since left the division.
In another politically tinged conversation recounted by former colleagues, Schlozman asked a supervisor if a career lawyer who had voted for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a onetime political rival of President Bush, could still be trusted."
Can't they at least try to be subtle?
"Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common. They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights division. And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago -- over the objections of their immediate supervisors -- by Bradley Schlozman, then the acting assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Schlozman ordered supervisors to tell the women that they had performance problems or that the office was overstaffed. But one lawyer, Conor Dugan, told colleagues that the recent Bush appointee had confided that his real motive was to 'make room for some good Americans' in that high-impact office, according to four lawyers who said they heard the account from Dugan.
Bradley Schlozman is accused of favoring political conservatives in hiring decisions when he was acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's civil rights division. He has since left the division.
Bradley Schlozman is accused of favoring political conservatives in hiring decisions when he was acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's civil rights division. He has since left the division.
In another politically tinged conversation recounted by former colleagues, Schlozman asked a supervisor if a career lawyer who had voted for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a onetime political rival of President Bush, could still be trusted."
Can't they at least try to be subtle?
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Come visit!
Our horror movie website, www.classic-horror.com comes online today with a fresh new look and lots of great new features. In a few days we are going to have a spread on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films. I've written two reviews for this feature (1931's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Frederic March, and 1989's Edge of Sanity starring Anthony Perkins). Come give it a look see!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Hot Wheels!
Wow... as a person in an electric wheelchair, this news item gave me chills....
"PAW PAW, Mich. - A truck driver whose rig snagged a man in his wheelchair and unknowingly pushed him at speeds up to 50 mph for miles will not face any criminal charges, authorities said.
Van Buren County prosecutor Juris Kaps said investigators determined the semi accidentally hit the wheelchair, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported Tuesday.
Ben Carpenter, 21, of was attempting to pass in front of the truck June. 6 when the light at an intersection turned green and the 52-year-old driver, who was not identified, started to move.
The wheelchair turned forward and its handles got lodged in the grille in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit. The rig continued picking up speed and pushing the wheelchair, with Carpenter strapped in it, down the highway until pulling into the parking lot of a trucking company.
Police said the wheelchair was pushed about four miles, but Donald Carpenter, the man's father, said the actual distance was about half that.
Ben Carpenter, who lives near Kalamazoo and has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was not injured."
I also have Muscular Dystrophy, and this would give me nightmares!
"PAW PAW, Mich. - A truck driver whose rig snagged a man in his wheelchair and unknowingly pushed him at speeds up to 50 mph for miles will not face any criminal charges, authorities said.
Van Buren County prosecutor Juris Kaps said investigators determined the semi accidentally hit the wheelchair, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported Tuesday.
Ben Carpenter, 21, of was attempting to pass in front of the truck June. 6 when the light at an intersection turned green and the 52-year-old driver, who was not identified, started to move.
The wheelchair turned forward and its handles got lodged in the grille in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit. The rig continued picking up speed and pushing the wheelchair, with Carpenter strapped in it, down the highway until pulling into the parking lot of a trucking company.
Police said the wheelchair was pushed about four miles, but Donald Carpenter, the man's father, said the actual distance was about half that.
Ben Carpenter, who lives near Kalamazoo and has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was not injured."
I also have Muscular Dystrophy, and this would give me nightmares!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Bush's warm enviornment
I've been trying not to do only political blogs, but I came across an article by Rupert Cornwell in The Independent, and I thought it was wonderful. He parses the president's half-baked token speech on curbing global warming. Here's an excerpt:
"From the President's speech in Washington yesterday:
'In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it.'
Translation: In recent years, my refusal to acknowledge the reality and seriousness of global warming has turned me into a laughing-stock and contributed to my record low poll ratings. So now I have to look interested.
'The United States takes this issue seriously.'
Translation: Al Gore takes this issue seriously, his movie was a hit, and it's causing me no end of grief.
'By the end of next year, America and other nations will set a long-term goal for reducing greenhouse gases.'
Translation: By the end of next year, I'll be weeks away from the end of my presidency and this can be someone else's problem.
'To develop this goal, the United States will convene a series of meetings of nations that produce the most greenhouse gasses, including nations with rapidly growing economies such as India and China.'
Translation: We will look as busy as we can without doing anything."
This is a perfect example of how this president seems to believe that sounding tough and statesman-like will somehow solve a problem. The whole article can be found at:
http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2600484.ece
"From the President's speech in Washington yesterday:
'In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it.'
Translation: In recent years, my refusal to acknowledge the reality and seriousness of global warming has turned me into a laughing-stock and contributed to my record low poll ratings. So now I have to look interested.
'The United States takes this issue seriously.'
Translation: Al Gore takes this issue seriously, his movie was a hit, and it's causing me no end of grief.
'By the end of next year, America and other nations will set a long-term goal for reducing greenhouse gases.'
Translation: By the end of next year, I'll be weeks away from the end of my presidency and this can be someone else's problem.
'To develop this goal, the United States will convene a series of meetings of nations that produce the most greenhouse gasses, including nations with rapidly growing economies such as India and China.'
Translation: We will look as busy as we can without doing anything."
This is a perfect example of how this president seems to believe that sounding tough and statesman-like will somehow solve a problem. The whole article can be found at:
http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2600484.ece
40 Years Ago Today... plus one
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' seminal album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This album isn't quite the Beatles' best. Revolver is their best, followed by the White album. However, it's undoubtedly a great album and certainly their most influential. John's songs are the best (I've never been a big fan of "Getting Better"), particularly "Mr. Kite" and "Lucy." "Within you without you" is wonderful (if not quite as good as "Love You To" or "The Inner Light") and "When I'm 64" is the best Macca song. The best song on the album is one of Lennon and McCartney's best songs ever, "A Day in the Life." This was the first Beatles record I ever owned, and I always have a splendid time listening to it!
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