Thoughts On Clinton Documentary

1. Bill Clinton could sell ice to Fairbanks Alaska
2. We (Democrats) treated Hillary Clinton horribly in the last Presidential election.
3. Clinton got in trouble early in his Presidency for the same reasons Barack Obama has kowtowing to people who wouldn't work with him no matter what.
4. Brit Hume has always been a douchebag.
5. George Bush Sr. Was a lousy debate
6. NAFTA and Dick Morris will forever keep  a good presidency from being great.
7. The Clinton's failed on Health care but paved the way for Barack Obama to finally do something about it.
8. Watching this I find myself becoming more and more a fan of Hillary Clinton.
9. Idiots chanting socialized medicine makes me sick are now 70 year old teabaggers living off socialized medicine .

10. Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich are douche-bags

11. 1994 proves that Americans can truly be fucking morons. 

Nebraska 80 Illinois 57

Well It's Time For The Count To Announce His 2012 Presidential Endorsement...

Drum-roll please....

Morris 2012!

Wingnut "Art"

Found this tonight and had to post it. More commentary later, perchance, but for now browse the gallery and come to your own conclusions...

Edit by Jonathan: Disagree with this man's politics, but he is a hell of a painter.

Another edit by Jonathan: There are a few things i'd like to review in his paintings:

First - in "The Forgotten Man", the are many bills on the floor, one of them being the Social Security Act of 1935, in which the artists says that SS was "a pyramid scheme from the start" taking away money from the younger, working generation to the older generation. OMG! Why are we giving money to seniors who are way past their prime to work? We shouldn't be giving them a dime...we should be telling these lazy, old bastards to keep working, or be prepared to send them off on a block of ice to starve and die! From the same painting, the man talks about Reagan as if he were the 2nd coming of Christ himself. Nevermind the man's economic policies set in motion 30 years of handing out tax breaks to the very rich helped create a widening gap between rich and poor, ignored the AIDS epidemic, and aided "freedom fighters" like the Contras and the mujaheddin that eventually came back to bite us in the ass. Nope, the man was a saint!

Now, onto "One Nation Under God". The symbol is showing the Messiah holding the U.S. Constitution; the symbolism highlighted on the page states the following, "Inspired of God, and created by God-fearing, patriotic Americans." I don't know how many times I have to spell this out, but i'll say it again: These men may have been "God-fearing" patriots, but they also had the sense to realize that their religious beliefs should not be shoved down the throats of others, fearing that they would trade one oppressive state religion for another. It's the reason why the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the 1st Amendment were written.

Oh, and I found this as well: make of this what you will.

Jonathan Goes To the Movies: V-Day Edition

Since today is Valentine's Day and I haven't done a movie review in a month, here's a special V-Day edition of Jonathan Goes To the Movies.

Something Borrowed came out last year, but I decided not to watch it because it looked like a generic rom-com. That, and I already watched Bridesmaids at the time, a funnier and much more savy comedy about the bonds of female friendships. You know you're in chick-flick hell when 10 minutes in, you're already hating both the main characters in this mess: Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin from HBO's polygamy family drama Big Love) is in love with the dreamy Dex (Colin Egglesfield, standing there as eye candy for the female audience), her friend from law school, but he's currently engaged to her vapid and obnoxious BFF, Darcy (Kate Hudson, what happened to you?). Rachel and Dex have one drink too many one night after her b-day bash and wham!, they end up back at her place, and without clothing. I'm not even going to explain what happens from here, because you can probably guess what's going to happen from here and reliving the terrible jokes (complete with the predictable besties grinding on the fiancee on the dance floor, tasteless gay jokes, and creepy masturbation humor!) makes my head hurt. Hudson, who bust out onto the scene with her heartbreaking performance as Penny Lane in Almost Famous, hasn't made anything that good since her Oscar-nominated turn as the Band-Aid for Stillwater, and it's a shame to watch Hudson star in these types of roles. Even worse, the script has all these characters - with the exception of one - doing all these shallow, despicable things because the plot tells them to. The exception to this rule is John Krasinski, the film's comic relief, Rachel's trusted male confidant, and the only redeemable feature about this piece of shit.

1/2 stars out ****

Deep S^*t for Mitt?

Mitt Romney has the deep pockets to win the nomination and the fact he's the GOP establishment's guy to take on President Obama in the General Election is a huge bonus. The one thing Mitt doesn't have - and frankly, has never had in his quest for the presidency, was the support of his base. Try as he might to say that he's a Reagan conservative-Republican, the heart of the matter is that the conservative base just doesn't like him, or trust him to carry out conservative policies. Today's polling numbers in his home state of Michigan all point to one very surprising outcome: he may actually lose this race.

Santorum's gain is striking, but eerily reminiscent of similar surges by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich that failed to persist, most recently in Florida in the aftermath of his South Carolina victory. The movement to Santorum in Michigan is consistent with the trend in national polling, but the recent volatility in the Republican race is a warning that Monday's polling snapshot may not persist.

The two new surveys were conducted using different methods and produced different estimates, but both show Santorum surging into the lead. A live interviewer poll conducted by the American Research Group (ARG) from Feb. 11 to 12 shows Santorum leading Romney by just 7 percentage points (33 to 27 percent), followed by Gingrich (21 percent) and Texas Rep. Ron Paul (12 percent).

An automated, recorded voice survey conducted by the Democratic Party-affiliated firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) gives Santorum a much larger, 15 percentage point lead over Romney (39 to 24 percent), and shows roughly half as much support for Gingrich (11 percent) as the ARG poll but exactly the same support for Paul (12 percent).

Adding insult to injury,  he's trailing behind Santorum now in the national polls. So, is this the final ditch effort by the conservative base to rally behind someone who's name isn't Willard Mitt Romney, or will this end up becoming the bubblegum hit of the week before they realize they have no alternative but stand behind Romney? Stay tuned...

Celebrate! Celebrate!

We have a major announcement. We are Lifetime members of Mensa! How do you become a lifetime member of Mensa? Well one way is to be really smart and pretentious and pay a lot of money to lame ass society to tell you how smart you are. Then there is the way we got in. Stole the logo from another douchebags blog whom himself is probably not a member of Mensa. You needn't be a member of Mensa to guess who the douchebag was. I may have misused who and whom but dammit I don't care! Mensa baby!

Madonna Wasn't This bad

Or hell maybe she was I don't know I didn't watch her. If you know me you know that I am not a fan of Super Bowl halftime. For me it's usually time to take a bathroom break and pick up a pizza. The year of the famous tit gate I was playing a game of Super Techmo Bowl on the original Nintendo. Damn I have to get another Nintendo system with that game, Mike Tyson's punch out and Super Mario Brothers...But I digress.

Anyway take a look and be amazed at ending of the halftime show for Super Bowl XXIII called Be Bop Bamboozled.



If you just have to watch more of it... Here is the intro.



Yes it were up to me there would be no fading rock act gracing the halftime stage of a Super Bowl. But this shit was beyond embarrassing.

The best Superbowl halftime show ever? Super Bowl I. The Michigan and Arizona bands. And I bet they didn't cost what Madonna cost either. Maybe that was why a ticket to the first Super Bowl was $10.

Your Grammy Winners

Record of the Year“A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 
Album of the YearSeptember of My Years, Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 
Song of the Year“The Shadow of Your Smile” (Love Theme From The Sandpiper), Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel, songwriters 
Best New ArtistTom Jones 
Most Promising New Recording ArtistPeter Serkin, pianistBest 
Vocal Performance, Male“It Was a Very Good Year,” Frank Sinatra
Best Vocal Performance, Female My Name Is Barbra, Barbra Streisand

Best Performance By a Vocal Group We Dig Mancini, Anita Kerr Singers 
Best Performance By a ChorusAnyone for Mozart?, Swingle Singers 
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Single“King of the Road,” Roger Miller 
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance, Male“King of the Road,” Roger MillerBest Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance, 
Female“I Know a Place,” Petula Clark 
Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Performance Group (Vocal or Instrumental)“Flowers on the Wall,” Statler Brothers 
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording“Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,” James Brown (King) 
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small GroupThe “In” Crowd, Ramsey Lewis Trio
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large GroupEllington '66, Duke Ellington Orchestra 
Best Original Jazz CompositionJazz Suite on the Mass Texts, Lalo Shifrin, composer 
Best Country and Western Single“King of the Road,” Roger Miller 
Best Country and Western AlbumThe Return of Roger Miller, Roger Miller (Smash) 
Best Country and Western Song“King of the Road,” Roger Miller, songwriter 
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male“King of the Road,” Roger Miller 
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Female“Queen of the House,” Jody Miller 
Best New Country and Western ArtistStatler Brothers 
Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)Southland Favorites, George Beverly Shea and the Anita Kerr Quartet (RCA)
Best Folk RecordingAn Evening With Belafonte/Makeba, Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (RCA) 
Best Instrumental Arrangement“A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert, arranger 
Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist“It Was a Very Good Year,” Gordon Jenkins, arranger 
Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz“A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 
Best Score From an Original Show AlbumOn a Clear Day, Alan Lerner and Burton Lane (RCA) 
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television ShowThe Sandpiper, Johnny Mandel, composer (Mercury) 
Album of the Year, ClassicalHorowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return, Vladimir Horowitz (Columbia) 
Best Classical Performance, OrchestraIves, Symphony No. 4, Leopold Stokowski conducting American Symphony Orchestra 
Best Classical Chamber Music Performance, Instrumental or VocalBartók, The Six String Quartets, Juilliard String Quartet 
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra)Beethoven, Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, Artur Rubinstein; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony 
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Without Orchestra)Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return, Vladimir Horowitz\
Best Opera RecordingBerg, Wozzeck, Karl Bohm conducting Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin; solos: Fisher-Dieskau, Lear and Wunderlich (Deutsche Grammophon) 
Best Classical Choral Performance (Other Than Opera)Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms; Poulenc, Gloria, Robert Shaw conducting Robert Shaw Chorale and RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra 
Best Classical Vocal Performance, With or Without OrchestraStrauss, Salome (“Dance of the Seven Veils,” Interlude, Final Scene); The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene), Leontyne Price 
Best Composition By a Contemporary Classical ComposerSymphony No. 4, Charles Ives, composer 
Best Comedy PerformanceWhy Is There Air?, Bill Cosby 
Best Spoken Word or Drama RecordingJohn F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him (Columbia) 
Best Recording for ChildrenDr. Seuss Presents “Fox in Sox” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” Marvin Miller (RCA) 
Best Album Cover, Graphic ArtsBartók, Concerto No. 2 for Violin; Stravinsky, Concerto for Violin, James Alexander, graphic artist; George Estes, art director (RCA) 
Best Album Cover, PhotographyJazz Suite on the Mass Texts, Ken Whitmore, photographer; Bob Jones, art director (RCA) 
Best Album NotesSeptember of My Years, Stan Cornyn, annotator (Reprise)

Mark Noonan: Women shouldn't be in the military

This time, Mark Noonan's comments aren't found on Blogs For Victory, but rather on my Wall. Some backstory first: On Thrusday, while Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum was at the Conservative Political Action Conference (or CPAC for short), he gave an interview for CNN's John King, addressing the Pentagon's decision to give female soldiers more jobs in the front lines of the battlefield. Santorum's response? They should, but they shouldn't because of a stereotype.

"I want to create every opportunity for women to be able to serve this country, and they do so in an amazing and wonderful way and they're a great addition -- and they have been for a long time -- to the armed services of our country."

Then came the big "but."

"But I do have concerns about women in front-line combat, I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission, because of other types of emotions that are involved," Santorum continued. "It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat, and I think that's probably not in the best interest of men, women or the mission."

Today, Mark Noonan echoed Santorum's thoughts, and went further.

Combat is no place for a woman, and no man of honor would ever contemplate sending a woman in to combat. Start to realize what we have forced ourselves to forget: men and women are different.

I asked him later why, if a woman wanted to serve her country, why he felt that she shouldn't. The answer, and I wish I wasn't joking about this:

Jonathan - men and women have different roles to play in society. Each is vital to the other within their own sphere. To say that men and women are interchangeable in life's course is folly...a direct denial of self-evident truth. If women are to fight we might as well say that men are to give birth.

Mark: First, it is biologically impossible for men to give birth, and I know what you're going to say next: "Because it is a fallacy that men can get pregnant, so to should this idea that women should serve in the U.S. Military, for it goes against the very gender roles of men and women and their place in it as nature dictates it." Mark, this isn't the 1950's anymore, where the man was the bread-winner and the woman stayed home and did the household chores. We as a society have moved on from this outdated stereotype.Try joining us when you get the chance.

Whitney Houston 1963-2012

Obviously always tragic news when somebody so young passes. Rest In peace Whitney.