After its win at the Golden Globes for best director and best film, and also its record breaking performance at the box office worldwide, Avatar seems to be well positioned for a very big win at the Oscars. Judging by his behavior at the Golden Globes awards ceremony, Avatar’s director, James Cameron, has mellowed with [...]
Charlie Wilson died today at the age of 76. The Texas Congressman was known in Washington as “good time Charlie” for his appreciation, some time excessive, of beautiful women, booze, cocaine and hot tub. But again who can blame him, this was the “swinging 70′s”. However, Congressman Wilson had a deadly serious side to him, [...]
Maybe it is safer and easier to be online than to confront climate change, a homophobic society, massive social inequity, a failed American government of four decades, a crappy economy, an uncertain job market, a global village filled with people who loathe what the USA has become, etc, ad infinitum nauseum
Is Meghan McCain the new voice of the Republican Party? Oh, if only it could be so. It’s doubtful that the Party of No will be welcoming a young, vibrant voice any time soon. But that didn’t stop the daughter of former presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain from getting all “mavericky” on The [...]
In snowy Washington, two Democrats joined all Republicans to block the nomination of Craig Becker to sit on the National Labor Relations Board from moving forward with a vote tally of 52-33. With 15 Senators missing, the vote tally fell eight votes short of the 60 necessary to pass. In a statement, Senator Ben Nelson [...]
