Friday Blend
Friday, October 16, 2009 9:17pm 283 viewsJust a few bits of news to ponder on this chilly Friday evening:
The Baucus Bill – bloated with rank dishonesty and very little health care. Click HERE to listen to House Republican Conference Vice Chair, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Congressman John Shadegg to give an update about the health care reform proposals before Congress. Photos by yours truly.
WH Communication director, Anita Dunn, displays her oral fixation of the bloody dictator, Mao Tse-sung.
An excerpt of the NRO essay on energy independence and related environmental issues authored by Sarah Palin
Those who oppose domestic drilling are motivated primarily by environmental considerations, but many of the countries we’re forced to import from have few if any environmental-protection laws, and those that do exist often go unenforced. In effect, American environmentalists are preventing responsible development here at home while supporting irresponsible development overseas.
MI-5 Chief, Johnathan Evans, defends the use of enhanced interrogation techniques – apparently it works:
Now, eight years on, we have a better understanding of the nature and scope of al Qaida’s capabilities but we did not have that understanding in the period immediately after 9/11,”
V: The Series is coming back to the small screen on November 3rd. I’m sure you all remember the series first aired in 1984 and featured lizard-like aliens that disguised themselves as human who offered peace, but secretly plotted the subjection of all humanity to their will? No? Okay, the re-imagined version is apparently being ’softened’ – as reported by Tom Jicha:
The teasers running on ABC offer a hint of this. “They gave us hope. We gave them our trust.” Who does that bring to mind? Of course, the Visitors (hence the title), after promising things like universal health care and peace in a one world government, turn out to be totally evil. They attempt to seize control of the media, favoring those who don’t challenge them or ask probing questions about their real agenda, which turns out to be the annihilation of humanity. The heroes are everyday people, who form a grass roots resistance movement. Supposedly, the show is being slightly re-conceptualized to soften or remove events some might interpret as negative parallels to today.
Ohhh…I’ve got a new sci -fi show to blog about!
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Is “V” a remake (or reimagining) of that old mini-series from…I think the 80’s?
I remember the original. I didn’t see it, since my parents just weren’t into SciFi,
but I remember hearing about it.
This one looks cool.
Well, it certainly has a slick design to go with the story line, Trevor. However, you cannot escape the parallels between the ‘Visitors’ and the actions of the media regarding the Obama administration. I am very interested to see how the directors and producers walk that line in the series.
Especially when that drop-dead beautiful female alien tells that reporter that he can’task anything that would make them look bad.
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