Ahnold 4 Change

My favorite republican loves my favorite president.

Happy SPD

On Saint Patrick's Day, it must be lucky to have a president who's a bit Irish.

About those AIG bonuses

Those bonuses AIG paid to execs after it got bailed out were called "retention" bonuses. Seems that many of those paid are not being retained: they quit.

But now senator Schumer wants to tax these bonuses more than other income. I disagree with this approach. It was very stupid for AIG to pay these out (they claim they were legally obligated, which could be true but likely is not in all cases). It is a PR nightmare. But the execs should not be punished, and we should not pass an unconsitutional bill of attainder against these guys.

Worse than GM?

What is one auto related company that has been so bad for so long that we've all but forgotten its name, is near bankruptcy?  Autobytel.

Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie

The start of Borat will soon have a new movie with his gay Austrian character "Bruno."  It sounds like Ron Paul got punked in this new movie, when "Bruno" tries to have sex with him.  Ron Paul's reaction?  "This guy's a queer!"

Shep Smith

I agree with Andrew Sullivan, Shep Smith is the last anchor on Fox News who deserves any respect.  Here he is, mocking who is possibly the third biggest fool on Fox News, the former alcoholic mormon, Glenn Beck.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/god-bless-shep.html

Movie Review: Milk

Milk is a great film about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in America and possibly the world.  He and the mayor of San Francisco were assassinated in city hall, so as would be expected, this film shows his rise to power and early death. 

It is also a movie that delves into the gay rights movement of the late 70's, and it is sad that things have not changed very much since then.  There are still many ignorant, and bigoted people out there who possess the same backwards views that existed in the time of Harvey Milk.  These are the same assholes that brought us prop 8.  In one scene of the movie, they are discussing how the Nazis took away gay rights in the 30's, and people across the US did it again in the 70s, when anti-discrimination laws were struck down.  

Unfortunately this has happened a lot this decade, with anti gay marriage ballots passing due to the same ignorant people, or perhaps their ignorant children, who fought against Milk.

Regardless of the politics involved, this is a truly great film, and definitely in the top 10 of 2008.