..."He has no genitalia and he carries a sword"
Who said that??? Actually it was Dustin Hoffman at the Oscars when he got one for Kramer vs. Kramer.
I'm wondering if America is truly watching the Oscars en mass. I only caught the final three awards: Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Film. My picks didn't win.
I wanted Angelina Jolie instead of Kate Winslet, Mickey Rourke (I'm a sucker for the underdog) over Sean Penn and I think I'm happy about Slumdog Millionaire.
Truthfully I just wasn't into the huge commitment of watching Hugh Jackman's Broadway quality performances and Whoopi Goldberg was rumoured to be a presenter so that gave me more reason to watch what little I did see through my fingers.
Each year I say to myself, "I'm going to see all the important movies this year so when the Oscars come around I will truly be an informed viewer."
Frankly some of those new California Milk Association commercials for the Happy California Cow competition make for some terrific entertainment. I think I'll just stick to them for now.
OK, I'm going to be very honest here. 'Seems to me that tonight's big winners were for nudity and liberalism. Hollywood votes for Hollywood standards.
Mine may not be the popular opinion but it's mine and I know I'm not alone in it by a long shot.
By and large, I believe the average carpooling, toast and jam eating American doesn't care about the Oscars. We tolerate the hours of commercial hoopla we endure during our evening news broadcasts and in our newspaper's entertainment section. We really don't care who Rachel Zoe is dressing her stars in. We don't even care how many millions of dollars were raised for the millions of liberal causes at the excessive post Oscar galas.
Oscar night is over...WHEW! Let's get on to the business of seeing our economy through the Greatest Depression.
How 'bout we work hard to make sure we elect representatives who will support our best interests in government. Those who will go to bat for the underprivileged, the exploited and the unimportant!
Let's get some tax dollars flowing to children, animals, and families. Those who have no voice.
I am sick to death of seeing hundreds of millions in "free" grant money being spent to create fantasy lands, (i.e. skate parks, adventure lands) out of crumbling communities that have long lost their heartbeats. When the sons and daughters of the town's stalwart working class have left, never to return, for bigger and better opportunities elsewhere.
We have run out of people, corporations, public officials and politicians to blame for the dire straits we are in. Enough finger pointing. Do your part. Be present in your community. Hold your elected officials accountable for their actions.
This country was the greatest in the world at a time when a man earned less than one dollar per hour. How is it that we have become richer and yet we are the poorest we've ever been?
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