“[T]here has never, in the history of the medium, been a visual disconnect like Samuel L. Jackson whispering into the ear of Yoda.”
- David Edelstien, reviewing Revenge of the Sith.
Bonus Political Points: The dark side of the force as a metaphor for hedonistic moral relativism!
In the dark corner, of course, is future emperor Darth Sidious, aka Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), who tells Anakin that the Sith believe not in denying one’s emotions but going all the way with them: He stirs Anakin’s ambitions and parries the young man’s objection that the Jedi work for good with the line, “Good is a point of view.”
“Let’s face it: John McCain is the Fourth branch of Government.”
– Mark Shields, on The News Hour tonight
Now Playing: Episode 366
Obama staffs up, Detroit comes to DC and finally, Iraq and the US come to a security agreement.
Links Mentioned: Iraq SOFA … pros and cons of a bailout.
Yup, damn Newsweek had to go and screw it up for the rest of us. Kamel won’t return my calls anymore. Abdul told me he moved out of town. Saleema says she won’t see me anymore.
So much for multiculturalism … all from one article!
Overheard prior to the White House press briefing: “Holy justifiable censorship batman, we can blame Newsweek for recent violence! This will buy us some time while the shit continues to hit the fan! Not only are we off the hook for a while, but we blame the liberal media and feed our jingoist supporters with some delectable chum…feed baby feed!! Double whammy baby!” High fives went all around and with a pat on Scott McClellan’s ass, Rumsfield sent him off.