“There were monsters on that ship, and truly, we were them.” – Lisa Simpson This evening the entertainment industry is going to spend three hours and change in a big circle, diddling itself for all the world to see. The ostensible purpose of this nakedly masturbatory enterprise is to publicly recognize the best flicker shows [...]
Archive for February 2011
Best Picture 2010
Ship of Fools
“Where are you taking me?” – Jay Sherman “We set all our mental patients adrift at sea . . . wait, that’s the Carnival Cruise.” – Ambulance Driver There are fewer rungs of (former) fame lower than that of cruise ship celebrity. A person once adored by many, once powerful and connected, is reduced to [...]
Republican Golgotha
“My nipples, they hurt! They hurt when I twist them!” – Mel Gibson Given that it was published in 2009, a twenty year nadir of Red political fortunes, Max Blumenthal’s book “Republican Gomorrah” is surprisingly sad. This is a book by a very liberal guy that explores how the radical right took over the Republican [...]
Red Balls
“We all got used to seeing lots of really perverted stuff on the internet, so now we can’t go back to Playboy.” – Guy at Refugee Camp “I know, right!” – Randy Marsh The byline brigade is starting to get antsy that not a single high profile Red had officially declared her or his willingness [...]
Actions Speak Louder Than Strategies
“The Deep South? Isn’t that the place where the black guys are really lazy and all the white guys are just as lazy but they’re mad at the black guys for being so lazy?” – Peter Griffin Yesterday, The Washington Monthly’s Political Animal blog linked to a pair of posts arguing about whether or not [...]
Codifying Inequality
“Jay, I just finished my etiquette book. It’s called, ‘Why the Poor Should Be Blasted Out Into Space’. You know, we have the technology.” – Eleanor Sherman George Carlin once said of America: The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of the taxes, does [...]
Gnorons in Bubble World
“All that work, all the effort I put in . . . I still wasn’t poor and stupid enough to win.” – Eric Cartman During the second half of the second Bush Administration, the word “bubble” gained enough popularity that it flirted with being included in the old “stupid or evil?” debate. I’m not sure [...]
Blackboard Psychology
“They’re just snowmen, Mr. Burns.” – Homer Simpson “Ah, snowmen have peepers, peepers to watch, to watch for our moment of weakness and then ‘Baf!’ comes the knock on the head and we’re down.” – C.M. Burns “What do we do?” – Homer Simpson “Oh, wouldn’t you like to know.” – C.M. Burns There’s a [...]
