He did good imitations of Sean Connery and Fred Dalton Thompson in Hunt for Red October. I liked that the writer and director made sure to have Jack Ryan mockingly imitate other characters during the film. Baldwin's Ryan is still the best one on film, so far--I'm interested to see if Affleck does any more young Jack films (Red Rabbit, maybe?).

From the Rolling Stone article:

"Our job is to reclaim America for Christ, whatever the cost," Kennedy says. "As the vice regents of God, we are to exercise godly dominion and influence over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government, our literature and arts, our sports arenas, our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors -- in short, over every aspect and institution of human society."

I really am naive, because I still can't quite accept that there are people who really, truly believe that shit, who believe they are the handpicked to shape society.

Wow, that Rolling Stone article was some shoddy reporting. Who let that get into print? The amount of unsupported assertions and vague, acontextual evidence was staggering. Actually, it read like propaganda.

I've read a number of "let me alarm you" articles about the nutty kind of Christians, but I expect better journalism than that, in the mainstream press. Also, there was no life to the article. None of the people were distinguishable from one another; none of them got any descriptive details; at no point was the reporter interested in the personhood of the people he was chronicling. Feh.

I'm impressed with how well Alec Baldwin can ape people.

A character actor trapped by circumstance into leading man roles. I think he's best when he's out of the "I am the good guy" strait-jacket.

Wolfram, suh-nerk. Sigh, but suh-nerk. I do love Mel White's way with words (a gift he's passed on to his son, Mike White, who wrote School of Rock, Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl and I can't remember what else).

This probably means nothing more than Bush's press secretary is afraid of saying anything that might be controversial, but.... (transcript from a press conference):

Q: There are news reports this morning that parents and children who were guests of the President, when they visited Congress, wore stickers with the wording, "I was an embryo." And my question is, since all of us were once embryos, and all of us were once part sperm and egg, is the President also opposed to contraception, which stops this union and kills both sperm and egg?

MR. McCLELLAN: I think the President has made his views known on these issues, and his views known --

Q: You know, but what I asked, is he opposed -- he's not opposed to contraception, is he?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, and you've made your views known, as well. The President --

Q: No, no, but is he opposed to contraception, Scott? Could you just tell us yes or no?

MR. McCLELLAN: Les, I think that this question is --

Q: Well, is he? Does he oppose contraception?

MR. McCLELLAN: Les, I think the President's views are very clear when it comes to building a culture of life --

Q: If they were clear, I wouldn't have asked.

MR. McCLELLAN: -- and if you want to ask those questions, that's fine. I'm just not going to dignify them with a response.

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Nipsey Russell is eternally linked with "Match Game," Gene Rayburn, and Brett Somers in my head. Also, for some reason, Rodney Allen Rippy (possibly the similiarity of "Nipsey" and "Rippy", as well as the fact that they are both 1970s icons).

That's the Nipsey I knew. My favorite part about Match Game, in retrospect, is that one of the regulars was Jack Klugman's raspy voiced, snarky, alky ex-wife. She wasn't even an actress. She was just an ex-wife.

I really am naive, because I still can't quite accept that there are people who really, truly believe that shit, who believe they are the handpicked to shape society.

You were in a FAC. This should be less news to you than it is to me.

Also? Those people make my fucking skin crawl. I'm still convinced I'm in the Wishverse and after we smash the power center, Gore was elected.

I'm just not going to dignify them with a response.

Fucking mealymouthed asswipe. What a piece of shit-tissue.

I think he's best when he's out of the "I am the good guy" strait-jacket.

Gods, yes. The perveted Scout Master he played on SNL? Effin' brilliant.

School of Rock

Okay, has anyone heard about Rock School? They showed a trailer for it at Brazil this weekend, and it just looked - odd. This guy is real, though.

Kat gave me a skin that fits my 40GB. It's blue, and pretty.

That was for a G4 one though. Does it cover the buttons?

Also, love my shuffle!

So, I'm listening to Terry Gross interview the guy who's in charge of the PTC, the watchgroup that is workign to get sex, violence and something else out of TV.

What's interesting is he was just going on about offensive "filth" on basic cable. I agree that I wish cable would do a la carte options. But cable? OPTIONAL. No one makes you buy it, buddy. Sure, it feels that it's not optional because in X number of places, reception is poor or whatever. But it's still a service you subscribe to not one that is broadcast willynilly.

Also, the PURSUIT of happiness does not mean a guarentee of same.

Also, you aren't protected from being offended by the government. And you probably shouldn't be since offensiveness is mostly objective.

I want to bop him on the head.

I really am naive, because I still can't quite accept that there are people who really, truly believe that shit, who believe they are the handpicked to shape society.

You were in a FAC. This should be less news to you than it is to me.

My ex-FAC wasn't concerned with influencing politics, though -- they were strictly man-to-man defense when it came to saving souls. Their agenda was all about shoving the bible down people's throats getting people to accept Christ and become Christians. Their view was that politics would take care of itself.

Bah. Crazy people.