The Bronco Bomber has been in office 24 days. Is there any question as to how the media and lefty wackos feel about this guy?

Please note my side-by-side of Messiah #1 and messiah #2. I’ve been getting more serious about my photography lately, I have can tell you that no professional photographer worth his salt takes a picture like that unless he means to. This was intentional. We laugh. We joke. We mock their deification of the Bomber. But the only reason it’s so funny, is because it’s true.

Now, for the real kicker. The linked video here is what pushed me to write this post. Check out the ex-Beatles groupies who now ovulate at the mere sight of the Bomber. I’m serious. It’s gross. Watch the video and see for yourself.

Aside from the the lady crying out, “I love you, Bronco!” (paraphrased), just listen to the squeals when he leans over to kiss the lady asking for a free house. Am I crazy or is that the squeal of a dozen eggs simultaneously sprouting from a dozen ovaries? Ick.

And this after 24 days. Imagine what the remaining of the 1,437 days of his presidency will bring!  700 wives and 300 concubines?!

Tammy and I had a rare and coveted free Saturday last weekend. We took the opportunity to see a matinee at the Movie Tavern. We decided to go see something brainlessly funny, something we wouldn’t have to think about, just some good old yuk-yuk entertainment. So we bought tickets for Mall Cop.

Ten minutes after the movie was supposed to start, after we’d already ordered our food, the manager stuck his head in and said he was replacing the bulb on the projector. “Hang tight.” Ten minutes later, he stuck his head in again and gave us the bad news. The project was a “no worky.” We could either get a refund or see something else.

Several times over the last few months, Tammy and I have lamented that Hollywood is just not putting out anything we want to see. Gory horror flicks, sappy chick-flicks, and feel-bad sob stories just aren’t worth my twenty bucks. I’d like to see Grand Torino, but that is not a “Tammy movie.”

The only other option that was even on our radar was Coraline. I had a feeling it was going to be too weird and gothic for Tammy (and that turned out to be true) but it was all we had left.

I’m a big fan of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and the sub-genre that it spawned. So Corline had an automatic head start on my review. It was only available in 3D, which may have canceled out that head start. There’s a big wave of 3D movies coming out and I’m just not a fan. The technology has been around for 50 years. Oooh, the thing reaches out from the screen in that one seen and makes your head rock back. I get it. If it doesn’t contribute to the whole experience of the movie, it’s not worth wearing the uncomfortable plastic glasses for two hours.

Coraline, like Despereaux, is based on a book, which means you have to go into it with that in mind, knowing that there’s more to the story that you won’t see, knowing that the plot will not follow normal movie patterns, and knowing that it might feel a little awkward in this medium.

With that in mind, the story is great. It has a great moral (eventually) and it’s entertaining. It is weird. It is gothic. It has a heavy dose of tween girl angst. (Didn’t that used to be teen angst? When did angst move in to elementary school?) But, ultimately it’s a fun story for grown-ups too.

I feel I should warn you. I would not take someone younger than, say, 12 to see Coraline, despite the target audience. It’s got some really scary scenes. And there is one scene, which I would call PG-13 (or worse). Without giving away too much, imagine (or rather, try not to imagine) an overweight septuagenarian dancing and singing wearing a bejeweled thong and pasties. Yeah. Ick.

My heart for the genre is just enough to pull this movie up to three grins.

I’m not sure how this review fell through the cracks. I saw this movie in the theater months ago and just stumbled across this draft this morning.

I understand the less than stellar reviews from some. The Tale of Despereaux is not Toy Story or Madagascar. Don’t expect to see Buzz Lightyear kitsch, or Shrek fart-jokes. It is a fairy tale of the finest sort.

I am a long time fan of CGI animation, since the days before Pixar was a household name (and I do love Toy Story). The artistry and technical achievements in this film leave me speechless. The characters emoted better than many live-action films. (They did seem to cut a couple of corners on non-critical characters. The cat was pretty bad by comparison, but it’s only in two scenes.)

The feel is very literary, as it should be. And you get the feeling they made some sacrifices to get the book to the screen. (Don’t they always?) The film makes me want to read the book and see what I missed. Still, the story stands well on it’s own.

The voice talent (What a star packed cast!!) was held in check allowing the story to shine through. You don’t find yourself thinking, “Hey, it’s Robin Williams!” or “Hey, it’s Mike Meyers!” (Thank God!) Instead, you enjoy the characters and only momentarily think, “I think I know that voice.”

It may be too cerebral (read “old skool”) for some of today’s iPod, Dragon Ball Z, Nintendo DS, 24/7 non-stop stimulation generation, but it’s exactly the kind of story they need.

I enjoyed the movie and will likely own it, but only because of my irrational need to own all of Pixar’s movies. I think the little mouse earned 3 grins

I just sent the following to both of my U.S. Senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. I strongly recommend you do the same before it’s too late. It’s likely Bronco Bomber’s spending bill will go to a vote in the next couple of days.

As usual, I want to thank you for the work you do representing our conservative values in Washington.

I have grave concerns about President Obama’s spending package. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that Rooseveltian government spending will not work to buoy the economy.

But far beyond the bad economics, I’m concerned about the billions of dollars that left wing Liberals are tucking into this bill that will undermine conservative values on multiple fronts.

It is clear to the American people that this “stimulus” bill is little more than a pay back to all of the ultra-liberal organizations that supported democrats in the last election.

Millions of dollars will go to Planned Parenthood to kill more babies, ACORN to sponsor more racism and hatred in inner city minorities. Even the “green” spending, from what I hear, is rife with anti-religious conditions.

I, along with many Texans, were sorely disappointed when both of our senators voted for the banking bailout after some sweeteners were added. Please don’t disappoint us again. Make it clear that your constituents will not stand for this bill. I have no confidence that “compromise” or “bipartisanship” can fix all that’s wrong with this bill. It must be rejected and a clean start made.

Thank you for your time.

My entire life can be summed up in this weeks white boa… Dangit, I forgot my lunch AGAIN!

How many kids with ADD does it take to screw in a li… HEY! Let’s go ride bikes!!

Your tax dollars at work, subverting the law, this time in Arizona.

A woman passes herself off as a pregnant 15-year-old. Her and her “young friend” tell the PP counselor that her “boyfriend” is 27. The counselor then tells her to keep that information secret when she goes before a judge to get a “judicial bypass”, which, by Arizona law, allows a minor to get an abortion without her parents finding out.

Arizona law requires PP to report this statutory rape to the police. The fictitous 27-year-old is guilty of felony rape. But PP would rather get that baby killed then report the abuse of a 15-year-old girl.

Cuz, you know, they care so much.

It’s no secret how I feel about Liberal whack-job Nancy Pelosi and her demagoguery that ruined the 110th Congress. I firmly believe that she is completely delusional and, if left unchecked, will drive the 111th Congress (and quit possibly the whole country) into the ground for the sake of her pipe-dream, ultra-liberal, socialist agenda.

That’s no surprise coming from me, a right-wing nut myself. But there is news leaking that even the democrats in the House have had enough of Pelosi and her knack for rewriting the rules in her favor. Could there be a mutiny afoot?

Check it out over at Hot Air.

Continuing my thoughts from the other day, the more rocks one turns over in D.C. the more democrats one can find trying to hide their money under them.

I did a late update that some of you may have missed, linking to a post that links to several more stories of high-powered Liberals evading the taxes they so desperately want you and I to pay more of.

Something to consider on this topic: If you or I don’t pay our taxes, we generally go to jail, or end up paying crippling fines and interest rates. I myself had a tax debt when I was young and in order to pay off the debt over time, the IRS generously gave me a 25% interest rate. My first several payments were interest only.

But for tax and spend politicians, or even an unelected Liberal talking heads, all we ever hear are excuses followed by complete forgiveness. “It was an honest mistake.” Hands washed, books balanced, now move on.

Don’t believe me? Please check out this article outlining oodles of such cases.

Oh, by the way, Tom Daschle bowed out this afternoon, along with yet another tax dodging Bronco Bomber appointee.

Bronco’s “new era of responsibility” is crumbling faster than the roads and bridges of America (if you buy into his “failing infrastructure” garbage).

What a great game. I was rooting for the Cards. Oh well. The game was awesome anyway.

I saw almost all the commercials, but only heard about half of them because we put on a youth party for the game and the din was overpowering. It was a great party, just loud. It was the first year we got a TV signal in The Loft (our youth room with the concrete floor and exposed metal roofing) where we could use the stage sound system and big screen projectors.

The party seemed to be a great success. We did Superbowl bingo, a football squares grid, and an eating contest. I made chili for the first time in years. The mild batch was really tasty and several of the kids loved the extra hot batch. They’re stomach linings are young and strong. They should enjoy them while they have them.

The commercials this year where not the best ever, but they were pretty good. (I think last year was better.)

Here are a few of my favs (roughly in reverse order of how much I liked them).

Coke’s insect heist – Cute award

Pepsi Max’s “I’m good.”

Hulu’s mush brain

Monster’s moose mount

Bridgestone’s potato heads

Bridgestone’s hip rover

Career Buildeter “It’s probably time.” – Probably my favorite

Still, I’m not sure any of them beat last year’s talking stain. I still chuckle just thinking about it.

Be sure to vote for your favorite (and catch any of those you missed) on Hulu.com/superbowl/

Are there any high-powered democrats who do pay their taxes? Cuz, you know, they sure are excited about make sure we pay even more. You’d kinda think they’d be willing to pay their own.

Running theory is that Caroline Kennedy dropped out of NY Senate race because of unpaid taxes.

Tom Daschle, Health and Human Services secretary pick, “deeply embarrassed” about $128,000 in “errors” on his taxes.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner failed to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes. (But he still got the job of… yes… enforcing tax collection on the rest of us! Wha?!)

And the funny thing is how little traction these stories got in the MSM. I mean, they keep saying how “fair and balanced” they are, right? It’s those wackos over on Fox News who are partisan. Right? Mm hmm.

[Edit: This guy has an even longer list of names and links.]