Movie: The Deal

I want to see "The Deal". This film mines the oddly untapped movie territory of the US's dependency on oil.

"The Deal" is a small independent film, starring Christian Slater and Selma Blair. It was written in the last days of the Clinton Era, before we became mired in the oily middle east. Today, the premise seems oddly clairvoyant. That said, the film reportedly covers this conflict in a non-partisan fashion. Director Harvey Kahn and the braintrust behind the film felt, "Given the country's addiction to oil, this [taking extreme steps to guarantee a cheap oil supply] has the potential [to become real] in any administration, Democratic or Republican."

The story delves into how a US addicted to oil and petro-products might react to $6 a gallon fuel prices, in this case, brought about by a US war with the Muslim OPEC countries (referred to as the Confederation of Arab States).

This film opens on June 17th, but is not in wide release. You can go to the website linked above to see a short list of theaters carrying the film as well as the preview. If it isn't on in your local area, find the nearest theater that carries indy films and ask a manager if they have plans to carry it--- word of mouth always helps indy films. The film has a nice cast that should be pretty marketable in indy theaters.

Political Compass: Would you call the Dalai Lama mad?

I took the political test and am seeing eye to eye with the Dalai Lama. SO there, all you haters! :)

I am Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08

I am obviously quite libertarian. I am more to the right than Saddam Hussein and Nelson Mandela (interesting) and more to the left than Pope Benedict XVI and (obviously) George Bush. I am at the opposite end of the spectrum from Bush. It certainly makes sense why I can't stand most of Bush's policies.

www.politicalcompass.org

Fred Hembeck Rocks! Go visit his site!

"Wham, bam, thank you, Shazam!!"

Ms. Dulcie Sey: Rastaman Capture Yu House!

LOL! I read this piece and I laughed my ass off. "Ms. Dulcie Robothom" is written in such a way that "she" totally sounds just like my grandmother if you read it out loud. I am going to be smiling for days about this.

NPR : Army Recruitment in May Expected to Fall Short

Consider this to be a tracking post of the factors that will lead to a Bush draft. I hope my nephews are not drafted to feed Bush's Oil drive.

Bad Girls Go Wild - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com

Bad Girls Go Wild: A lot of teen girls are just plain mean these days.

The New Yorker: Star Wars review

Props to Veronica for finding the link for this review.

...The general opinion of “Revenge of the Sith” seems to be that it marks a distinct improvement on the last two episodes, “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones.” True, but only in the same way that dying from natural causes is preferable to crucifixion....

George Soros - "The New Bush Doctrine"

I love George Soros