Anna Karenina

Some guys like action movies... Some guys like horror films... Some guys like suspense while others like drama. For me, the greatest genre in film making is the Black Exploitation Film.

Blacula changed my life.

But that's not why I'm writing this.

Today I watched the 1948 version of Anna Karenina starring Vivien Leigh in the title roll. By the end of the movie I absolutely hated this woman and was begging her to cut her own throat. Turns out, she gets run over by a train. I was cheering for the train. I moved closer to the TV just to make sure she was dead.

I did some research and found that this movie has been made a number of times, suggesting that movie audiences have some sort of sick, never-ending appetite for annoying, shallow, self-centered, cheating, whining tarts. Along with Vivien Leigh, Karenina was also played by Claire Bloom, Jacqueline Bissett, Sophie Marceau... And... Greta Garbo - who I like very much... Probably because I've never seen her play Anna Karenina.

So if you want to watch an old movie, may I suggest Grand Hotel with Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, and the Barrymore brothers. Save Anna Karenina for the next time you have a sentimental longing for a root canal.

My Second Earthquake

This morning while sitting at my computer, my house began to shake as if a 60-70 mph gust of wind had struck it. It lasted a little less than 10 seconds, and was 5.3 on the Richter Scale.

...Probably wouldn't even have been reported in California?

My first earthquake was on a Sunday afternoon back in 1980 or '81. I was with my girlfriend and we didn't notice.

First Lady With A Bone To Pick

Michelle Obama is most famous for declaring, about her husband’s candidacy, that “for the first time in my adult lifetime I’m really proud of my country.” Just a throwaway line reflecting no more than the narcissism and self-absorption required to mount a presidential campaign in the 21st century? Well, possibly — were it not for the fact that almost every time the candidate’s wife speaks extemporaneously she seems to offer some bon mot consistent with that bleak assessment. Mark Steyn

I'm just not sure my delicate constitution can survive four years of being lectured by this woman about how much America sucks.

Her husband doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin, I assume, because he thinks America sucks, too.

Maybe they would both wear an American flag lapel pin if the following symbol was displayed on top of it.

Dumping Dan


My long-time conservative congressman Dan Burton has a Republican challenger this year in the primaries. As far as I know, the challenger is a good man who would represent Conservatives well in Washington.

As far as I know.

But we've seen so many men go to Washington and change. They talk like Hoosiers and Conservatives when they campaign, but all of a sudden in Washington they fall under the spell of the liberal media or Hollywood elites and they forget their promises.

My point is: Dan Burton has not.

In Washington he talks and votes the same way as he does on the campaign trail. He's been my Congressman for many years and he is yet to be "turned" by Washington.

Shall we reward him by turning him out? Shall we dump him because another attractive candidate - an unproven candidate - wants his job?

For me, this decision is a no-brainer. It's easy. Dan Burton has been loyal to us. We should be loyal to Dan.

From One Bitter, Benighted, Gun-Toting, Bible-Thumping, Xenophobic, Typical White Person to Another...

"It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." Barack Obama

But what do you really think about us Barack?

This elitist thinks we're idiots... All because we won't become mesmerized by his pretty words and get behind his candidacy.

The fact is, Obama doesn't see America the way we see her... Doesn't love her in the same way we do. He can't look past her mistakes, her shortcomings, and embrace her past. He wants to change what has made her great for over 200 years. We think that would be a mistake.

So Barack, go ahead and look down your nose at us. We're strong, self-reliant, and independent. We don't need your approval.

And... We know who is really bitter.

Too Casual for Church?


Well it was that time of year again... Church directory photo Sunday. Yuck.


I can't tell you how much I despise having my picture pasted alongside all those happy families in the church directory... All those husbands and wives... In stark contrast to the loser single guy sitting there all alone for the camera.


But not this year! This year a single friend and I decided to have our picture taken together for the directory... So we wouldn't stand out. We'll have different last names, of course. It seemed like a great idea until afterwards when I worried that people in the church might think that she and I were living together. I mean, we're not even dating.


Knowing them, they'll probably be more upset about what we're wearing... She and I dress very casually for church. Usually, and especially on photo Sunday, the men wear dress shirts and ties and the women wear dresses.


I don't know, some people think wearing your "Sunday Best" shows respect for "Him" who the service is all about. But I think that falls under the category of "preference" and that people should wear what they want. I mean, if we can't be tolerant on this point...?


Anyway, I hope nobody gets upset that we had our picture taken together, and I hope our casual dress didn't offend any one. We meant no disrespect.


The photo turned out pretty good and I posted it below.

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Ben Stein's "Expelled"

"Expelled" calls attention to the plight of highly credentialed scholars who have been forced out of prestigious academic positions because they proposed Intelligent Design as a possible alternative to Charles Darwin's 150-year-old theories about the origins of life.

Instead of entertaining a debate on the merits of competing theories, the scientific establishment has moved to suppress the ID movement in a "systematic and ruthless" way at odds with America's founding principles, the film asserts.Liberals have been going ape about "Expelled" for months as it has been screened around the country.

Liberals have been going ape about "Expelled" for months as it has been screened around the country.

If we are seeing this meltdown on the left even before "Expelled" officially opens, expect a Big Bang on April 18.

You've got to love this.

Sorry PAW.

Here you go.

Barack Obama - Jedi Master

Click here.

Olmert Gets it Right

Over at one of my favorite blogs, Skyepuppy wrote about how Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won't be meeting with Jimmy Carter when the former president - and current embarrassment - travels to the middle east to meet with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.

In those moments when I am not terribly filled with the Holy Spirit, I fantasize about Carter being kidnapped by these Hamas terrorists and filmed in his underwear while being forced to say outrageous things.

But I can't think of too many outrageous things that Carter hasn't already said.

Obama on Guns

Indeed, the first time I (John R Lott Jr) introduced myself to him he said “Oh, you are the gun guy.”

I responded, "Yes, I guess so." He simply responded that “I don’t believe that people should be able to own guns.”

This was from a conversation in the mid-90's. Barack evidently has read the Constitution since then because he has changed his tune now that he is running for president.

History Rewritten... My Way

Vice Presidential Debate 1988

Lloyd Benson: “Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”

Dan Quayle: Senator, I am not a war hero, and in no way am I as talented a politician as John Kennedy. But I promise here tonight that if I should ever be serving in the Oval Office and the Soviet Union attempts to build another wall in Europe... I will not sit Idly by... I'll stop them. And if another group of American-backed Cuban freedom fighters challenges Castro... I will not forsake them and allow their slaughter... I'll support them to victory. And thereby - standing strong against communism at every turn - the Soviets will not assume weakness on our part and risk so bold a venture as placing missiles in Cuba or any other country in the western hemisphere... And we will avert the unnecessary threat and crisis of an imminent thermonuclear war.

And Senator Benson, my daily agenda at the White House will never include entertaining beautiful women unchaperoned.

So I concur, Senator... I'm no Jack Kennedy. And, I thank you.

It would have been sweet.

Jimmy Carter to Meet With Terrorists

NEW YORK CITY — Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.

“It’s about par for the course from President Carter, demonstrating a lack of judgment typical of what he does," said John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. "To go to Syria to visit Hamas at this point is just an ill-timed, ill-advised decision on his part."

“I’m not surprised that Carter would do this, as he has been supporting Palestinian extremism for many years,” said Steve Emerson, director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a watchdog group.

So does it take a Jew hater to embrace a Jew hater?

I'm glad Bolton is speaking up about Carter's over-stepping and under-cutting... But I'd love to see George "W" just let him have it. I know. It won't happen.

Ibrahim Hooper, communications director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a non-profit advocacy group, said Carter's efforts demonstrate he's a true partner in peace.

Hooper added that because of Carter's reputation among Palestinians he might be able to bring some pressure to bear.

Sure. The only pressure brought to bear will be upon the Israelis... And they need more pressure... Because the rockets and the suicide bombers just aren't getting the job done.

Ann Coulter Not Impressed with Obama Book

Has anybody read this book? Inasmuch as the book reveals Obama to be a flabbergasting lunatic, I gather the answer is no. Obama is about to be our next president: You might want to take a peek. If only people had read "Mein Kampf" ...

See what I mean? Ann doesn't like Obama's "Dreams From My Father."

Nearly every page -- save the ones dedicated to cataloguing the mundane details of his life -- is bristling with anger at some imputed racist incident.

If you can wade through Ann's sarcasm in the next paragraphs, you'll get a glimpse of an Obama that you don't see on the campaign trail.

Obama tells a story about taking two white friends from the high school basketball team to a "black party." Despite their deep-seated, unconscious hatred of blacks, the friends readily accepted. At the party, they managed not to scream the N-word, but instead "made some small talk, took a couple of the girls out on the dance floor."

But with his racial hair-trigger, Obama sensed the whites were not comfortable because "they kept smiling a lot." And then, in an incident reminiscent of the darkest days of the Jim Crow South ... they asked to leave after spending only about an hour at the party! It was practically an etiquette lynching!

In the car on the way home, one of the friends empathizes with Obama, saying: "You know, man, that really taught me something. I mean, I can see how it must be tough for you and Ray sometimes, at school parties ... being the only black guys and all."

And thus Obama felt the cruel lash of racism! He actually writes that his response to his friend's perfectly lovely remark was: "A part of me wanted to punch him right there."

Note: Barack could have written at this point that his white friend meant well, even if he said something awkwardly... But that probably wouldn't have played as well with the liberal and black community - and evidently wouldn't have represented Obama's feelings. In the matter of race, understanding goes only one way.

Wanting to punch his white friend in the stomach was the introductory anecdote to a full-page psychotic rant about living by "the white man's rules."

I do not understand why Obama was angry and wanted to punch out his friend, but I do see now how Obama could have sat through all those racist sentiments in Reverend Jeremiah Wright's sermons. Barack Obama has a chip on his shoulder. He wants his whites guilt-ridden and teary-eyed... And very cautious when they are around African Americans.

Sorry, not interested.

I'm sure it can be tough "being black." But it doesn't help the situation by making it tough "being white" - around blacks. It just perpetuates the problem... Which I suspect is the liberal politicians' intention.

Prodigal Republican

Haven't written much lately because I've been in a far country wasting my substance in riotous living. But then I came back home and Dad threw me a party...

(No wait... That wasn't me!)

Anyway, I was warming up to John McCain until last Friday when I saw that a conservative group had taken out a full-page ad in a newspaper warning McCain that he'd better not pick Mitt Romney as his running mate.

The group probably supported Mike Huckabee earlier this year... You remember Huckabee... The cute little populist and ego maniacal-Mormon-hater whose lip prints are indelibly etched upon John McCain's rear end.

Not a pretty picture.

My hiney, or derriere as we say in Greentown, is only 54 years old, but has lost much of its charm and glory... Sagging a bit more with the years... Suffering periodically with a little acne. But imagine McCain's aged, 71 year-old poop deck! Something to think about? This student of politics thinks so.

Anyway, if the former Huckabee supporters will stop expressing their call for unity by ripping Romney... I still may come around by November.

Behind the News

In his seven years, Randy Castro has been an aspiring soccer player, an accomplished Lego architect and a Royal Ranger at his Pentecostal church. He also, according to his elementary school record, sexually harassed a first-grade classmate.

During recess at his Woodbridge school one day in November, when he was 6, he said, he smacked the classmate's bottom. The girl told the teacher. The teacher took Randy to the principal, who told him such behavior was inappropriate. School officials wrote an incident report calling it "Sexual Touching Against Student, Offensive," which will remain on his student record permanently.

Then, as Randy sat in the principal's office, they called the police.

Slapping a female's buttocks... Is that wrong? I mean... I know you're not supposed to do it and leave your hand there... I hardly ever do that... But...

This really cuts down on my avenues of communication here at work!

As for this first grader, I'm just glad nobody overreacted.

Church of Oprah

I heard this on The Peter Heck Show.

Voltaire said that God created man in his own image, and then man returned the favor.

But obviously you first must reject Jesus... Which Oprah has done.

I'm not sure how much influence Oprah has. I know the Holy Spirit has more. And, I suspect the people who fall for this stuff would simply fall for something else if Oprah wasn't peddling it.

But Oprah definitely needs our prayers.

This is a Fake Picture

Darth Cheney vs Saint Obama

Gifts to Charity:

Obama <1%
Cheney 78%

According to The Peter Heck Show, The Cheneys made 8.8 million last year... Most of which was from investments and sales of Lynn Cheney's books. They gave away 6.9 million of that. That's a little over 78 per cent.

As I blogged earlier, Obama averaged less than 1% early in this decade... Though he has managed 5 and 6 percent in the last two years... Now that he's running for President. (How genuine!)

So the evil man that the Dems love to hate is far more generous than the Blessed Obama.

"Evil" should be made of sterner stuff.

Obama Didst Love The Poor So Much That He Gave...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle gave $10,772 of the $1.2 million they earned from 2000 through 2004 to charities, or less than 1 percent, according to tax returns for those years released today by his campaign....

How nice... And illustrative.

If only Obama was as generous with his own money... As he intends to be with mine.

I think of all those selfish, evil Christian Conservatives that give 10% and more.

But to be fair, perhaps Obama's spiritual advisor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was too busy preaching Liberation Theology (Socialism) and racism to squeeze in the part about tithing...

Millenials...

According to this article, those Americans between 21 and 29 are - brimming with adultlike respect for American institutions, family values and work ethics, despite a few quirks.

Among the findings: 94 percent said they respect monogamy and parenthood, while 84 percent revere marriage. Eighty-eight percent respect the U.S. Constitution, 84 percent respect the military and more than three-fourths believed in the proverbial "American dream." Fewer than one in four, however, said they have any admiration for Hollywood.

"We were completely surprised. There has been a faulty portrayal of millennials by the media — television, films, news, blogs, everything. These people are not the self-entitled, coddled slackers they're made out to be. Misnomers and myths about them are all over the place," said Ann Mack, who directed the survey and is the official "director of trend-spotting" at the agency.

"Their opinions of monogamy and marriage are products of the era they grew up in, a reaction against a reality-TV world or their unstable childhoods. They are more traditional in their views because they want something better for their own families," Ms. Mack said.

Well this certainly must be galling to Hollywood and the mainstream media!

Good.