A Suggestion for Hollywood

Noticed that Stop Loss didn't do so great at the box office, even with a less than wide release (1291 screens), it pulled in a per screen average of $3,505 its opening weekend. Meanwhile, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns managed to still make $3,849 per screen in its second week of release.

So I'm thinking, if they want to make a profitable Iraq War oriented film, they could do worse than Medea Joins the Marines! (Ooh-Rah!!)


(and Tyler, if you do make this film, I want an Executive Producer Credit, or at least a "Story By" credit, I'll help you flesh out the script, couldn't be too hard)

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There, let's see my sitemeter go through the roof with folks searching for the words in this post's title.

Will that inevitable horde of men be pleased or disappointed after watching the above Vent?

Michelle Malkin knows how to tweak her critics, I'll give her that.

Instapundit also has some links to, and comments about analysis, about how the war is going, and how it will be presented by those in Congress and the Media.

Success is not an option, so long as Pres. Bush is in office, and there are those who will do everything in their power to make sure defeat becomes reality (or at least the perception of defeat becomes pervasive).

There comes a point when opposition isn't just offering a different set of policy choices, but actively rooting for the other side.

(and a request for Michelle, looks like this was shot with an HD camcorder, can you upload a bittorrent of the piece in its original definition, only cause the 'politics' will come through much better in full resolution)

That Dilbert Fella Ain't Wrong, Either

Scott Adams talks much sense about Iraq, I'll just steal his conclusion

Personally, I would consider the war in Iraq a success for America if the troops were withdrawn now, even if the Iraqi democracy collapsed. While this sounds like a joke, I am serious when I say it’s highly useful to find out for sure where the WMD are NOT. Unfortunately, this costly war was the only way to know for sure. You could argue that it wasn’t worth the price to find out, but you can’t say it isn’t better to be sure.

Second, my guess is that America has improved its terrorist fighting knowledge and skills considerably as a direct result of things learned in this war. That is the sort of indirect benefit that can end up dwarfing all of the costs. Every modern war has created that sort of benefit. This one should be no exception. It could take decades before those benefits are clear.

I reiterate that the argument above is riddled with ignorance because I get my information from the media. That’s the point of this exercise. It’s your job to fill in the gaps and critique the reasoning. Sometimes the best way to get to a good opinion is by fixing a bad one that’s clearly stated.

I'm sure he'll get pounded in the comments, but he's right that knowing for certain about WMD was worth the cost, and he's also right that our military is better prepared to fight these kind of engagements, even if it may take some years before that becomes absolutely clear. I also like the part about admitting ignorance due to his sources.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, You Ain't Wrong . . .

(via TVNewser)

This post's title doesn't mean I'll be doing You Ain't Wrong Weekends again.

But, he comes down hard on CNN regarding their broadcasting of terrorists supplied propaganda depicting snipers killing our troops (still up on their website here)

Now, some folks got huffy when I called reporter Michael Ware a person who joined the other side and wasn't just being impartial, but was actively supporting the bad guys.

The CBS Public Eye column even used my post to illustrate the bloodthirsty crazed Bush apologists and their rancorous and wrong-headed rhetoric.

Well, guess which reporter received the controversial footage.

What's that? Got it in one, I thought you would, of course it was the previously mentioned Michael Ware, and he is still one of those 'against us'. He has crossed the line, once again, and either hates the coalition enough where he gladly undermines our cause, or he is clueless enough where he is allowing himself to be manipulated by folks who would love to see him, his entire family, everyone he ever knew back in Australia, and everyone who looks like him, dead, dead and dead again.

Both probabilities are horrible, both are good enough grounds for him to be expelled from Iraq, barred permanently from entering the United States, and any news organization that hires him should face public humiliation and severe shunning.

He disgusted me before, he already exceeded my capacity to be disgusted by someone, yet with his actions he has made a valiant effort to increase my capacity for disgust.

Asshole. I do not hate people easily, and I hate being driven to hating someone, but Mr. Ware, you've earned my sincerist and fiercest hatred.

CNN's new motto, "A tradition of employing anti-American assholes".

For CNN's side of the story, read this.

(I link, cause, frankly, they look even worse in their explanation than I can ever make them look in hurling epithets at them)

I said it last time, and I'll say it this time, these actions aren't treasonous, but they are treason's closest cousin.

Michael Ware, and the CNN producers who choose to employ him and air footage he 'obtains', are treacherous and display an antipathy towards our troops that is as murderous as the hatred from the insurgents, and given the privilege and position they enjoy because of those Armed Forces that they so obviously hate, is far, far more disgusting.

Peter Arnett, Eason Jordan, and now this. Isn't it obvious whose side these folks at CNN are on by now?