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To: AK2004 who wrote (278221)3/4/2006 9:39:59 AM
From: paret  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575834
 
Don't miss this movie
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'Good Night, Osama Bin Brokeback: Trans-Syriana Constant Gardner'

by Mac Johnson HUMAN EVENTS Mar 03, 2006

Sunday night is Oscar night, and all America is abuzz --except for all the states in the middle, south, mountains, plains, inland west, east, and far north. But Manhattan and two cities in California are simply radiant with anticipation. The anticipation has reached a new climax, though, with the shocking appearance of a new Oscar favorite just two days before the ceremony: "Good Night, Osama Bin Brokeback: Trans-Syriana Constant Gardner."

"This changes everything," commented the Academy upon announcing that the small independent film, would now be nominated in every category, despite having appeared two months after the normal deadline. "This could be the greatest film ever made!" according to Ang Lee, director of "Brokeback Mountain," who immediately asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration for Best Director, in homage to the new entry. "I am crap" chimed in George Clooney, crying uncontrollably after the premiere. "I will never write, direct, produce, act, edit, or key grip again. I can never match this."

"Good Night, Osama Bin Brokeback: Trans-Syriana Constant Gardner" is the touching love story of two blacklisted Arab journalists who take a job tending sheep one summer in beautiful, isolated "Brokeback Wadi" -- only to discover over the course of that summer of manly innocence that they have deep homosexual love for one another (to the relief of many worried sheep).

The strength of this non-conventional, and thus praiseworthy, love affair emboldens the two Trotskyite shepherds to realize that they are actually lesbians trapped in men’s bodies, a fact they did not previously understand due to the soul-killing patriarchical propaganda fed to them by Evil McBigs, a Christian missionary/Exxon oil executive. Thus, the two set off on a transgendered journey of discovery across Syriana, a mythical country that -- like all the Middle East -- would be peaceful, if not for the insidious influence of Evil McBigs and his cronies at the CIA and Halliburton.

After a late night session of peyote and a marathon screening of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" on Al-Jazeera, one of the trans-lesbian lovers, Osama, has a vision in which s/he realizes that Evil McBigs is actually Joe Camel –and thus responsible for the imminent death of the other trans-lesbian shepherd, Jake, who has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer after years of smoking Virginia Slims.

Osama thus resolves to drive a hybrid car bomb into Evil McBigs newest liquefied natural gas terminal, where McBigs is also conducting medical experiments on Africans for Pfoozer, a large evil drug company that actually works for the CIA, which is owned by Halliburton, where Dick Cheney once worked, before inventing George W. Bush. Also, Evil McBigs is really a Jew, having changed his name from Evil McBigbergerstein.

"You've come a long way baby," Osama says to a dashboard picture of Jake before his martyr-like self-immolation for World Peace. This leaves a forlorn Jake alone, smelling Osama's robes wistfully, while being unknowingly poisoned by Pfoozer chemotherapy experiments.

So you can see how no other Oscar nominee has a chance in Hell of winning now. "I just couldn't stop crying," said most of the 113 people who actually saw the film.

And neither can I.



To: AK2004 who wrote (278221)3/4/2006 10:44:53 AM
From: paret  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1575834
 
Not a good idea to bet against the ole US of A.
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WARREN BUFFETTED FOR $1.8B IN '05

By PAUL THARP NY POST

nypost.com

March 4, 2006 -- Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in America, is $1.8 billion poorer this year due to bad bets - also losing billions for his loyal following.
The 75 year-old "Oracle of Omaha," considered by some as the world's greatest investor, has suffered an embarrassing 2.36 percent loss in returns on his huge Berkshire Hathaway empire in the past year.

The pricey shares skidded from their peak last December of $91,200 apiece to $87,490 yesterday. That represents a drop of nearly $4.7 billion in just three months for his shareholders.

Berkshire Hathaway - built largely on insurance businesses and blue chip stocks - got hurt from insurance losses and bad bets on the dollar.

Berkshire also lost about $926 million in the first half of last year betting that the dollar would drop, but it rose 10 percent against other currencies.

Buffett's eagerly awaited letter to shareholders, due to be released today in Omaha, is expected to explain what happened and offer solace and direction for the coming year.



To: AK2004 who wrote (278221)3/4/2006 12:10:32 PM
From: paret  Respond to of 1575834
 
US "EDUCATIONAL" SYSTEM in the toilet
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The Destruction of an American Generation

by Sher Zieve

therealitycheck.org

Today, an Aurora, Colorado Overland Park high school teacher, Jay Bennish, was caught on tape and, subsequently, suspended for making ‘controversial anti-US’ comments. The suspension is said to be “temporary”. Some of the comments Bennish made to his captive class of students included that the US is the “single most violent nation on planet earth” and that it is a “quote unquote democracy”.

Note: The “quote unquote” comment was, undoubtedly, meant to disparage and diminish the US as a democracy. Although, I doubt that Bennish is even remotely aware of the fact that the United States of America’s governmental form is that of a “representative Republic”.

Bennish went on to spew his “facts” that capitalism is “at odds with human rights”, President Bush’s January State of the Union address included “things that Adolph Hitler used to say” and Israel is a “Zionist state”. He’s not only anti-US, anti-President-Bush and a pro-Marxist proponent but, he also appears to be anti-Semitic. Bennish, however, claims to be a Rostofarian—one of the “Ganga (marijuana) is good for you” crowd. Bennish also questioned that Hamas is a terrorist group, when he responded to a statement by one of his students (also on the 20-minute tape) that Hamas is a terrorist group. Bennish asked the student: “Who is defining what is a terrorist?”

The school Superintendent Monte Moses refused to chastise Bennish for his statements and, instead, made the politically correct and appeasing comments: “Our policy calls for both sides to be present, in the interest of intellectual discourse. People in life make mistakes occasionally. We address them. We learn from them.”

This is just the latest expressed insanity of the “Ward-Churchill brand of indoctrination” plaguing Colorado and other states. The leftist-indoctrinators (AKA “educators” or “teachers”) are no longer relegated to college campuses but, are now inculcating our children at the high school and even middle and grammar school levels with their brand of communist appeasement propaganda. On the flip side, we’ve already seen, in myriad ACLU lawsuits, that teaching from a US patriotic standpoint or (horror of horrors!) even deigning to bring up the concept of Intelligent Design (in “polite conversation”) is forbidden.

A stern warning to parents: If you do not become immediately involved in what is occurring with the education of you children, there will soon be another generation of adults who have both no concept as to what America is really about and will practice anarchy against the US. These kids are also being raised to fight everything America stands for and to offer up no resistance, whatsoever, to the enemies of our country. In fact, these “teachers” are programming their students to believe that the enemies of the US are their “friends” and that the US, itself, is the enemy. Is this what you want? If not, GET INVOLVED! Tell those who allow these contemptible behaviors to continue that they are not only unacceptable but, that you will refuse to send your children to school unless the indoctrinators either stop their brainwashing or are removed from classrooms.

Premiere Nikita Khrushchev of the former Communist Soviet Socialist “Republic” said: “We will destroy you from within!” If parents do nothing, it will become a reality. And there is another enemy of freedom who is now saying much the same thing—radical Islam. If our children are being taught to believe that the barbarians are their friends, the kids will be easier for this enemy to destroy and, ultimately, result in a murdered or converted-to-Islam generation. Remember, your children are now being raised to embrace appeasement and hate their own country. If you don’t intercede—and now—this will be yours and our entire legacy.

The end of the US’ beliefs and way of life is closer than it has ever been. Parents’ immediate involvement and participation in their children’s education is essential.