The Monkey and I attempt to understand our attraction to violence in film, an attraction well-manifested even in supposedly sane, spiritually-inclined, and well-balanced human beings, like us, for instance.
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Several November 2008 polls confirm something that most of us already knew: with a disapproval rating ranging from 65%-76%, President George W. Bush is one of the most unpopular Presidents of all time. …
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It is ironic to the Monkey and me that Thanksgiving, which in theory is one of the most important and powerful holidays of the year, and Black Friday, which is the purest …
The Monkey and I made some pretty bold predictions this year that turned out to be true:
1) that Barack Obama would win the Presidency in a landslide, and
2) in so doing, he would rewrite the …
Four years ago, on Election Night, I was in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio amid a throng of celebrating Republicans. As I had to keep a professional veneer up through the filming of my …
In our last post, the Monkey and I described the fundamentals and history behind the Electoral College and offered the idea that the College must be scrapped if we are to move into an era …
Every few years there comes a time when many in the United States once again question this country’s antiquated and arcane voting system. Oddly enough, this time of questioning usually coincides with a federal …
The most popular post on this blog, with over 1300 unique views, is a post I wrote during the primaries in which I predicted a landslide win for Obama over Palin’s Running Mate, using primary …
Thought for the Day 10/9/08: “Patterns of negative thinking seem our only means of coping with a world which appears bent on denying all our goals and aims and desires. These are our prompters, the crosses we bear …
“Though the slogan on America’s silver coins says, “In God we trust,” we deny this as we set out to collect as many of these coins as we can.” — U.S. Andersen, “Three Magic Words,” …
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“Thoughts become things. Things are thoughts held in form by the great creator, the Universal Subconscious Mind, but a thing only becomes a thing as a result of a conscious thought!” …
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The Monkey and I once again dive into the murky world of the MSNBC to Digital Tier on Comcast Conspiracy. Verdict? Here’s an excerpt: “In short, the Monkey and I now agree that MSNBC is totally in on this deal. I think that they wagered a bet, a fully researched wager, no doubt, supported by a team of economists, ad sales execs, and Nielsen numbercrunchers…”
Sarah Palin, who was briefly the GOP Candidate’s ace in the hole is now his Sword of Damocles. Her Running Mate will have a daunting task ahead of him indeed to recover from the damage she will soon inflict to his chances next week in St. Louis.
