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My birthday was yesterday. Spent the weekend eating stuff I shouldn’t be eating and seeing movies. Caught the new Coen Brothers’ remake of The Ladykillers. It was an entertaining “romp,”but not your typical Coen fare. What happened to the Coens of Miller’s Crossing, Fargo and even Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? That’s two lightweight movies in a row (with last year’s Intolerable Cruelty). I use the phrase “lightweight” to describe The Ladykillers, but keep in mind that it’s a black comedy. From the Coen Brothers. Which is to say, its pretty dark and mildly funny. Also saw Jersey Girl. To this a coworker asked, “Why?” Well, because I’m a Kevin Smith fan. Schmaltzy, lightweight fare from Smith as well. Supposedly his ode to fatherhood, his wife and his late father, this was Smith’s formula movie and I guess its as good as can expected from viewing his previous movies. Ben Affleck was bearable and George Carlin and Liv Tyler were really good. So a friend of mine contacted me last week about working on some banners. He’d just won an assignment from the Kerry campaign. Luckily some of my meetings on Thursday were cancelled, so I had some time. Ended up doing three banners and revisions over a four hour period. No money, but it felt good to be contributing to the cause. So don't forget... Wednesday is the premier of Air America Radio, the Liberal talk network. Al Franken kicks it off at noon with the O'Franken Factor. Check the site for stations or listen to the stream. Condi Rice is refusing to testify publicly or under oath to the 9//11 commission, claiming executive privilege. Never mind the fact that she’s hit every talk show to refute Richard Clarke’s charges. Even the commission’s Republican members are calling for her to set aside her “principles” and testify. The White House is bitching about what an awful precedent this sets. Never mind that she wouldn’t be the first National Security Advisor to testify under oath despite her claims. Even legal experts see no harm in her testifying. "The whole idea of executive privilege is that the president's advisers should be able to give advice in confidence," said Herman Schwartz, a constitutional law professor at American University. "That means the advice should be kept confidential. But she's talked to everybody under the sun." "What is the difference between appearing before the commission privately, telling them her story, and saying it publicly under oath? She can't have it both ways," he said. As a friend so eloquently put it, “Fuck all y’alls.” If you’re going to drag a public debate about a blow job on for nine months, we can ask serious questions about terrorism. At least this is a discussion about something important. Even if Rice thinks the commission “is not concentrating on what happened on the day of September 11th” (60 Minutes).
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