Gotta love the Kid

I knew I liked Kid Rock for some reason.  Thank the Lord, a celebrity who isn't afraid to say what he thinks, even though most people in his social sphere will disagree. Props to Kid Rock.

That brings me to another topic: Preachy rock stars. I say rock stars because actors don't preach on the job, just when they're interviewed.  But when you're a concert, and one of your favorite bands gets up there, you don't want to hear them start preaching a totally opposite political view. It alienates you from them.  And also, we don't pay for a ticket to hear them spew their uninformed bullshit.

My brother and I are going to Warped Tour next week, and we plan to be as obnoxiously conservative as possible.  For instance, I plan to wear a shirt that says "Kill a Commie for Mommy" or something to that effect.  Back to my original point, we're going to chant "Don't Preach, Just Play" whenever someone like NOFX or Anti-Flag starts spouting propaganda.  I don't mind celebrities having opinions, they're entitled to that, just like everyone else is.  But not if they're using my time and money to do so.

Funniest damn thing.

This and this have got to be some of the funniest things ever.  If I ever meet Frank J., I'll shake his hand, and then squeal like a rabid fangirl.  So great.  Plus, I found out what IMAO stands for(International Monkey Assasination Organization)! There is much joy here in Half-Mick Land.

And also, I think the Agent Frank picture is fucking hilarious.  Frank, in the words of so many, "You da man!".

Dubya's Military Records

http://washtimes.com/national/20040723-111412-6124r.htm

Well, how about them apples? Even though it's pretty much been proven that Bush served his military time (Yay Dubya!) the everso moonbatty AOL tries to manipulate the story, and  make seem as though nothing has changed. *adds this to her "List of Reasons to Hate AOL".  The story headline link on the Welcome Screen is "Lost Records Turn Up: Bush's Military Pay Files Found, But Do They Dispel Charges?".

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Of course they do you fucktards, that's the whole point of them turning up, is that they DISPEL THE CHARGES. Oy vey.

Celebrities, and how dumb they are

Elton John Proves He's An Idiot...except that we knew that already
 
As pointed out by Joe on Anti-Anti-Flag.com, celebrities like Elton John just don't get it.  Has it occured to them that maybe people don't like them for what they say and do, and that's discouraging folks form buying their records?  But why admit they're pompous assholes when it's so much easier to just blame the Bush Admin for censorship?

King Arthur: How authentic is the movie?

I've noticed quite a bit of buzz surrounding the new movie, King Arthur.  Among friends the complaints have been that it's totally untrue, or historically inaccurate, or they should have done the "original" story.  The critics have been saying that it's just a bad action flick, it's nothing like the legend, therefore it sucks, and so on.  Now, when I saw the trailer for this movie, I was EXTREMELY excited.  It looked new, exciting, with a very different plot from the traditional Arthur myth.  I saw it, and I was right.
 
The movie was very different from people were expecting, I think.  There was no Lance/Guin/Arthur triangle.  There was no Camelot, or Morgan le Faye, or shining full-body armor.  Why? Because the movie was trying to make a story off of what might have really happened. All the stuff I just mentioned was invented by a Frenchman in the 1200's named Chretien de Troyes  (I personally hated the L/G/A triangle, and I'm very glad it wasn't in the movie).  I'm no Arthurian scholar(although one of my brother's professor's is), but I do know that we think that a man who may have been the real Arthur lived in Briton during the 5-600's, and was most likely a Romanized Celt of one kind or another.  I, quite frankly, am very pleased that it was nothing like the legend. It wasn't supposed to be.  It was a good action movie, and if it wasn't historically accurate, then boo-freaking-hoo.  It was well cast, and well directed.  Just a good movie all in all, especially because there was no L/G/A crap.
 
Another thing.  A friend of mine was arguing with as to whether or not Guinevere would have been a fighter and if she would have worn as little as she did. The answers are "yes" and "yes".  I like to think I know quite a bit about the early Celts. One thing I do know is that the Celtic women were allowed to fight.  The Celts weren't huge on distinguishing between the sexes. Women could be the heads of clan, and go into battle, etc etc.  The Celts also had a special penchant for going into battle stark naked, especially if they wanted to prove their bravery. The braver you were, the less you wore.  So the only inaccuracy is that the Woads in King Arthur should have been wearing less.  I have come to believe that they didn't have any nudist Celts so that they could keep their PG13 rating.  Normally I would agree with my friend, because Hollywood loves to have women fighters when there wouldn't be any for the sake of political correctness,(like IF they had had women fight in Troy, I would have been very skeptical, to say the least) but in this case, the movie is good to go.

Anime: Why I don't like it

Tragically Normal's Wendy wrote a post recently saying how she disagreed with this fellow on his Anime views.
 
Now, I agree, this guy's reasoning wasn't the best, but I couldn't help agreeing with him on a few levels.  I can't abide anime or manga. Really. I find it uninteresting, poorly written, and I really don't like the way it's drawn (Their characters are Japanese. Make them look like it!).  On top of that,  I find the Japanese obsession with 12 year-old school girls very disturbing.  I know it's not in every manga issue or anime episode, but the female characters are almost always super models with enormous boobs and very little clothing, or schoolgirls that  look like very pretty little boys.  Or, super models in schoolgirl clothing. Also, all the guys, look like chicks.  I don't understand it. 
 
Another reason I don't like it, aside from the disturbing characters, is the way it's written. Of all the anime I've seen, and manga I've read, no one seems like a real person.  They're all pretty much caricatures.

Censorship?

Sorry for the lack of updates, I haven't been able to use the computer much lately.

Not to go on about the same subject over and over again, but it's interesting. I was very excited about the release of Hardy and Clarke's book Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man. I had heard that people had been having trouble finding it, so I decided to investigate. I went to Borders Books, and it was no where to be seen. Not in New Releases, Politics, and I even looked on the database, but that said you had to order it. And almost every book I saw in Politics was blatantly liberal. Up at checkout, they had Clinton's book, and Moore's latest book.

I went to Barnes and Noble, and it wasn't quite the same case, but it as close. MMIABFSWM was in Politics, but not in New Releases.

Needless to say, I found this all very fishy.

Happy 4th

Happy Independence Day. I salute those brave men who died for our freedom.