Expect More

I do! MR responding to my criping about pork in congress and access to bills and the pork on them showed me that link. It was signed into effect by Bush. I expect more for: it DOES NOT show me the law that was approved nor list the HB number. It DOES NOT show me pork. It IS NOT indepedantly reviewed, but rather reviewed by ... shock -- lawmakers and other government agencies. Find a single name of a reviewer ... uh ... uh ... er ... you can't.

I will ASSUME it is only it its infancy and will really detail what it is they are showing viewers. By its own standards, I rank it ineffective. I like the idea, but showing this law and funding is effective, that one not, what the bill entails in its ENTIRETY. I am not cynical here, just that I read it and there's little there to read to make an opinion.

done without guns

My sister emailed me today that she killed yet another hard drive. I guess that she should stop juggling them or using them in skeet shooting.

Kentucky buddy and the Indy Fed fools

So, a KY judge forces sex offenders to move. Way to go buddy! I only wish I could vote you into office here! Menawhile, Indianapolis decides that sex offenders should be closer to children for the time being. Uh ... did I vote you folks into power or were you appointed instead. Step away from the bench please, remove the robe and resign, please.

Mentally insane

So, he's nuts! My questions are:
He violently killed people close to him. Is he at all likely to kill again? Yes.
Is there a method to get him to not kill, apart from executing him? Maybe.
Which makes society safer execution or imprissonment with possibility of parole or escape? Execution.
Well, this non-English speaking murderer, I think just about spelled out his end with morte, no comprende

That's a damned shame that he's crazy. He's not going to get sane nor nonviolent, so ... we're keeping him around, why?

More Bush bashing?

Barbra Streisand does comedy skit ... ha! I don't think so. I will again mention that I disagree on a number of points with Bush, but this crap -- why? I wonder if the entertainers don't read and smell their own crap? Dixie Chicks ... anybody remember this group that went up North to make money? Look, SNL might do some lampooning, but hey ... the TV audience isn't paying for it, so you can protest by stop watching it. When you paid for ... choke, chuckle, snicker; paid for a Streisand ticket, then you got screwed. Oh, I mean that you got her singing and "comedy" skits. I guess, if she's done this kind of stuff before, you couldn't be surprised, but you are sitting there having paid for it. Likely, you didn't want a political satire, least of all from her. I could be wrong, but doubt it.

What makes a bad teacher?

Well, one, when your bigotry and angst interfere with teaching. Here, we have a case for a piss-poor teacher being excused for his evil-intent in that he has a passion for teaching. Really, like decreeing what is, rather than allowing decisions to be made. Moreover, forcing the purchase of propoganda? I think this guy knows Hilter, because he imitates him. Fire him, now! Regardless whether people approve of Bush or not, this teacher's teachings are flatout wrong and inflamitory.

Kiki's Delivery Service

Well, I don't think it was too bad as an early movie, but ... it left a bit to be desired. The fickle, lonely thriteen year-old girl here has troubles and typical teen problems, especially moving into a new city alone. The theme of discovering what makes you, you ... good, but mired with other complexities. It played a bit like a Tarot reading, while you thought a Queen would show, oddly the 8 of hearts would be flipped. Of course, for Tarot reading, you disclude many of the cards of the deck for meaning.

It has some rewatchability, with era-specific music, but pre-teen and early teen girls might find it watchable. Most other characters in the story are walls, windows, and doors in a room. They confine the main character, some allowing limited movement and growth. There is no strong violence in the movie, though injuries and deaths are implied (accidents in climatic wreck, leading to rescue).

The diector uses a range of animation and drawing techniques, including flat backdrops and animated backgrounds. The sound is good, but mixed on English, lacking some fluent ambient noise for more realism. The version (re-release) I saw marked at the end as a dedication to Phil Hartman who voiced the black cat familiar of Kiki the witch.