>>>>>>>>>>>Maybe that is editorial in tone but it's hard to disagree with much of it. The only part I disagree with is the bit about Churchillian speech. Bush's speeches are about as much like Churchill's as Borat was like Humphrey Bogart.
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>>>>>>>>>>Very good article about very bad situation.
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>>>>>>>>>>BTW That Borat movie was amongst worse I have ever seen. Just could not understand how it ever became so popular.
>>>>>>>>>>I would rather watch 3 consecutive B/W Humphrey Bogart movies then
>>>>>>>>>>15 minutes of that Borat crap.
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>>>>>>>>>Taste is personal, of course. I did find a lot of it funny, especially the early parts in his home village.
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>>>>>>>>>If you had to choose one, would you choose "Casablanca" or "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"? Or do you have a different favorite Bogie movie?
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>>>>>>>>Or Maltese Falcon, Dark Victory, The Roaring 20s. There are lots to pick from.
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>>>>>>>How could I have left out "The Maltese Falcon"?! Or "The Big Sleep", for that matter.
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>>>>>>>I haven't even heard of "The Roaring 20s". Will look it up and rent it if Netflix has it.
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>>>>>>Roaring 20s stars both Bogart and Cagney. It's worth watching. And yeah, Big Sleep. I wanted to mention it, but couldn't pull the title out of the fetid morass that is my sometimes my mind. It doesn't get much better than Bogey and Bacall.
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>>>>>You know how to whistle, don't you?
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>>>>Oh, sure, I can whistle fine, but due to the fact that I can't carry a tune in a bucket, she'd probably just ignore me, thinking it was the kettle or something. ;)
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>>>>She was some kind of special alright.
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>>>Bacall was about 20 or 21 when that movie was made. She impressed Bogart enough that he married her. She won't be with us much longer, I suspect, based on her appearance at last year's Oscars when she had to grab the podium to keep from toppling over. You can see the effects of tobacco and probably alcohol. You can also still see the spunk that made Bogart go sparkle-eyed and call her Slim. Now there was a couple.
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>>I didn't watch the Academy Awards show. Now I'm glad.
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>I am practically gay in my enthusiasm for the Oscars. I watch it every year.

It's not that I have anything in particular against the Oscars, I hate all awards shows equally. Music awards, Emmys, Golden Globe, you name it and I'll be happy to hate it.

I also find that since I watch so little TV, they always seem to pre-empt the one show that I know I would have enjoyed watching in that particular week.