A movie ... and the news !

TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN,      AND YET ... THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE,  SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS !

    I was sort of intrigued by the movie "The Butler" because I REALLY LIKE Forrest Whitaker and IN SPITE OF the fact that I hate Oprah with a passion. Being the curious sort ... I researched the REAL butler, on whose life the movie/book was VERY LOOSELY based. His name was Eugene Allen and he was born in Virginia. He was a very articulate individual ... much like Mr. Whitaker ... and unlike the movie, he doesn't quit his job to become a protester with his activist son ... he retired and was always grateful and proud to have been the head butler / maitre d' at the White House. Such is Hollywood I guess.  

     In other "NEWS" ... I love how that word is used in today's society. I read the news at least once a day and the stuff you have to wade through to get to any real news is mind boggling. As I once heard someone say ... if we die out and centuries from now a race digs up our artifacts, they'll think that Lindsey Lohan and Kim Kardashian were our leaders ... or maybe our Gods.

    ... now, where was I? Oh yeah, News!!    Bradley Manning (who now wants to be known as Chelsea Manning, a woman) ... the soldier who leaked things that the government had no business hiding in the first place. Very good Op-Ed by Ben Wizner in POLITICO. Check it out!! A tragedy playing out on TV ... much too drastic a sentence for what actually occurred. 

Wars / conflicts raging around the globe: Islamabad ... everyone raging about who killed who/when, the eternal struggle between Pakistan and India. Lebanon and Israel trying to piss each other off with rocket fire. Civilians getting whacked in the Congo.  Australian baseball player killed by three teenagers for a thrill ... etc., ad infinitum.  And the NEWS is filled with ????: Prison Break star ... Wentworth Miller ... comes out as gay (to piss off Russians). Jennifer Lopez has a stalker living in her pool house. Singer Brandy performs for 40 people in a 9000 seat arena. Now ... ain't that thrilling ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ?