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Mar. 22nd, 2007
What do you think, Gladys?
Mar. 22nd, 2007 10:04 amJust watched the fourth episode of season two Life on Mars and all I can say is that it's a good thing I'm already bi- 'cause if not I'd be totally gay for Annie right now. How anyone can resist her in this episode would defy all known laws of nature. She's Aphrodite on a clam shell, Marilyn on a subway grate, cute, disarming and "come fuck me" hot all at the same time. And no it wasn't just the scene where she's in a red teddy holding a whip that convinced me of it.
The best part is that the actress isn't some twig-like Hollywood type, not the sort who'd be told the time of day in American tv. Fortunately the British seem to know better, and I'm utterly, grovelingly happy they do. Wow...just wow.
The episode overall was well plotted, had sufficient Sam angst to please me, and great character moments. Excellent episode, definitely my fave of the season so far, and now I'm sad there are only a few more to look forward to.
If you're not watching this show you seriously need your head examined.
The best part is that the actress isn't some twig-like Hollywood type, not the sort who'd be told the time of day in American tv. Fortunately the British seem to know better, and I'm utterly, grovelingly happy they do. Wow...just wow.
The episode overall was well plotted, had sufficient Sam angst to please me, and great character moments. Excellent episode, definitely my fave of the season so far, and now I'm sad there are only a few more to look forward to.
If you're not watching this show you seriously need your head examined.
By the way
Mar. 22nd, 2007 10:15 amSomebody out there wouldn't happen to know how one could pluck music off of something like this, would they? I need this music and Nick is dragging their goddamn feet about giving it to us.
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Mar. 22nd, 2007 02:45 pmBrad at Sadly, No! points us to this coverage of Al Gore's presentation to the Congress:
The reviews only grew more savage when Gore crossed over to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in the afternoon for a second hearing. “You’ve been so extreme in some of your expressions that you’re losing some of your own people,” announced Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.), the committee’s ranking Republican and the man who has called man-made global warming “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.”
Inhofe informed Gore that scientists are “radically at odds with your claims.” Displaying a photograph of icicles in Buffalo, Inhofe demanded: “How come you guys never seem to notice it when it gets cold? . . . Where is global warming when you really need it?”
No, really, an elected official actually said this. Brad adds:
And that’s about it, folks. Because it’s cold in Buffalo during the winter, global warming can’t be real.
There are times when I think we just deserve to die off. This is one of them.
However, just when you start to lose all hope you read the rest of the story:
Barton informed Gore that some of his ideas “are just flawed.” Under Gore’s plan, Barton said, “we can have no new industry, no new cars and trucks on the streets, and apparently no new people.”
But this was no match for Gore. “The planet has a fever,” he lectured Barton. “If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, ‘Well, I read a science fiction novel that tells me it’s not a problem.’ If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame-retardant. You take action.” [Editor's note: Day-um! Can I just once again say how very much I heart Al Gore?]
The audience laughed. Barton started reading the newspaper, then discovered he wasn’t getting much support even from his own side. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) admitted he paid to see “An Inconvenient Truth.” Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), implicitly rebuking flat-Earth colleagues, said: “It’s possible to be a conservative without appearing to be an idiot.” Barton flashed a grin of annoyance.
I'd like to think Mr. Bartlett is correct about this, I really would, but I can't really find any significant factual basis for his argument. Although I have to say that I admire the hell out of anyone who can make it as far as Congress while sharing the first name of the mildly evil and mentally challenged sheriff on "Dukes of Hazard".
Over on the Senate side, Inhofe was determined to avoid a fate like Barton’s. Given just 12 minutes to question Gore, Inhofe warned him that “I want the same ad-lib time that you have.” When Gore didn’t answer his questions succinctly enough, Inhofe ordered: “I’m going to ask you to respond for the record in writing.”
“Well,” said Gore, “if I choose to respond to you verbally here, I hope that’ll be okay, too.”
“If it’s a very brief response,” Inhofe directed, then declared that Gore could not answer any questions until Inhofe had finished his allotted time.
Boxer broke in. “You’re not making the rules,” she said, raising the gavel. “You used to when you had this.” The hall filled with applause.
If she'd added "bitches" to that final statement I'd seriously start worshipping at that woman's feet.
The reviews only grew more savage when Gore crossed over to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in the afternoon for a second hearing. “You’ve been so extreme in some of your expressions that you’re losing some of your own people,” announced Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.), the committee’s ranking Republican and the man who has called man-made global warming “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.”
Inhofe informed Gore that scientists are “radically at odds with your claims.” Displaying a photograph of icicles in Buffalo, Inhofe demanded: “How come you guys never seem to notice it when it gets cold? . . . Where is global warming when you really need it?”
No, really, an elected official actually said this. Brad adds:
And that’s about it, folks. Because it’s cold in Buffalo during the winter, global warming can’t be real.
There are times when I think we just deserve to die off. This is one of them.
However, just when you start to lose all hope you read the rest of the story:
Barton informed Gore that some of his ideas “are just flawed.” Under Gore’s plan, Barton said, “we can have no new industry, no new cars and trucks on the streets, and apparently no new people.”
But this was no match for Gore. “The planet has a fever,” he lectured Barton. “If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, ‘Well, I read a science fiction novel that tells me it’s not a problem.’ If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame-retardant. You take action.” [Editor's note: Day-um! Can I just once again say how very much I heart Al Gore?]
The audience laughed. Barton started reading the newspaper, then discovered he wasn’t getting much support even from his own side. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) admitted he paid to see “An Inconvenient Truth.” Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), implicitly rebuking flat-Earth colleagues, said: “It’s possible to be a conservative without appearing to be an idiot.” Barton flashed a grin of annoyance.
I'd like to think Mr. Bartlett is correct about this, I really would, but I can't really find any significant factual basis for his argument. Although I have to say that I admire the hell out of anyone who can make it as far as Congress while sharing the first name of the mildly evil and mentally challenged sheriff on "Dukes of Hazard".
Over on the Senate side, Inhofe was determined to avoid a fate like Barton’s. Given just 12 minutes to question Gore, Inhofe warned him that “I want the same ad-lib time that you have.” When Gore didn’t answer his questions succinctly enough, Inhofe ordered: “I’m going to ask you to respond for the record in writing.”
“Well,” said Gore, “if I choose to respond to you verbally here, I hope that’ll be okay, too.”
“If it’s a very brief response,” Inhofe directed, then declared that Gore could not answer any questions until Inhofe had finished his allotted time.
Boxer broke in. “You’re not making the rules,” she said, raising the gavel. “You used to when you had this.” The hall filled with applause.
If she'd added "bitches" to that final statement I'd seriously start worshipping at that woman's feet.