Bachmann "From My Cold, Dead Vagina" bumper sticker

I wonder if the Daily show will sell these--I want one!

Charlton Heston Addressing the NRA

No wonder the pro-gun guys are so full of it.  Did you ever hear such nonsense?  This was the NRA Convention in Charlotte NC on May 20, 2000.

When freedom shivers in the cold shadow of true peril, it's always the patriots who first hear the call. When loss of liberty is looming as it is now...

sacred stuff resides in that wooden stock and blued steel

when ordinary hands can possess such an extraordinary instrument, that symbolizes the full measure of human dignity and liberty

I could go on, but you get the idea. Such overblown rhetoric should be laughed at, not taken seriously. Heston and his speechwriters are conmen preying on the masses of gun owners who, less discerning and more easily manipulated, actually take this stuff to heart. It's sad.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

Paul Newman Dies

I always think of Cool Hand Luke. I don't know if it was his best role, The Color of Money certainly wasn't, in my opinion. For me Luke was his defining character.

While reading the obituary of Paul Newman here, I noticed that he was a known Liberal. It made me wonder why actors usually seem to be Democrats. Then I thought of Charlton Heston. Then I came upon this fantastic video of Bob Hope, which explains everything.




What do you think? Why are so many Hollywood people activists for liberal causes? What did Bob Hope mean? Was Charlton Heston alone among his fellow actors in his political beliefs?