General Stuff's Order of the DayPolitics, movies, music. Life according to General Stuff.A Guest Commentary on The Passion of the Christ- March 22, 2004 General Stuff's note: The following is an editorial written by a friend of General Stuff. When the General originally wrote about The Passion of the Christ, I made it clear I would invite an alternative opinion from a person of faith, and so I did. My opinion of the film has not changed. Maybe Later: A Look at The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson is a fine film director. The Academy and at least several other film fans and theorists would...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/22.html#a172 Justice Department Opens Inquiry Into Shell Oil- March 17, 2004 This blogging software is so buggy. I posted stuff yesterday that still hasn't shown up on my home page. Anyway, here's more news on oil shortages: http:www.nytimes.com20040317business17oil.htmlth The Justice Department has opened an inquiry into whether executives at the Royal DutchShell Group violated any laws by failing to disclose in a timely fashion a significant shortfall in proven reserves of oil and natural gas, a person involved in the inquiry said Tuesday. The company and its...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/17.html#a171 Bush is "weak on terror"- March 16, 2004 I don't how Paul Krugman is right as often as he is, but damn the guy is good: The Bush administration, which baffled the world when it used an attack by Islamic fundamentalists to justify the overthrow of a brutal but secular regime, and which has been utterly ruthless in its political exploitation of 911, must be very, very afraid. Polls suggest that a reputation for being tough on terror is just about the only remaining political strength George Bush has. Yet this reputation is based on...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/16.html#a170 It's not the economy; it's Stupid, stupid- March 16, 2004 According to the Congressional Budget Office, the post-911 economic lull is not even close to being the central culprit for America's growing deficit. When President Bush and his advisers talk about the widening federal budget deficit, they usually place part of the blame on economic shocks ranging from the recession of 2001 to the terrorist attacks that year. But a report released on Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that economic weakness would account for only..http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/16.html#a169 Was Bush "Unreliable"- March 16, 2004 Bush and the National Guard: More Questions. Spokane Spokesman-Review: Bush's partial history. Military rules used in 1974 to ground two Washington Air National Guard airmen with access to nuclear weapons also applied to a Texas Air National Guard unit where Lt. George W. Bush was a fighter pilot. Some military researchers and a former Texas Guard lieutenant colonel believe the stringent regulations -- known as the Human Reliability Program -- may have been invoked to stop Bush from flying...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/16.html#a168 Bush Administration still looking for "bottom of the ethical barrel"- March 15, 2004 Bush Administration Invents Journalists to Tout Programs. NY Times: U.S. Videos, for TV News, Come Under Scrutiny. Federal investigators are scrutinizing television segments in which the Bush administration paid people to pose as journalists praising the benefits of the new Medicare law, which would be offered to help elderly Americans with the costs of their prescription medicines. The videos are intended for use in local television news programs. Several include pictures of President Bush..http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/15.html#a167 Spain First Country to Say, "Fuck you very much, George Bush"- March 14, 2004 Pay attention, George Bush. Your wrongheaded invasion of Iraq has just elected its first socialist government. In surprise victory, Spain's Socialist Party defeated the ruling centre-right Popular Party in an election obviously overshadowed by the recent terrorist attack in Madrid. Voters apparently reacted to the governing party's handling of the attack, and the fact that it may have been retribution from Al-Qaeda for supporting America's invasion of Iraq. The Spanish government backed the...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/14.html#a166 Now What Do We Do- March 14, 2004 Bigfoot was a hoax. I feel so dirty.http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/14.html#a165 Actresses Who Should Have Made It Bigger (huh)- March 13, 2004 Well, I can't always be prattling on self-assuredly about serious stuff. In the biological bazaar of Hollywood, where an actress can earn millions of dollars for the pout of her lips or the perk of her breasts, sometimes the right hotties come along at the wrong time and in the wrong movie and for some reason the public just isn't buying what they're selling. The General would like to nominate three actresses whose relative success has occurred only after they have passed their prime (now I'm...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/13.html#a164 And another U.S.-backed coup is in the making- March 11, 2004 Chávez Says U.S. Is Fueling His Enemies New York Times: International News Mr. Chávez has seized on the information in reams of United States government documents, made public by a pro-Chávez group in New York that show Washington is trying to strengthen political parties and other antigovernment groups that want to remove the populist firebrand through a recall. Aid to opposition groups by the National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit agency financed by the United...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/2004/03/11.html#a163 |