Having resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. -- Malachy McCourt
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Hamas pledges revenge
No, seriously… They say they’re gonna kill more Jews in response to the latest elimination of Hamas leadership. (Like they were paragons of restraint before, right?)
Of course to make sure they don’t blow each other up, there will have to be someone in charge. This, of course, is a problematic thing, given the average life expectancy of Hamas leadership.
“No, Abdullah, ignore that bull’s-eye atop your kaffiyah… and that helicopter sound means noth - Hey, come BACK!”
100 Greatest Movie Characters
Premiere magazine has posted an online list of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. An interesting list, but I’d probably make a few changes…
If you don’t want to click through to the magazine, I copied the list below…
1. Vito Corleone of The Godfather
2. Fred C. Dobbs of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Scarlett O’Hara of Gone With the Wind
4. Norman Bates of Psycho
5. James Bond of Dr. No
6. Annie Hall of Annie Hall
7. Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Ellen Ripley of Alien
9. Jeff Spicoli of Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10. Gollum of Lord of the Rings
11. Margo Channing of All About Eve
12. Charles Foster Kane of Citizen Kane
13. Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird
14. Randle McMurphy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
15. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs
16. Robin Hood of The Adventures of Robin Hood
17. Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz
18. Carl Spackler of Caddyshack
19. Rick Blaine of Casablanca
20. Virgil Tibbs of In the Heat of the Night
21. Susan Vance of Bringing up Baby
22. Travis Bickle of Taxi Driver
23. Eathan Edwards of The Searchers
24. The Little Tramp of Mabel’s Strange Predicament
25. Gordon Gekko of Wall Street
26. E.T. of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
27. Marge Gunderson of Fargo
28. Captain Quint of Jaws
29. Daphne/Jerry of Some Like it Hot
30. King Kong of King Kong
31. Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard
32. Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany’s
33. Ratso Rizzo of Midnight Cowboy
34. Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde
35. Dr. Evil of Austin Powers
36. Alex Forrest of Fatal Attraction
37. Jake Gittes of Chinatown
38. Willy Wonka of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
39. Michael Dorsey/Dorthy Michaels of Tootsie
40. The Terminator of The Terminator
41. Jane Craig of Broadcast News
42. “Dirty” Harry Callahan of Dirty Harry
43. Forrest Gump of Forrest Gump
44. Jules Winnfield of Pulp Fiction
45. Mary Poppins of Mary Poppins
46. John McClane of Die Hard
47. Mrs. Robinson of The Graduate
48. John “Bluto” Blutarsky of Animal House
49. Chance the Gardener of Being There
50. Blondie of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
51. Freddy Krueger of A Nightmare on Elm Street
52. Howard Beale of Network
53. Ninotchka of Ninotchka
54. Frank Booth of Blue Velvet
55. The Dude of The Big Lebowski
56. Alan Swann of My Favorite Year
57. Tom Powers of The Public Enemy
58. Phyliss Dietrichson of Double Indemnity
59. Lt. Kilgore of Apocalypse Now
60. George Bailey of It’s a Wonderful Life
61. J.J. Hunsecker of Sweet Smell of Success
62. John Shaft of Shaft
63. Carrie White of Carrie
64. Rocky Balboa of Rocky
65. Edward Scissorhands of Edward Scissorhands
66. Navin Johnson of The Jerk
67. Inspector Clouseau of The Pink Panther
68. Alex DeLarge of A Clockwork Orange
69. Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront
70. Judy Benjamin of Private Benjamin
71. Rev. Harry Powell of The Night of the Hunter
72. Lloyd Dobler of Say Anything
73. Norma Rae of Norma Rae
74. Tony Montana of Scarface
75. Dr. Strangelove of Dr. Strangelove
76. Tony Manero of Saturday Night Fever
77. Annie Wilkes of Misery
78. “Mad” Max Rockatansky of Mad Max
79. Hans Beckert of M
80. Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon
81. Aurora Greenway of Terms of Endearment
82. Jack Torrance of The Shining
83. William Cutting of Gangs of New York
84. Darth Vader of Star Wars
85. Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire
86. Melanie Daniels of The Birds
87. Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
88. Raymond Babbitt of Rain Man
89. Sandy Olsson of Grease
90. John Malkovich of Being John Malkovich
91. Mrs. Iselin of The Manchurian Candidate
92. Dil of The Crying Game
93. Harry Lime of The Third Man
94. Rose Sayer of The African Queen
95. Oda Mae Brown of Ghost
96. Tommy DeVito of GoodFellas
97. Ace Ventura of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
98. Antoine Doinel of The 400 Blows
99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone
100. Roger “Verbal” Kint of The Usual Suspects
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Why I don’t like John Kerry
I only have a few beefs with the Democratic candidate, but they are large in my eyes.
1) He is one of the most negative politicians I’ve ever seen. Not once does the man ever have anything positive to say. A typical John Kerry speech has enough Bush-Bashing to please the most hardcore Democratic Underground flunky.
2) To go in hand with #1, he doesn’t have a plan for anything, despite his claims to the contrary. 10 million new jobs...how do you propose to do this Candidate Kerry? And where did you get 10 million? As for Iraq and the War on Terror, he would like to involve the United Nations, again. This is NOT a plan.
He also said if elected, he would immediately approach the United Nations about taking a central role in Iraq. He added that the Bush administration’s “arrogant” foreign policy has prevented foreign countries from joining stabilization efforts in Iraq.
I love that, arrogant foreign policy, as opposed to what, a tolerant foreign policy? Has this assjacker learned anything? Have the Democrats learned anything from the Clinton years? I take it they have not and most likely, refuse to do so.
On domestic issues, Senator Kerry repeated a campaign pledge to create 10 million new jobs and cut the deficit in half. He said he is entering a phase of his campaign in which the American public will get to know who he really is.
Oh. Joy.
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Cox & Forkum hit another one out of the park
Remember a few weeks ago, when Israel managed to turn the leader of Hamas into a wheelchair-bound fine pink mist? Well, Cox & Forkum celebrated the event with this charmer…
Yesterday’s strike by Israel of the Hamas replacement caused this little masterpiece.
Now you know why they are on my BlogRoll…
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100 Unique Retaliations
Following up from yesterday’s Dead Rat post, Hamas is pledging to retaliate against Israel.
And not just any plain retaliation, but 100 Unique Retaliations.
Unique eh? As opposed to strapping bombs to children (nowadays) and sending into them crowded places? I’m curious as to how unique these actually will be.
Praising Jesus before blowing themselves up? The 1st All Singing, All Dancing attack? Just how unique can you be?
I’m mystified by the level of intellect the Paleos display. Sure, they rationalize suicide attacks as it being their only way to defend themselves, but in reality, they’re not defending anyone. They only seek to kill the Jews. And for that, they believe they deserve their own state? And what will they do with that? Not kill any Jews? How long would that last?
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