Batman = George W. Bush?

Excellent op ed piece from the Wall Street Journal.

Here's a sample:

"There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past.

And like W, Batman understands that there is no moral equivalence between a free society -- in which people sometimes make the wrong choices -- and a criminal sect bent on destruction. The former must be cherished even in its moments of folly; the latter must be hounded to the gates of Hell.

"The Dark Knight," then, is a conservative movie about the war on terror. And like another such film, last year's "300," "The Dark Knight" is making a fortune depicting the values and necessities that the Bush administration cannot seem to articulate for beans."

You can find the entire article here

In defense of big oil!

Not really, but some really good information nonetheless.

Link to in defense of BIG OIL

When will our politicians wake up and come together for the good of the country and world economy?

Charlie Wilson's War

Watched an excellent movie last night of the above title.

Without giving to much away it's about how a Congressman named Charlie Wilson became involved in arming the Afghans against the USSR during the cold war.

The Afghans eventually drove the Soviets out of their country thanks to the U.S. (and largely Charlie Wilson's efforts).

But that seems to be where we (the U.S.) dropped the ball. After the Soviets left we pretty much cut all funding (the way it sounds) and left a country that was 50% below the age of 14 years or younger to develop and rebuild on it's own AND having no idea what we did for them (since it was a covert operation).

This gave rise the Islamofacists called the Taliban. Interesting huh? Now look where we are. Hopefully we'll rebuild and educate the Afghan's this time before we leave so we don't have to go back again in 15 years.

Kinda makes a good argument for staying in Iraq and rebuilding that country, unless we want to go back in 10 to 15 years when the next crazy dictator takes over and becomes a credible threat.

Anyway, good movie with zero boring parts and you learn a little about history.

4 stars out of 5.

Link to Charlie Wilson's Wikipedia page