Month: September 2005

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And that’s it.

The Bush administration used one tragic disaster in 2001 as carte blanche to do whatever it wanted in response. It’s a shame that it’s taken another, four years later, to finally get the nation to start holding the administation accountable for that. As Mr. Grant writes:

In just a few dozen hours, a hurricane has done what five years of liberal activism only partially succeeded at: put the full scrutiny of the American People and Media on the White House.

Let’s just hope it’s not a passing phase.

Roger Ebert’s quote of the following exchange from A Sound of Thunder:

“What’s that?”
“The molecular structure of brontosaurus blood.”
“No Way! Cool!”

reminded me of my favorite line from the positively awful movie Congo:

“I’m not a pound of sugar, I’m a primatologist!”

I don’t know why, but that line’s always stuck with me. I’ve tried very hard to block the rest of the film from my memory. (Ebert, of course, gave it three stars, which I can’t agree with, but which I guess I understand. Most of the actors, particularly Ernie Hudson, were clearly having fun making it, so that’s something.)

I’m not really sure where I’m going with any of this.