About Those Flags

Joe Biden seems to have very little idea of how to treat an American flag.

In his defense, he does look very busy with...with...uh.

Nope, sorry, can't come up with any good excuse for it.

"But I *SAID* To Be Nice"

Barack Obama has promised he wouldn't wage a smear campaign against Sarah Palin but a number of his surrogates are sure getting their hands dirty. Too many to be a coincidence.

Either Obama is encouraging/allowing these tactics (and lying about it) - or, since his staff is directly ignoring his publicly stated stance, he is not a much of a leader.

Either way, who would want to vote him into the White House?

Back On His Heels

Talk about being off balance. Just today, Barack Obama has said that his answer to the abortion question at Saddleback may have been, "too flip", that he "wouldn't rescind the Bush tax cuts right away" and that, "Sarah...uh...Palin....uh...is....probably.....uh.....probably.....even closer....uh....to...uh George...uh...Bush....than John...McCain...OK?" (honestly, these are the people that complained about George Bush's speaking ability?)

Heh

UPDATE: Geez, how scared must Obama be to make this claim?

Somehow, he left it out of his two memoirs, but this morning, Barack told George Stephanopoulos that he really thought about joining the military, but chose not to because we weren't in a war at the time.

Oops, We Did It Again

The "Republicans are stupid" meme, continues:

"Sure Bush is defeating the terrorists, and McCain may very well defeat me. But not because they meant to…"

"We Dreamed of a World"

I think someone on the left is about to defect to our side...but I may be reading too much into this.

The Messiah's New Clothes

From a comment over at Ankle Biting Pundits' place:

Obviously Bulldog, if you cannot see the beautiful new clothes that Emperor Hopey-Changy is wearing, it is because you are stupid.
Only the enlightened and most intelligent among us can see the exquisite fabric of his robes - or should I say ‘outfit’?

Same goes for his ‘legislation’ and ‘experience’ - not being able to see it is your fault. Stupid realist!

/sarc

heh

The Problem With Palin

Ah, I get it.

Because she is successful, it makes it harder for other women to be successful...

Besides, Palin certainly won't be much help to those women trying to nudge the country into embracing more family-friendly workplace policies. John McCain doesn't actually have any work-family policies to speak of anyway, but now, when women argue for the need for paid family leave, the Republicans will only have to trot out Palin to illustrate why women don't really need it.

(Hat Tip Dizzy Girl)

No Sexism At All

From Whoopi Goldberg:

"This is a very dangerous woman, because I believe for her intents and purposes, she’s OK if everybody lives a certain way, that is to say, the way God ordained men and women to be. Well, already she’s breaking that because she’s the daddy. She’s going to run the country and the husband is going to take care of the kids. I just found the whole thing sad and very musty and very much like a Bund rally, but maybe that was just me."

Goldberg, incidentally, was a single working mother - I guess that is OK because she was the mother & "the daddy". Somehow it is OK to work outside the home if you don't have an intact family unit and help at home.

(Warning, article and comments are LOADED with rumors and inaccuracies)

Not About Palin!

I thought I would take a break from the Palin blogging to update the info on our next get-together.

Special Agent Johnny Utah will be back in town on the 14th, so I was hoping we could get some bloggers together for food and drinks.

Since the only west-sider who will be there is me, I thought we could aim for something a bit more central. How about Corbin's Bar & Grill? They have no happy hour on the weekends, so let's have some dinner. How about 5ish?

Here's what I am thinking:

Sunday, Sept 14th, 5:00 -> ?
Corbin's Bar & Grill
8729 N Central Ave
602-466-3201

We previously had positive RSVPs from Special Agent Johnny Utah, John McJunkin, John Moore, & Anonymous Mike. Lori thought maybe yes, but now it looks more like no.

Can you guys still make it? Anyone else?

Celebrating The Hunt

Now we know, thanks to her triumphant debut at the Republican convention on Wednesday, that Mrs Palin not only slaughters her prey. She impales its head on a stick and parades it around for her followers to jeer at.

(Hat Tip TCHOTP)

Palin Power

Heh

Ringing Endorsement

I've been trying to convince my fellow conservatives that they have been wasting their time in a fruitless quest for a new Ronald Reagan to emerge and lead our party and our nation. I insisted that we'd never see his like again because he was one of a kind.

I was wrong!

The Future of the GOP

I don't know whether Sarah Palin will be the first female president of the United States, but I can hope.

Whether she wins or loses, however, I know who I'll vote for in 2036...

UPDATE: Looks like Amanda agrees with me, though she wants her to be a bit older.

Class Warfare

From a ridiculous, and apparently inaccurate, article on the cost of Cindy McCain's Monday night outfit, comes this comment:

I respect rich people who EARNED their money. Don't ask me to respect someone who got their money from daddy. Her only success is being born into the right family

So, according to this genius, every generation has to start from scratch. It doesn't matter how hard your parents work, when they die it all has to go in to some giant "lock box" and you have to earn all your own money.

Well, that will certainly encourage people to work hard.

BTW: The estimate, $300,000, is based not on the dress, but on the jewelry. Several jewelers have since said something along the lines of, "there is no jeweler selling 3 carat diamond earrings that will cost you $280,000."

1) Why shouldn't she spend her money on pretty things if she wants to?
2) Don't bother to mention how much of her time and money go to charity.
3) How much did the Mrs. Obama & Biden spend? Why only mention the GOP budget?

Again I Warn You, Don't Mess With Texas

The 34-year-old mother of two grabbed a shotgun that had been pointed at her face early Wednesday, starting a struggle that ended with one intruder killed with his own weapon and another in the hospital.

Two bad guys with guns vs a Texas family.

Bad guys lose.

What She Brings

It isn't that surprising that people love Sarah Palin.

What is amazing is that people who were lukewarm about McCain last week have warmed up to him so much, because they love her

Sarahcuda & That Other Guy

How in the world is McCain going to fare tonight? I can't imagine he can top her speech from last night.

Sarahcuda

Anyway, if you want to see a gorgeous blonde kill, gut, dress, and eat a gossip magazine reporter for breakfast, here you go (via Hot Air):

From Rachel Lucas, who has taken up using the name Sarahcuda. I am definitely stealing that.

Good Point

A caller to the Laura Ingraham show this morning had an interesting question:

Why isn't anyone asking if Barack Obama will be ready to be President if something should happen to Joe Biden?

Now, The Debates

I pity Joe Biden. I really do. He's going to need new hair plugs when she's done with him.

Sarah Palin Speech

AZ Family has video of the entire speech

Womyn -Heh

Democrats have clearly demonstrated for all to see this week that being a womyn, and therefore blessed by the protections of feminism and Correct Thinking, is defined not by having ovaries, but, rather, by having Democrat ovaries. If you fail that test, they're not ovaries, they're merely undescended testicles.

So true

What Does A Feminist Look Like?

Just gonna quote directly from the email TCHOTP sent me:

"Because she jumbles up so many cultural categories, because *she is a feminist not in the Yale Gender Studies sense but the How Do I Reload This Thang way,* because she is a woman who in style, history, moxie and femininity is exactly like a normal American feminist and not an Abstract Theory feminist; because she wears makeup and heels and eats mooseburgers and is Alaska Tough, as Time magazine put it; because she is conservative, and pro-2nd Amendment and pro-life; and because conservatives can smell this sort of thing -- who is really one of them and who is not -- and will fight to the death for one of their beleaguered own; because of all of this she is a real and present danger to the American left, and to the Obama candidacy."
Peggy Noonan at WSJ

I have always felt that feminism should be about empowering women, not about making them victims, or, possibly worse, making them men. Unfortunately, modern feminism does far more of the latter two, than of the first.

(In general, "diversity training" is more about making people aware of their status as victim or victimizer than about teaching tolerance and getting along. The end result is intolerance and insincerity.)

Preview of McCain's Speech

Governor Palin had not even finished speaking last Friday when the Obama campaign and the Washington and New York media began picking through her garbage and criticizing her in the most personal, most unprofessional, most despicable terms. And why? Not because of her record. Sarah Palin is one of the most experienced, effective, accomplished, successful public servants working in America today. They criticized her, I believe, because Sarah Palin is not one of them. She is a working mother, for sure, as all mothers are. But she is not their kind of working mother. The media and the Democratic Party--and I should note that it's hard to tell the difference these days--like their female politicians to be liberal, and pro-choice, to be patrons of the arts, to read the New York Times every day and agree with everything in it, and to enjoy hobnobbing with others like them at parties featuring Zinfandel and brie. Sarah Pallin, on the other hand, is a mainstream conservative. She's pro-life and pro-family. She appreciates the arts as much as the next person, but her hobbies tend toward hunting, and fishing, and even the occasional game of hockey. Sarah does read the New York Times every day, though I happen to know she doesn't particularly enjoy it. (Laughter.) She prefers her hometown paper and the latest edition of Outdoor Life. She'll drink Zinfandel and eat brie if she must, but she'd rather be home with her husband and her five children, cooking dinner--yes, Governor Palin still cooks for her family, even though the state of Alaska wanted to pay for a chef to cook for them--and catching up on everyone's day.

Oh, that's not what it is? Shoot.

Your Experience Is Showing

Proof of Sarah Palin's lack of experience.

All Palin, All The Time

I know, I know

Might as well continue the theme, though

Palin filmed in the company of known Communists

"Great Balls of Fi-ah"

UPDATE: Dang - they beat me to it

It's Who You Know

Obama may indeed have more experience dealing with terrorists than Sarah Palin.

After all, some of his best friends are terrorists.

Judging Palin

How about judicial appointments?

Let's see what Sarah Palin's record says.

...a review of the applications of the judges she named suggests that her appointments have been based on merit, not politics, and reflect a range of experience in criminal defense, criminal prosecution and civil practice.

Really Reaching

Maybe they can get this one to stick:

Obama advisers and surrogates have also linked Palin to conservative former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. An Associated Press story from Alaska, dated July 17, 1999, states that Palin, then the mayor of the small town of Wasilla, was wearing a Buchanan button during a Buchanan visit to Alaska.

Ooooh, scary [/sarcasm]

What Media Bias?

There is no discernible bias to the MSM reporting, is there?

I'll Go There

If families are fair game, then here ya' go.

Much more troubling than Bristol Palin's pregnancy

Smack

Macker has found a video posted in response to Diddy's insanity

Mostly good, though I think the guy is a bit out of line with his comments about Michelle Obama.

Raising Contrasts

At Jill Stanek, on a tip from TCHOTP
(more here)

Interesting that the election is now about Obama vs Palin, rather than Obama vs McCain - I guess he has given up going after Mac and is instead trying to beat up on the girl. Too bad for him, he'll find out she is quite capable of taking care of herself.

Interesting Thought

Obama attracts crowds - McCain attracts audiences

Obama Gave A Speech?

Attack of the 80's Hair

Sarah Palin (Heath) - Sportscaster

How cute is she? Even with those peacock bangs :-)

Not that I have any room to talk - I had some high hair myself, and in my passport photo, no less.

Fowler 'Apologizes'

What Fowler said about this:

I would add that, just because a person catches you being an @ss, that doesn't make them a nutcase.

That 3 am Phone Call

OK, seriously, I don't want this to become "all Palin, all the time" but there is just so much to say.

And stuff others have said that is too good not to share.

Like this:

I just don’t get the feeling from her that were the phone to ring at 3 a.m. with news of the Russian bear snarling at our door, she would mumble something about breast-feeding her infant or going to a school play and hang up. I do worry that Obama would convene a gathering of intellectual ditherers to come up with a plan for a conversation to have with world thought-leaders about what sort of image America wants to project in the face of understandable assertiveness on the part of an important member of the global community.

Faced with a charging moose, I want a president who would shoot the f*****.

Bristol Bounce

Well, the news of Sarah Palin's daughter being 5 months pregnant seems to have worked it's way through the new cycle quickly.

And it appears to be working in her favor.

Those who were against her, are still against her, of course.

But those who were on the fence seem to see her as more human, as even more willing to walk the walk, as having a relationship with her daughter that many envy.

Those of us who were behind her all weekend, it seems, are still behind her today - perhaps even more strongly. I had a bit of a hiccup, but finding that not only did she tell McCain about the issue ahead of his picking her, but that it was fairly well known in Alaska, reassures me of her straight shooter bona fides.

I think that it could have been handled better, though I understand trying to keep some privacy for your 17 year old daughter. Having Bristol holding Trig (and his blanket) on stage during Palin's introductory speech does seem to have been an attempt to camouflage a burgeoning belly. I love that it makes the nutroots look even nuttier for suggesting a girl who is 5 months pregnant could have had a baby 4 months ago. That would be quite a story for the medical journals.

Check The Mirror

I am not happy about the Bristol Palin revelation, but it isn't that surprising in this day and age.

I certainly hope that the left, particularly the Hollywood left, take a moment to think before launching an attack. After all, they nurture and glamorize the culture that encourages these types of things.

Occasionally, an out-of-wedlock pregnancy leads a celebrity to do the right thing. Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz got married before announcing her condition, Jessica Alba married Cash Warren prior to the birth of their daughter, Jamie Lynn Spears claims that she will be marrying the father of her child.

But, for all of those stories, there are plenty more that follow the finger in the eye to convention route. The Nicole Richie, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie model of behavior. Heck Goldie Hawn was doing it ages ago.

I trust that Bristol and Levi have all the support they need to face this instant adulthood. And, like ExKevin, I am glad that Governor Palin and her family don't see a baby as a punishment.

Behind the Scenes With McCain/Palin

Meghan McCain has some great backstage shots.

Oh Fer Cryin' Out Loud!

Sarah and Todd Palin have announced that their 17 year old daughter is pregnant and planning on marrying her boyfriend.

Did she know this last week? Because that is something she may have wanted to mention during the vetting process.

D says that the announcement means nothing bad to him, and just makes her seem more real.

UPDATE: John McCain says he knew about it and does not consider it a problem.

Sure, handing the left a weapon like that - no problem. Of course, there is a possibility that will alienate 'regular' people if they focus too much on that - and miss the opportunity to attack her on something that might stick

UPDATE 2: Finally found it online.
"She and the campaign also are asking that the media respect the family’s privacy" - yeah, that'll happen

Proof Palin is the Right Choice

Diddy is freaked out and wants all the "yoofs" to vote against McCain on Nov "forf".

Because, he says, there are no black people in Alaska.

I bet there are some black people, and Eskimos and other groups, in Alaska who could educate him about the diversity in the state.

WARNING: Dramamine recommended for viewing, Diddy has a serious case of the Spike Lee spins

People Who Do Things

John McCain and Sarah Palin are people who do things. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are two guys who talk a lot.

Indeed

Second Thoughts

I am having concerns about the Palin pick. I really hope she thought it through, and discussed it with her family.

The Democrats political machine see nothing and no one as off limits, they will have no trouble trashing a person, or their family, with unfounded charges. They will now be going after the Palin children's school friends, Todd's friends and colleagues, Sarah's parents..... If the Clinton's decide they want Obama to win after all, the tactics get even lower & slimier.

I am happy to have her on the ticket, but I hate to see anyone put through that.

UPDATE: See, I told ya'

On Experience

The MSM and the DNC have said that choosing Sarah Palin as the VP candidate removes the GOP argument about Obama's lack of experience.

Oh, really? Let's compare.

UPDATE: More on potential versus accomplishment

(Hat Tip TCHOTP)

Rollin' Up Her Sleeves

I have to agree with ExJon, this is a woman who would have no problem shoveling muck, bailing water and cleaning up damaged homes.

AmI Right On This?

Hasn't Sarah Palin spent more time in the Middle East than Obama?

Just askin'

All Class

Michael Moore Says Hurricane Gustav Proof 'There Is a God'

Don Fowler laughs about Hurricane Gustav hitting New Orleans, says it is proof "God is on our side"

They represent the so-called "party of the people". Sure would be nice if someone would muzzle them.

Do you think those people across the south, bracing for yet another storm, will take note of Moore and Fowler and their incredible sensitivity?

Guaranteed the MSM will ignore the comments

BTW: Why is it they only think of God as causing suffering, or as the punchline of a joke?

BTW 2: Didn't they say Hurricane Katrina was Bush's fault, why does God get credit for this one?

Babies, Guns & Jesus

That's a resume that is giving the Dems fits.

Prognosticating

I would like to point out that, once again, the forecast was wrong.

Storms were predicted for Tuesday and Wednesday. Both days were bone dry.

Thursday called for a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

You know how that turned out.

UPDATE: From Royal Norman

Pretty much totally unexpected ... even as the initial storms developed the Weather Service, and frankly yours truly, were in denial. The atmosphere, or what we thought we knew about the atmosphere at the time, didn't seem ready for such an outbreak. It seem the storms would only be a southern Arizona deal last night. And yet it happened.

Ugly Is As Ugly Does

The main theme emerging in the comment threads around the internet is that Palin can't be smart because she is pretty.

"Just a pretty face"
"A trophy VP choice"
"Apparently he only cares about surrounding himself with attractive women"
"How long till the nude photos surface"
"Just wait till the sex tape shows up"
"It is an insult to serious women everywhere"

"blah blah blah"

Apparently, in order to be a serious, intelligent women, you have to scare small children on the street.

Interesting

UPDATE: "She may be a homophobe and an anti-feminist, but….

John McCain's Vice Presidential running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was a hottie back in the day.
She was probably a slut too!
Can't wait ’till all the skeletons start tumbling out of her closet!
How many dudes have done her up the butt and tapes it??? "

Way to stay classy and take the high road.

Some of Her Early Work

Sarah Palin grants citizenship to Craig Ferguson

I Admit It

I am giddy right now.

Positively beside myself with gid

Both the timing and tenor of the VP announcement, and the DNC/MSM reaction to it are fantastic.

Get The Tin Foil

A concern with the Palin pick, and this goes right in the conspiracy file, is the Clinton reaction. I had assumed that the Clintons, while appearing as supportive as possible, would find way to ensure Obama lost. Hillary's best, earliest chance would be 4 years from now after one McCain term.

Not so when the number 2 is also a strong woman.

Perhaps this pick actually encourages the Clinton machine to get on the Obama bus.

Loves It

It ain't easy for a female to look that good in a flight suit - she looks completely comfortable.

I'm Not The Only One Thinking It

Sarah Palin, the Republican VP candidate is a MILF. You know it's true.

What makes her an industrial strength, grade A MILF?
Strong, smart, ethical, charming, rugged, out-spoken...

The fact that she is good looking is just icing on that cake.

*****************************
I don't know that she would have been my first choice, but neither was McCain. I do like what she brings to the ticket (despite CNN proclaiming this morning that "the number 2 pick has no effect") and what she takes out of the debate.

Happy to have her :-)

UPDATE: From a comment here, predicting the Palin/Biden debates -
"I have hunted and killed big game Senator and you're not big game."
heh!

Something New For The Truthers

You just know they are going to swallow this lunacy hook, line and sinker - because it is what they wish for; a big, bad, evil, conspiracy-laden US government.

Putin accuses U.S. of orchestrating Georgian war

Remote Control

John McCain 2008

Nice use of their own words - love the sound bite of Obama trying to make a point, especially since it is a good one.

But, really, can you imagine listening to Obama's stutter-stop-hesitating-bumbling delivery for four years? He makes W's delivery sound smooth.

Shamrock shake - another reason to hate canada

I wondered what happened to those.

Canada part at the bottom

McCain? Obama? Utah?

Those of you who are unsure about the two major party candidates might want to know about other options.

Special Agent Johnny Utah has been fairly mum on this, but I thought you should all know.

Tick Tock

I really wish I could fall asleep.

I have a long day of work ahead of me . . . must. sleep.

A Public Service Announcement

I would like to point out that the weather report called for a slight chance of rain tonight.

It has been pouring for hours.

I tried checking in several places (weather.com, wunderground, etc) for the current week's forecast and found predictions ranging from sunshine for the next five days to thunderstorms through Sunday, and everything in between. It seems as if they simply had their computers randomize all the possibilities.

Meteorology might be a reasonable career path for those D+ students out there, you only need to be right every now and then.

cue jingle The more you know...®

Cash or Convictions?

Two things have come up recently that have lead me to ask that question:

1) I have Google ads on this site (and my others, actually) They have an option in the settings that allows you to block specific advertisers. Lately, my posts have garnered ads from MoveOn.org. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how I feel about them. I was going to log in and change my settings to keep their ads off my site - then I realized I have a perverse sense of satisfaction thinking that some minuscule amount of their money is coming to me. But, I should stay true to my beliefs, right? I shouldn't willingly give them any exposure, should I? Or, should I just keep their money coming?

UPDATE: This may be less of an issue than I was imagining, since it is unlikely that my readers would click on a MoveOn.org ad - and the rate for straight impressions is much less.

UPDATE 2: Well, this one answered itself. When I came to my blog and saw a MoveOn ad at the top . . . I knew that it was totally unacceptable. No matter how much they are paying. (OK, I am sure I have my price, but Google ads don't pay enough) I put them in the filter, hopefully the ads will cease appearing soon.

2) A bit more serious of an issue. I have posted before about my attempts to buy some property in this down market. The banks, however, are in no hurry to part with the inventory - very odd. Anyway, my intent is to rent the properties out. One that I have an offer on already has long-term tenants in place. My realtor tried to warn me off the deal because they are Section 8 tenants. However, the more I read about the program, the more I am convinced it is a great deal for landlords.

The problem is my general disdain for subsidized housing. Is it right to protest the system while profiting from it? Is it a cop-out to think that, as long as the system is in place, I might as well be one of the ones to benefit from it? Is it capitalism or opportunism to allow the housing authority to make my mortgage payment with tax dollars?

Atheism vs Anti-theism

I know many Christians. I know some Jews.
None of them spend their time and money trying to force others to share their beliefs. In fact, the Muslims I worked with didn't, either.

These people, however, are doing just that.
It isn't enough that they don't believe, they don't think anyone else should, either.

Anti-Theism seems to be more of a religion than they would care to admit.

UPDATE: I was curious how I got a "you're so stupid" comment so quickly on such a nothing post, so I checked my logs. Turns out, Sam found me via a google blog search for the term "atheism". I guess it is cool that Vox popped up there, but who would imagine some poor guy searching for posts about atheism at 1:00 in the morning? Curious.

UPDATE 2: This old post shows, again, the difference between atheism and anti-theism. Unfortunately, the post it referenced is gone, but the snippet I grabbed at the time is pretty clear.

Blog Gathering

UPDATE: New time, new location

I have it on good authority that, should we choose to gather on Sept 14th, we will have the pleasure of Special Agent Johnny Utah's company.

That is reason enough for me.

Unfortunately, the Cardinals are hosting the Dolphins at UoP Stadium that day (1:15 kick-off), so The Yardhouse is out. We could give BJ's Brewhouse a try.

2:00...3:00...?

Thoughts?

Cool New Game Show

Click to see the set of the new game show Spot The Tool

Oh, that's not what it is?

Nevermind

Imagine That

Sounds like what the US (especially along the border) has been dealing with for years.

Illegal immigrants are returning home to Mexico in numbers not seen for decades — and the Mexican government may have to deal with a crush on its social services and lower wages once the immigrants arrive.

Hmmm, not really feeling too much pity for them.

'bama/Biden Bumper Stickers

From Creative Minority Report comes a first wave of bumper stickers:.

Smugs & Plugs

Ed Morrisey said it best: "Is that really happening? After a week of excruciating suspense, the big revelation is Joe Hairplugs?"

From a comment here

For M

Because I love her and she is trying some new things

Melissa Lawson - "What If It All Goes Right?"

And because I like the song.

Housing Issues

The Democrats want to make sure that you know how many homes John McCain owns, and he seems to be unsure. If the number they are reporting is correct, there is a simple formula for them to remember.

    Take the number of states Obama thinks we have
    subtract the number of states we actually have    
   get the number of homes owned by the McCains

Glad I could help

For Lori

Because you've mentioned that great feeling when a man wraps his arms around you, and every time I hear this song now I think of you.

Luke Bryan - "Country Man"

"Let me hold you little darling in my big strong arms
Can't get these kind of muscles anywhere but a farm"

Mmm, I got myself a "country man", and, oh baby the big strong arms!

So, Lori, have you considered learning to two-step?

Glad That's Cleared Up

I have become rather fond of iced coffees - those horribly over-sweetened things the fast food joints are selling. I can't even begin to imagine how bad they are for me. (and I like it that way, I don't need any of you helpful people leaving that information in the comments, thankyouverymuch. This is a situation where ignorance really is bliss)

That, however, isn't the point.

McDonald's offers theirs in two sizes. I generally get the smaller one, which occasionally leads to a 'small' problem.

Conversation -
Me: I'll have a small vanilla iced coffee
Them: We don't have small, we have medium and large
Me: How can you have a medium if you have only two sizes?
Them:........................

I guess I could avoid the problem by just ordering the medium, but that just makes no sense to me at all. I will continue to order the small, it is the principal of the thing.

Fear Itself

(Hat Tip Pirate King)

More Casting Changes

I mentioned my favorite Casting Game movie, Collateral, a few days ago. It is a bit unfair to choose that role, in that movie, because of the lack of parameters - the character of 'Vincent' isn't strictly limited by age, gender, ethnicity.... All you need to do is think of someone who can say "You attract attention, you're going to get people killed who didn't need to be." more convincingly than Tom Cruise and you have a winner. Not exactly a stretch.

It gets more challenging/interesting with other movies.

Let's take What Women Want as an example (because Helen Hunt really can't act her way out of a paper bag, and I am not convinced she fits the gender requirement). To replace her we have certain limitations; female, in a reasonable (movie reasonable) age range for Mel Gibson, with some comedic ability. Once again, they have an obvious answer right under their noses. Put Marisa Tomei in the lead role and the movie goes from cute and mildly amusing to down-right funny...and much more enjoyable.

Other possibilities:
Sandra Bullock - generally dependable in romantic comedies, but mostly when she gets to be goofy in some way. Not much goofball in the role as written, so this might not be a good fit.
Ashley Judd - A lot of people don't care for her (including D), but I think she could have swung it
Calista Flockhart - eh, maybe
Kate Beckinsale - I think it would have worked

I have a harder time with this one, obviously.

* How about some TV chicks (remember the movie was made in 2000); Kyra Sedgewick, Joely Fisher, Deirdre Quinn . . .
* Other chicks already in the movie; Lauren Holly, Sarah Paulson (maybe a bit young), Lisa Edelstein, Andrea Baker, Kelley Hazen (maybe too old, but she still looks good and the age works better with Mel) . . . .

Well, I am getting carried away and just grasping at straws now - anybody else want to play?