Obama's disdain for Israel

Jewish voters are inexplicably a key demographic for Democrats, and they are not thrilled by Barack Obama's treatment of Israel. Although at a July 2010 press conference at the White House, both Barack Obama and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed the US-Israel relationship as strong as ever, press reports suggest otherwise.
At a March 2010 meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister and the White House, things did not go so well. VP Joe Biden intentionally showed up ninety minutes late to a dinner with the Israeli Prime Minister. Two weeks later at his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, President Obama immediately presented Mr Netanyahu with a list of 13 demands designed both to end the feud with his admnistration and to build Palestinian confidence ahead of the resumption of peach talks. When the Israeli prime minister stalled, Mr. Obama rose from his seat declaring: "I'm going to the residential wing to have dinner with Michelle and the girls."

And the Oscar goes to...

Personally I always liked it better when they said, "...And the winner is" but in this liberal society where winning hurts, I guess this is as good as it gets.

Anyway, here are my Oscar picks. I haven't seen all the nominated roles or even all of the nominated movies, but I know what I like and have my own little vision of what the Oscars should be. I envision a very highbrow ceremony that lauds great dialogue, beautiful camera work and acting that allows the role to override the performer. But that may be asking too much from the industry that is bringing us "Hot Tub Time Machine."

Without further ado, here are my picks.

Best Picture:

The Hurt Locker

Best Director:

Kathryn Bigelow

Best Actress:

Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actress:

Mo'Nique

Best Actor:

Colin Firth

Best Supporting Actor:

Stanley Tucci (SO Underrated)

Best Animated Feature:

Up

Best Cinematography:

Avatar

Costume Design:

Young Victoria

Film Editing:

District 9

Best Makeup:

Young Victoria

Sound Editing:

Star Trek

Visual Effects:

Star Trek

Writing (Adapted):

Precious

Writing (Original):

Inglorious Bastards


There you have it. Incidentally, did you know that if Meryl Streep wins, she will be the second actress and the third performer to win more than two oscars? The Actress with the most wins is Katharine Hepburn with four statuettes, and the winningest man is Jack Nicholson with three.

Enjoy the show!

He Just Wants to be One of the Popular Kids.

In this week's Time magazine, MODERATE Republican David Frum, boils down what he sees as the problem of the Republican Party, mainly that it is TOO conservative.

He writes:

...The time has come to restore the center to the center-right coalition. Maybe it's even time to start a new convention so the centrists can meet face to face at least once a year, just as their conservative colleagues do. CenPAC, anyone?

Frum is wrong. The Republican party in recent years has proven that it has a winning platform when the candidates are true-blue conservatives. Rudy Giuliani for President anyone? Mayor Michael Bloomberg...INDEPENDENT. 'Nuff said.

The true problem with the Republican party is that we conservatives let moderates like Frum in at all. He and his ilk only write columns that pander to the moderates in the Democratic Party so they won't be laughed out of town at cocktail and dinner parties.