Focused Rambling

Ron Paul's afraid of them-thar "queers"

For those that enjoy the work of Sacha Baron Cohen, the movie Bruno is coming out soon... and with it will come a scene that involves Libertarian Ron Paul freaking out about a "queer" . Hardly seems like the representative of a party that is adamantly for individual rights to be so hard on certain individuals, but who said politicians practice what they preach... the article goes on to mention other scenes from the movie, including one in which Bruno tells the leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade that Osama looks like a "dirty wizard"...

Slumdog Millionaire draws prizes and protests...

Wow, Slumdog Millionaire just won 8 Oscars , including Best Picture ... although there have been recent protests in India. That sounded cool until I realized that one main root cause of the protests is that the term "slumdog" is insulting to slum-dwellers. If this is truly a grassroots protest from the slums of India, then I guess I can't speak for their feelings, but that seems like a pretty low bar to set for being insulted. Slumdog actually doesn't sound that bad to me at all, it sounds kind of tough and hardened.