I love you Chomsky.

You are painful to hear but beautiful to read, you dusty fart, high-falutin' cautious SOB.

I disagree with you about 9/11. You said it didn't matter if we found out who did it, like it didn't matter if we found out who killed JFK.

It is vital that we find out who did it for this very imporant reason:

If we don't catch them, they will probably do it again.

Otherwise, you are so deep, and so fair, and so accurate, and so painfully honest....

But a total bore to listen to, Doc! And I love ya!

You're a great read!

You are an American icon in the best sense of the word. Lasting and true.

Somewhere between the triangulation of Monroe, Einstein, and Fields.

Great post. Thanks.

>> ^bcglorf:
I was just thinking about how JFK was the last president to get this kind of response when he gave his nods to VP Biden. If that doesn't send a shiver down your back nothing will, here's hoping Obama lives a good long life.


And what exactly did JFK do for this country? (besides Marilyn Monroe, backing down from Russia, and running corrupt campaigns)

>> ^Psychologic:
Even though Palin says some funny (and inaccurate) things, you can't really fault her on not knowing what the "Bush Doctrine" is. It has meant multiple things throughout the years, so no one can really claim that it only means one specific idea.

I will politely disagree with this assessment, as the word "doctrine" (or "dogma") has a clear meaning in the realm of politics - specifically foreign policy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine#Foreign_policy_of_Doctrine

As you can see, there have been numerous doctrines throughout the years, i.e. the Monroe Doctrine, the Eisenhower Doctrine, the Nixon Doctrine, and Bush Doctrine. It is fairly obvious that Gibson is referring to this definition of doctrine, and Palin should know what is meant by "Bush Doctrine" as a candidate for 2nd in command of a superpower. She doesn't, just going by her response, "In what respect, Charlie?"

I agree that Bush has all kinds of retarded ideas, beliefs, and policies, but using the word "doctrine" really only specifies foreign policy. And I know of no other foreign policy of Bush other than minimal diplomacy and maximum warmongering.

>> ^Kagenin:
As a side note, I cannot stand "Monroe" piercings. It looks dumb!


It works for her.

>> ^Kagenin:
As a side note, I cannot stand "Monroe" piercings. It looks dumb!


I thought it was a cyst...

As a side note, I cannot stand "Monroe" piercings. It looks dumb!

>> ^Trancecoach:
anyone else see that recently discovered stag film, featuring marilyn that's been making its way around the intertubes? Kinda loses the allure, don't it?


Except that it's not her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3A230HRffw (safe for work)

That scumbag is a real man he is.....that is humiliating that a US soldier would act like that.....I pray that he gets what is coming to him.

his name:

David Motari
24419 Florence Acres Rd
Monroe, WA 98272-9662
Phone: (360) 794-7191

soldier David Motari throws puppy off cliff video:

http://www.video.cnn08.com/?v=US_Soldier_Throws_Puppy_Off_Cliff


I copied these from the other comments of the same video:


Soldiers blow up dog, find it funny
http://www.video.cnn08.com/?v=US_Soldiers_Blow_Up_Dog

Soldiers, tormenting a dog...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_BSksdvAM

blowing up a kitten and cheering
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=64d_1199566522&p=1

Soldiers killing civilians in front of their children
http://www.video.cnn08.com/?v=US_Soldiers_Killing_Civili
ans_In_Front_Of_Their_Children

Any idea why they hate us?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'boop boop e doo, sugar, daphne, josephine, 50s' to 'boop boop e doo, sugar, daphne, josephine, 50s, billy wilder, lemmon, monroe, curtis' - edited by maatc

yep. this one made it pretty big here in Rochester, NY, on our college radio station. only station i listen to. 90.5 WBER

http://wber.monroe.edu/wber-high.m3u

great station.

The title indeed comes from a painting. The original artist was Edward Hopper and his painting "Nighthawks," was of a diner in Greenwich village:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg

That painting was adapted into "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," by Gottfried Helnwein and featured Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Elvis Presley and James Dean.

Here:

http://angel.enredados.com/images/bbd.jpg

Thanks for all the GREAT comments, everyone.

I personally believe that we should try to empathize with everyone, regardless of how trivial we perceive their problems to be, because maybe their problems really aren't so trivial. Yes, I can think of worse problems to have than being sexually objectified. Being horribly maimed or disfigured is just one example that I consider to be worse. Having severe mental illness is yet another, IMHO. However, we're in the 21st century and yet sexual harassment and the "glass ceiling" for women are still very real problems in the workplace, and pretty women are often the ones who find themselves in those situations. Also consider Marilyn Monroe. She struggled to get serious acting roles because she was often just considered "a face", and all her good looks didn't prevent her from taking her own life.

If you don't want to consider beautiful people as having any disadvantages, that's fine. However, I hope that after you've seen this video you'll look past the looks and try to learn more about attractive people you meet before you simply categorize them as "a face".

I'm also adding this to the *Canada channel, as I noticed that it was directed by KITH alumnus Mark McKinney, and it was also produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'jfk, kennedy, marilyn monroe, schwing' to 'jfk, kennedy, marilyn monroe, schwing, 60s' - edited by swampgirl

Tags for this video have been changed from 'silent, footage, marilyn, monroe, american, gi, glamour, girl' to 'silent, footage, marilyn, monroe, american, gi, glamour, girl, 1947, 40s' - edited by swampgirl

My first post (which got canned) was:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Hashish-The-Drug-of-a-Nation
(Too bad too; I still think that vid has great music and cool retro-druggie and co-opted video clips)

First published post was:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Q-How-is-Kevin-Smith-like-Marilyn-Monroe

(A run-of-them-mill Kevin Smith Q&A video; but still funny)