The Incredibles Is Incredible
Lizzie and I went out and saw “The Incredibles” last night and I think it was definitely one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. I’m a big fan of all the Pixar movies such as Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Monster’s Inc, as well as the Dreamworks animated movies such as Shrek, but out of all of those “The Incredibles” is definitely my favorite so far. The Incredibles was excellent in every way, unexpectedly so and an absolute must see for adults and children.
I went knowing that I’d enjoy the movie to some extent. I was surprised to find that it was incredibly well written, acted, and the artwork was just outstanding. I left the theater with a goofy smile on my face, and we discussed the film all the way home. Timeless, intelligent, and extremely humorous. What more can I say? Go see it and find out for yourself!
Driving home Saturday morning I noticed a lot of people in orange walking around the fields and trees, which means deer hunting season has started in Minnesota. Knowing this made me kind of nervous driving down the highway, Minnesotans aren’t exactly known for being the best hunters in the world. You hear every year about hunters shooting each other accidentally, or farmers’ cattle getting shot because the hunters can’t see that it’s a cow and not a deer. I started laughing hysterically when I came up on a farm that had big huge orange coats on its cows, they looked awfully silly but it’s a pretty smart idea to keep your cattle from getting shot at.
I’m sure we’re all winding down now from a very big week last week. On Tuesday, the Dunkin’ Donuts crowd prevailed over the Starbucks crowd. The leaders of both crowds talked about finding a common ground and finding a way to end the division that has resulted in this country from the campaigns. I think this idea is fabulous, it’s what I’ve been saying all along. Lattes at Dunkin’ Donuts and Glazed Doughnuts at Starbucks. It will be a much better country to live in. Just kidding, I mean finding common grounds politically in this country, of course.
I must say, I’m very glad this election is over. I’m glad it wasn’t close, and that it isn’t going to stretch on for months like it did in 2000. I’ll never forget this election, though. I’ll never forget all the heated arguments, the hundreds of thousands of protesters at the RNC in New York, the biased media (for example the forged CBS News documents that CBS says were “fake but accurate,”) and i’ll never forget about all the other vicious attacks, complete disrespect, and conspiracy theories thrown at the President of the United States which really backfired on them with the people in this country who like to hear optimism over pessimism. All I can say is that the Democratic party really needs to change their platform if they expect to win in 2008. No more “I’m better because I’m not George Bush” or in next time’s case, “I’m better because I’m not of the party of George Bush.” The hate and pessimism, as I’ve said all along, really backfired on them. They need to stop trying to be like Michael Moore, basically. Sorry, his version of reality isn’t as popular as you think.
I look back at past elections and I don’t remember the contenders that lost all that clearly, but I will always remember Kerry and Edwards, especially from their concession speeches. I didn’t feel good about Kerry especially because of his consistent support of partial birth abortion, his inconsistent and incoherent stance on the war made me very nervous, and his incoherence on other important issues didn’t give me anything to support him for. The one social issue I disagree with the Republicans strongly on, he didn’t either support or oppose.
However his concession speech brought out a different John Kerry than I had seen throughout the entire campaign. It brought out a man that was truly emotional and sincere. He gave a very statesmanlike, cordial concession speech, and conceding rather than fighting was a very honorable thing to do. You could tell Edwards would have rather had it his way and continued to fight it until they could find a way to win. I guess that’s just the way lawyers are. Edwards’ concession speech was a whiny, sniveling diatribe, and I bet Kerry is now wishing he would have picked a better runningmate. I hope that’s the last we’ll see of Edwards. If Kerry can come up with a stronger platform and coherent stance on the issues, maybe he’ll be a stronger politician someday.
The news media is already bored now that the election is over and there’s no lawsuits or recounts. So they are already speculating about the 2008 election, which I’ll talk about some other time. Heck, we have four years to talk about it, it can wait. There’s also a lot in the news about the Scott Peterson murder case, and I can honestly say that I don’t know enough about it to say if he’s guilty or not, I just flat out haven’t paid any attention at all to it until now. I do find it very interesting and appropriate that he’s getting charged not only for the murder of his wife but also charged for murdering the fetus inside of her as if the fetus was a living human being. But this just really brings up a point that baffles me. When a mother wants to keep the child but it’s killed we recognize that it’s a living human being with rights just like the rest of us. Bu when the mother doesn’t want the child she can just murder it through abortion because it’s just “a glob of flesh” and not actually a human life with rights. Interesting. Anyway, if he did it, I hope he gets all they can give him. Just as in the abortion vs. capital punishment point where liberals say conservatives are hypocritical for being Pro Life but supporting capital punishment, I say that I have a lot more sympathy for an innocent unborn child and will fight for it’s constitutional right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but I have a lot less sympathy for murderers who have no place in our society. Capital punishment should be used with great restraint, and the possibility of executing the wrongfully accused does make me uneasy about the issue, but if someone killed someone that I love, I would want them executed, no question about it. In a nutshell, standing up for innocent unborn babies is much different than not standing up for murderers.
Also in the news there are reports that suggest the final, no-holds-barred assault on Fallujah has begun. It sounds like nothing is off limits this time. If terrorists and insurgents hide in mosques, the mosques are targets. It’s about time. Our forces are itching to get this done. They wanted it months ago. They know it’s risky and unfortunately some of them will not be coming home, but they still want to finish the job and destroy the last major rebel stronghold in Iraq. I know the troops won’t see this, but I wish them good luck and safe going. I’ll be hoping and praying for success and safety for them and I hope you’ll all be doing the same.
Well this is really getting long, so I’m going to shut up for now. It was a really fast weekend, I wish I had another day. But I already need to get ready to go back down to work tomorrow. I hope you all have a good week, talk to you next weekend.