The Hall of Fire

Let me make myself clearer. I don't want a "whimsical" Hobbit. You can take the tra-la-la-ing Elves and throw them right out of the window. And there can be plenty of darkness in my Hobbit; you and I are in agreement that PJ did well to focus on some of the darker aspects of LOTR. There IS...

Is it that he singles out Smaug and "set pieces involving multi-legged characters"? No, it is more the statement comes after that: "I’m normally not a guy that is attracted to fantasy. People say, ‘You’re a guy that loves sci-fi’. I don’t love sci-fi, I don’t love fantasy – I love ho...

S'wiz, your enthusiasm and support really help carry me through this project. Thank you!

More recently (last May), he yelled "Fk you" at Sen. John Cornyn of Texas in a meeting room just off the Senate floor, among other expletives. There's a big difference between something being overheard because you didn't know that a microphone was on, and something being said in the open i...

Obama's campaign has also condemned the comments. Shuster has been suspended. The language he used was certainly inappropriate and unnecessary. Why not use Chelsea if she can help? I do think that pulling out of the debate is extreme, particularly given the Clinton camp's anxiousness to have as many...

I don't recall that Clinton had a reputation for a volatile temper. Of course, there were other aspects of his personality that may not have made the best suited person to represent the U.S. on the world stage, although I don't think most of the rest of the world cared too much about that stuff. In ...

Or corporate attorneys.

As someone pointed out earlier in this thread, momentum doesn't seem to matter all that much in the Demo race. As I said, Obama is likely to continue to do very well over the next couple of weeks. But that maybe not off-set Clinton's likely advantage in the big states, particularly Texas, where the ...

Yup.

I won't mention that there are just a few more people in California than there are in BC. ;) McCain has now taken the lead in Washington, 26%-24%, with 78% reporting. Still to close to call. And he has closed to within two percentage points (44%-42%, with 85% reporting) in Lousiana. Also too close t...

Here's an interview with Del Toro in Empire Online in which he discusses The Hobbit:

http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/ ... sp?IID=740

Some might find it encouraging. I most definitely do not.

That IS offensive. Particularly since it is not some fringe off-shoot; this is the POPE doing this. I suppose one could be impressed by the fact that he stands by what he believes in rather than doing the politically expedient thing, but it is hard to admire such an apparently arrogant stance. What ...

I cross-posted my last edit with you, Lord M. Edit: With 37% reporting, Huckabee is now leading McCain in Washington, 27% to 23%. Both Obama and Huckabee are maintaining their leads in Lousiana (with Obama now the projected winner). Would a sweep by Huckabee today mean anything at all? Would it hurt...

Obama has routed Clinton in both Nebraska (currently 68% to 32% with 85% reporting) and Washington (currently 67% to 32% with 75% reporting). Both are caucus states, which Obama has done very well in. No results yet in Lousiana, but with almost half the Democratic voters expected to be African-Ameri...

Yes, that is right. Voting can be a very confusing and tiresome prospect. Meanwhile, here is a good reason why people who don't see a lot of difference between the two Democratic candidates but are primarily concerned with ensured that we don't have another 4/8 years of Republican rule should vote f...

Do you mean in the general election? Nothing, other than that the Democratic candidate would get one more vote, and the Republican candidate would get one less. ;) If you are referring to in a primary election, it depends on what state you are in. If it is a state with "open" primaries, th...

I guess I'll have to give it another listen. Edit: I'm glad I did. Derek (the fellow being interviewed) was fairly knowledgable about health care, but what I really liked about what he said was explaining why Obama has a better chance of actually getting things done than Clinton does. I think that h...

I have a pretty good sense of Obama's thoughts on health care, so I don't need to watch it for that reason.

I watched about 15 seconds of that video, and I had to stop. The interviewer was just too obnoxious for me to take.

Obama has a very good chance of sweeping the next nine primaries/caucuses: the Lousiana primary and caucuses in Washington and Nebraska on Saturday, the Maine caucuses on Sunday, the D.C., Virginia and Maryland primaries on Tuesday, and the Hawaii caucusesand Wisconsin primaries on February 19. The ...