Hollywood Hippo-Crits

Today was a good day.

I found 2 good pieces about the hypocrisy of Hollywood and Liberals in general.

First, in today's dead tree version of The Wall Street Journal, there was a wonderful piece about the Writers Guild of America, the Hollywood screenwriters union. I seems that the same people who put out tv shows and movies about equality between the sexes and the races have a little problem with this issue themselves.
You see on average only 18% of those working as screenwriters in the film industry are women, while only 6% are minority.
In the tv industry it is better, but not by much. Only 27% of writers for tv shows are women and less then 10% are minority.
The pay scales are all messed up too, but you get the point, the practice doesn't mesh with the preaching. Now does this really come as a big surprise???

Next came a really interesting interview with Peter Schweizer, by K. J. Lopez about his new book Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy. This piece previewed the cool things that Mr. Schweizer was able to find out about the pompous and self-important class of people that spends so much time telling us what we are doing wrong with our lives, while...

Oh never mind, just realize that this double gotcha helped put a smile on my face.

And Now For Something Completely Different

Went this last weekend to NYC to see Spamalot, the still fairly new Monty Python Musical, again. This make two. I hope to add to that

Not only is there great humor left in the Python well, it is added to by the star power on the stage.
David Hyde Pierce was robbed, he didn't even get nominated for best actor, but he still rocked.
Tim Curry as King Arthur and a cast of a dozen playing a cast of dozens.
Hank Azaria was in the original cast, but left to be in a movie.
He is coming back, but Tim Curry is supposed to be leaving soon. Which is too bad, he is very good.
The songs are not all original to the show, as they bring out some classic Python by using (Always Look On The) Bright Side Of Life in this play. Unfortunately if they ever put Life Of Brian on stage, there will be no closing number. Check out the soundtrack for the song You Won't Succeed On Broadway, LOL.
If you have a chance check it out, if not wait I have news:
It is going on tour starting next year and it is going to open in Boston March 7, 2006 - April 15, 2006 at the Colonial Theatre.

And if Chicago or Washington DC are not near you either go, here to keep up with tour dates and to learn silly bits about this play.

Enjoy

The Incumbent Protection Committee Strikes Again

The Senate Republican leadership has decided that more vicious adds are what is needed in the Laffey Vs. Chafee race.

Smacking around a fellow Republican, because he has the gaul to run against "one of the boys."
This guy, Chafee, is not his father. He is not worthy of blind loyalty, for the prime reason that he has shown almost no loyalty to the President or the National Party.

As I have stated before, the Senator from Virginia, opps Rhode Island, DIDN'T EVEN VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR RE-ELECTION IN '04.

And this is the guy that the Senate Republicans want to make sure is still sitting with them at all those fancy fund raising parties that the Beltway is famous for.

Well if that is the way they feel, then I have no choice than to do all I can to make sure Steve Laffey gets the party nomination.

As an aside,there is a great piece today in NRO about this race. Read it and also check out the link to the RI blog that John Miller gives.