FRIDAY FROTH...

The Green Zone is a new movie that deals with the war in Iraq, specifically the first months of engagement.  While it’s not nearly as good as last year’s The Hurt Locker, I did find parts of it interesting and most of it entertaining.  Matt Damon has the lead role as an officer who takes his team out in search of the now infamous weapons of mass destruction.  He soon learns that he is getting bad intelligence, and it’s too easy to tell that his Pentagon superior, played by Greg Kinnear, not only knows this, but also will do anything to prevent the world from finding out.  This is where the movie turns political, taking easy jabs at the Bush Administration and reducing the Green Zone to black and white.  It misses an opportunity to expand on an Iraqi interpreter, Freddy, who is helping Matt Damon’s character.  Freddy’s is an interesting perspective into a very complex situation and I would have liked to see it explored further. 

The camera work will make some seasick, but I liked its shock-and-awe movement.  If you can get past the politics and the incredulity of Matt Damon going rogue in Baghdad and just enjoy your popcorn and some good action, you’ll have fun.

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The tabloids were reporting yesterday that Sandra Bullock’s husband, Jesse James, was having an affair.  Mr. James has issued a statement saying that most of the allegations against him are untrue; he goes on to say that he is sorry for the pain that he has caused his wife and kids.  I’m betting the affair part of the story is true.  The “other woman” appears to be a tattoo model looking for attention and celebrity.  I won’t delve into the reasons Mr. James may have committed his infidelity.  What I do find fascinating and want to comment on are the women that go after the husbands of beautiful and successful women.  This phenomenon is nothing new, but as more women are becoming high profile, we are seeing an increase in this type of affair.   And, if the husband appears to be an adoring husband, these “other women” seem all the more eager.  It seems these women can’t find a way to be successful on their own so they think that by enticing a successful/beautiful/confident woman’s husband to pay attention to them, they have achieved success—that by slipping into another woman’s bed you also slip into her life.   Or, sometimes, these “other women” just want to take someone who appears to have too much going for them down a notch or two.  These are the same insecure girls that in jr. high made-up ugly rumors about other girls. These women are less interested in getting in bed with the husband than they are in “screwing” the wife.  Girls, where is the solidarity?

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It would be remiss to not mention HEALTH-CARE--a vote is expected on Sunday.  It is amazing how many people are paying attention.  Does anyone remember the Clinton’s health-care of the 90’s?  I have a theory that people were captivated by the 2008 presidential election because for the first time, we had a woman and a black man in serious contention for the White House.  Politics became captivating and we kept watching even after the presidential outcome was decided.  Then we became horrified!  Oh, the deficits, the bickering, and the utter contempt for the American public!  There is very little good news about health-care--it’s contentious and the process has been fraught with dirty deals.  The good news is that people are not only paying attention now, they are getting involved.  Warning:  Be very careful Washington, We The People are back, we are watching, and we will hold you accountable.