Racism in America, the Health Care Stall, Porn Star wives, the Birther Movement and getting Rick Roll’d

No longer a “guy” thing between one very stressed out college professor and a dick-swinging local Cambridge cop, the Gates arrest, which should have remained a local issue, dealt with by Cambridge, Mass city officials became a national issue with every talk-show host in America wagging their tongues like panting dogs to get in on the punditry.

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HARRY POTTER – A SOCIAL EVOLUTION

The HP series has gone through a lot of evolution in the past 12 -years. Dumbledore as portrayed by the late Richard Harris in thefirst two films was passed on to actor Michael Gambon upon the death of Richard Harris. During the 9-movie deal a host of Oscar winning actors/actresses would portray many of the characters, Maggie Smith, Oscar winning British actress would play Professor McGonagall, Alan Richman, the bad guy in Die Hard would play the severe and brooding Severus Snape. Other award winning actors like Shakespearean actor/director/producer Kenneth Branagh, his Oscar winning wife Emma Thompson, Helen Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson, Gary Oldman, Seldom has so much acting firepower been assembled in a single film – or series of films. In addition to Smith, we’ve seen Emma Thompson (five Oscar noms and two wins), Kenneth Branagh (four Oscar noms, including one for directing), Julie Christie (four noms and one win), Julie Walters (two Oscar noms), Irishman Richard Harris (two noms), Ralph Fiennes (two noms), John Cleese (one nom), Helena Bonham Carter (one nom), and Imelda Staunton (one nom). This month’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince also introduces 2002 Oscar winner Jim Broadbent (Iris) to the cast.

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A WEEK OF TEARS … AND OTHER MEDIA RANTS

It was a week of tears as Brooke Shields tearfully describes her friendship with Michael Jackson at his memorial service, and just two months after Steve “Air McNair” taped a youth suicide prevention public service announcement, his young mistress shot and killed him as he slept.

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ALL WE GOTTA DO IS …

The American people are concerned about the economy, job creation, and the unsustainable debt obligations incurred in the last 6 months. As job losses continue to mount, families’ worried about losing their health-care, paying their mortgage, and sending their children to college, continue to intensify.

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