Well, wingnut Jon McNaughton is back with some more winger fun.

If you ever asked yourself, what would Glenn Beck Paint, well last years was a little hint, but this years has placed him well into the Teabagger camp.

Even better, he produced a Trailer for his new painting.

What I find amusing is that he is such a huge defender of copyrights and yet the music is almost….just enough to not be illegal…copy of the song from the Matrix.

Yes, next time you come across a child behaving badly out in public, and you think “gee, why aren’t the parents not being..well..parents?”

Well, see, the real reason is that they are being parents…parents that believe everything that Ayn Rand taught them and have decided to extend their teen years into adulthood and raise their child as a Randian (or teabagger, same thing).

Our Daughter Isn’t a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn’t Read
Atlas Shrugged.
BY ERIC HAGUE- – - -

I’d like to start by saying that I don’t get into belligerent shouting matches at the playground very often. The Tot Lot, by its very nature, can be an extremely volatile place—a veritable powder keg of different and sometimes contradictory parenting styles—and this fact alone is usually enough to keep everyone, parents and tots alike, acting as courteous and deferential as possible. The argument we had earlier today didn’t need to happen, and I want you to know, above all else, that I’m deeply sorry that things got so wildly, publicly out of hand.

Now let me explain why your son was wrong.

Truely.

Funny.

And see, in true Randian (and teabagger) fashion, it’s not their fault, it’s you and sociaties fault, you silly moocher you!

Micmacs or Micmacs a tire-larigot (‘Non-stop shenanigans)

So, did you like Amelie?

Did you like City of Lost Children?

Do you like crazy insane caper movies?

Well, you are in luck, Micmacs is directed by the same guy that did Amelie and City of Lost children. It is not as dark and crazy as CoLC, or as cute and whimsical as Amelie, but in a middle point between those two….and then there is the whole crazy caper part tossed in.

The movie starts off with a mine clearing unit in Algeria in what must have been the late 50s and a mine goes off. This leads to a montage of funeral, and a small boy studying the contents of his father’s items and the photos in his file, including a picture of the mine that killed him.

Next up a bit of random events that lead that same boy, now grown up getting shot in the head…don’t worry, tis but a flesh wound.

These two events lead to the caper and the cast of freaks that help him in the caper. A human Cannonball , a contortionist, a mathematical savant, a ancient criminal, a mom, a tinkerer and a man who talks either only in clichés or repeating back what has been said to him.

Cute, silly, light hearted and all in all a good time of amazing cinematic eye candy.

Rating: A solid B.

So….

Yeah…

Well, let me put it this way, 10 previews last night before the movie and when Resident Evil: Afterlife was one of the good films, you can pretty much see that we are in for several months of suck.

Of the other two films, Flipped looks to be a very cute film…rental cute though, not go to the theater cute.

Lastly, Get Low looks to have Oscar nominations written all over it for Duvall, Murrey and Spacek. This one looks worth seeing in the theater.

So, tooling around Boulder over the weekend, I spyed a new to me store that looked like it was involved with furnature called Design Within Reach. Now, to me the name implies that is interestingly designed furnature that is…you know…within reach.

So I looked up the website and great googly moogly, I am not sure as to whom this stuff is within reach of, but I will assume it is those folks in the upper 2% of incomes.

I mean really, a $2500 desk? a $4700 bookself?

So, I guess I will be rooting for it to go out of business like the Gap and baby Gap that proceeded the over priced furnature store in that space.

So, this morning was full on crazy for the 30 minute drive to work, and by crazy I mean a three ring circus of crazy.

Topic #1 was Tommy Tancredo and why he is going to be the next Governor of Colorado, which mostly boiled down to the argument of Just ‘cause.

Topic #2 was the Cordoba House in NYC. So, we learned that real muricins are very upset by damn furriners thinking they can just and build any old house of worship any where they want, and that is not right or constitutional. We also learned that it is a “Victory Mosque” being built by the Saudi’s to celebrate Islam’s victory of the US.

Topic #3 was the 14th Amendment and it was on like freaking crazy time Donkey Kong. We learned the following:
• It was written to only allow former slaves to become citizens.
• Since there was no such thing as Illegal Aliens when it was written, it does not apply to any child of a non-citizen now.
• The US vs Wong Kim Ark is not applicable since the Chinese Exclusion Act is not law anymore, and his parents were here legally at the time and went back to china.
• Since the 14th is a law and laws do not apply to illegal’s by virtue of them not being here legally like Michelle Malkin’s parents were.
• It currently for some magical reason does not apply to just any child born while in the US….even though in reality it does.
Yeppers, and the crazy harley riding dry drunk was in full rage mode, calling folks (liberals) liars and idiots that called up to correct him.

Damn funny trailer for a non-movie, and wow, it really hits all the right notes from the game.

via Boing Boing

The anniversery of Colorado becoming a State, so the Post had an amusing piece in the paper this morning:

Are you a true Coloradan?

• Still refer to Xcel Energy as “Public Service”? Nope, refer to Xcel as Xcel because of work.

• Know people whose bicycles are worth more than their cars? Not know, but have seen.

• Associate the scent of roasting chile peppers with the end of summer? Yeppers.

• Own a huge assortment of athletic clothing but nothing appropriate for dinner at a swanky restaurant? Close.

• Know where to find the Valley Highway and the Boulder Turnpike? Well, duh.

• Assume that a conversation about the Triple Bypass refers to the bicycling event, not a medical procedure Silly Question.

• Know how longtime Denver residents pronounce these north Denver street names: Zuni, Pecos and Galapago? Of Course: Zoo-neye, Pay-cus, Gala-paygo.

• Know where “Pee-eblo” is located? Born there…also known as “Pew-eblow”.

• Know people who pronounce “Buena” in Buena Vista as if it rhymed with either “grainy” or “tuna”? Boony-vista or just Boony for short are correct.

• Still refer to Whole Foods as “Alfalfa’s”? Sadly, yes, but Alfalfa’s is coming back!

• Have seen trick-or-treaters soldiering through a Halloween snowstorm? Seen? Done!

• Never confuse Empire’s Hard Rock Cafe with the famous chain? Yeppers! The big chain was even silly enough to sue the little cafe…and lost since the one in Empire has been around for decades.

• Have comfortably worn shorts outdoors in December or January? Sure, when it is nice enough.

• Know which Colorado town competes with International Falls, Minn., for the title of “Icebox of the Nation”? Fraser.

• Automatically bring a fleece pullover or jacket on a day hike in the mountains, even when the temperature in Denver and Grand Junction is solidly in the 90s? Well, duh.

• Watched a flick at Buena Vista’s Comanche Drive-in or Monte Vista’s Movie Manor? Nope but Mom is staying at the Monte Vista one this month.

• Know where alligators thrive in the San Luis Valley? Yep!

• Made it through a meal at Casa Bonita Oh. Dear. god.

• Ran (or walked) the Bolder Boulder and have the T-shirt to prove it? Nope, but watched it for the past 18 years.

• Know what the Leadville Trail 100 is? Yep and watched it once.

extra credit if you know how many LT 100s must be completed to earn the belt buckle? I did not know this.

• Know the difference between the Front Range and the Western Slope? Well, duh again.