I never saw this one coming. The bad guy is Kahn! I figured it was going to be Gary Mitchell, …Read the Rest
Classic Hollywood
Science Fiction as Social Commentary
The Pink Flamingo has a not so dirty little secret. I love science fiction. I’m a Trekkie, unfortunately, I admit …Read the Rest
The Far Right and the Dark Side of the Force
Please, forgive The Pink Flamingo for getting a little crazed. I know I’m mixing metaphors, so to speak, but there …Read the Rest
Why Does the GOP Hate We the Little People of the United States of America?
Yes, it is a silly headline. The Pink Flamingo is using that headline on purpose. I am convinced the GOP, …Read the Rest
When County Sheriff’s Refuse to Follow the Law?
The far right is out of its collective mind. Please, pardon The Pink Flamingo as I wax poetic over the …Read the Rest
What Kind of a World?
On Monday, around 11:15 or so Memphis time, my great niece, Sarah Catherine – Catie, was born. I started thinking …Read the Rest
More Top Ten Reasons You Know Your Candidate Is Losing
Please, pardon The Pink Flamingo. The wheels on the platinum plated Romney campaign bus are starting to go flat and …Read the Rest
I Am a Marxist, There, I Admit It!
One of the problems we’re dealing with in the GOP is a complete lack of a sense of humor. If …Read the Rest
UPDATED: The Anglo-Saxon POTUS?
UPDATED: The Pink Flamingo has been watching the Romney apologists today. Naturally, the Telegraph is “lying”. We all know that. …Read the Rest
Not Their Finest Hour
“…epileptic seizures have a power and symbolism which, historically, have suggested a relationship with creativity or unusual leadership abilities. Scholars …Read the Rest
Hey Big Spender (or) All the GOP’s Prostitutes
This is dedicated to Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, and all those lovely Republicans who are just looking for …Read the Rest
Christmas List (or) What Do You Get a Wookie for Christmas?
This time of year, every blogger and their chipmunk try to out do one another trying to impress with how …Read the Rest
The Really Important Things of Life: Star Peace!
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in ages. Captain James T. Kirk (the real one) started a …Read the Rest
Harrison Ford as ….. Wyatt Earp!!!!!!!!!!
Wyatt Earp was a Christian. He was a good-guy. He was a life-long Republican. He was/is one of the most …Read the Rest
The Pink Flamingo Top Ten Movies of All Time
It is Oscar Sunday. I doubt if I will watch the Oscars. I never do. Fact is, The Pink Flamingo …Read the Rest
PART X: The Myth of the Libertarian Wild West
NOTE: For those who don’t know The Pink Flamingo, in my real life I specialize in the Wild West, with …Read the Rest
Revenge of the Well Mannered
(This post is dedicated to Pink Flamingo friend and confident Sally Vee.) Every once in awhile The Pink Flamingo sorta …Read the Rest
The Highest Paid Athlete Who Ever Lived?
Recently archaeologists have done a bit of translating some ancient Latin. They made a startling discovery. Unfortunately The Pink Flamingo …Read the Rest
The Cliched War Against NPR
Anyone who has listened to NPR over the years should not be shocked one little bit that they are liberal. …Read the Rest
Thank You for Not Smoking (In the Movies)
The Pink Flamingo has an article at Blog Critics: Thank You for Not Smoking (In the Movies) “…The CDC, which …Read the Rest
Now – for the Really IMPORTANT News!
Is it possible that we are due for another Indiana Jones? Please, please, please, please, please! He may be old, but he’s still hotter than all those young twerps!
There is news, then there is NEWS!
“…Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indiana Jones will be “emotional and exciting” as the franchise heads back to its roots after a badly received fourth instalment. Ford is well-known for his portrayal of the archaeologist and adventurer, and has agreed to reprise the role one last time. Indiana Jones 5 will begin shooting next year, and much of the plot line will be centred around the Bermuda Triangle, an area over the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft are said to have disappeared. “George (Lucas) and Steven (Spielberg) have been working on a script and it’s almost there,” a source explained. “Harrison is on stand-by for filming next year. This looks like being an emotional and exciting conclusion to the franchise, with Indy facing his biggest challenge yet.” The last film in the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released in 2008 and performed well at the box office, but was savaged by critics. Shia LaBeouf played Indiana’s son Mutt Williams, and he will also appear in the new instalment….”
Lent: Thoughts for March 2
My Friend, Frances Dee Once in awhile we stumble into a friendship that is improbable and beyond our wildest imagination. …Read the Rest
Why Gunfighters Die in the Streets
This is one of those cool physics stories that caught The Pink Flamingo’s eye due to my love of the …Read the Rest
Meditation Read by Cary Grant
Iconic Cary Grant would be 106 years old today. The Pink Flamingo simply sees the late British actor, who was Ian Flemming’s version of the perfect James Bond, as the perfect man. (sigh). In the biographical Cary Grant, a Celebration of Style, by Richard Torregrossa, I found a “meditation” written by Grant, p. 162-163.
Now Lord you’ve known me a long time
You know me better than I know myself
Is Martha Coakley a Closet Yankees Fan
“…Her Taliban comment is the height of one of these three: ignorance, stupidity, (or) dishonesty. I want someone with energy, someone that wants to change it all. She’s lock step business as usual in a way that should be frightening.” Curt Schilling
In New England two things are sacred. You DO NOT diss those two sacred entities and expect to remain in office for very long. You can trash the USA. You can say something nasty about religion – just pick a religion. Misc. elected officials can be insulted, they are fair game. Same thing holds true with the Kennedys. Insult ‘em, it’s okay.
Coakley can insult Catholics, our troops, and be a total idiot when it comes to national security. She can (sort of) get away with it – while proving she is a total idiot.
BUT – when you diss the Boston Red Sox and their cathedral, Fenway Park, the sin is unpardonable. The only thing she could do that would be worse is insult the memory of Ted Williams.
(Disclaimer: The Pink Flamingo is a National League fan, primarily pulling for the Braves. When pulling for the AL, I support the Red Sox).
(AJ Strata thinks she has managed to sink her campaign).
Or as the guys at HillBuzz put it:
“...Martha Coakley’s practically taken photos of Fenway Park, ripped them up into confetti, thrown them in the air, then had dogs urinate on them. Her attitude is deplorable. It really does appear her true nature is coming out in this campaign: she infuriated us by having one of her goons push a reporter to the ground the other day, and now she’s denigrating the kind of old school campaigning we want to see politicians engage in: going out to meet the voters at places like Fenway Park, which Scott Brown is out there doing…”
By insulting baseball fans and Fenway Park, Coakley has insulted baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and Ted Williams. Even more importantly – she has proven that she does not even begin to comprehend this nation. She does not understand…
“...The one constant through all the years…has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our pas… It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again….”
That is the basic difference between Democrats and Republicans. We believe in something. We believe in America, hotdogs, apple pie, and baseball. We could even be the best looking political party!
Guns & Amo and Mexico
What does Charlton Heston, Ben Hur, and the battle against the pirates have to do with the problems in Mexico?
“…Juárez’s main product now is the corpse. Last year, drug-related violence there claimed more than 1,600 lives, and the toll for the first nine months of this year soared beyond 1,800, and mounts daily. That makes Juárez, population 1.5 million, the most violent city in the world. Two lines of graffiti summed up a place where not only law and order but civilization itself has broken down: Mi ciudad pide clemencia en su dementia (“My city asks for mercy in its madness”), and Mi ciudad es un negro lamento un aullido infinito (“My city is a black lament, an eternal howl”)….”
I have a very dear friend who is from Mexico. She and her husband are now American citizens and huge Republicans. She is devistated about what is going on in Mexico, telling me her friends are leaving the country, moving here or Europe as fast as they can. I am also hearing this from other sources I know who are from Mexico or have friends there.
Gene Berry (Bat Masterson) RIP
The Pink Flamingo will always think of Gene Barry when she thinks of Bat Masterson. When you think of Bat Masterson, you think of that classic TV theme.
Gene Barry, a Hollywood legend, died on December 9. He was 90.
God, Carbon Credits, Greenies, and a Lack of Faith (and Technology)
PART I of two articles on “green” Is it even possible for a person to be a hard-core environmentalist and …Read the Rest
Dedicated to Barack Obama
The Man Who Came to Dinner is one of my favorite movies. In it, Jimmy Durante has a little ditty about trying to make up one’s mind. It reminds me of Barack Obama!
FINALLY: A Sequal
(Warning, cheap way to get my favorite GWB photo into a post!)
Perhaps it is fate….
Funny how a sequel to Independence Day was not needed when we had the Great Man for a President.
Now that we have been blessed with The One (Nobel) it is possible we need a little return to fightin’ them durn’ aliens. BTW I’m using this photo as a little “Up Yours” slam at the current resident. Even my father, who does NOT like SF liked this movie!
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