Michele Bachmann's claim John Quincy Adams was a Founding Father is far more defensible than Barack Obama's statement there are 57 states.
Just sayin'.
Maybe when the media makes good on the threat to investigate her foster children, they will find out if either she or the president is smarter than a fifth grader.
UPDATE: Speaking of Bachmann's John Quincy Adams claim being defensible, American Power explains. Any Obama fans want to take a shot at naming our missing seven states as a retort?
UPDATE II: Mark Levin says George Stephanopolous should not be mocking Bachmann. I concur. The man has gone from advising a president to asking Elmo if he wants a play date with Katy Perry. There is one Rhodes Scholarship that was not wasted, huh?
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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Harold Camping, Christian founder of Family Radio, falsely predicted the Rapture will occur on Saturday, what better way to celebrate the near-miss beginning of the end than watching one of my favorite documentaries from my youth/ I am talking about The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, a 1981 docudrama that chronicles the alleged predictions of French astrologer and physician Michele Nostradamas. The film combines footage from obscure films, cheap new action scenes, and the occasional interview from “experts” like alleged psychic Jean Dixon to lay out a history of Nostradamus’ predictions, generally offering only wild interpretations of the famous quatrains to match them up with major historical events. But the docudrama is hosted with effective creepiness by the grave Orson Welles. The man can sell doomsday prophecies every bit as well as he can frozen peas. With nary a drop of alcohol present, I might add. He certainly had to be tanked when he agreed to star in this thing.
This is the fourth time I have sat through The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. The first time I watched it was in 1986 when it was one of those odd filler films Cinemax showed on two or three odd afternoons a month. At nine years old, I was already a budding history buff who was fascinated by the historical elements in the first half. But I was also a student at a fundamentalist Christian school which adhered to the bob Jones University favored pastime of constantly fretting over the Antichrist’s identity and his role as the harbinger of the end times. So the latter half of the film, which named events taking place in the far flung future of 1988 onward, were frighteningly mesmerizing. Ever notice how predictions of the future make the horrors of the past look like a dress rehearsal?
Fret not, boys and girls. Los Angeles was not destroyed by an earthquake in 1988. The antichrist did not arise out of the former Persia--Iran these days--to begin a 27 year war with the West beginning in 1994 that will be so devastating, much of the civilized world resorted to cannibalism in order to survive. One also must assume the united states and soviet union will not set aside their differences by 2021 to combine forces and defeat the Antichrist, either. We can only guess if the world will actually end in 3997 as predicted, but that is pretty close to when taylor sets off the nuke in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, so maybe.
Subsequent viewings by my older self have taken the youthful sting out of waiting for a bleak future in which iran is going to force me to eat my neighbor in order to survive a nuclear holocaust. These days, the latter half of the film has given way to a camp factor, particularly with Welles’ ominous delivery. The fan of dystopian science fiction still finds it amusing. While still incredulous over claims Nostradamus predicted the past any better than the future, I still find the historical bits every bit as interesting as the first time I watched the film.
One thing that strikes me is the heavy Christian overtones. It is not just my christian upbringing. Nostradamus allegedly refers to three Antichrists coming to power. They are said to be napoleon, Hitler, and this Persian, who will naturally be far worse than the previous. The final war will begin in the middle East as the Bible predicts, depending upon your prophetic leanings. Islam is predicted as a bitter enemy of Christianity. You cannot argue much with that these days. There will be a thousand years of peace, which mirrors the Pre-Millennialist concept of the Thousand Year Reign. All that to say I bet nothing like this film could be made today considering the Christian elements.
You may be recalling a remake of this film NBC did in 1991 right after the Gulf War. Hosted by Charlton Heston, it was otherwise a condensed version of the original with Welless taken out and new footage added to claim the 1988 Los angeles earthquake was meant to be the 1989 quake in san Francisco, and Saddam Hussein was the now toned down third Antichrist. The term Antichrist was dropped, as were references to Christianity and Islam so as not to offend anyone. The original is far more fun with its sincerity. Faked or not.
I recommend seeing The Man Who Saw Tomorrow for the total over the top cheese factor. It is made even funnier by Welles’ absolute sincerity. I am confident he was in it solely for the paycheck, but nevertheless, listen to him closely in the second half as he warns of terrible calamities far and wide. What you will not get is any serious scholarship on Nostradamus, so if that is what you are looking for, skip it. The Man Who Saw Tomorrow is pure Chariots of the Gods level comedy gold.
(Cross posted, with minor style changes, to Apocalypse Cinema)
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
BigButtsLikeItBig - Kelly Divine (Bum-py Transmission)
BigButtsLikeItBig - Kelly Divine (Bum-py Transmission)

Always in a rush, Kelly is hoping to be able to return her car to the garage before getting on with her busy day.
When the mechanic finds a suspicious stain in the back, however, he decides to do a thorough examination of the vehicle.
Although Kelly’s transmission might not be fucked, her ass sure…

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Always in a rush, Kelly is hoping to be able to return her car to the garage before getting on with her busy day.
When the mechanic finds a suspicious stain in the back, however, he decides to do a thorough examination of the vehicle.
Although Kelly’s transmission might not be fucked, her ass sure…

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download:

bblib_kelly_divine04-sd169.zip (253.38 MB)
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Kelly devine - oil overload 2 first dp
Kelly devine - oil overload 2 first dp

Kelly Divine, the redhead spotted on the upper right hand side of the cover, was the first scene of the second disc where she took on both Rico Strong and Prince Yahshua to have some interracial fun. Kelly has been in a lot of bubble butt movies of late, her wealth of curves suiting many men, myself included, just fine over the boyish shapes others prefer. Her red and black stripper outfit looked great hugging her frame and she was quite flexible as she teased in the sunroom of the house. Her panties riding up her crotch and the expression on her face showing she wanted to get off did not hurt her appeal either, the baby oil freely flowing on her body to make her shiny and ready for fun. The difference by this point of the scene was how carefully she applied the oil, preferring not to generate additional woes for the director who was already proclaiming he might have to replace a lot of concrete at the end of the first disc (in relation to the final scene of disc two), the glass table giving her a chance to go wild with her tease in messy fashion before she rolled around on the floor. Kelly blew the guys when they walked over to her with fully turgid cocks, the messy oil used to lubricate her mouth even before she began taking them in her pussy and ass. Kelly was an active rider and took the DP well too, showing few limits even as she taste tested them and showed her love of sloppy head yet again. The end had her licking semen off a boot and taking a facial too, her swallowing act a very nice way to finish the scene. Sweet!

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Kelly_Divine_Gets_Destroyed_.zip (115.84 MB)

Kelly Divine, the redhead spotted on the upper right hand side of the cover, was the first scene of the second disc where she took on both Rico Strong and Prince Yahshua to have some interracial fun. Kelly has been in a lot of bubble butt movies of late, her wealth of curves suiting many men, myself included, just fine over the boyish shapes others prefer. Her red and black stripper outfit looked great hugging her frame and she was quite flexible as she teased in the sunroom of the house. Her panties riding up her crotch and the expression on her face showing she wanted to get off did not hurt her appeal either, the baby oil freely flowing on her body to make her shiny and ready for fun. The difference by this point of the scene was how carefully she applied the oil, preferring not to generate additional woes for the director who was already proclaiming he might have to replace a lot of concrete at the end of the first disc (in relation to the final scene of disc two), the glass table giving her a chance to go wild with her tease in messy fashion before she rolled around on the floor. Kelly blew the guys when they walked over to her with fully turgid cocks, the messy oil used to lubricate her mouth even before she began taking them in her pussy and ass. Kelly was an active rider and took the DP well too, showing few limits even as she taste tested them and showed her love of sloppy head yet again. The end had her licking semen off a boot and taking a facial too, her swallowing act a very nice way to finish the scene. Sweet!

click image to enlarge
download:

Kelly_Divine_Gets_Destroyed_.zip (115.84 MB)
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Rachel Starr Pigtails Round Asses
Rachel Starr is one HOT School Girl
Rachel Starr has the kind of Ass that will make a grown man cry. I should know. It seems like white girls got that ass these days. The more I look for a nice white round juicy ass the more I find. And it seems like they keep getting bigger and tighter and a hell of a lot nicer.

Rachel is one sexy bitch. Her great features are complimented well by her great ass. It’s shape is pleasing to the eye and even more pleasing to the cock that rubs up aginst it. Throw in some gorgeous pigtails and you got one hell of a fuckfest. Her cock ridding abilities did not disappoint and the way that ass shook, it got our stud dropping massive amounts of cum on our sexy Starr.
download:
Rachel Starr Pigtails Round Asses.zip
Rachel Starr has the kind of Ass that will make a grown man cry. I should know. It seems like white girls got that ass these days. The more I look for a nice white round juicy ass the more I find. And it seems like they keep getting bigger and tighter and a hell of a lot nicer.

Rachel is one sexy bitch. Her great features are complimented well by her great ass. It’s shape is pleasing to the eye and even more pleasing to the cock that rubs up aginst it. Throw in some gorgeous pigtails and you got one hell of a fuckfest. Her cock ridding abilities did not disappoint and the way that ass shook, it got our stud dropping massive amounts of cum on our sexy Starr.
download:
Rachel Starr Pigtails Round Asses.zip
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