Woo Hoo!!!!!!!

The Reds move into 1st place with a win over the Astros!

Atlas Shrugged on the Big Screen?

It might be in the works according to Variety. Rumor has it Rand fans Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt might star as Dagny Taggart and John Galt.

The book has been considered in the past but never made it to the screen. Apparently there was a planned remake of The Fountainhead at one point. Oliver Stone was slated to direct that. I'm glad that didn't pan out. What would that communist be doing near Ayn Rand? Pitt had expressed interest in playing Howard Roark.

I'm skeptical that anyone in Hollywood would do this movie well especially after having recently watched the Bonfire of the Vanities. Such a great book so horribly filmed and cast for that matter.

our enemies cannot do a damned thing...

...according to Iran's President Ahmadinejad.

It's been a while since I've shared some Mark Steyn. He had this to say about the West's reaction to Ahmadinejad's announcements of nuclear tech gains:

You know what's great fun to do if you're on, say, a flight from Chicago to New York and you're getting a little bored? Why not play being President Ahmadinejad? Stand up and yell in a loud voice, "I've got a bomb!" Next thing you know the air marshal will be telling people, "It's OK, folks. Nothing to worry about. He hasn't got a bomb." And then the second marshal would say, "And even if he did have a bomb it's highly unlikely he'd ever use it." And then you threaten to kill the two Jews in row 12 and the stewardess says, "Relax, everyone. That's just a harmless rhetorical flourish." And then a group of passengers in rows 4 to 7 point out, "Yes, but it's entirely reasonable of him to have a bomb given the threatening behavior of the marshals and the cabin crew."

Funny, but not. Steyn also had an important piece in City Journal about Iran.

From "Let's Roll" to...

..."wait, I didn't really mean it."

Neil Young's new album "Living with War" is getting much attention mostly for the song "Let's Impeach the President". It's not exactly original. Think Ted Kennedy put to music. A sample:

Let’s impeach the president for lying
And leading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door
He’s the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
And bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war
Let’s impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones
What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government’s protection
Or was someone just not home that day?
Let’s impeach the president
For hijacking our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected
Thank god he’s cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There’s a lot of people looking at big trouble
But of course the president is clean
Thank God

As the erudite reviewer for Fox News said, "Living with War" promises to be an "extraordinary and eye opening new recording..." and "many parents are going to be hearing their kids singing [Let's Impeach the President] in the next few days."

Well...not exactly...