History and Obama Part II

After my last post, something was picking at the back of my mind, and it came to me today. Obama wants to negotiate with terrorists (Iran).

History Time: Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister for Britain before Winston Churchill. Chamberlain signed the "Munich Agreement" on September 29, 1939 with Hitler. On September 30th he gave is infamous "Peace for Our Time" speech. By May 20th 1940, Germany was at the English Channel. Chamberlain had resigned 10 days earlier and luckily for Britain, and the world, Churchill took over.

Fast forward to today and we see a smooth talker that wants to negotiate with a country that wants to wipe Jews off the face of the planet.

Those Who Cannot Remember The Past, Are Condemned To Repeat It

While I am no fan of McCain, "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it". George Santayana in "Reason in Common Sense" (Vol 1 of his "The Life of Reason") came to mind last night, with Obama, a Democrat, claiming victory in the 2008 Democrat Primary.

Well it seems Obama, a Democrat, is the young person's canidate. As I've spoken with some younger folks that want to vote for him. So since they mostly fall in the 18-26 year old category, here's a some facts they may want to think about before voting for a Democrat this Fall.

Fact: On May 18, 1917, the Selective Service Act was passed and then used by President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, during World War I.

Fact: The first (in US history) peacetime draft was The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, and used during World War ll by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat.

Fact: In 1948 the draft was re-instated by President Harry Truman, a Democrat, and was expanded via the Universal Military Training and Service Act in 1951,for the War in Korea.

Fact: US involvement in the Vietnam War was from 1959 to 1975, but it was in 1965 when troops where set in mass under President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed in August 1964 allowing him to use the draft.

Fact: In 1980 the Selective Service registration was started up again by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, and remains active till this very day.

I wonder if 18-26 year olds will want to vote for a Democrat after knowing these facts? Iraq may be an unpopular war, but so far no one has been drafted to go, maybe that's the change he keeps talking about?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

NOTE: NO SPOILERS

Wow, finally got to see Indiana Jones IV. Now there is a one movie that should have never have been made! It was beyond horrible, Harrison Ford, seemed to be just reading his lines, Steven Spielberg's name is no longer synonymous with modern high end special effects, since they all were right out of the 1980's. The only part that saw a modern computer was close ups of Ford's face where it was obvious they had retouched it, but not the other parts in the scene behind him.

The plot, writing, timing, editing, were all off, and hodge-podge at best. In the three previous movies we could suspend disbelief a wee bit on how Indy would get out of a situation, but not this time! They didn't even try to give us a plausible reason for him staying alive through some of the stunts and situations.

The only good thing I can say about the movie, is the current trend of "fore head to lower neck" style of close up wasn't used. For those that don't know, this is used by lazy film makers. It allows for no background work or scene set up needing to be done, since the actor's head fills the screen.