Yesterday, my friends and I went to the Arena Grand to see Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, Inglorious Basterds, which he has supposedly been working on for almost a decade. At the very end of the movie, after carving a swastika into a Nazi’s forehead, Brad Pitt’s character turns to the camera and says “I think [...]
Archive for August 22nd, 2009
“Inglourious Basterds” Review
Posted in Columbus, Movies, tagged Brad Pitt, David Bowie, Giorgio Moroder, Holocaust, Inglourious Basterds, John Travolta, Kill Bill, Movies, Nazis, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, World War II on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Trillion Here, A Trillion There . . . .
Posted in America, Politics, The Economy, tagged America, Budget Deficit, economy, Politics on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Administration will officially raise its 10-year deficit projection by close to $2 trillion, from $7.1 trillion to $9 trillion. Yikes! Even by modern inflated standards, that is a staggering sum of money, and it raises an increasingly daunting question: who is going to buy the debt instruments that would allow us to finance that [...]
Vacation Time
Posted in America, Politics, Travel, tagged beaches, President Obama, Travel, vacation, Vacation Time on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama and his family have left Washington, D.C. for a 10-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. From the descriptions in the press, it sounds like he will have a pretty good vacation, where he will play a lot of golf and spend time with his family. In fact, it appears that President Obama will comply [...]
