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New York Times Editorial On Sarah Palin

Dick Cavett Piece on Palin and McCAin

[ETA - a video clip from SNL, on jerekeys blog, featuring Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poeller as Hillary Clinton, and well...in case there was any doubt, Tina Fey looks EXACTLY like Sarah Palin.

http://www.jerekeys.com/?p=1879]

IF you are not registered to Vote or Don't Know [US citizens, only, sorry guys] - go here:

http://www.voteforchange.com/index_obama.php?source=091008emailR

Non-political off-topic music link via pal Wales:

http://www.myspace.com/bishopallen

Recount and Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day

[As an aside - thank you to the folks who did my poll, if you haven't please take a moment to do so..the more responses, the better. Thanks. Go here:

http://shadowkat67.livejournal.com/374888.html.]

Between the election and my grandmother...frustration level has been pretty high. Am trying, somewhat unsuccessfully to avoid both. Sort of hard to avoid things you care about.

Watched two flicks this week. Recount and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. I don't recommend watching Recount unless you a) find the voting process fascinating, b)do not have issues with what happened in 2000 regarding it, c) don't despise the Bush Administration, d) aren't worried about a repeat of 2000 and 2004 with the current one, and finally, e) don't get emotional regarding politics.

It is a well written film. Well acted. Well produced. Not to mention hilariously funny in places. BUT - it also is incredibly frustrating and depressing if you care at all about the US political process. The good news is they have taken steps since 2000 to remedy the problem and avoid another collassal embarrassment.
( Recount review )

Miss Pettigrew on the other hand is a delightful little movie that reminds me a great deal of PG Wodehouse, specifically Jeeves and Wooster, except from a female perspective.
It also stars Ciarin Hinds and Lee Pace - who I happen to like, along with Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. The film isn't great, it's a bit rushed in spots and slow in others. But, it is a fun, light, film...that makes one smile.

It's about a down-on-her luck, horrendous governess, who poses as an American singer's social secretary in 1940's England. She thinks she's been hired as the gal's governess, only to learn there are no kids and she's the social secretary. What follows are a series of romantic intriques/entanglements reminiscent of the light airy touch of Wodehouse, but not quite as funny or clever.

McDormand makes an endearing protagonist - a woman who looks like most of us, and Hinds is a great leading man. With Adams and Pace doing a good job in the supporting roles. Usually it's the other way around, which is the treat of the film. Also Adams once again shows off her singing chops, as does Pace.

Recommend for anyone who wants a light romantic treat with a bit of a laugh and a smile.