New election controversy brews after Mitt Romney is secretly recorded disparaging 47% of Americans as people who don’t pay taxes or take responsibility for their lives.. Romeny says he will not get their votes. With comments like this, he may not get anyone’s vote.. Romney is responding, however, the best he can with the circumstances.. He said his words were not ‘elegant’.. Elegant like his life. His wealthy life. Lots of commentators are saying that the Romney campaign is beginning to look a lot like a campaign that Thurston Howell from Gilligan’s Island would run. I say, and have said, no: He is just like Max Schreck from BATMAN RETURNS.. I just hope not as crazy..

So THE BUNNY GAME is fiction?

Tell that to Rodleen Getsic.. The NEW YORK TIMES reports that the address who stars in the direct to video horror torture porn movie actually has branding scars on her back to prove that most of what occurred to her in the movie was done in .. real terms. 

The movie is a simple concept—as most torture porn flicks have been. A truck driver kidnaps her to rape her, torture her, slap her, spit on her.. all of those things that a mentally deranged truck driver would do. 

Oh, and he puts a rabbit-shaped hood on her, giving the movie the name THE BUNNY GAME. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES profiled the movie and quoted the actress Getsic saying “Part of my soul did die in making this film.” 

The TIMES also reports that horror fans are split on this movie. (As they are about this whole newfound torture porn element of scary movies).. 

I myself don’t think I’ll be watching the BUNNY GAME. Though the image of the rabbit mask it itself is chilling, plus the fact it was shot in black and white also has a creepy factor, the movie seemed to be complete garbage. More sickening torture for .. the purpose of? What? To  showcase how someone can scream in pain? To show how someone loses a soul through constant rape? This is what entertainment is? I don’t find myself compelled to view a movie that has such disturbing elements — if the elements were tamed by more of a storyline perhaps the movie would have a societal point. But with the absence of a story besides rape and horrific brandings, I doubt this film has any point at all. Other reviewers, including this one from INSIDE PULSE, seem to agree. PULSE goes on to write:

I understand film as art and I understand showing the unpleasant side of life. But I don’t understand, nor do I want to understand, the desire to make a dark twisted film like this. If anything like what really happened in this film really did happen to Getsic then I’m really sorry for her, but I don’t see why she had to reenact it on film. Some may call The Bunny Game an art film, others will want to call it a snuff film.

But the movie’s existence in itself shows how horror is evolving, or perhaps devolving. Even though this is a low budget movie, THE BUNNY GAME produced physical pain for Getsic. She ‘got into her work’ I suppose. 

From the SAW franchise to HOSTEL .. to remakes of 1970s good horror films added the newfound torture porn element, I am just sick of it all. Rob Zombie is a bit of a genius. But to date I have refused to watch more than three minutes of his HALLOWEEN remakes. I just can’t find myself eager to watch brutality and gore without more than gore for more than that much time.

I liked SAW when it came out .. the first one. That was good. It appeared to me to be a more graphic and gory SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. But then  it phased out its freshness and created just regular old sickening scenes with torture and hopelessness. There is something about horror that can provide hope. The women in horror movies who fight back. 

THE BUNNY GAME appears to be a doing a great disservice to horror in itself. After all, there is a common thought out there that women are just abused without point in horror movies. THE BUNNY GAME seems to do that. It makes the point for detractors who already think horror is a genre not worth watching.

Maybe I am getting old.. maybe being a dad has tempered me too a place where I can only view PG-13 horror and enjoy it.. But call my crazy, there is something wrong with society if it wants to emulate torture.

I have always believed that professional wrestling and horror movies are good working examples of the pop culture and society of the day. Being that I have not watched wrestling in years, and have steered clear of torture porn since I got sick of it mid-2000s, I can only say it appears society continues to turn into a mass of dribbling and morbidly rancid-souled folks. 

Is it unfair for me to review THE BUNNY GAME without even seeing it? Maybe. Judging from descriptions of the depictions, there isn’t much at all to review anyway..

Ok. Life sometimes has a way of punching you in the face. And the most mundane of circumstances can set up a day of panic. Bumps on a baby’s legs from heat rash turn into something much worse in the mind of a 21st century paranoid dad. I think it’s time to brew a hot cup of tea relaxation tea. Avoid the colon cleansing kind. That’s a whole different story.

A 70-foot deep sinkhole is causing a massive stench in NYC

The smell is so bad that it is reportedly even making residents sick, though officials in NYC are not ready at all to admit that.

As a Coal Regioner, I have smelled bad smells. Centralia. Sulfer. All that. I cannot even imagine what a 70-foot-deep sinkhole in a sewer may smell like.

A 70-foot deep sinkhole is causing a massive stench in NYC

Maybe the crowned jewels are so miraculous that they find them necessary to be shown to the world. But does that explain the Dutchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, buffing it up as well.. She was photographed by a French magazine topless. Much to the chagrin of the Royal Family, those pictures were published.. she isn’t getting the star treatment that Prince Harry got for his wild sex romped weekend in Vegas. Middleton was more demure in her attempt to be wild. She was topless but there is no other evidence of orgies or all night pool parties with stars.

And this time, the Royal family is going to take action. They are going to sue the French Magazine closer FOR PUBLISHING THE PHOTOS.

Unfortunately if the Royal Family doesn’t think hundreds of other publications are already publishing the photo they are wrong. Forever now, Middleton’s bare-breasted day in the beach will be fully able to be seen, so as long as there is a free net and free speech.

Despite doom and gloom and news of fiction and non, this blog is a little bit family friendly. So you’ll only get a censored image from me. You can do the rest of the world yourself should you be desperate to see Kate Middleton’s breasts. Here’s a secret, though: They look like everyone else’s. Nothing Royal about body parts in the end…

The world at war: Darkness prevails. Even though love abounds.

I have been doing some thinking lately about all this violence, chaos, and nonsense surrounding us on this planet. I haven’t posted anything overly meaningful here in quite some time, so no better time than the present, I suppose.

I look at most things now through vision of a father. I became a proud dad almost two years ago. The world hasn’t changed much since my son was born. Sadly it’s degenerating quickly now. Talk of war, acts of violence.. machines taking over.. a mechanical and technological future of dictatorships and mobile devices that will track you and track everything. Jobs are scarce.. But people are abundant. There is a disconnect there and I don’t know how that will turn out. Do you?

But the most immediate concern seems to be, as usual, the Middle East. Talk of war between Iran and Israel at an all time high. Even China and Japan are in the midst of newfound tensions. And as we know, Libya is .. well, Libya. Lots of other embassies look like our embassy in Libya, too, as violence spreads.

All due to a movie? A MOVIE?

Somehow I don’t buy into that theory.

Nonetheless, it’s happening, and it’s the current theory offered by the powers that be. So for the sake of argument we’ll just go with that..

But as a dad, I think: How do you explain a world of senseless violence and cruelty to a child—a child who just wants to live, learn, and love?

Sadly lots of people ask themselves that daily.

No one to date has found an answer. From the Crusades.. to the Jonestown Massacre.. to our current day insanity of war and needless violence, how can it all keep going like this? Humanity has learned nothing since day 1.

Think about the basic invention that catapulted technology and travel: The wheel. Man created a wheel and from that point we decided to put weapons on it to make them move faster.. and that is about it.

Weapons and war and battle and death. A long trail of tears is dragging behind the human race.  

I think during trying moments in history, the bad always got worse and the good always got better. So hug your kids and love your family, laugh with friends and just smile at a sunset. Because it’s quite frankly all we have to grasp.. Madness is taking place outside our homes. We can lock ourselves in and fear it.. or simply open the window, hear it.. and live our lives anyway. 

Good Saturday morning

NODADDY!

Not even Danica Patrick was able to keep GODADDY up when Anonymous struck..

GODADDY DOWN .. and Anonymous takes credit

GODADDY DOWN .. and Anonymous takes credit

I bet Tumblr is feeling pretty proud today

Any site registered with GoDaddy.com is down. GoDaddy.com is down. Oh, and their phone isn’t working either. 

Congrats Tumblr, it’s not you.

Good morning

This shot is of Harrisburg PA last week.. The foggy mornings of fall are beautiful ..

It's been a while since I opined on politics.But I will now

If you want to know why the GOP is bound to lose  in 2012??? just watch  their convention!

They can’t dance. They have awful elevator bumper music. Their outfits are atrocious.. they … just … are… lame!

RIP NEIL ARMSTRONG..

He made one giant leap for mankind..

And was one giant man for all of time.

This is America, 2012: Honey Boo Boo ratings rise as more and more people choose to laugh at others than better themselves

Apparently Americans like watching seemingly kind hearted people make fools of themselves on TV. After all, that somehow seems to be the real secret of reality television, doesn’t it? You can safely sit on a couch behind curtains, close off the world, and flip on the boob tube and watch someone else be the fool.. watchsomeone else get laughed at.. watch someone else’s life from a distance.

The latest example of our nation’s ability to find strange programming and make it a hit comes from HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO, the show based on the child from Georgia pageant fame. The show is now gathering about 2 million plus viewers for TLC.. and now that the new child star of the “reality” genre is getting more fame and fortune, she is also being attached heavily throughout the web world. A girl, simply living her childhood, thrust onto camera and forced to be a star—and now she will have the cloud of fame that follows her beyond into age. 

Ratings are rising, promising that the sick theater of reality programming is a sure bet to continue for a while, despite the probable detrimental effect he could have on the national psyche.  So with that, for those out there who want to be famous on TEEE VEEE, with reality programming being so young, there are plenty more chances for you to get yourself involved with the genre that can steal away your dignity for a couple thousand dollars—even though your image will be plastered all over everything for ever.. 

Honey Boo Boo will one day be an adult. I wonder how her childhood of television programming and giving up a pet pig on TV will help or hinder her eventual development… Don’t you? 

Just when I felt better, increased by vitamin intake, and began to exercise again, enter this scenario: My wife and I took Ayden to eat some pizza at PIZZA HUT today for lunch and we casually brought up to the younger waitress how we used to love the ‘book it program.’ She gave us a strange blank stare, smiling saying, “I never heard of that.” She seemed stunned of the knowledge we had on the past! It was like we told her we saw the ‘wheel’ get created.

She went on to tell us that her “older” manager “always talks about old days” of Pizza Hut.

I began to get stunned. And feel really old.

The waitress was only, say, ten years younger.. and I thought to myself in horror, when did “book it” end!?

I even told the server how, back in ‘the day,’ there would be a grand pizza party during the last week of school. I didn’t tell her, but I even have a newspaper clipping somewhere in my possession showing me and my friend Kevin in third grade waiting in line for pizza. Third grade for me was … the late 1980s. So the age begins to show, I suppose.. 

Soooo.. I did some research! AND feel a whole hell of a lot better!

BOOK IT STILL EXISTS! That’s right, server! Young punk! take your no-knowledge of anything and shove it! I have proof that YOU don’t know your own trade! ha! 

I still feel old, though.

After all, perhaps BOOK IT would work better if Pizza Hut changes it to “Kindle it.” Just saying.

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Greetings earthlings across the pale blue dot.It’s the weekend. Are you ready? Summer seriously winding down.

The crickets are chirping loud.. I see some yellow tint to some leaves. I just can’t believe that the long hot summer was so short..

This time of year may be the best. Now until October. Beautiful nights.. amazing mornings.. Sunny and warm but not oppressive.

But this time of year goes by rather fast, too.. Gone soon will be the noise of leaves rustling in a summer breeze. Soon a howl of cold wind

But we cannot be depressed. The midsummer night’s dream turns into an autumnal depression.. followed by winter suppression.

But at least we have Christmas……. And the Mayan calender excitement on 12/22.. if we make it through December we’ll be fine.

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The other thing that happens when Mitt Romney comes to town

There is a lot of fanfare this year about the chances that we could have the first Mormon president.. beyond that, the GOP platform is anti-gay marriage and pro-life.. But when Republicans party, they let their hair down and unfasten those striped ties.

The proof? Strip clubs in Tampa are prepping for the Republican presence. 

CNN is reporting this evening that while GOP officials are closely watching the track of Tropical Storm Isaac, strip clubs are getting their poles shined.  The strippers want the GOP to ‘make it rain,’ CNN says. CNN’s profile also speaks about a roof view where you can get a ‘quick launch’ lap dance. Or one called a ‘death lay.’ 

CNN is also reporting in the same dispatch that strip clubs are playing on thought that conservatives are stuffy. Clubs offering the chance to 'party like a liberal' are popping up around the city..One place called Thee DollHouse is even offering a VIP entry with a government ID, according to their sign outside. Republicans believe in voter ID. Perhaps it will translate into strip club ID as well..

How many clubs will paint the pole red, white, and blue for the week? How many strippers will come dressed or undressed in patriotic pride? G-strings with a small elephant.. lots of aspiring women working night jobs to support a day life, hoping the wealth of the Republican party will translate into dollars down  the pants and lap dances behind the plants. Interesting, though.. we will see how much play this strip club story gets. 

Some comments on the CNN article are speaking of the potential hypocritical nature of this story. After all, will CNN have a similar report about the Democrats…? Or is just expected that strip clubs will be busy when Donkeys act like asses? 

What CNN failed to talk about in their piece was just how many MALE STRIP CLUBS were going to try to get the same attention that the female folks do… and how many Republicans may sneak a show into one..? All the while cheering on the floor of the convention to have a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage…

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Caillou.. the kid all parents hate, but love.

Attention parents out there.. what is the deal with Caillou? My son loves him.. but I don’t get him. Is he real? an illusion?

Perhaps he is just an enigma. The imagination of an insane older grandmother who is intent on believing he exists. 

I cannot imagine a father in reality like  Caillou’s. Or a mom. Or even a sister. No fighting!? No drugs!? No alcohol at an early age!

No,  Caillou must be fake. He carries no knives, no weapons. Not like the reality of kids today.

But the fact he likes making crafts and enjoys doing laundry makes me happy my son watches him.. after all,  Caillou is a boy of peace. I think. OR a villain waiting to rear his ugly head..

Nude Congressmen!! "Legitimate rapes!" This is why Republicans will lose in November.

Just the facts first: A Republican named Todd Akin in Missouri was a favorite to win this fall in a Senate race against incumbent Claire McCaskill. Then he said this: It seems to me first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare, If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down” .. Enter the firestorm. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have distanced themselves already, Akin has Tweeted constant sorrys from his account.. and he has vanished from the media glare as the firestorm continues across the political landscape. Now a woman who was set to lose in the fall, McCaskill, may have an issue, a new fire to hit back, and a chance to win and keep the Senate for the Democrats in November.

Second, this one more obscene than the ‘legitimate rape’ stupidity: A Republican Congressman named Kevin Yoder from Kansas went to the Sea of Galilee last year with lots of other Republicans. They decided to get really drunk and party, and in a sign of stupidity, immaturity, and absolute disrespect for where he was, took his clothes off and went skinny dipping into the sea. And now the FBI is looking into it!  Other Republicans were there, too—including former Vice President Dan Quayle’s son Ben.. OH, and one Congressman’s daughter swim with all of the others.. Hmm.. Yoder, thus far, is the only one making ‘waves’ for being completely in the buff in the historic sea of Galilee. He also Tweeted a sorry, too.

These two stories have intense political significant, and pop culture repercussions, too. Legitimate rape? Swimming nude in the Sea of Galilee? If this is how Republicans are without the media spotlight, just imagine how they’ll act next week at their own convention!? 

HAPPY SATURDAY TO ALL

It is going to be a beautiful weekend. Summer is almost over. Enjoy life