Recommended Reading

What's in the 28 redacted pages in the Congressional report on 9/11? Well, according to this article, a lot of ties between Saudi Arabia and the terrorists. The article goes on to say…

The Bush administration has, of course, good reason for not wanting to ruffle the Saudis by declassifying the 28 pages. Saudi Arabia sits atop 25 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and, through its dominant position in OPEC, essentially controls the global energy market. In addition to stabilizing world oil prices–most recently during the run-up to the war with Iraq–the Saudis also directly subsidize American consumers by offering oil at lower prices to the United States.

I dunno if this is true. But if it is, this may be what the next presidential election is all about: Bush phonied up the evidence and took us into a war against a nation that couldn't attack us while covering for one that helped support the hijackers but also supported the oil industry. He'd better come up with a way to knock that one down fast.

Larry Flynt for Governor?

The right man for the job! After all, he knows how how turn a profit. He'll make sure that California's books show pink instead of red! Larry Flynt, yeah!

This recall election is going to be such a circus, the state will have to pay royalties to Ringling Brothers.

The Heart of Show Business

People always ask me, "Mark, you're so amazingly in-touch with all things show-businessy. You know everything that's happening before it happens and sometimes even when it doesn't. Where on God's green earth do you manage to get your insider view of the oft-angry business called Show?"

And I tell them the truth; that it all comes from Dateline: Hollywood. the website with its finger up the butt of the entertainment industry. Check it out. And believe every word you read.

[UPDATE, added in April of 2013:  I have removed the link above.  It led to a gossip column parody that is no longer online.]

TV Listings

Browsing through upcoming program listings at the TiVo website, I just found this one…

Showgirls (1995) A dancer becomes understudy in a Las Vegas show, sleeps with the boss and pushes the star down a flight of stairs.

…and I thought, Yeah, that's just about all there is to it.