By PhilosoGuy at 6 September, 2010, 10:48 am
The New York Times reported on Labor Day 2010 that the Obama Administration has unveiled a new long term economic stimulus package that would begin with a $50 billion investment in public works projects, like railroads, air port runways and road construction. According to the Times: “The $787 billion economic recovery act passed by Congress [...]
Read More >>By PhilosoGuy at 5 September, 2010, 8:31 pm
Rating: 4 Out Of 10 PhilosoGuys It is a rarity in today’s film scene for a science fiction film to be made without much computer generated idiocy (Avatar, for example). Science fiction used to mean something more than outer space dog fights and ridiculous aliens: it used to concern the human condition when faced with [...]
Read More >>By PhilosoGuy at 31 July, 2010, 8:17 am
Please excuse the Kubrick reference…but sometimes it feels like we are approaching a “Strangelovian” catastrophe. Welcome to the age of incumbent superpowers, where the rules that apply to the everyday American citizen don’t apply to the people who work for us in the government. Perhaps it is a symptom of the “Old Boy” network in [...]
Read More >>By PhilosoGuy at 26 June, 2010, 11:07 pm
Rating: 8 Out Of 10 PhilosoGuys “Pol Pot’s Birthday” is a hilarious short film that takes place on Pol Pot’s Birthday as he and his Khmer Rouge army retreat into the jungles of Cambodia following their defeat to the Vietnamese army. The acting is spectacularly comical and dark: Pol Pot’s mood swings and deadpan delivery [...]
Read More >>By PhilosoGuy at 15 June, 2010, 9:22 pm
America has always been heralded as the great melting pot: people from across the world were suposed to come to the new world and create a new democratic and uniquely American culture that was united by personal liberty and shared ideals. And while many people would still consider the United States a melting pot, it [...]
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