"...A Mainstream Justice..."

From Sen. Reid's Democratic radio address:

Mr. President, that's the kind of justice we hope you'll nominate; someone who will bring us together; a mainstream justice who won't use their judicial robe as a cloak to impose their political ideology on the country.

Thank you, Sen. Reid.

Give Thanks and Keep Asking For More

When dealing with the 8 richest leaders in the world, I believe that Bono and Bob Geldof know what they are doing. While other organizations/groups have issued words of disappointment and criticism, Bono and Geldof have thanked the leaders for doubling aid and making the summit a success. They may have wanted more but they know that they need to appreciate every little bit that is given. They gladly accept the aid they receive and then show it works and with that, they will come back later asking for more. If the leaders see results, there's no reason for the leaders to hold back.

I may think more could've been done, but every little bit counts. I mostly am still amazed by what Live 8 did for the world. The amount of awareness on Africa's problems has been raised tremendously.

After the concerts were aired, 2,000 viewers complained about how the concerts were aired on MTV. As a result, you can now watch rebroadcasted performances on VH1 from 10 to 3 ET and on MTV from 3 to 8 ET. I believe this a result of people wanting to help Africa and see what this movement is all about.

Turn to MTV or VH1 sometime today. You will see people filled with enthusiasm who are ready to pressure leaders for change in Africa and also willing to donate some of their own money. This is all a result of the efforts of the performers, Bono, and Bob Geldof.

The results of the G8 summit are part of a beginning; a beginning for change in Africa.

9/11 Movie

The recent news coming out of L.A. is that Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage will be starring in a 9/11 movie that will be produced by Paramount. The film will focus on two officers - Sgt. John McLoughlin and William Jimeno (Port Authority police officers) - who were the last two men to be rescued from the rubble of the Twin Towers. Oliver Stone is on board to direct this movie which is currently untitled. The screenplay for the movie comes from the officers, who provided the basis for the story by selling their life rights to the studio. Paramount Pictures has not named any other people that will be involved in the project.

Paramount has chosen to do this movie and get it started now so that it can beat its rival studio, Columbia, who is going to be working on their own 9/11 movie "'102 Minutes', a book by two New York Times reporters chronicling the interval between the crash of the first hijacked airliner into the World Trade Center and the collapse of the first tower".

News that a film dramatizing the 9/11 attacks is in the works came a day after London was "rocked by a series of deadly bomb blasts that renewed anxieties about terror threats. A studio insider said the timing of its announcement was less than 'ideal,' precipitated only because Variety broke the story in its Friday edition."

In the aftermath of 9/11, Hollywood studios were holding back on any production that would involve the events that occurred on 9/11. Hollywood has been patient for four years and it can no longer wait. Now is the time to make money, capitalize off of other people's stories, and also bring forward and share stories of 9/11 with the people of America. I, myself, am interested in this movie because I do not remember hearing about the two police officers being pulled from the rubble of 9/11.

There is one problem in my mind though. The director, Oliver Stone, recently made a very awful movie called Alexander. When I went to see it, I expected to watch a movie about Alexander, the man who conquered land. Instead, I saw more about how Alexander grew into being a homosexual. Alexander may have been gay, but I felt Stone overdid the idea that he might've been. In that case, will Oliver Stone overemphasize any abnormalities the police officers may have had in their lives? If he is, I hate to say this, but the police officers may not like the way they are portrayed. Stone knows no bounds, which can be a good thing, but recently, his lack of boundaries has greatly affected his movies.

Four years later, it looks like Hollywood could be turning to 9/11 so that it can pull out of a box-office slump that everyone's been talking about. Think of what Hollywood is doing with superheroes and any comic book they find. Studio successes with Spider Man and X-Men has caused them to become greedy for more and more (characteristic of corporations).

For the sake of the victims of 9/11, let's not overdo the amount of 9/11 storytelling.