“It remains my opinion that Social Security reform is not necessary at all if Congress would seriously address Medicare reform, balance the budget, erase the trade deficit, and make pension reform a real priority.”
— Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) quoted by Talking Points Memo
Collateral, with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, is a fine psychological thriller, beautifully photographed and superbly acted. NewMexiKen saw the DVD Sunday and then watched again with director Michael Mann’s commentary audio this evening. Among things learned from the commentary: much of the film was shot in HD digital video, several of the minor roles of police officers were played by actual police, several of the club security guards were actual security guards, and some of the individuals playing bodyguards were on work-release.
Jamie Foxx, nominated for the Supporting Actor Oscar for this film, is simply outstanding. The only question is, just how was this a “supporting” role?
Almost as if he were here with this Grandpa’s Sweeties, Dwight Perry has kids on his mind in this morning’s Sideline Chatter —
For the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Fred Hoiberg, the NBA All-Star three-point shootout is just kid stuff.
“I’d love to go out there and give it a shot,” Hoiberg, the league’s top long-distance shooter, told the Chicago Tribune. “The biggest reason would be to take my kids.
“My 5-year-old (Jack) now has some interest in sports. Before, all he asked me was about Power Rangers.
“It would be fun for him to go out there and meet the guys in his PlayStation.”
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There are Green Bay Packers fans, and then there is 8-year-old David Witthoft of Ridgefield, Conn., who has worn his Brett Favre jersey every day — that’s 409 days and counting — since he received it as a Christmas gift in 2003.
As David’s father, Chuck, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette: “David has a lot of sticktoitiveness.”
And after 400-plus days, we assume, the same can be said for the jersey.
Three-fourths of the Sweeties were visiting for the past several days to help Grandpa celebrate his birthday. (They brought their moms, official NewMexiKen daughters Jill and Emily.) They’re all off for home today, but the new carpet is being installed this week, so blogging may remain light while I empty the house, then refill it.
“Ever since the two men [George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton] teamed up to raise money for tsunami victims, Clinton has looked less like Bush’s successor than the United Nations translator for a non-English-speaking foreign head of state: he does all the talking.”
— Alessandra Stanley discussing TV coverage of the Super Bowl in The New York Times
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