Hollywood Celebrates Being Totally Out of Touch W/ The Rest of America

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In keeping with the recently posted Ben Stein essay about how Hollywood doesn't consider itself part of America, Crosswalk.com offered up this thoughtful essay about the increasing culture gap between Hollywood and... well, the rest of Western Civilization.

For two consecutive years, Hollywood has been falling behind at the box office. The combined box office receipts for the five nominees for Best Picture did not even approch the box office revenue generated by "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe." One analyist suggested the total future revenue including DVD sales of the top five might top 250 million while "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" could, including DVD sales, come close to 800 million.

You would think there would be trouble in Tinsel Town. You would think those who depend on mega hits and Hollywood hype would be screaming bloody murder until movie producers and studio executives address the hemorrage of movie goers. But instead, Hollywood decided to use the Oscar event as an opportunity to lecture the rest of us about how thankful we should be to be socially enlightened by this year's movies.

Really excellent analysis. You can read the rest here. =)

Quote of the Day

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As seen on my Google homepage, via The Quotations Page:

"A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment."
- Willis Player

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Thought that the good people here might get a kick out of The List of Liberal Code Phrases. Enjoy.

George W. Bush Ipod Squee!

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George W. Bush discusses what's on his iPod.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gb7iOvS7Akc&search=bush%20ipod

Also, thank you guys for saving my sanity. With my college infested with Anti-Bush people, I didn't have a place to vent before I found this place.