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By C. Jake Williams. March 25, 2009
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Did anyone realize that March 29 marks one year since the launch of CJakeWilliams.com? No? I hadn't either.
I just read a political article about Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and a new 'game' by Democrats. Jindal claims Dems are turning America at large against certain Republicans by asking if they Want our new president to fail.
"Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, 'Why no sir, I don't want the president to fail,' is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism," Jindal said at a political fundraiser attended by 1,200 people. "This is political correctness run amok."
I thought Jindal was just stating the problem, but apparently this is his attempt at swaying me to disagree with the quote.
Make no mistake, Bobby Jindal: I believe that outright wishing for Barack Obama to fail is unAmerican and potentially treasonous. If our current president, or any president, fails it will lead in a big way to America's failure. How many failed presidencies does it take to ruin an economy, embark on a two-front war1 with no end in sight, crush the faith of Americans in the political process, and other failures?
One.
In fact, I can give you a recent example2.
Listen Republicans, it's not that we Wanted your guy to fail over the last eight years. It's just that Bush did fail, a sentiment historians already agree upon.
It's not like we burned effigies of Bush like the rest of the world. We didn't initially march against his opinions and laws and orders. We wanted desperately for the post-Bush America to laugh at the pre-Bush, but this November we elected a Kenyan's son to the White House because we so desperately needed a change from the policies crushing America, Bush's policies.
Had we hoped for Bush's failure, we may have ended up in Guantanamo Bay, the unConstitutional prison now scheduled for closure by the man who has men like Jindal praying for a second Great Depression3.
By the way, if you want to see more Bobby Jindal, follow this link for his reaction to Obama's State of the Union Address. Dude sounds like he's telling America that a pot of boiling water is too hot to touch. Condescending prick...
At one point it seems he's poking fun at how Obama's heritage elixired Americans into liking him. Then Jindal states his own similar heritage. Seriously, I can't understand this man's emotions during speeches and he's being considered for the 2012 Republican presidential candidate. If it comes down to Jindal, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin - and Obama does indeed fail - I'm moving to Canada.
One last political note before we get to more personal things needing to be shared. If you failed to catch Jon Stewart's interview with 'Mad Money's Jim Cramer, please please please follow this link and watch all three parts. Stewart rips Cramer a new ass and the two men thoroughly explain how the economic crisis came about, with blame on both the banks and media. It's just a great discourse and Stewart happens to win every round 10-84.
I'm a huge fan of movies5, and it's possible that my eventual Favorite Movie Ever is in theaters now. The film is Watchmen, an adaptation of the comic by Alan Moore. Watchmen is so good that it has slowly taken over parts of my life since seeing it two weeks ago with Travis.
I've renamed a fantasy basketball team for one of the character's more prominent extremities. I've downloaded songs from the soundtrack, and now wakeup to the theme song of my favorite character, Dr Manhattan6. I've also changed the background of my Myspace page, which anyone under the age of 35 will understand is a big deal.
Now, apparently the movie has several key differences from the comic - i.e. the ending - but I haven't read the comics much, so that didn't bother me. The movie has depth for philosophical fans, action scenes for manly men, love plots for chicks, and even a few ridiculous intercourse scenes for Huge Nerds.
I gotta warn ya, the sex scenes are free from those ridiculous camera angles that hide butts and boobs, and the thrusting is anatomically correct. I hate it when directors don't correct actors from screwing the air six inches below the actress's hoo-hah.
Watchmen's ending is fantastic though. I didn't see it coming, and during the movie you never really know who is Good or Bad. You always think you know, but you'll change your mind a few times. I did. Great ending.
The last thing I'll tell you about Watchmen is that although the movie is a full three hours long, not a single patron in a sold-out theater took a break to visit the restroom or concessions counter after it started. Not one! To me that was the true testament to the movie's enjoyability.
It's like the opposite of Gran Torino if you left the theater five minutes before it ends7.
My family is improving. Zac stopped smoking last month. My dad stopped chewing last week. Both are thus far successful in abandoning their most hated habits, and it got me thinking about how many times I've tried unsuccessfully to stop drinking Mountain Dew, my favorite vice.
It's really quite pathetic that they can quit a substance for which organizations lobby for and against because of its harmful and addictive behavior whilst I fail repeatedly to give up a fucking soda.
Quite pathetic. So here's an invitation with two parts.
First, if you have a secret pleasure you wish to dump, join the Williams gang on the road to recovery. This could include alcohol, cigarettes, porn, handfuls of pig lard, or biting your fingernails.
And second, if you see me drinking a Mountain Dew then you have free license to slug me in the right shoulder8. If you get in trouble for this act, please refer the appropriate authority figure to this writ of permission.
Today's video closer is from one of Pinky's recent college presentations. Pinky is a nutrition major and the topic was Alzheimer's disease. Enjoy.
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1World War II Germany taught us this approach is unwinnable or at least much more difficult than directing all attention in one direction.
Do you want Europe or do you want Russia? Both? Enjoy your private-bunker suicide, Hitler.
2See photo.
3As opposed to our Great Recession.
4Signifies a knockdown, as scored by World Boxing Federation.
5Here are my favorites:
The Godfather, parts I and II
Lucky#Slevin
The Fountain
The Thomas Crowne Affair
Se7en
Watchmen
Gattaca
Thank You for Smoking
Fight Club
Vanilla Sky
Pulp Fiction
From Hell
V for Vendetta
Gladiator
The Departed
Sin City
Shawshank Redemption
Casino
The Usual Suspects
Pi
The Bourne Identity/ Supremacy/ Ultimatum
Snatch
I, Robot
The Dark Knight
Good Will Hunting
6Let it be known that if I'm not dressed as Dr Manhattan this year for Halloween, it is only because I was a lazy asshole in the interim and didn't get into the shape I'm fully capable of working myself into.
7I hated Gran Torino. If I hadn't gone with my parents I might have walked out after twenty minutes, but the ending made that movie worth the agony. See it if you haven't already.
8My dominant arm.
You were there.