Sopranos

This was a response I posted to an article demanding that the David Chase tell the public what his ending meant and whether Tony died:

Get a life! In this day and age nobody can respect somones artistic integrity. No one can let the material speak for itself. Media and simple minded people in need of a quick fix demand a full explanation of anything any artist, musician, writer does. Think a while and come up with your own interpretation using YOUR OWN brain power. I know thats tough for a culture of people who are told exactly what and how to think, but give it the old college try.

I know its rare for this medium to make people think beyond surface deep, but thats what this series was often about. It was not about people getting whacked, although the action was great for entertainment, it was about a deeper examination of the pschye of a fascinating person, who in many ways embodied America.

Im sure Tony would demand to know what happened to him as well.

Gitmo and Gitmo-er

I love the Bush administration sometimes. By love I mean I love there little clumsy missteps, like watching a two year old stumble over a hard wood floor; occassionally their little toes hit the floor first and occassionally their little pudgy heels hit the floor first, making for a wobbly and sometimes hard to watch attempt.

With the ruling at Guantanamo today we are reminded that like always this administration is too incompotent to even implement their own disastorous guidelines. They came up with this 'unlawful enemy combatant' status, and then DIDNT bring charges against detainees as unlawful enemy combatants.

I can't help but think of the scene in 'Dumb and Dumber' when Harry bets Lloyd that he is going to get him to make a bet.
Harry didn't realize what he had just done, and It's clear that this administration and this 'justice' department didn't realize what they had done either.
Of course any student of logic would point out that this is a 'weak analogy' and therefore irrelavant in making a comparison that this administration is incompotent like the characters in that movie; I agree...
Clearly the actions at Guantanamo(holding people without charge, without representation, all while being tortured and abused) are not a comdey, but a tragedy.