Dave Barry’s Oscar experience

It’s a few days before the Academy Awards, and I’m deep in the bowels of the Kodak Theater (which has miles of bowels) in a cramped space temporarily named the Writers Room. The show writers, of whom I am one this year, are sitting around a conference table strewn with papers, Starbucks cups and the wrappers of long-deceased snacks. Also at the table are the co-hosts we’re writing for, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Donna Teresa: And the Oscar goes to … the troops

I haven’t met a war veteran yet who has told me he or she has seen a war movie numerous times. Instead, the common response is: “I don’t need a war movie to tell me war is hell. I was lucky to have lived through it and come home.”

Not exactly razor-sharp

We continue to see evidence of an alarming decline in the quality of our nation’s criminals.
Consider the man who attempted to rob a mini-mart in the town of Vernon, Conn., as reported in a Journal Inquirer story sent in by alert reader Dan Thompson. The robber elected to wear a disguise, which was a good idea, since he was a regular customer of the store. The problem was the particular disguise he picked.

SEVERE CLEAR / Screeners Available (Opens March 12th) NYC

ShareThis is a follow-up to my review of the film Severe Clear being released in March.
Shot by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti on his Mini-DV camera, and told through his own journal entries, Kristian Fraga’s “Severe Clear” is a first person account of the Marines who were on the front lines of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This [...]

Offensive Weapons

Fine, make your little jokes. But this happens to be a serious matter of national security. According to news items sent in by several alert readers, the Department of Defense has asked scientists to develop an odor that is repulsive to all humans, regardless of culture. This odor could be used by the military to harmlessly clear people out of a given area.

Super Bowl was great – and so was the game

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All in all I thought it was a terrific Super Bowl, except when the Toyota Corolla with the stuck throttle crashed through the west grandstands and took out the entire CBS sideline reporting staff.
I’m kidding, of course. It was a Camry. But other than that, it was a fantastic day [...]

Toyota Says Cup Holders Still Working Great

Embattled automaker Toyota today said that despite problems with accelerators and brakes, the cup holders on its most popular car models were “perfectly safe to use.”

“Feel free to enjoy the beverage of your choice and know that you can rest it in one of our cup holders with confidence,” said Tokyo spokesman Hiroshi Kyosuke. “Our cup holders are world-class.”

Valley of the Dolls – Dave Barry

Yes, my daughter has a Barbie doll. And not just any Barbie doll: It’s a Republican Convention Delegate Barbie. Really. She’s wearing a business suit and has a little delegate credential around her neck. In other respects she’s a regular Barbie, by which I mean she has an anatomically impossible figure and enough hair to be a fire hazard.

Production Company working with Oprah Winfrey Network Looking for Military Families and Soldiers for Upcoming TV Special

Left/Right Productions, an award-winning television production company based in New York City, is working with OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network to develop an inspiring new documentary series about individuals experiencing life-transforming events.

Governor Jesse Ventura tells us a secret.

ShareLets have some fun scaring the hell out of ouselves.
In a video released entitled Consiract Theory – 2012 today by a British blog that is called Unexplained Mysteries we find that former Governor, professional wrestler and Navy SEAL Jesse Ventura is investigating claims that the worldwide Patrician class is building underground bunkers.
This would be to hide themselves [...]

‘Avatar’ rules with $68.3M, tops $1B worldwide

ShareIn today’s Washington Post we read an article entitled `Avatar’ rules with $68.3M, tops $1B worldwide. It is an anti-war film by James Cameron specifically aimed at our roles in Iraq and Afghanistan. As such, it is compelling and will stay with you for many days after you leave the theater. The [...]

Observations from LT Bobby Ross 12/13/09

ShareAnyhowsen, here’s the real "sleeper" in this post:  Pebble Mine, Alaska.     Hey LRRPs!
Well, last week proved most interesting in many ways, and now that I’m done working in this yucky California December wet, I’m ready to post a few thoughts.  It has been 3 weeks barely 5 days since my world was turned upside down by [...]

MOVIE REVIEW: TROOPER

ShareFILMAKER CHRIS MARTINI SOLDIERS ON 
Written by Becca Bryan  
“Finally, a film producer that gets it right! Trooper may serve well to educate an unaware public about the epidemic level of emotional trauma that today’s young warriors are living with. It is a dark journey and this film captures its pain—and also gives us a [...]

TROOPER: Movie Premiers in NYC

ShareTrooper, the movie premiers in New York City on Dec. 6th
Murphy O’Shea, an Iraq Veteran, has a hard time re-adjusting to society upon his return from a long tour.  His world crumbles when he discovers his father, Bill, a Vietnam Veteran, is dying. “Trooper” is a story of a father and son, two veterans from [...]

“I AM AN AMERICAN: THE MAKING OF AN ANTHEM” DVD/CD

ShareROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER ANNOUNCES ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS IN THE NAME OF RENEWING OUR NATION’S PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
FIREWORKS DISPLAYS, PARADES, MARCHING BANDS INCORPORATE MUSIC INTO PATRIOTIC PROGRAMMING
NEW YORK CITY EMBRACES “I AM AN AMERICAN” BY FEATURING SONG IN THIS YEAR’S VETERANS DAY PARADE AND SHOWING VIDEO TO RETURNING TROOPS AT [...]

Rush Limbaugh, that giant of American investigative journalism, crouches low!

ShareThe Associated Press is running a story about Rush Limbaugh making a major on-air mistake on Friday night concerning the President and then refusing to apologize once he realized he was wrong. 
Rush  ranks up there in status with Daffy Duck and Alfred E. Newman relative to having his finger on the very pulse of mainstream America’s [...]

Whacky news for veterans' entertainment

ShareI am usually pretty serious on this web site, but every now and then I like to lighten things up.  We are people you know and people need to take things a little light sometimes!  So here we go.  I submit these news stories to tickle your curiousity and lighten things up a bit. We [...]

Arlo Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land – Totally Cool ­® Takes You There

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Killing the Sacramento River

Shareby Lt. Bobby Ross, Staff Writer
The White Man has an insatiable talent to justify the justice, the ludicrous, accept the benign, and glorify the horrendous.  In doing such, the God Almighty dollar can become more of a deity than those that worship it. 
This is just the case with a river I was born on.  [...]

Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove by Max Cleland

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Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove by Max Cleland
By the time he had reached middle age, Max Cleland thought he had nothing to live for. A grenade explosion in Vietnam had left him a triple amputee. He had lost his seat in [...]

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