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Been lurking here a few days.. did post a few... I have lousy TV coverage here.. learning more from this post. thanks..

I did watch the Oscars. (I am under my computer table now, dodging your rotten tomatos ) I know many have mixed feelings on this.. but I wanted to see first hand what was involved. I am a real cinema enthusiast. Personally had early show biz experience via my participation in ballet company... Sure I know it is NOT the real world.. But my experience with cinema is truly no different than the reading enthusiast who reads fiction non stop. I am very visually oriented . As a psychologist there is also a strong teaching that myth, fantasy in any form is the basis for healthy balance..

I have seen every movie except "talk to her" & Columbine.. I will now cross off Columbine (Moore was an ass & Steve Martin handled it so well.. If you didn’t hear, after he made the tirade comments, Martin came out & said about the “good time back there as the teamsters are helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his Lino ___— lots of laughs from an audience that was booing him & uncomfortable visibly with his attitude. - I will personally be boycotting the ones who have been attacking our president & our efforts in a hateful, disruptive manner. I have many friends (???) Who are on the negative side. Of course, there are tensions there.

The youthful "star" in tu Tambien was a typical immature, idealistic kid - I thought, oh know,– here it comes.... and it did. I wanted to see the audience response to anything that was said & for the most part you could see the embarrassment & the anger against those who spoke very out of turn & against the producers demands/requests on property. The applause mostly came with the stars that prayed for an early end to war (hey, I am on that page , also !) .. But not until we do the right thing...

Saradan & Streisand both made their statements (Saradan w/peace signal as she walked in & Streisand with her comments that she was glad all lived in country , even stars, where they were permitted to express their opinion. Both I am sure where grinding their teeth but they pulled it off fairly gracefully. I still have shackles up my back & will not be for awhile going to Saradan films... I feel she is a decent actress..When she attacks my pres/country , she is blackballed.

A L S O

Some of you are aware of the Radio bit I did last week.. Wanted to let you know that the radio clip that I did locally on Friday was apparently played over & over on the radio all weekend. I heard it replayed with my name as I was leaving church. I called in the radio station & talked again with the talk show host. This is one of the Clear channel stations & the one that sponsored our local Rally for America in Cleveland. The original clip was that in my opinion the idea of Christianity /biblical grounding do NOT forbid war.. I used Luke 12 .. Among many other things, As basis.. The idea of to those for much is given , much is expected. I explained that Christ first not said this..... not Spiderman’s uncle. Apparently that resonated very strongly with those listening. I understand people’s objection to war but will fight vigorously with using pacifist grounding as biblical. It is NOT. Not if you take the whole of scripture.

You can prove anything by pulling a few phrases out of context. Politicians & religous sectists do it regularly. (As we well know.)..

Bye for now

I am doing this quickly due to very tight schedule of taking relatives to hospital in next week.. Will be in & out periodically. So I apologize for typos / misspelling etc. I am never good at that anyway !!!

Just saying hi & putting in my 25 cents along the way