Thanksgiving

Dearest Bloggers,

The first thing I am thankful for this year is you. Which coincidentally also happens to be all I want for Christmas(for those of you who have upgraded to beta blogger, you can download Mariah Carey's fabulous interpretation of this holiday classic by clicking on the previous link). Your comments and sincere concern for my haircut and the loan I took out to pay for it have been recieved with open arms and it has truly warmed my heart. However, this week's blog may prove to be less jovial, I'm afraid.

This week's episode is obviously about Thanksgiving. . .the most American holiday of the calendar year. We can all thank our first log cabin republican for giving us this one day off to spend with family and friends in order to gorge ourselves on tryptophan and take afternoon naps. What's more American than overeating? Maybe fighting with your fellow man at "the Walmarts" at 5 am over sweatshop-made flat screens at unbelievable holiday "price cuts." Dear bloggers, I implore you to please forgive my bitterness, but this holiday really has been raped of it's simplistic beauty by giving way to good old-fashioned American consumerism.

That's really all I want to say on that matter. Onto a far more important matter that has gone too long without saying. Warning: the rest of this blog gets really political, and the views and opinions expressed are not those of blogger, ninjas, or pirates.

I recently saw a motion picture, or "movie", that really upset me for its completely unrealistic content and representation of how the USA deals with terrorist. I'm sure W would agree with me that the content of this film and its portrayal of homeland security are nothing short of insulting. The picture of which I speak is the 2005 release of King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson. If you are a patriot and want to support America, I highly suggest that you boycott supporting this movie. Outside of pathetic CG animation and poor writing is its desparate attempt to spurn patriotism with an elaborate display of our military might within the streets of NYC. In this spectacular scene, Peter Jackson spared no expense with special effects to push his political views. But they are not really his views after all, considering this is a remake of a classic movie. Maybe, it is more of a historical piece of cinema.

The 1930s were vastly different than the 21st century. But when it comes to homeland security, we stick to our guns. Perhaps, the scene of Kong being chased by the national guard shooting up buildings with no regard for innocent bystanders or a damsel in distress is realistic. Maybe I am wrong for the first time in my life, and this masterful work of PJ's is reminding us Americans that we do not negotiate with terrorists. However, it is still shocking to me. I mean, I could see us behaving this way in say Baghdad, Tehran, Ahganistan, etc. (credibility out the window for spelling errors). But, I have a hard time believing that we would not try to negotiate with a 30 ft. terrorist gorilla on American soil. If the mayor ordered the kind of attack that this movie portrays, the PR clean up would be a complete nightmare. I also think PJ could have taken an interesting spin on the classic by trying to negotiate with a 30 ft. gorilla.

Anyway, I am now satisfied for sufficiently wasting more of your bleaping time. I mean your blogging time.