CRASH wins Best Picture -- Surprised?-- and oh,yes, I [heart] George Clooney, too xxx-oh!

From Nikki Finke's LALALALA Weekly - blog-0-column: "Well, turns out I was right. Hollywood showed tonight it isn’t the liberal bastion it once was. That’s pitiful if you’re a progressive, and pleasing if you’re a conservative."

MORE FROM NIKKI - she hated the awards, she hated Jon Stewart (YAWN) she hated the whole thing---- but I didn't --- I never ever do! Except it would be nice for AMPAS to finally give Glenn Ford that honorary Oscar.

My special OSCAR mention is about George Clooney who I have praised ("Good Night and Good Luck") here and trashed more recently (on behalf of my old client Jack Abramoff when George said that Jack was a 'Jack_____F' { and old Chicago-midwestern swear word!} on the Golden Globe telecast JACK'S FATHER WAS FURIOUS! )

But last night on that perennial "meat parade", George Clooney was Grade A Prime; (and oh, he reeked with class -- even I would have put my shoes under his bed--for just one night.)

“And finally, I would say that, you know, we are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while, I think. It’s probably a good thing. Uhm, we’re the ones who talk about AIDS when it was just being whispered. And we talked about civil rights when it wasn’t really popular. And we, uh, you know, we bring up subjects…we are the ones…this Academy, this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I’m proud to be a part of this Academy. I’m proud to be part of this community. I’m proud to be out of touch. And I thank you so much for this.”

Here he is: Video Link

I read Ann Coulter on Oscar: I wanted to SAY ANYTHING about the level of contradiction--dare I speak hypocricy's name, and then I read_________

THIS

from AMERICABLOG, and deadly on point, of course.

If Ann Coulter were her fans' daughter, they'd call her a slut
by John in DC - (((comments by HighVizPR))) 3/05/2006 02:55:00 PM

It's funny how Ann Coulter gets away with being such a conservative cultural marm when she lives the life of such a skank.The woman lived in New York City, then moved to Palm Beach, dresses like a slut, and hangs out with gay men like Matt Drudge (a "conservative" closet case who lives in South Beach, ((((and Ann also lives in the Hamptons))) where he moved from Hollywood). I'm sorry, but such is not the lifestyle of a raging conservative who has any credibility attacking liberal lifestyles. Ann lives the liberal lifestyle I can only dream of (except the tight slutty clothing).

And the real irony is that while conservatives love Coulter's rants against liberal morality, if she were their daughter and dressed the way she does, they'd ground her.Thus we lead into Ann's Oscar predictions. They're not really predictions, per se, the article is just another chance for Ann to launch bigoted attacks - this time calling gays "homos" and suggesting that Ang Lee will win an Academy Award for being "Asian."

But the most atrocious and dangerous part of Coulter's article is her, once again, defense of Senator Joseph McCarthy. You see, Ann thinks Senator McCarthy, the guy who launched anti-communist witch hunts against so many innocent Americans based on no evidence whatsoever, well that Senator McCarthy got a bum rup in history, according to Ann.

Here's an excerpt from her most recently article, that I won't be linking to: (((but HighVizPR must and WILL -- this is WHY I BLOG *** )))

--The best original screenplay will be "Good Night, and Good Luck" as Hollywood's final tribute to the old Stalinists (Hollywood's version of "The Greatest Generation").

Ah yes, the McCarthy years. The real crime was all the "Stalinist" liberals that the poor Senator had to root out.Coulter would be pathetic if she weren't so widely admired by Republicans. She goes to their dinners and gets paid a pretty sum to spew her venomous bigotry. And the Republicans have no problem with it.

(((Ann Coulter, you are a Goddamn fool. Please, please open and read her predictions, and laugh at the ridiculousness of her ranting! More and more venues are firing her -- here's why -- because her 'edgy 'conservativism is a ruse as long as she living the lifestyle of a Condi wannabe in a Matt Drudge world ----(read--fag hag, and yes, I may offend!) and yes, there is a BIG back lash in store, starting NOW))):

Personally, Coulter can be as skanky as she wants, that's her business (well, if America were the way Coulter and her buddies on the far-right want it to be, she'd probably be stoned for the way she dressed and talk). But if she's going to pretend to be a culture marm, while continuing to use her column and her pulpit to promote bigotry and, of all things, McCarthyism, then someone should let the papers that run Coulter's un-American bile know exactly what kind of filth they're distributing in good family newspapers.
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"Sheila, Spike Lee is saying that Condi and Oprah are really white Jappy women under the skin, that's all (SPIKE LEE REALLY SEZ IT....)"

((((("I can relate to that. But this, this is coming from a black MAN. Go figure. What does he know about buying expensive shoes? The crack part I get. The show part, ABOUT SEEING spamalot, is typical, too. They ignored Katrina. Totally! Condi Rice was vacationing. She could care less.")))) ---Conversation overhead in a ladies room in Silver Spring, MD, last night, from my cell phone -- my trusty Nokia nevah fails me!)))))

The story by that Gatecrasher, Benny Boy, NY Daily Newz, by way of STUFF magazine:

Condoleezza displeaza Spike

-->Firebrand director Spike Lee has found an unlikely new target for his latest spray: the secretary of state.

Says Lee: "I dislike Condoleezza Rice more than [President] Bush. The thing about it is that she's gotten a free ride from black people."

Oh no, he didn't. (((yes, he did, babay)))

"People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Ala., and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life," Lee tells the April issue of Stuff magazine.

"Condi, stop smoking that crack!" (((This may be intrepeted as 'figurative'. She is buying shoes meaning 'let the little people DIE', like Oprah did when haunting the Hermes store in Paree---- hmmmmm- they are not living in the real 'sistah' world of welfare and bad, bloated days -- but why should Condi, Spike? DO YOU, BROTHER?))))

"I know you love your Ferragamo shoes, but come on. While people were drowning in New Orleans, she was going up and down Madison Ave. buying Ferragamo shoes. Then she went to see 'Spamalot.'" (((Yes, yes, she did. She and King George, true to form)))

You heard the man, Madame Secretary. Put down the crack pipe.

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White House: Don't Tread {LEAK} on Me! Reporters threatened with prosecution

White House Trains Efforts on Media Leaks Sources, Reporters Could Be Prosecuted

By Dan Eggen,Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 5, 2006; A01

The Bush administration, seeking to limit leaks of classified information, has launched initiatives targeting journalists and their possible government sources. The efforts include several FBI probes, a polygraph investigation inside the CIA and a warning from the Justice Department that reporters could be prosecuted under espionage laws.

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Hey, kids! Google you own links - Scotty McLellan + Reporters are SPIES!
SEE STUFF LIKE THIS:

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Let's keep it politically *correct* - Accept the statue in 60 seconds, get OFF the stage, no Abram-OFF jokes, Jon Stewart!

No one will get the joke in la-la land EXCEPT that vile George Clooney!

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Dubai and the Clintons: He advises, she dissents

TRIUMPH sez "Woof! --just like any other show biz couple, or HIGH-profile POL one, they disagree, and agree on that much yes, CONAN,Letterman said that bubba is getting the couch."

AFP: Bill Clinton advises Dubai as Hillary attacks its US ports deal ON Mar 02 10:11 AM US/Eastern

Former president Bill Clinton has privately advised Dubai officials how to address US political concerns over a controversial ports deal, as his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, publicly attacks the
deal.

Dubai Ports World bid to takeover Britain's P and O, which runs terminal operations at six major US ports, has triggered a political firestorm in the United States.

Senator Clinton has voiced vigorous opposition to the 5.7-billion-euro (6.8-billion-dollar) takeover, saying it threatens US national security.

She is attempting to push legislation through Congress that seeks to block the deal, partly on the grounds that DP World is foreign-government owned.

Meanwhile, the Financial Times reported Thursday her husband -- who it said was paid 300,000 dollars in 2002 to address a summit in Dubai -- has advised Dubai officials how to soothe US concerns over the deal.

"Mr. Clinton, who this week called the United Arab Emirates a 'good ally to America,' advised Dubai's leaders to propose a 45-day delay to allow for an intensive investigation of the acquisition," the FT said, citing a spokesman for the ex president.

DP World has agreed with the White House to undertake a more lengthy review process of the deal, despite already received government approval for it to proceed.

The takeover would see DP World run ports at Baltimore, Miami, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia.

A court in London was due to give a ruling on Wednesday on the legality of DP World's takeover of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.

Copyright AFP 2005

THEY KNEW. THEY KNEW IN ADVANCE. BUSH. BROWN. FATS DOMINO. It was coming. The Feds chose to wait---but if this were Afganistan, ye-hah!

• This frame taken from secure government video obtained by The Associated Press shows then-Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown, center, at the Homeland Security EOC (emergency operations center) in Washington Aug. 28, 2005, taking part in a government video briefing the day before Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug. 29. (AP Photo)
  
  
  AP: Tape: Bush, Chertoff warned before Katrina
  
  AP Exclusive: Video Shows Bush, Chertoff Clearly Warned Before Katrina Struck
  

Gateway Pundit: Wires: Bush, Chertoff, Nagin & Fats Domino
Warned Before Katrina

Prez. Bush Quote of the Day here

USA Today: How the Media is handling the Katrina FEMA
video right now in real-time (see: "on deadline" Blog - http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/03/heres_how_some_.html )

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Today's headline thriller from the AP: "Tape: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina"

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HighVizPR Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz!: Today is Glenn Ford's 89th Birthday, Celebrating in Beverly Hills

HighVizPR Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz!: Today is Glenn Ford's 89th Birthday, Celebrating in Beverly Hills