The contrast could not be starker between the images of Barack Obama and John McCain this week as we move on to Paris from Berlin Germany, chronicling the young Senator’s history making trip abroad. Drawing an estimated two hundred thousand adoring Germans to hear the best America has produced in many years speak, was a sight to behold.
With John McCain left mumbling to a bored and totally uninterested US audience, he spent the week flinging over the top insults and accusation at Barack Obama in a vain attempt to get some airtime. Looking like the perennial shrinking violet or at best the lonesome wall flower, he and his campaign crew held to the only narrative they had left to pursue; “The Surge.” Trying desperately to gain ownership of the minimal gains the so called surge has produced McCain and the lame, tried to paint Obama with failing to acknowledge the successes of the action while still taking advantage of the results.
With Barack Obama creating somewhat of a desert storm of his own, he placed the Bush administration squarely back on their heels this week by forcing them to play follow the leader. Showing clear presidential skills and a world leadership persona, Obama has garnered the attention, respect and confidence of Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki and Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai by visiting, listening and examining the concerns of their respective countries.
Let’s face it, photo opportunities of Obama having serious conversations heads of troubled states, shooting hoops with our troops, and chatting with the commanders, all the while presenting an image of a bipartisan player with Senator Chuck Hagel in tow, it must have sent shivers up the spine of John McCain.
Thanks to Rev. Jesse Jackson, The N Word has been resurrected like the Dracula vernacular it is...More to follow in our podcast.
For what it's worth, Barack Obama's efforts is hardly worth it...
If only it ended there maybe the current polling numbers would be more tilted in Obama’s favor than they are, but even perceived strong bastions of support in the African American communities was iffy at best during the early stages for the grueling process. African American leadership was not only slow to pay attention but have done and said many things to intentionally or simply out of stupidity to destroy Obama’s chances to be the first African American to reach this milestone.
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A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it. This movie description is from the IMDb. Click here to download The Movie Store
During World War 2, a small plane off the south coast of America is low on fuel and blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crashland on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The easily-spooked manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts. Exploring, the 3 find a voodoo ritual in the cellar, where the doctor is trying to acquire war intelligence by transferring personalities into his zombies. But the interruption causes the zombies to turn on their creator. Click here to download The Movie Store
Crave
Somewhere in the Pacific:Fast and The Furious staring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. This is the original Fast and Furious classic, directed by Roger Corman in 1956. In this one, a guy is wrongly convicted of murder and is forced to escape to clear his name. While on the run he hooks up with hottie Malone and head off for a wild ride on the wild side. Click here to download The Movie Store
A group of workers is traveling by bus to the town of Bojoni to work for an aristocratic family. The driver has a fulminating heart attack, and the group decides to drive to the near village of Tolnio instead, to spend the night and follow to Bojoni on the next morning. They find nobody in the apparently ghost city, but in the next morning, they meet the hospitable dwellers. Their bus has a problem in the engine, and they have to stay in Tolnio. Sooner they find that they are trapped in a vampire village.
This is another television production of our old pal Frankensteins monster. Dr. Frankenstein had just put the finishing touches on his creature, but the monster just wont cooperate by acting monstrous. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new hand me down parts. Click here to download The Movie Store
This is a live TV production of Frankenstein from the anthology series Tales of Tomorrow. Apparently Lon Chaney Jr. (playing the monster) didnt know that it wasn't a rehearsal, so instead of smashing the props as planned, he just put them down. This is great golden age television. Click here to download The Movie Store
Kenny Delmar stars as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerence for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made allowances for South Philly. The character inspired the creation of one of the most popular of the Warners' cartoon characters, Foghorn Leghorn, who re-worked most of the originals material and style. The title of this movie is a stock line- "it's a joke, son"---he would feed a befuddled Fred Allen each week. In the film, Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel). Let the fun begin. Click here to download The Movie Store
Society glamour/fly girl decides to change her around-the-world flight plan to include a stop on the Pacific isle of Palo Pango where her brother is stationed with a detachment of U.S. Marines. A Local smuggler tricks her into a trap using her plane for his gun-smuggling racket and she ends up wrecked on another island. If that isnt enough excitement, the jealous native wife of the smuggler, with a love for poison darts, wants to use her blowgun, on our high flying island hopper. Click here to download The Movie Store
Amid rising food and fuel cost globally, in addition to worldwide trade issues and faltering economies, the world’s richest industrialized countries are meeting in Japan for their annual G8 summit. Leaders from member nations- Briton, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States will also be joined by 15 other countries along with 8 African states. Why the billion plus population of China is treated like a step child country by exclusion is a mystery to us, but that is a story for another post.
The three-day talks are being held in the very secure and remote lakeside town of Toyako. Japan reportedly deployed 20,000 cops and other security personnel to quell any disruption from protesters. These meetings over the years have been plagued by violent outburst from various groups trying to bring attention to issues facing the world’s population that they say are being ignored by the globe’s big-shots.
Considering this year’s agenda is focused heavily on the issues of global food and energy shortages, it dredges up mental images of old sci-fi movies with world leaders seated around huge conference tables trying to avert a global catastrophe from space creatures or a mega meteor. With people taking to the streets to violently protest against the leadership that has largely been responsible for the impending doom, the tightly secured and sequestered group of politicians and the egghead scientist they have chumped off over the decades try desperately to save the planet.
Maybe, we are witnessing a real life account of the beginning of some really bad sh*t coming our way via our own making. With global warming being cited and blamed for the recent cataclysmic weather changes throughout the world, causing droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, massive flooding, tsunamis and monsoons, it is very likely, we are going to be faced with some serious choices of behavior modification. None of said choices are going to be painless due to the level of the threat.
We wonder if the world’s leaders are capable of making the necessary decisions and taking the appropriate actions to mobilizing their respective populations to prepare for a new way of life. Greed, the corporate culture and the business community have hampered these very leaders over the years by bribes, political contributions, slick lobbying tactics and a general lack of concern for anything other than profit.
The flunkies of the mainstream media, the last line of defense between the world population’s ignorance and the corporate culture’s grab for any and everything that will increase their bottom lines, no matter what the cost, have failed miserably to do the right thing. Daily, big business funded conservative commentators appears on broadcast and cable news outlets laughing at the inconvenient truths and downplaying the continuos reports of planet wide shifts in weather patterns that are having a negative impact on food supplies and energy needs.
Food and energy are the core and critical needs for the world to survive, as we know it. For the G8 to meet and fail to do more than shake hands, cheese for the cameras, while giving the corporate pigs their usual pass will simply bring the world another giant step closer to the brink of disaster. With President Bush representing our country at the meeting, we can rest assured no responsible meaningful forwarding thinking decisions will be made this year considering the corporate puppet masters pulling his strings. Hell, after Bush’s antics, groping of Germany’s Prime Minister Merkel last year, the most one could hope for, is for him to just behave as an adult.
A monstrous evil brain from outer space leads his minions on a crusade to conquer the universe, and unleashes hideous monsters on Earth that spread deadly diseases. Superhero Starman must rescue Earth from the menace of the evil brain while battling armies of monsters the brain sends against him.
Chester Morris, college football hero, gets a job on Wall Street for Thelma Todd's father. Fed up with the cons and piracy of Wall Street, he goes into business for himself, highjacking rumrunners' ships bound to Prohibition America. Some things never change, but hey sounds like homeboy has a plan Click here to download The Movie Store
AKA Drums of Africa, is about an expedition setting out for deepest darkest Africa to find the fabled City of the Dead. Along the way, the group meets Buster Crabbe, as Dr. Robert Hammond, the kick ass, shirtless, jungle fighter. Click here to download then check out our Movie Store
A white gorilla-like creature is hiding in the woods, only to be pursued by scientists hoping to discover if this creature is the missing link between mankind and the great apes. Many have said this is the worst jungle movie ever made. Since we dont lie cheat or steal here at RetroVision Media, we have to agree. But even in a lousy flick, you can find some laughs if watch with your favorite mind altering beverages Click here to download the movie The Movie Store for more cool stuff
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Lost in the mainstream media mush this week was Seymour Hersh’s explosive reporting that the Democrats bent over for the president on 400 million plus for covert funding the President requested for use in destabilizing Iran. At the very time the National Intelligence Agency was telling the President, Congress and the world that they found no concrete evidence that the Iranians were pursuing nukes, the president and his cronies were going ahead with plans to hookup with Iranian dissidents.
Hoping to keep sh*t shaky and on the edge for Ahmadinejad and friends, the president requested and got approval from the top echelons of congress via a Presidential Finding. Under federal law, a Presidential Finding is highly classified and must be issued when a covert intelligence operation is being initiated. All the big wigs must be advised of what is going on and approve.
According to Hersh, the finding was focussed on undermining Iran’s nuke program, regime change and sucking up to opposition groups within the country with cash and other incentives. What we find troubling here is the fact that Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid were mouthing off about the foolhardiness of pressing Iran militarily, covert or otherwise as diplomacy was the buzz word of the time.
Senator Reid and Speaker of the House Pelosi both gave passionate speeches outlining the dangers of dragging the country into another military conflict without overwhelming proof that the target of our defense was the true threat we had deemed them to be. Could it be that they were simply talking out of both sides of their mouths? Could it be that the Democrats are all talk and no real guts?
There has been serious disappointment expressed by the hard left over Pelosi’s lack of toughness and leadership since she got the big dog gig in the house, as she has failed to go strong after the Republicans for all the obvious excesses and abuse of power. From this latest disturbing story, it looks as though the lefties have a strong argument. With this revelation, it’s easy to see why Dennis Kucinich never got to first base with his articles impeachment for President George W. Bush.
One would think, with the price of oil, the collapsing economy and the broken military, we would be weighing all options equally when dealing with potential foes. If the oil shipments coming out of the Strait of Hurmuz are even slightly threatened because of the Israelis and or the U.S., the price of crude will crush what is left of the American economy.
That being said, we don’t advocate rolling over, we just want verifiable proof before doing something really stupid in the name of security for Israel. After all, we have heard all this bull before. Click here for the podcast
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire took the right path towards a twilight zone with his new work called A Devil Inside. Totally departing from sanity to tell his tale of a young man coming of age with the burden of avenging the mutilation and murder of his 400lb father in “tongue tearing through cheek” style is simply a work of art.
Director Justin Ness masterfully brought a lively level of lunacy to Lindsay-Abaire’s play via his ambitious and successful efforts with a multi media backdrop. Enabling the audience to travel far and wide within the confines of a black box theater, we are taken from a lower east side neighborhood Laundromat, to a university lecture hall, to a local sleazy bar, to the Poconos and back.
How Lindsay-Abaire came up with this insane plot-line of a fat man on a hike to loose a pound per mile while pounding the mountainsides of Pennsylvania, only to be hacked to death and having his feet chopped off and still make it funny is a mystery to us. And without doubt, it is a mystery well worth the effort to watch the author unravel.
With a crazed crop of characters coaxing along an unsuspecting audience, we are apparently introduced to the depths of the author’s imagination. Through the retina of Brad Bradford (Jake Paque) we see the devil literally scratching his way to the surface of his weak mental state. Through the fragile homicidal natures of Professor Carl Raymonds (Andrew Harriss) and his stalker student/partner in crime, Lily Lilerton (Lauren Bahlman) we are taken on a wild ride to kill and maim. Through the nutty superstitions of a lost soul we are driven from the edge of common sense. And finally, through the vacant and lonely lives of a deranged mother hungering for revenge (Kristin Skye Hoffmann) and her looser son (Sage Seals) we see a tragic set of circumstances end with a laugh. This is a mystery that keeps the audience disbelievingly riveted through continuous implausible situations that drive the story to its hilariously improbable conclusion.
With an outstanding effort from a talented cast, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire can rest assured that his play was delivered with as much enthusiasm as it was received.
Here is what you need to know:
The Place
Richmond Shepard Theatre
309 East 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
Opened
June 26, 2008
Closing
July 13, 2008
The Shows
Thu - Sat at 8pm; Sun at 2pm
The Price
$18
The Number
212-352-3101
The Cast
Kristin Skye Hoffmann, Liz White, Sage Seals, Andrew Harriss, Lauren Bahlman, Jake Paque
The Author
David Lindsay-Abaire
The Director
Justin Ness
The Producing Company
Wide Eyed Productions
Lum and Abner's General Store is hot spot where all the dullards of the town hangout. The local lovely is in love with the local doctor's son Kenneth, whom she wants to hookup with, but her aunt, who is pissed off with his father does everything to prevent it from going down. Lover-boy is working as a doctor in the next town, but does not make enough money to kick it a wife and their younger brother, so both have to chill for awhile. When the town's boozers daughter is killed by a hit and run driver, they convince the sheriff to make the father a deputy, to give his ego a boost. We dont know where the comedy comes in but thats how this flick is marketed. Click here to down movie. The Movie Store
Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince transvestite Tim Moore to impersonate the second female backer. Click here to download the movie Click here for The Movie Store
As a ploy to gain publicity, a motion picture director wants his star actress to take a baby with her on a train trip. The director's secretary asks the train's engineer, an old boyfriend, for help. As the engineer ponders what to do, a stranger in the train station tells him that he has a baby that could be used. On board the train, the actress meets a young doctor whom she knew in school, and whom she is still in love with. The presence of the baby causes a series of misunderstandings between them, but the real problems begin when the engineer begins to suspect that the baby may have been kidnapped. This description is from the IMDb. The Movie Store Click here to download the movie
The three Ritz Brothers are bumbling detectives hanging out in a dark dank haunted house owned by Bela Lugosi, an insane murderer and a giant gorilla. When a killer named The Gorilla threatens a rich guy, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the joint just as the goofy investigators show up. This is a serious comedy here. Click here to download the movie Click here for our Movie Store
