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Great books and movies
I have used the time that I otherwise would've wasted on E8 and A6 reading and watching movies. Here are some of my reviews.
Movie: Paradise Now. I give this an A. This is the Palestinian movie that caused a big brouhaha when it was nominated for Best Foreign Film. People said it glamorized suicide bombing. I was not expecting to like it, but it was great. I even think that it was anti-bombing. As entertainment, it was very intense, unpredictable, and non-gory.
(I'm watching Sex and the City and Kandahar next. I know, what a combo, plus Dynasty and Dennis Miller will be on the way.)
Books:
Failure Factory by Bill Gertz is great. It tells how W surrounded himself with RINOs and let the bureaucracies remain full of liberals who would undermine national security. He mentions Richard Clarke and Frances Townsend among others.
Closing of the Border: great book with pros and cons about immigration and various policies. Focuses on post 9-11.
They Must be Stopped About radical Islam. This book didn't say anything new, but it was good.
I have two Karl Rove books. I think they're negative, but they may be informative.
Sorry if this bored you. I am somewhat encouraged by the very close (1.1% difference) IPD-TPP poll or something like that. They predicted the 2004 election the best. It's on Drudge.