PAUL RANTS

Posted by Paul at April 14th, 2009

Here’s film director Kevin Macdonald talking about the closing shot in his new film State of Play, of a newspaper printing press:

“It’s the last hurrah for this analog technology. You look at it and it feels like this noble beast, the last lion in the wilderness . . . ” — LA Times

The closing shot from your movie is the last hurrah of analog technology. Thanks for pointing this out to those of us who weren’t sure when the last hurrah would come, or what it would look like. Indeed, you are the oracle of our times.

Here he is on Brad Pitt, who made a research visit to the Washington Post before dropping out of the movie:

“It was the biggest thing that ever happened there.”

Brad Pitt’s visit to do research for your movie is the biggest thing that ever happened at the Washington Post. Forcing President Nixon from office in 1974 was small potatoes compared to Pitt gracing them with his other-worldly presence. Either that or you’re trying to be funny. Ha ha.

“It’s a thriller with some comedy. The best movies are fun and make you think. Smart entertainment is the thing there’s a shortage of.”

Thank goodness we can rely on you to fill the smart entertainment void with your movie. I guess it’s possible State of Play could be considered one of the best. Haven’t seen it yet. But guess what? You’re still a douchebag.

Posted by Paul at April 3rd, 2009

Cannabis has an identity problem. Each strain has a silly name. Most customers are casual users who convince a middle man doctor affiliated with the seller they need it. Medicinal cannabis dispensaries are more like head shops. In fact, medicinal users should go to pharmacies, and casual users (21 or over) to dispensaries, without having to pay a middle man for the privilege. Sellers could buy from licensed growers in California and buyers would pay tax revenue. A lot of things that should be aren’t, but this is ridiculous. The gun and prison lobbies have clout in the California legislature. Cannabis has funny names like Bubblegum Cush.

Alcohol kills and maims, yet we can’t legalize something that makes you cough and eat carbs. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but one egregious wrong and one mild wrong don’t compare (But which is egregious, legal alcohol or illegal cannabis?). The whole two-wrongs-don’t-make-a-right thing is just a trick to make kids behave. Two rights don’t make a wrong either, and a right and a wrong don’t make anything. So who the hell cares what two wrongs make? These things are approached on a case by case basis. OK, I’m high right now.