Miller Planning 'Mad Max' Prequel Without Gibson
By WENN Monday, November 06, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - Mad Max director George Miller is set to make a fourth movie about the apocalyptic road warrior, but this one won't feature Mel Gibson. The actor starred in Miller's three previous Mad Max movies--the last being Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985--but he won't be a part of the fourth and final installment. Miller tells moviehole.net he was ready to start shooting the prequel when he lost his budget. He says, "We were about three months off shooting when the Iraqi war came and the American dollar collapsed against the Australian dollar, so we lost our budget. "Also, we couldn't get the container ships out because of security and stuff." At that point, Miller reveals, Gibson was onboard to reprise his most famous character--but now the moviemaker is looking for a new Mad Max. He adds, "The time has gone where Mel can be in it. I think the last opportunity was about four years ago... He was 21 when he first played Mad Max and he's now in his 50s... The time's gone when Mel can run around the wasteland. "Also I think he's much more interested in what's happening behind camera than in front." Article Copyright Entertainment News Network All Rights Reserved.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Berlin Wall?
Mexican President Felipe Calderon compared a border fence between the USA and the country of Mexico the same as the Berlin Wall. Amazing. This asshole has also said he will work hard to get Mexicans the jobs they want in America. This jackass has a country of hard-working people who want to earn money doing almost anything, yet the PRI seems happy to corrupt the country to hell and chase all those dedicated workers out of their own country.
In America, we have a lot of things that others want; therefore it would behoove us to be a little paranoid about giving it all away. Protected borders are a natural accoutriment to countries all over the world, yet some people think we should have turnstiles instead.
I'm not averse to calling 20th Century America an Empire. We need to look to history how other Empires fell. I'll offer up some solutions in a future post.
In America, we have a lot of things that others want; therefore it would behoove us to be a little paranoid about giving it all away. Protected borders are a natural accoutriment to countries all over the world, yet some people think we should have turnstiles instead.
I'm not averse to calling 20th Century America an Empire. We need to look to history how other Empires fell. I'll offer up some solutions in a future post.
America's Only Hope for the next President
ELECTION 2008
Ron Paul announces White House bid Texas Republican says nation has strayed from Constitution
Posted: March 12, 20072:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com-->© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican known for his libertarian views, today announced he will vie for the GOP presidential nomination next year.
"We have lost our way and strayed from the free society our Founders secured for us in the Constitution, but there's no reason the principles that made us the greatest nation ever can't be restored," he said.
"We merely need to respect and follow the rule of law – the U.S. Constitution – and elect leaders determined to stand firm in its defense," he said.
Paul, 71, who ran for the office in 1988 under the Libertarian Party ticket, made his announcement on C-SPAN's Washington Journal program and immediately afterward filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.
(Story continues below)
He said he will pursue lower taxes, to protect the United States from the threat to its independence that various international agreements provide, to secure its national borders, to protect citizens' privacy from government intrusion and to reverse the trend of government taking private property from citizens.
"My concerns for the future of our country are deeply held. The Republican Party has floundered in its effort to shrink the size of government and restore our constitutional republic," he said. "Instead, in recent years our deficits have exploded, entitlements are out of control and our personal liberties are threatened. We have embarked on a dangerous and expensive foreign policy, acting as the world's policeman and nation builder."
Paul, said the U.S. very simply no longer can "afford the extravagance of this ever-growing and intrusive government, both at home and abroad."
"Last year alone our long-term obligations increased by $4.6 trillion dollars," he said.
The problems are not particularly complex, however, Paul insisted.
"Liberty once again must become more important to us than the desire for security and material comfort. Personal safety and economic prosperity can only come as the consequence of liberty. They cannot be provided by an authoritarian government. To expect the government to take care of us from cradle to grave undermines the principles of liberty," he said.
He said the nation's current direction is completely wrong.
"Returning to the dark ages of dictatorship is no substitute for resuming the most modern and grandest experiment known to man – promoting human liberty by strictly limiting the arbitrary power of government," he said.
Central planning is "intellectually bankrupt" and has undermined the moral principles of the United States," he said. "Our planners and rulers are not geniuses, but rather demagogues and would-be dictators – always performing their tasks with a cover of humanitarian rhetoric."
He said the collapse of the Soviet system surprised many, but not devotees of freedom.
They, he said, "have understood for decades that socialism was doomed to fail. Communism, like all socialism, failed intellectually and failed practically. And so too will the welfare/warfare state fail, and then our cause will be heard. The love of liberty will not die."
He said a free society is based on the key principle that the government, the president, the Congress, the courts and the bureaucrats are incapable of knowing what is best for each and every one of us.
"They don't know how to run the economy, regulate our lives or manage a world empire," he said.
Government as "a referee" is fine, but not more.
"The time has come for a modern approach to achieving those values that all civilized societies seek."
Paul long has been an advocate of strict constitutional adherence and belief in a small government, including low taxes, individual liberties and less Washington influence.
The National Taxpayers Union consistently ranks Paul as a leader on the issues of taxation, and he advocates more controls on immigration.
Representing the 14th district in southeastern Texas, he believes amnesty is not the solution to the flood of illegal immigrants moving into the nation today. He opposes abortion and supports the use of vouchers that parents can use for private and parochial schools.
He's supported a resolution to abolish the Department of Education so states, cities and communities can resume control of educating their children.
He's been especially vocal in his denunciations of plans such as the "Trans-Texas Corridor," a superhighway project that opponents argue would be used to bring Chinese goods through Mexico directly into and through the U.S.
Why? The ultimate goal, he said, is not simply a superhighway, "but an integrated North American Union – complete with a currency, a cross-national bureaucracy and virtually borderless travel within the union. Like the European Union, a North American Union would represent another step toward the abolition of national sovereignty altogether."
Plans for such a "North American Union" were cited as the No. 1 story on WND's list of 10 most underreported stories for 2006.
The January 2007 edition of WND's monthly Whistleblower magazine, which explores this topic in-depth, is titled "PREMEDITATED MERGER: How our leaders are stealthily transforming the U.S.A. into the North American Union."
Paul would join a field that features John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, but also could include Newt Gingrich, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, John H. Cox, Alan Keyes and others.
Ron Paul announces White House bid Texas Republican says nation has strayed from Constitution
Posted: March 12, 20072:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com-->© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican known for his libertarian views, today announced he will vie for the GOP presidential nomination next year.
"We have lost our way and strayed from the free society our Founders secured for us in the Constitution, but there's no reason the principles that made us the greatest nation ever can't be restored," he said.
"We merely need to respect and follow the rule of law – the U.S. Constitution – and elect leaders determined to stand firm in its defense," he said.
Paul, 71, who ran for the office in 1988 under the Libertarian Party ticket, made his announcement on C-SPAN's Washington Journal program and immediately afterward filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.
(Story continues below)
He said he will pursue lower taxes, to protect the United States from the threat to its independence that various international agreements provide, to secure its national borders, to protect citizens' privacy from government intrusion and to reverse the trend of government taking private property from citizens.
"My concerns for the future of our country are deeply held. The Republican Party has floundered in its effort to shrink the size of government and restore our constitutional republic," he said. "Instead, in recent years our deficits have exploded, entitlements are out of control and our personal liberties are threatened. We have embarked on a dangerous and expensive foreign policy, acting as the world's policeman and nation builder."
Paul, said the U.S. very simply no longer can "afford the extravagance of this ever-growing and intrusive government, both at home and abroad."
"Last year alone our long-term obligations increased by $4.6 trillion dollars," he said.
The problems are not particularly complex, however, Paul insisted.
"Liberty once again must become more important to us than the desire for security and material comfort. Personal safety and economic prosperity can only come as the consequence of liberty. They cannot be provided by an authoritarian government. To expect the government to take care of us from cradle to grave undermines the principles of liberty," he said.
He said the nation's current direction is completely wrong.
"Returning to the dark ages of dictatorship is no substitute for resuming the most modern and grandest experiment known to man – promoting human liberty by strictly limiting the arbitrary power of government," he said.
Central planning is "intellectually bankrupt" and has undermined the moral principles of the United States," he said. "Our planners and rulers are not geniuses, but rather demagogues and would-be dictators – always performing their tasks with a cover of humanitarian rhetoric."
He said the collapse of the Soviet system surprised many, but not devotees of freedom.
They, he said, "have understood for decades that socialism was doomed to fail. Communism, like all socialism, failed intellectually and failed practically. And so too will the welfare/warfare state fail, and then our cause will be heard. The love of liberty will not die."
He said a free society is based on the key principle that the government, the president, the Congress, the courts and the bureaucrats are incapable of knowing what is best for each and every one of us.
"They don't know how to run the economy, regulate our lives or manage a world empire," he said.
Government as "a referee" is fine, but not more.
"The time has come for a modern approach to achieving those values that all civilized societies seek."
Paul long has been an advocate of strict constitutional adherence and belief in a small government, including low taxes, individual liberties and less Washington influence.
The National Taxpayers Union consistently ranks Paul as a leader on the issues of taxation, and he advocates more controls on immigration.
Representing the 14th district in southeastern Texas, he believes amnesty is not the solution to the flood of illegal immigrants moving into the nation today. He opposes abortion and supports the use of vouchers that parents can use for private and parochial schools.
He's supported a resolution to abolish the Department of Education so states, cities and communities can resume control of educating their children.
He's been especially vocal in his denunciations of plans such as the "Trans-Texas Corridor," a superhighway project that opponents argue would be used to bring Chinese goods through Mexico directly into and through the U.S.
Why? The ultimate goal, he said, is not simply a superhighway, "but an integrated North American Union – complete with a currency, a cross-national bureaucracy and virtually borderless travel within the union. Like the European Union, a North American Union would represent another step toward the abolition of national sovereignty altogether."
Plans for such a "North American Union" were cited as the No. 1 story on WND's list of 10 most underreported stories for 2006.
The January 2007 edition of WND's monthly Whistleblower magazine, which explores this topic in-depth, is titled "PREMEDITATED MERGER: How our leaders are stealthily transforming the U.S.A. into the North American Union."
Paul would join a field that features John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, but also could include Newt Gingrich, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, John H. Cox, Alan Keyes and others.
Off And Running
I'm new to blogging and although I don't think I'll get thousands of hits, I do hope to attract a dedicated audience of ranters, ravers and the like. God hates a vacuum, so I hope to fill a void that exists for intelligent Libertarian minded people with a wide range of interests.
My interests range from speculative investments to video games to politics to current events. I'm married with a daughter, which has changed the way I think about a lot of things; but I'll keep the personal references down to a minimum as warranted by my posts.
Karl Marx once said, "We are the apes of a cruel god." Ol'Karl had his politics wrong, but knew what kind of society we live in!
My interests range from speculative investments to video games to politics to current events. I'm married with a daughter, which has changed the way I think about a lot of things; but I'll keep the personal references down to a minimum as warranted by my posts.
Karl Marx once said, "We are the apes of a cruel god." Ol'Karl had his politics wrong, but knew what kind of society we live in!
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