Don't Talk, Watch!

This is the BEST EVER movie intro. You know how they always put up some lame jingle to remind you the lobby sells over priced snacks and soda and shit? Oh yea they also play a reminder to all the morons that other people are there to watch a movie and might not want you to be talking or whatever? Well check out this intro!

Awesome huh? I thought so. This is perfect. They should play it before EVERY movie. Don't talk. watch! Perfect.

There is also some good advice about not pulling out your penis unless you really have to. Indecent exposure is a class 2 felony. According to the singing snacks anyway.

And now - MOVIE REVIEW! What is THE BEST zombie movie ever? I would vote for Shaun Of The Dead.

We all know the plot. Something crazy happens, and suddenly the streets are full of zombies that crave human flesh. Invariably some humans are not zombified and have to deal with the madness. And in all these movies, it seems that the only way to "kill" the undead is to smack em in the noggin with something.

So there you go. All this happens in Shaun Of The Dead. But it is more of a comedy than a "serious" zombie movie. As if you can have a "serious" zombie movie.

Shaun is something is a loser. But a loser with a hot looking girlfriend. Who dumps his lame ass. And slowly all around Shaun something screwy is going on. But Shaun does not seem to notice. And when he finally does notice Shaun decides to get his mother, rescue his ex-girlfriend, and then......go back to his flat. NO stay at his girlfriend's flat. NO go to the pub! Yea, the pub! Perfect.

Great zombie movie. Best one ever. Totally cool. 4 tail whips for this one. Not because it is "great" or deep or anything, but because it is a great take on the zombie movie genre.

Second Amendment

First, more movie reviews! Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a strange show that is part of the "Adult Swim" block shown on Cartoon Network. If you like the stuff that the William's Street people come up with, you will probably get a few laughs out of the movie. If you have never seen it before - you will not get this movie at all.

Today I should get two more movies from Netflix. The Constant Gardner and Hotel Rwanda. The Constant Gardner is the reason I got Netflix in the first place. I rented this movie from the video store, and never got around to watching it. So I kept it for t he full 5 days. On the 6th day the late fee was equal to another 5 days rent. So I kept it. For three weeks. And I never did watch it.

Now for the main post.

Due to current events, once again the Second Amendment is in the news. Seems to happen a lot. Anyway, what exactly is the deal with it?

I do not think that there is a Constitutional right to private gun ownership. Really. Even the NRA knows this. Here is a link to the NRA store and the "2nd Amendment T-Shirt". The shirt reads "... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". Now the Second Amendment is only one sentence, so why use the dots? Why shorten it? Because the part about "a well regulated militia" is not something that the NRA wants to talk about. They would rather those words not be there - but they ARE there. And they can not simply be ignored. "The people" is a collective term. Notice how the First Amendment only contains the phrase "the people" when talking about the right to assemble. A single person can not "assemble" anywhere. One person in the park is just one person in the park. So the right of "the people" to assemble means form a group. Collective. There are other examples too. Like the 4th Amendment. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons...".

Persons. As in more than one person. And so on.

Also, there have already been many court decisions on the subject. Lower court, appeals courts, and even the Supreme Court.

For example - if I have an unlimited "right" to own guns, why do I need a permit to carry one? I do not need a permit to speak. I do not need a permit to write a letter to the newspaper. I do not need a permit to obtain the due process of law. I do not need a permit to hire a lawyer, or a permit preventing the cops from raiding my home without probable cause. I do not need a permit to attend whatever church I want to attend. And so on.

But I need a permit to pack heat. And FL has fairly "liberal" gun laws - meaning not very strict. Hell almost anyone can get a gun here, and only machine guns are restricted. But with the proper permit I can get a machine gun.

So what is up with this permit shit? If the Constitution says I have the right to keep and bear arms, how can the State "limit" this by requiring a permit? Why does the Supreme Court not declare this Unconstitutional?

Because it is Constitutional. States CAN restrict guns. Just about all of them do.

And what about ex felons? When a felon gets out of jail they have all of their Constitutional rights restored. Well all except the right to keep and bear arms and vote. But FL is considering allowing ex felons to vote (as they should, it is supposed to be a right guaranteed to ALL Americans, not just some). And when ex felons are allowed to vote, should they also get back their "right" to own guns? I mean, it is in the Constitution right? Felons have the right to free speech and religion and stuff. They even get the full due process of law. They get fair and speedy trials, have the right to a defense attorney (private or public) and so on. Because all that stuff is clearly intended to apply to everyone in the Constitution.

But nobody, not even the NRA, is suggesting that ex felons should be allowed to own guns.

It seems to me that if the Second Amendment really gave individuals unlimited rights to own and bear guns, there would be no permits. All states would have to allow concealed carry. No types of guns would be restricted. Every kind of ammo would be legal. And any attempt to pass laws would be struck down by the Supreme Court. And yet even in Texas you have to get a permit to carry. Only that liberal Vermont allows concealed carry with no permit. You do not hear the NRA blasting Texas for violating "the people's" rights.

Ignignokt - Not A Bomb

This is Ignignokt. Ignignokt is a Mooninite character from the wildly popular Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

So now you know. If you see this guy in the form of a LED "throwie" its OK. It is probably not a bomb.

As you may know, Boston was pretty much shut down by a bunch of LED signs. They were up for WEEKS at various places around the city (and 10 other major cities) when someone called the police to report them. The cops decided that could be bombs, you know because they had batteries. So the city was shut down while the bomb squad went around finding these things and blowing them up.

Lets go over this again. They were up for WEEKS. Not hours. Not minutes. WEEKS. And not one of them exploded. So clearly one can understand how they could have been mistaken for actual bombs.

Now one cool thing about a throwie is that they are small. In case you are too lazy to click the "throwie" link above, here is what they are. You take a battery, tape the leads to a LED to it, glue or tape on a small but powerful magnet, then throw the thing at something made of steel. The magnet sticks, and the battery powers the LED for however long.

So the idea here folks, is to make them as small as possible, for small means light weight. And you need light weight for the magnets to stick to the steel. SMALL! From what I could tell, the signs were made from a circuit board just large enough to hold all the LEDs, and at least one and possibly as many as three or so 9 volt batteries.

Now I know some of you are thinking - what the hell is a LED anyway? A LED is a "light emitting diode". As the name suggests, LEDs light up. Got it? They light up.

Now, lets investigate this some more. You have a small sign, that lights up, and has been in place for at least a week - and the cops conclude that it is a bomb?

Oh yea, terrorists are dumb. I forgot. They are going to put BLINKING LIGHTS on their bombs, so that people may notice them. They may also put giant loud licking alarm clocks on them. And they are going to leave them sitting around for a week or more before setting them off. You know, to give us a fair sporting chance of noticing them! What good sports the cops must think terrorists are.

No, a terrorist is NOT going to put unnecessary blinking lights on their bombs. Nor are they going to put flags, brightly colored stickers, or any other attention getting device on them.

What people in Boston need to watch out for is not a bad marketing idea. You know what I would hide a bomb in if I were a terrorist? Roadside garbage. A cardboard box beat up to make it look like it fell off a truck. Maybe stick it in some hedges or whatever else may be growing on the roadside. I would NOT attach some sort of blinking light to it.

By the way, this was a HORRIBLE marketing idea. Nobody knows what Ignignokt is. Unless you happen to already watch the show that is. And if I already watch the show - why promote it to me? I already know about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. What they SHOULD have done is add "ATHF" or "Aqua Teen" or "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" in LEDs to the sign. If the full title is too much, then how about a short URL like "ATHF.COM" or something. Then put more promo stuff on the website.