Oh, and One More Thing ...

One quick addendum to this afternoon's post and a few quick thoughts:

-- Oh man, okay, I don't care what anyone says, I have to say this: the last ten minutes or so of tonight's GILMORE GIRLS episode was an AMAZING PIECE OF TELEVISION! Wow, I mean it was just funny, powerful, emotional, witty, rapid-fire, and totally real, totally a perfect embodiment of the types of love-hate-love relationship that all fmaily members have for one another. And I know I'm not crazy on this one, because multiple people told me they felt the same way about this ep, which was just brilliantly written, acted, and executed. For this episode alone, Lauren Graham deserves a long-overdue Emmy. From what I understand, this ep was penned by series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, and this is really a magnum opus for her - this episode just oozed wit and wisdom - there was pop culture, politics, friendship, family, all weaved into a wonderful web of rapid-fire dialogue that bursts at the seams with energy and color. This was an AMAZING episode of a great series that you should be watching. My grade: A+

More quick thoughts:

On 24: Funny how people have long claimed that this show is so conservative-leaning, when this season we've already seen a major villain who's M.O. is that he is masterminding terrorist attacks from within the US government as a means of preserving our dependence on foreign oil, in what was a clear take off on neo-con extremism. Just goes to show that's it's often pointless to pigeonhole creative works to fit into particular political ideologies.

On The State of the Union: Blah blah blah. Bush once again speaks in broad strokes about good and evil, us and them, friends and enemies. In a way, his views may serve as a reassurance that he won't cave to negotiation with dangerous regimes in Iran and Palestine. On the other hand, it's hard to take Bush's claims that we are "addicted" to oil consumption very seriously when he's done jack to do anything about our oil consumption, and was quick to hand out huge contracts to US oil conglomerates immediately after the first military strikes in Iraq. Still, I think that the Dems' hostile reactions towards Bush doesn't exactly benefit them and only makes them look bullish and negative. Where are the Democratic leaders who, instead of simply pointing the finger at Bush will actually step up, take charge, and present a coherant and viable vision for the future of our country? Hillary is not the answer, and scowling disapprovingly as Bush tries to make a joke about he and Bill Clinton's advancing age won't help her likability factor any. Basically, tonight's State of the Union was a lot of the same old schtick out of Bush, and I can only hope that there is some substance to his plans that he has failed to communicate to the public - because otherwise we may be in for some trouble.

Two blog entries in one day? What's going on here?