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♦ Right-wing mystery novelist, writing in the Wall Street Journal, discovers that the Bush Administration is just like The Dark Knight: They're both poorly-conceived, sadistic, and not as good as the 1989 versions. Plus: Who said it, Batman or Bush? [Wall Street Journal]
♦ Der Spiegel pronounces Obama No. 44, while the London Times's Gerard Baker sneers, in that amusingly Tory way. [Der Spiegel, The Times]
♦ German chancellor Angela Merkel, best known to Americans for receiving an inappropriate massage, praises Obama's speech, saying it "sent a positive signal." [AP]
♦ In an MTV "first" even less inspiring than the 1990 world premiere of Jon Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory," the first political ad ever to run on the channel has just aired. Is anything less vital to the world than ads about politicians who "just can't make up their minds?" [MTV]
♦ Al Franken wants you to know he's "not proud of every joke I've told." [YouTube]
♦ So John McCain walks into a sausage restaurant... [Huffington Post]
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What are you talking about? “The Dark Knight” is the best movie since “Lawrence of Arabia,” and isn’t as boring! David Lean couldn’t have imagined entertainment like this! Heath Ledger is better than Sir Laurence Olivier, and how many great actors have posthumously opened bars in ultra-hip North Brooklyn?
I’m with megatronman. The Dark Knight, while not without flaws, was a great movie. A week later, I am still haunted by Heath Ledger’s performance. No, it wasn’t perfect and no, it wasn’t better than the original, but parts of it were brilliant.
I have seen Batman. And Bush, sir, is no Batman!
I can’t comment on Olivier in Lawrence of Arabia, but I bet he never owned a bar as cool as The Five Leaves promises to be.
Who Said It: Batman or Bush is terrific.