Mitch McConnell is a Scum Sucking Pig and the Movie Once

Slow day at the Subversive Garden today. I spent the day at the Division of Youth and Family Services trying to convince the "baby snatchers" - I mean child protection that my client deserved to raise her kids. They disagreed, though she never committed abuse or neglect, nor has any substance abuse or mental health problems. They say we live in a democracy right?

So anyway, to sum up the news for the day. Iraq continues to explode, Afghanistan continues to fall apart, we still do not have any civil liberties and Mitch McConnell is a scum sucking pig (McConnell is married to Madame Elaine Chao, the Secretary of Labor who has her own problems). Barack, Hillary and Edwards continue to spar... and Al Gore might win the Nobel Peace Prize. Will that make him run? That would make it interesting...wouldn't it?

Finally, I wanted to share with you what I think is the best movie of the year so far: Once. See the clip below set to the song "Falling Slowly." It is somewhat of a musical drama. Though, it is so much more than that. The director incorporates the music as part of the relationship and it turns out to be the sweetest and most heart felt movie I have seen in years. There is none of the sappy, crappy American movie making here either. The leads are both extraordinarily likeable and normal, outside of their talent. A simple and beautiful film about connection when one least expects it. Check it out:

CNN Covers CNN Covering Paris Hilton

Wolf Blitzer broke from an interview with Bill Cosby talking about inner city poverty to cover Paris Hilton entering CNN studios for an intervew with none other than Larry King. "CNN ran a full segment catching viewers up with what Hilton had been doing since getting out of jail yesterday (holing up at home; giving an exclusive interview to People for $300,000 (undisclosed terms)...a magazine which also happens to be owned by Time Warner, just like CNN. Oops, they didn't mention that."

The Huffington Post reported this story and said "Wolf Blitzer, looking like he wished he were somewhere else and then said: "how many most trusted name in news' jokes can you make before it makes you sad? Hilton, shot from outside heading into the building, was lobbed from one camera to another as she walked into the building, wearing a feminine lace-edged dress and smelling — get this — a white rose passed to her by her handler. The camera tracked her to the elevator, but if you happened to miss that, well, Costello confirmed it: "You see her going up the elevator to meet with Larry King, to talk to him before the interview." Embarrassing

Wolf Blitzer then says: "Thanks for that" supposedly not breaking his pledge to never utter the words "Paris Hilton" on his newscast. And I say news mockingly.