C. Colt

The Samurai Kid, July 14 2004

"The Last Samurai" is a breathtaking, historical, panorama that examines the blending of cultures and the clash of competing value systems. In this film, Tom Cruise plays Nathan Algren a twelve year old boy who has moved from New Jersey to the California Coast with his single mom. While adjusting to his new environment, Algren practices Bushido (the way of the warrior) from an instruction book and from a few introductory classes that he learned at the local YMCA in his hometown.

He also befriends a local girl who, unfortunately is hounded by her ex-boyfriend, an arrogant and aggressive teenager who cruises around town with his friend on dirt bikes. When the ex-boyfriend catches Algren… Read more

Another Honest Conservative Gives the Scam Away, Mar 24 2004

Conservative After Conservative Nails Bush

In this collaborative work, veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, Ron Suskind, and former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil provide us with an insider's view of the Bush regime. Prior to 2000, O'Neil was best known for his legendary tenure as CEO of Alcoa, which he transformed it from a moribund company to one of the nation's most profitable. Following the Coup of 2000, O'Neil received a call from his old friend and colleague, Dick Cheney to come serve the Bush Regime as its treasury secretary.

O'Neil accepted the offer and, upon assuming his responsibilities, he expected to utilize his fiscal acumen and problem solving abilities with like-minded… Read more

Its the Liberal Media, Stupid!, Mar 22 2004

First published in 1998, "Whiteout" is a meticulously documented account of the CIA's decades long role as an international drug peddler and of the surprising support it received in this capacity from America's purportedly liberal press. Authors Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair provide a detailed history of the CIA's drug business and its alliance with organized crime around the globe beginning with its precursor organizations in World War II (Naval Intelligence and the Office of Strategic Services) through the mid nineties.

While the authors span the CIA's fifty-year history of assassination, gruesome torture, and collaboration with evil figures such as drug lords and Nazi war… Read more