July 13, 2006

• On the Cutting Edge of Societal Evolution…

  On behalf of everyone here, I want to personally thank every one of you who have been supportive of the family during this time of need. The funeral is scheduled for 1400 Thursday, July 13, 2006 in a town that I have never driven through, much less spent any time in. I don’t know what to expect when I get there—what the reaction, tone, feel, etc will be. But once again, I would like to extend a personal thanks and gratefulness for all your thoughts and prayers.

  Now I know that I promised I was going to make my posts better and I know you’re expecting a lot out of me like you always do and that you’re feeling let down. But I need to correct something. You know I’ve discussed several movies lately and I feel it’s high time I give you my on-the-fly analysis of those briefly before we get to the news of the day.

  Superman Returns—Flat. It only takes one word to sum this boondoggle up. It was flat and for the most part boring. The only pathos in the movie was wasted because of a reversal of field. While it was nice to see Kevin on-screen once again playing his role to a T as usual, unfortunately, his Lex Luther isn’t the same Lex Luther that we’ve all come to know and love. Oh. Somebody needs to tell Bryan Singer that with all his talent, he could have thought of a lot better composition for most of his wide angle shots of good ol’e Soupy flying.

  Thirteen (buy it here)—This is a movie I often times would carry around Blockbuster only to swap for something more family oriented. Let me first say that this—to me—is a film geared towards educating parents about what a teenage girl has to deal with in today’s culture.

  The composition and saturation are rather reminiscent of Tony Scott’s Man on Fire (IMDB, Amazon) or Domino (IMDB, Amazon), though there isn’t a lot of erratic camera movement. Don’t look for a plot or even a sequence of events in this film; it’s totally character-based.

  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest—Going into this movie, I was expecting it to be under the curse of your run-of-the-mill sequel: boring, recycled, dilapidated, over-rated hohum. That is true for the first 45 minutes or so of the film; half-assed attempts to regurgitate the best of the first film’s jokes. However, once the story gets going, it’s out with the old, in with the new. Johnny is having the time of his life playing Captain Jack Sparrow. Knightly reprises her roll as the mysteriously seductive Miss Swan. Even the Pansy is tolerable. Most interestingly though is the cliffhanger ending. Se7en anyone?

  Upcoming attractions: Honestly, I have to say that there isn’t that much I’m too enthusiastic about. Let’s see if I actually have to use two hands to count them: World Trade Center, The Guardian, Deja Vu. That’s all I can think of. You want my opinion on Lady in the Water? Of course you do. I think that the first trailer was intriguing, but now that it’s shaping up to be another save-the-world movie, I’m not so interested.

  I can’t wait for Brick to come out on DVD so I can finally see what all the hubbub is all about. The Jesse James movie is probably going to be worth the $6. Ghost Rider’s trailer scared me shitless, so I’m gonna go see that. Sin City 2 comes out next year as well. While I’m not at all hyped about Transformers, there is a rumor that we’re getting Max Payne. Of course there’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Looky here what’s in store for 2008. Mmmmmmm.

  Light years ahead of the curve
  I don’t know who was paying attention around 1745 Wednesday afternoon, but I sure was. Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Abraham Cherrix by now. (CancerPage, Cron)

  
  Incompetent?

  So here’s the gist of it: Abraham has cancer, undergoes chemotherapy, no more cancer. Cancer relapses, the docs say, “back to chemo you go.” to which, Abraham says “no!” Why? Because he thinks he’s found a better way with the Hoxsey Method.

  According to an on-the-air interview with Sean Hannity, Cherrix claims that the Hoxsey Method is very effective and that Dr. Hoxsey originally had 17 clinics in the United States but was run out by naysayers in white coats. Hoxsey continues to offer treatment for those who will pilgrimage to Mexico.

  Since this is America, Abraham Cherrix can go to Mexico, get the necessary supplies for the treatment and return home in pursuit of happiness, and if his parent’s support him, so much the better, right? In the words of Will Smith, “Ah, hell no!”

  Oh no, no, no, we can’t have that! Why, that’d be an atrocity attacking every sensible stance that liberals have taken against parents and modern medicine. So (and I wished I could remember who it is that is filing the suit against him. I think he said it was AFMA in the interview, but I’m not 100% sure) here you have some rouge medical outfit that seeks to play God by molding young Abraham Cherrix into their poster child by making him take the standard procedure which he objects to or else face a grim life expectancy of a few months. This, of course, comes from the same bunch of people who say that if a 13 year-old girl gets pregnant and wants to have an abortion, not only does she not have to tell her parents, but those records are sealed from the parents because it’s her choice. Well, here you have a 16 year-old kid who says, ” This is my body that I’m supposed to take care of. I should have the right to tell someone what I want to do with this body.” and he’s being told, “Kid, screw you, you’re not supporting our cause, so we ain’t gonna support you.”

  Now folks, I know these people like every square inch of my gloriously naked body. I know these people are just plain deficient every time they enter the arena of ideas. They’re anti-Capitalist, anti-American, anti-choice and now, because a young gentleman who is stricken with cancer wants to exercise his right to choose, it somehow becomes an issue of national security. If you listen to the people who are prosecuting this, they’re telling him he’s too stupid to decide for himself. He’s too decrepit to make a sane decision. Yet, if this were some girl who went to one of those raucous parties and couldn’t keep her legs closed, why, we’d be running the bus from where remote location she’s at to the nearest abortion clinic and running it like it’s a special ops, top secret maneuver. She could tell all her friends what happened, but the minute she told her parents, BAM! it’s curtains for that family. Gotta round up the parents, ’cause good ol’e mom and dad gonna give that kid what for when they find out, that’s abuse and we can’t have that, so up the river the parents go without so much as even confronting the pimple faced brat about her poor decision making.

  The very idea that you’ve got a bunch of do-nothing-Dinkel’s running around out there acting like they care about patients rights and privacy on the one hand now wanting to stifle those same rights is just asinine. Why is it that Abraham Cherrix doesn’t have the same rights as a 13 year-old girl? *shock wave of realization* Oh.

  Folks, I’m sorry, I really am. I owe you an apology for babbling on so. I know why he doesn’t have the same rights as a 13 year-old girl. He’s a male. That’s right, one of those scum of the earth things that has a dangling appendage between it’s legs—you know, a rapist. *looks at his picture* And he’s Caucasian to boot! Wait a minute! Stop the presses! Raise the paper $1 an issue. The fact that he’s dying isn’t news. The fact that he has the support of his parent’s isn’t news, nor is it news that he can’t have the treatment that he wants. The real news here is that as a Caucasian male, he should have to suffer 10 times as much as he is now to make up for the socio-economic/culture imbalances on which he is currently on the prestigious end of the spectrum. The idea that we’d give a Cacuasian *gasps in horror* male *gasps in horror* sympathy over something as trivial as wanting to have his own special cancer treatment is just unthinkable! The audacity of that little brat!

  Now if you read these stories, all is not what it seems. First of all, his parents never lost custody. As of yesterday, Abraham said that the custody battle was a done deal and that at this point, there was no way he was going to be separated from his folks. Furthermore, he said that regardless of what was decided in the next couple of days, the case would immediately go to higher court. If he wins, his adversary will appeal, otherwise he will. It’s a shame that this has to go all the way to the Supreme Court just so that a 16 year-old Caucasian male can have the treatment of his preference. We’ll keep a sharp eye on this. Remember, you heard it here first.

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