RECOUNT 选票风波[2008]

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20080916144755xuanpiaofengbo.jpg无意在GIGNER的看电影里看到这部电影的介绍, 发现搞不好会发掘WEST WING的精华,甚至是SARAH PAILN 的搞笑桥段,回家马上翻开。按照介绍中提到的,这应当是真实事件改编了,对于一个曾经既不对POLITICAL又不对美国感兴趣的人来说,我当然不知道整个BUSH选举的故事。但受到WEST WING的熏陶后,还是带着期待开始了电影。

其实故事告诉我的感觉更像是讲执着,但方法很黑色幽默,因为里面每个角色都很执着,但结合在一起导致的最终结果却又不是大家执着的…RON含着眼泪在戈尔的电话后决定放弃最后一线希望;Katherine执着地跟随着她口中永远包含着的”According to the law…” 但最终还是不断地被打击,为什么不把当年SNL的搞笑她的桥段也插进去?我相信一定有吧;John Hurt扮演的角色更加是执着得让他不得不退出campaign team…

无论是DEMOCRACY 还是REPUBLICAN,一句被提及2次的”Country comes before party”似乎一直想将美国提高地摆在一个伟大的地位。我对美国没有怨恨。我不清楚两个政党的分歧政治立场具体在哪些方面,显然我也没有偏好。但我很想知道的是,如果当年2000年的选举差距在0.XX%,差那么几百甚至几十票的情况下,那些投给了BUSH的人,今后是否有后悔呢?

选举是比赛,是SHOW,是可以SOME HOW 体现整个民族的明主意识。背后的,究竟是否都在体现这些呢?

看完后另我很偷乐的一点是,整个美国supreme court 加上大大小小的媒体,再加上一票聪明绝顶的律师,政客,专家,再带领那么多的群众,居然可以花那么长的时间在讨论一个在一张纸上如何打孔的小问题。人不过如此…J

GOOD CHECK: My 15.Nov-21.Nov :)

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Your Week Ahead [SUN]: Life, for too long lately, has been complicated, frenetic and unfair. You’re beginning to suspect you may be destined to lead a perpetually difficult existence, lurching from one drama to the next with hardly time to draw breath in between. You’re even managing to feel philosophical about that prospect. Really, though, it’s not necessary to adjust to any such notion, nor need you feel that your brightest hopes are never due to be fulfilled. As Venus moves through your opposite sign, the cosmos soon, has a real treat in store for you. It involves companionship, respect, support and comfort.—Really? Hopfully…lol

Week Ahead Part 2  [SUN]Some people have lots of letters after their name. Others are Lords, Ladies, Sirs and Madams. Do they deserve more? Shall we all bow and scrape, grovel and curtsey? And what about you-know-who? That person who seems to think the world owes them a living? While we’re on the topic, where’s your crown and ermine cloak? You deserve one, you know. Life insists that we adapt to various roles at various times. To succeed with your current challenge, you must adjust your sense of identity, at least a little. It’s time to walk and talk with authority, to request a little respect and to change an old tune. Venus is in your opposite sign. Sweet music can be made.

 

Your Week Ahead [MOON]: Some people love a good debate. Tell them the sky is blue and they’ll find some way to argue that it is devoid of colour and merely gives the impression of a blue tint. If, though, you make the same claim to them, they will reply that if it looks blue, it is blue - and you are merely splitting hairs. Now I am not suggesting that anyone you know has a tendency to be so contrary. Oh dear, no. I expect you’ve never encountered such an individual. But, er… you may wish to take a controversy less seriously this week. Let the argument roll on without it eating up so much of your precious time.

Week Ahead Part 2 [MOON]Every story has two sides. And every side of every story has a further side. And every one of those sides has another side. And on it goes. No wonder so few of us see the world in the same way. No wonder too, that so many of us end up thinking that everything is wrong, harsh or unfair. Whenever we feel this way, regardless of the reason, it is essential not to indulge the mood. None of us, alone, can set this world to rights but we can all lead light and happy lives, no matter what we face, just by resolving to look on the bright side… and refusing to be drawn into pointless debates. You think you need more than faith to help fix what’s wrong? Not so. Have faith in what faith can do.