Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

No, not the JJ Abrams Star Trek movie, but the fact that "Killing Pablo" is set for the big screen in 2008. Hollywood's not exactly endorsed the idea of kicking real-world bad guys in their asses, either individually, or collectively.

The book, which I reviewed for Strategypage, is a good one. But will the troops who helped Colombia be portrayed as heroes who helped an ally accomplish a very difficult task many said was impossible? Or will they get the shaft again?

Liking her more and more...

Kelly Clarkson has told off Clive Davis. I'm getting more and more impressed with her. She says what she thinks, and doesn't back down.

I might be getting a crush...

You have a remote... learn how to use it!

Don Surber says something that needs to be said.

I wish that the PTC would simply take this approach rather than run to the FCC demanding that it take Howard Stern (or anyone else) off the air. You don't like the CSI shows? You can change the channel or turn it off. You don't have to whine to the FCC about how violent it is. Lots of folks DO like the CSI shows.

People have no right to force their tastes on others. It's part of the power trip that some conservatives went on. They are picking on Gil Grisson, Horatio Caine, and Mac Taylor - 21st Century versions of Joe Friday, a guy who put bad guys away on a weekly basis. They are picking on Jack Bauer, another one of the heroes many people watch on the small screen.

Talk about a misplaced sense of priorities - we got bigger fish to fry.

The Oscars...

I don't watch them. I don't even care for many of the nominees, really. Now, I may take time this coming weekend to catch Ghost Rider, but I just don't care for what the Academy goes for, like Al Gore's "documentary" (read that as a dig by the Academy against President Bush).

Now, don't get me wrong, I like some flicks. But they never have a chance for the Oscars.

Oh, well.