Mad Tiger Movie Review

I went to see Henry Poole Is Here today starring Luck Wilson as Henry, Adriana Barraza as Esperanza, Henry’s religious neighbor, and Radha Mitchell as Henry’s other neighbor Dawn Stupek.


Henry has just found out that he has contracted a terminal disease and doesn’t have long to live. Angry and sad, he quits his job and buys a run down house in the old neighborhood where he grew up. Subsisting on pizza, krispy kreme and vodka, Henry just wants to live out the rest of his days shut off from the world in his house. But his neighbors won’t leave him alone.


Then one day Henry sees Esperanza in his back yard staring at a water stain on his stucco wall. Esperanza claims she sees the face of God in the water stain. Henry doesn’t believe and if flabbergasted when he see that Esperanza has brought a Priest to verify the miracle.
The next thing Henry knows, Esperanza is bringing more and more people to see the face of God on his wall. Suddenly it seems that people are getting healed by touching his wall. In a fit of rage Henry knocks down the wall.

And that is all I am going to tell you. So was the wall a miracle? Did it really heal people? Well, just see the movie and draw your own conclusions.

I give this movie 3 and half tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

Pvt. Nathan Z. Thacker
18 years old from Greenbrier, Arkansas
2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
October 12, 2007


Pvt. Nathan Z. Thacker had only been in the country for two weeks before his death, according to the soldier's father, Stephen Thacker.

Thacker's father said his son felt a duty to enlist. "He said it was his job. Even after he got his orders that he was going over there, he said it's his job."

Thacker had attended Guy-Perkins High School in Guy, Arkansas. He earned his GED in 2006, his father said. Thacker enlisted in the Army in April 2007 and completed his training at Fort Benning, Ga. He arrived at Fort Drum in August 2007. His honors include the Purple Heart.

"Nathan was an excellent man," sister Sabrina Black said. "He loved me, I loved him, and Iʼd give anything to have him back."

Pvt. Thacker was killed when an IED was detonated near his vehicle near Kirkuk. Three other soldiers were injured in the attack.

Pvt. Thacker is survived by his parents, siblings and his grandfather.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Muslim Teacher Veil Row

This video is a perfect example of how evasive and all round duplicitous muslims are. This female was hired by a Church Of England school as a teacher.

During the job interview, at which a male governor of the school was present, she wore no veil and was hired. Yet when she turned up for work she was now dressed in full hijab and veil, which disturbed the students, claiming she could not show her face in front of males.

Notice how she tries to evade the perfectly reasonable questions of the interviewer.

Mad Tiger Movie Review

Ok, I am coming out of the closet, I can‘t hide it anymore. . I am a secret Horror Movie fan.

I went to see Mirrors today starring Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson. If you are expecting Jack Bauer in this one, then you will be disappointed. It also stars, Paula Patton as Amy Carson , Ben’s estranged wife, and Amy Smart as Angela Carson, Ben’s sister.

Ben Carson has seen better days. Its been nearly a year since the volatile detective was suspended from the NYPD for fatally shooting another undercover officer, an accident that not only cost him his job, but fueled the alcoholism and anger that has alienated his wife and kids that has left him crashing on his sister’s couch in Queens.

Desperate to reconnect with his family, Carson takes a job as a night watchman at the burned -out ruins of the Mayflower Department Store. What once was a symbol of prosperity and grandeur now sits decaying in darkness like a ghost ship, destroyed by a massive fire that devoured numerous innocent lives.

As Carson patrols the eerie, charred remains of the store, he begins to notice something sinister about the ornate mirrors that adorn the Mayflower walls. Reflected in the gigantic shimmering glass are horrific images that stuns Carson.

Beyond projecting gruesome images of the past, the mirrors appear to be manipulating reality as well. When Carson sees his own reflection being tortured, he suffers the physical effects of his fractured visions . Suddenly the

His sympathetic but skeptical sister Angela dismisses these bizarre “nightmares” as a consequence of his stress and guilt over the accidental shooting, but Carson’s estranged wife Amy, a no-nonsense NYPD medical examiner, is less forgiving. Her husband’s increasingly erratic behavior frightens her, pushing his family farther away and, she fears, it’s putting their children in danger.

But a much deadlier threat looms, trapped within the mirrors and reflective surfaces that pervade their everyday life. As Carson investigates the mysterious disappearance of a Mayflower security guard and its possible connection to his ghastly visions, he realizes that a malevolent, otherworldly force is using reflections as a gateway to terrorize him and his family.
If he has any hope of saving his wife and children from a horrifying death, Carson must somehow uncover the truth behind the mirrors and convince Amy to help him battle the greatest evil he has ever faced.

I admit this one even made me jump a few times. This movie is rated R for violence and disturbing scenes. I it is definitely not one for children. I give this movie 31/2 tiger paws.

What Is Wrong With Congress?

Once again, Congress wants to screw us.

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

I went to see Journey To the Center of the Earth today starring Brendan Fraser as Professor Trevor Anderson,, Josh Hutcherson as Sean Anderson and Anita Briem as Hannah Asgeirsson.

What if everything Jules Verne wrote in the book Journey to the Center of the Earth was true? On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

I was a bit disappointed that they didn’t have the 3D version at my cinema. So the 3D verson will not be available in all areas. I don’t look good in those goofy glasses anyway. Even without the 3D, I liked this one as much as I liked Brendan Fraser’s movie last week. Hmm, I wonder if I am becoming a Brendan Fraser fan? Well he is kinda cute!

I give this movie 4 tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford
332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron


Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford performs a pre-load check July 28 on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to ensure the cable that releases the bomb is operational.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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BOYCOTT TYSON FOODS!!

Tyson drops Labor Day holiday for Eid al-FitrFriday,
August 1, 2008
By Brian Mosely

Workers at Tyson Foods' poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day, but will instead take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.
A recent press release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) stated that a new contract at the Shelbyville facility "implements a new holiday to accommodate the ... Muslim workers at the plant."

The RWDSU stated that "the five-year contract creates an additional paid holiday, Iidal Fitil, a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan."

Eid al-Fitr falls on Oct. 1 this year. (Read the rest of the story here.)

It is time to do something about this one folks. Write letters or send emails to Tyson Foods protesting this one. Also BOYCOTT all Tyson Foods. Let's make them hurt for taking our traditions away from us and catering to the Muslims.

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The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

I went to see The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor today. Brandon Fraser revives his role as Rick O’Connell and Maria Bello takes Rachel Weisz role as Evelyn O’Connell (a mistake, in my opinion), with their grown son Alex, played by Luke Ford try to stop resurrected Emperor Han from becoming immortal. If Empower Han, played by Jet Li, becomes immortal he will try to take over the world. John Hannah reprises his role as Jonathan Carnahan, Evelyn O’Connell’s brother and has all the funny lines in this one.




If you are a Mummy fan, you will probably like this movie as it has all the special effects and campy action that you would expect from a Mummy film.

I liked this one folks. I give it 4 tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

1st. Lt. Thomas M. Marti
27 years old from Ward, Arkansas
C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
October 14, 2007


An Eagle Scout, Thomas M. Martin took on cleaning up an old red train caboose as a service project. "He remodeled it to make it where people could go inside. If you saw it before and looked in it after he was through - it was daylight and dark", said his former principal, Robert Martin, who is no relation. "Tom was involved in Key Club, German Club and band, making All-Region Band his sophomore year", said Robert Martin. "He was a wonderful young man. Those that knew him knew he was funny and outgoing."

Lt. Martin died in Al Busayifi, Iraq of wounds sustained from small-arms fire when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations. He enlisted in the Army in 1998 after graduating high school and served in Korea before accepting an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 2005.

"He was very polite and respectful. I can't think of him ever overreacting; he had a wonderful, good-natured personality", said Pat Hagge, a family friend. "It's a terrible tragedy; he was a great young man."

Lt. Thomas Martin is survived by his parents, Edmund and Candis.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark

One : Don't miss the boat.

Two : Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three : Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four : Stay fit When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Five : Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

Six : Build your future on high ground.

Seven : For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

Eight : Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

Nine : When you're stressed, float a while.

Ten : Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

Eleven : No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

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I went to see X Files 2: I Want to Believe this weekend. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprised their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Mulder and Scully have left the FBI behind them. When a series of women become missing, one of the a FBI agent, the FBI comes to Mulder and Scully and asks them for help because their only leads are from a pedophile ex-priest, played by Billy Connelly, who may or may not be psychic. This role for Connelly is no laughing matter. Amanda Peet plays the role of FBI Agent Dakota WhitneyWritten by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, you would expect some of the great paranormal suspense of the TV series. If you are expecting Aliens and Bigfoot, then you will be disappointed. Even die-hard X-files fanatics would find this one lacking.




I give this movie 2 tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Toni

1st LT. Frank B. Walkup, IV
23 years old from Woodbury, Tennessee
2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
June 16, 2007


Toni already has a great post up on her site, so I'll just link to it.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Tell Congress No Vacation Until They Lift The Ban On Offshore Drilling

Here is something I got in an email yesterday.

From the Desk of:

Steve Elliott, Grassfire.org Alliance

Congress is about to go on a four-week vacation without taking action on rising gas prices. Please see below.

--Steve

To Whom It May Concern,

Gas prices continue to soar yet Congress does nothing!

Just the other day President Bush issued an executive order toexpand offshore drilling but this do-nothing Congress hasn'ttaken action to lift the legislative ban that prohibits more drilling.

I believe the first vital step to energy independence is forCongress to get out of the way and allow more domesticdrilling! We must show OPEC we mean business!

That's why Grassfire just launched an Emergency Petition calling onCongress to lift the ban on offshore drilling. What's more, our petitiondemands that they lift the ban BEFORE they break for their month-longsummer recess.

If you agree that Congress should NOT go on an extendedvacation (over four weeks!) UNTIL they lift the ban onoffshore drilling, please go here to sign:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=9251&RID=3129714

It is outrageous that as gas prices have soared for months, Congresshas done nothing. Unlike Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid andthe big government liberals, we don't want our government to solveour problems -- we just want the government to get out of the way!

And right now, Congress is the last blockade stopping more offshoredrilling.

This is absolutely urgent. Again, your Senators and Representativewill soon be leaving D.C. for a long, summer recess.We must band together and demand action...

LIFT THE BAN OR NO VACATION FOR CONGRESS!

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=9251&RID=3129714

And thanks.

Steve Elliott,

PresidentGrassfire.org

Why the Muslims Misjudged Us
By Victor Davis Hanson

Since September 11, we have heard mostly slander and lies about the West from radical Islamic fundamentalists in their defense of the terrorists. But the Middle Eastern mainstream—diplomats, intellectuals, and journalists—has also bombarded the American public with an array of unflattering images and texts, suggesting that the extremists’ anti-Americanism may not be an eccentricity of the ignorant but rather a representative slice of the views of millions...

...Two striking themes—one overt, one implied—characterize most Arab invective: first, there is some sort of equivalence—political, cultural, and military—between the West and the Muslim world; and second, America has been exceptionally unkind toward the Middle East. Both premises are false and reveal that the temple of anti-Americanism is supported by pillars of utter ignorance...

...Few in the Middle East have a clue about the nature, origins, or history of democracy, a word that, along with its family (“constitution,” “freedom,” and “citizen”), has no history in the Arab vocabulary, or indeed any philological pedigree in any language other than Greek and Latin and their modern European offspring. Consensual government is not the norm of human politics but a rare and precious idea, not imposed or bequeathed but usually purchased with the blood of heroes and patriots, whether in classical Athens, revolutionary America, or more recently in Eastern Europe. Democracy’s lifeblood is secularism and religious tolerance, coupled with free speech and economic liberty...

...The catastrophe of the Muslim world is also explicable in its failure to grasp the nature of Western success, which springs neither from luck nor resources, genes nor geography. Like third-world Marxists of the 1960s, who put blame for their own self-inflicted misery upon corporations, colonialism, and racism—anything other than the absence of real markets and a free society—the Islamic intelligentsia recognizes the Muslim world’s inferiority vis-`a-vis the West, but it then seeks to fault others for its own self-created fiasco...

...We are militarily strong, and the Arab world abjectly weak, not because of greater courage, superior numbers, higher IQs, more ores, or better weather, but because of our culture...

...Many Middle Easterners have performed a great media charade throughout this war. They publish newspapers and televise the news, and thereby give the appearance of being modern and Western. But their reporters and anchormen are by no means journalists by Western standards of free and truthful inquiry...

...Millions in the Middle East are obsessed with Israel, whether they live in sight of Tel Aviv or thousands of miles away. Their fury doesn’t spring solely from genuine dismay over the hundreds of Muslims Israel has killed on the West Bank...Clearly, the anger derives not from the tragic tally of the fallen but from Islamic rage that Israelis have defeated Muslims on the battlefield repeatedly, decisively, at will, and without modesty...

...So a neighborly bit of advice for our Islamic friends and their spokesmen abroad: topple your pillars of ignorance and the edifice of your anti-Americanism. Try to seek difficult answers from within to even more difficult questions without. Do not blame others for problems that are largely self-created or seek solutions over here when your answers are mostly at home...

(Read the whole article Here.)

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I went to see Batman, The Dark Knight today. This film has all the rough ‘em up explosive plot twists to suit anyone’s taste. I would liken it to a rollercoaster ride that is always taking you to the pentacle dropping you suddenly down. This film has already broken all records for a Midnight Opening. I predict it will rake in records amounts too.

I don’t want to ruin the movie by revealing too much about it. Christian Bale revises his role as the Dark Knight and Protector of Gotham City and plays the part with all the dark power that you could image Batman would have. Maggie Gyllenhaal brings new life to the Rachel Dawes character. Aaron Eckhart plays Harvy Dent the new D.A. of Gotham City. And with the likes of Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman reprising their roles from Batman Begins, you know that the movie has to be good.

And last but certainly not least is the last role of Heath Ledger. His portrayal of the Joker is beyond words. He took this character and made him so Evil, so Psychotic and so Real it was almost frightening. It didn’t even seem like it was Heath Ledger under all that cake makeup. I would say that he carried this film with his performance of the Joker. I first noticed Heath Ledger in The Patriot and I knew then that he would be a great actor. I predict that he will win the Oscar for this film. I just wish that he was here to receive it. It makes me sad that he is gone.

This film is NOT a film for children but for all you adults out there, I give this film 5 tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

Spc. Kisha Makerney
23 years old from Fort Towson, Oklahoma
120th Engineers, Oklahoma Army National Guard


Spc. Kisha Mackerney isn't being profiled today because of something she did on the battlefield. She's being profiled because her spirit and determination. In 2002, Makerney joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard out of a sense of patriotism, because, as she put it, "I love our country and our people." Between 2004 and 2005, she served in Iraq as a gunner and helped provide battalion security. She returned home in early 2005 and was in a terrible motorcycle accident on June 25, 2005. The front wheel of her brand new bike had blown out and sent her flying into a highway sign. She looked up at her now mangled bike and was angry. That's when she noticed that her left leg below the knee was missing. The first thing she thought of when she saw her leg was that her military career was over.

Makerney pulled herself out of the ditch that she had landed in and was able to flag down a passing motorist. She was taken a hospital in Hugo, Oklahoma before being flown to Dallas, Texas.

As soon as word spread about her accident, her fellow soldiers, her second family, rallied and rushed to her bedside. "Even before I was out of surgery they were waiting in the halls," she said.

Continue reading Spc. Kisha Makerney's story here. There are some despicable comments by a few readers on the story. Just ignore them.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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July 4, 2008 - OKLAHOMA STYLE

The 4th of July at my house.

Wednesday's Hero

Sgt. Kenneth J. Schall
22 years old from Peoria, Arizona
2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
May 22, 2005


"It was very tough not to be touched by him in some way," said Terri Schall, Sgt. Kenneth Schall's mother.

Kenneth Schall was enrolled at Glendale Community College and was studying to become a history teacher when the country was attacked on September 11, 2001. The event spurred him to join the Army. He served a four and a half month tour in Iraq in 2004 and returned in February of 2005.

Terri Schall last spoke to her son on Mother's Day in 2005. "He sounded great — tired — but he said he was doing OK", she said. Sgt. Kenneth Schall died when the Humvee he was riding in was involved in an accident in Yusafiyah, Iraq.

Along with his mother, Sgt. Schall is survived by his father and two younger siblings.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Mary Ann

Staff Sgt. Jude Voss
1st Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne)


His courage illustrates a combat truth to these veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam: Soldiers arenʼt thinking about glory or ideals in the midst of a battle. They fight for the men to the left and right of them.

And that's just what SSgt. Jude Voss did in September of 2006 when, without consideration to his safety, SSgt. Voss ran through enemy fire and the burning, smoking debris of a truck to rescue Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube. Sgt. Stube was in a bad way. Uniform burning and legs busted, but because of the actions of SSgt. Voss he is alive today.

Because of his actions that day, SSgt. Voss was nominated for and received the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action. "I did what everybody out there would do" Voss said. "I was just the closest guy."

You can read SSgt. Voss's story here.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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