Sean Penn Adds Little To Academy Awards

Sean Penn was great at "Jeff Spiccoli" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the 80's. Back then he was easy to like because we didn't know anything about him.
In the 21st century he is self-admittedly easy to not like because of his anti-American alliances with foreign leaders, his spousal abuse allegations and other rants against God-fearing Americans.
Last night's star-studded Academy Awards didn't seem to reflect the struggling economy or concern for global warming, but before it was all over, Penn made his "Best Actor in a Leading Role" Oscar speech political. Not that the award itself wasn't a political statement by The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences against Mickey Rourke's recent and decent comments about President Bush or Sean Penn's portrayal of a gay character. Funny how the best movies (Brokeback Mountain), directors and characters are about homosexuals. No, no agenda there.
Glad Sean Penn remembered Mickey and is his brother, but gave no mention of his wife in his speech that spoke of the shame that proponents of California's gay-marriage ban should have. He was speaking to the majority of Californians and Americans that think differently than he does.
He is also glad that this country elected an "elegant" man. Has America never had an elegant man as president before?

Darwin is 200

The 200th birthdays of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were celebrated last week, which is ironic that two men who greatly changed the world in dramatically different ways, were born on the same day.
Abraham Lincoln is considered to be one of the greatest U.S. Presidents because of his successful efforts to free men, women and children from slavery, culminating in the Emancipation Proclamation and giving America a chance to live up to the ideals that all men are created equal.
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution did just the opposite. Darwin's theory put black people at a closer evolutionary step to apes and it is in the title of his book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". His theory has fallen apart with the increase in knowledge of biology and the complexity of all pieces of life.
This week a pet chimpanzee attacked its owner and bit the hands off of a neighbor trying to help. The news reporters are calling it a "wild animal". It's too bad this pre-human couldn't evolve fast enough to fit into society better. I always wonder why there aren't any apes deciding to move out of the jungle and get up on their hind legs and walk out? Or why don't some fish take a look out on dry land anymore and sprout some legs to check things out? Where are the transitional creatures that are changing from one species to another? Surely evolution hasn't stopped and don't tell me it takes so long to make that change that we can't see it happening during our short life spans. No, there should be more transitional creatures all over the world and in the seas than are finished works. Not one speck of fossil record to help with that "theory of evolution", thank God.

Nate Robinson Wins Dunk Contest, Credits God

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest was putting courtside greats and the TV audience to sleep for much of the once-interesting NBA All-Star Weekend. When the event finally got down to the finals, it was fun to watch "Superman" Dwight Howard (6'11) going against the puny Nate Robinson at just about Howard's waist.
After the Orlando Magic star dunked on an 11' foot rim with ease in the semi-finals with his Superman cape on, Nate Robinson bested him in his kryptonite green outfit from head to toe.
Howard was a big enough man to be used as a prop for Robinson as the little New York Knick "flew" over the back of the giant and slammed his way to another slam dunk title.
In the post-event interview, Robinson was asked about LeBron James wanting to get in next year and he was very humble and just gave thanks to God. Great job little man.