OSCAR NIGHT, MUSLIM EXTREMISTS, THE GOP AND OTHERS THINGS THAT SUCK

Yes, the Oscar's were on last night and once again, not only were there NO surprises as to who was going to win, the very people who were nominated (and those that were shunned like Albert Brooks, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Michael Shannon and everyone in Harry Potter) left many scratching their heads. Why God why was Nick Nolte nominated for a cliche part in the highly overrated movie Warrior? I liked it better the first time when it was called The Fighter. The Artist, while a fantastic movie, was again not the best picture. Year after year lately we keep having pictures win like The Hurt Locker or Chicago. These were not bad films per say, just not ones that are going to be talked about years later. As a matter of fact just looking at the list of Best Picture nominees over the last decade, most of the nominees were either one time viewers or in the case of Winter's Bone, I still have yet to talk to anyone in any age group, demographic or region who even liked this piece of trash. It was boring beyond words and I love Stanley Kubrick and Terrance Malick movies so slow is not a factor when I watch films. Is it interesting is all I care about and Winter's Bone was definitely not.

Billy Crystal did a good job with what he had to work with and I thought kept things moving through a predictably dull Oscar telecast. Many are saying the Weinsteins bought the Oscar again, just like they did for one of the biggest tragedies in Oscar history, Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan. Right. The biggest question on the night wasn't who would win and what who was wearing, but whether or not J-Lo's nip slip was a shadow, tape, or all J-Lo.

My predictions were fairly close, with me missing The Artist for best director over Hugo and Streep winning over Viola Davis. But I still feel that this year, like the last decade, missed films like Harry Potter and Bridesmaids which were head and shoulders better than crap like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Other film like The Help, Warhorse and Tree of Life, which were all great movies, still fell short of other more deserving films this year. Ratings will be almost certainly in the toilet as the nominations were for films that few people saw and had no stake in who won. Can we please start nominating blockbusters that were because they were terrific films and stop nominating people for films that no one outside the industry saw?

Meanwhile, Muslim idiots in Afghanistan have killed more people again after the accidental burning of several holy books. This should not be happening in a civilized world. If this is what we can expect, can we please just leave and tell the people that if we have to come back next time we will rain hot death upon them. You can't bring civilization to a place that has no interest in it. Between Rick Santorum's religious idiocy, the Catholic Church's hell bent strategy on ending all life on the planet by trying to ban abortion and contraception, and Muslim's rioting over the smallest slight, maybe the sanest of us can come to the conclusion that religion is the bane of man's existence and needs to be eliminated stat. I'm not saying that God doesn't exist. I believe he does (he as a pronoun used as just that and not a claim of sex which God certainly does not have) and I think there is ample proof of his existence. However, the various religions all seem to think they know all there is to know, and they will kill anyone who says differently. The god these fools worship has horns and a tail and they don't seem to realize it. Don't forget, the Devil can quote Scripture when it suits his needs. Religious institutions must be laid to rest, and if people want to fight for their rights to kill each other over whose imaginary friend is right, let's put them in a ring and let them duke it out that way. The rest of us can go on with our lives and leave this insanity behind.

Religion is supposed to better ourselves and mankind but the people who seem to be the most religious are the same nutbags who turn out to be serial killers, CEO's,and worst of all, politicians. I don't remember Moses, Mohamed or Jesus ever saying to hell with the poor and every man for himself. But that's where we are headed. The GOP has their big primaries tomorrow in Michigan and Arizona, Romney will win in Arizona but Michigan is too close to call. Is it just me or are these primaries more fun and less predictable than Oscar night has been for the last decade? I can't wait to see whose blood gets mopped off the floor tomorrow night and how this leads into next week's Super Tuesday. As democrats can vote in Michigan's primary, many feel Santorum may win as the democrats are trying their best to vote for the guy least likely to beat Obama. Stay tuned for more.