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...wrench is thrown into the works when brother Alec pays a visit from Columbia school of journalism. Full of righteous indignation at his family's assimilation, he tells them to shape up or ship out. Astonishingly enough, the United States government has just made Harry an offer to rat out Alec's African National Congress friends in exchange for a cushy job in the Netherlands. Harry has a dilemma: he knows South Africa is tearing his family apart, but his only way out is to abuse Alec's trust...
...incredibly annoying adolescent. From age 10 to about 16, I was sulky, snotty and self-righteous. I talked back. I smirked. I never got into any serious trouble, never drank or smoked and I did well in school. But I was a pain in the ass to live with...
...certain some BCS-lovers believe that the polls and the computer rankings underemphasize strength of schedule, that the BCS rankings are merely the righteous compensation, and that anyone who disagrees suffers from some anti-Nebraska or anti-UCLA bias. Even if this opinion is remotely accurate, none of these followers can possibly justify the inherently flawed way that the strength of schedule rankings are calculated...
...movies teach anything, it's attitude; and the prevailing attitude is one of crudeness, cynicism and sass. Since these attitudes are endemic to pop culture, kids are likely to learn from them. And unaccustomed (and uncomfortable) as I am agreeing with politicians, especially when they are in righteous find-a-scapegoat campaign mode, I'm annoyed that this "adult" culture is aimed at the young - both because kids need a few years to be kids, without being burdened by having to understand the punch line of every dirty joke, and also because this culture debases the true definition...
...phony as Bush wincing in pain over the Flintstones reference. Does anyone think if Gore were 10 points behind we wouldn't see an ad about Bush gaffes? In fact, Democrats had to put their issue-attack ads on hold last week to allow time for their own righteous indignation...