12/01/08 Flashing Light

So anyway, this week George Bush visited Israel for the first time in his presidency.
He spoke optimistically on the prospects of securing a lasting peace in the region.
Hmmm...
I suspect this represents a rather desperate attempt to finish his 8 year stint on a high and be fondly remembered as the American President who finally managed to broker an Arab/Israeli peace agreement, rather than overseeing the disastrous campaign in Iraq.
He really didn't sound like he believed what he was saying himself.
To use a stand-up comedy analogy, George has been struggling badly with his set...he's been flashed to indicate his time is almost up, and is now scrambling to find a killer joke to quit the stage on a high, hoping that the audience will forget all the preceding unfunny dross.
(they often do)
Bill Clinton tried (unsuccessfully) as well...
"International Peacemaker" provides a better legacy that the "Spunk/Dress/Female Intern" combo.
Talking of which, I was a bit embarassed last night.
I'd read in the "Edinburgh Evening News" that there was an active "Swingers Club" in Tollcross, and decided to go along and check it out.
I actually thought it was an evening dedicated to golf instruction, and was shocked to discover that it in fact involved like-minded sexually liberated people meeting up to indulge in no-strings sexy antics.
Funnily enough, in spite of my mistake, the evening did remind me of golf.
Just as in golf tournaments there was always one annoying person who would shout out "Get in the hole!" at every possible opportunity and really annoy everyone else.
I saw "Bladerunner" at the cinema this week.
It was the first time I'd seen this film in 20 years...
It was something of a "Stoner Favourite" in my 1980s communal flat.
I'd say it stands the test of time pretty well, and considering it was made in the pre-CGI era, it remains an incredible cinematic vision.
...and 2019 doesn't seem all that far away now does it?
To use a stand-up comedy analogy, it's about a comedian whose job it is to kill other fake comedians who use other people's material.
Although in fairness to the replicant comedians, they do actually think they wrote the material, but don't realise that the jokes come from memory implants and are not original thought.