Salesmen will understand. When I find something that excites me,
I am compelled to
tell people about it. I'm also naturally prone to
over-hyperbole
stuff, even afterjust a short test drive. This sometime
comes back to
bite me in the ass, like when I waxed all flowery about LILLIE:
"This BBC series is magnificent on several
levels, not the least of
which is it's intimate look at Victorian Age London ..."
Problem was, I had only watched a few episodes when I wrote that.
When
the action moved from London to America, the whole thing fell
apart.
The characters were boring and not believable; the sets
cheesy. I
immediately jumped ship, but felt guilty at having led others
into a trap. An event that would naturally send them cursing and
to
pretermit future recommendations.
Same thing happened with SPOOKS.
Almost immediately calling it "the
best television action series ever made," it went into full blown, anti
George Bush BBC liberal mode. I have since skipped several
episodes,
but am recently rewarded when Adam Carter gets blown away.
The BBC is no more to be trusted than NBC.
But, Prime Suspect.
In April I called it the "Best
Series Ever."
I just watched the 15th, and last episode, and it is all of that.
Confirmed with a ++. Premiering in December 1992, it lasted until
October 2006. Helen
Mirren's 30 year career as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison evolves,
almost in real time. In those 14 years she ages gracefully, but
noticeably. I
fell in love with Mirren, and this week's public
rant fits perfectly Jane Tennison, who by the end had become
an alcoholic. Bravo. Best Ever.
By the bye, it happened that just afterwards I watched what I thought
was the 81st, and last, episode of Midsomer Murder.
There was no great acting here, nor brilliant screen play. And it
was
decidedly about showing the worst side of Britain's landed
gentry. But
it was like chicken soup, or a sail on the bay. Something to
exorcise demons after a day of too much Obama. I just now discovered it has continued,
with
retired Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby's cousin, John, taking
over for
him. That series in not in the NetFlix line-up, but I assume it
will
pop up soon.
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I
will be listening to Rush Limbaugh for his expert political analysis,
and Mark Levin for his legal view. I was listening Friday when
Mark
got into the IRS scandal, and that’s when I found out it was he and his
Landmark Legal Foundation that got the ball rolling on that one.
I
felt practically like a witness to history.
Brown’s
hurdle is that even as voters from both parties say they like him
personally, regard him as bipartisan, and give him high
marks on his job performance, many also say they plan to stick with
their political party. And in a presidential year, with high turnout
expected, that bodes especially well for Democrats on the ballot in
Massachusetts . (
For
many millions in the twentieth century, those guidelines were
provided by Marxism, Communism, Fascism or Nazism. For many millions
today, those guidelines are . feelings. With the ascendancy of leftist
values that has followed the decline of Judeo-Christian religion,
personal feelings have supplanted universal standards. In fact,
feelings are the major unifying characteristic among contemporary
liberal positions. 
Green
With Envy
