Lethal Weapon 5: Mel's Drunk

Well, well, well...If it isn't Tom Cruise shooting his mouth of, it's another favorite celebrity of mine, Mel Gibson. I do not usually enjoy the intoxication-related mishaps of celebrities or anyone for that matter. But, in cases where the celebrity is someone who has boldly spoken-out against causes that I find important, I am likely to revel in the wake of their own, publicly private, disasters.

Mel Gibson was accused of being somewhat anti-Semitic (if you can be only partly anti-Semitic) after his film "Passion of the Christ" was released. That whole thing with his father minimizing the Holocaust didn't help. Mel said he wasn't an anti-Semite and his movie did gloriously. It was blessed at the box office. Fast-forward to a couple of days ago: Mel Gibson makes anti-Semitic comments to a male police officer and sexist comments to his female counterpart. The police officer couldn't be lying, could he? Doubtful.

I could go on but it is enough for me to repeat here that Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving, was belligerent and a bigot when dealing with the authorities and as the latest news has stated, is checking himself into rehab. Oh how the mighty have begun their descent. I suppose he doesn't want anyone talking about this and I also suppose that is too bad. Self-righteousness is not only distasteful, it is poison that eventual you end up swallowing yourself. I do not wish ill on Mr. Gibson but I do hope that this will humble him and begin him on the path of using his powers for good and not less.

By the way, what topic did Mel use to offend me other than the 2 above? See the blog below.

Veto

So, it seems President Bush has completed a chapter in his at-home civics course and now understands how to use the power of the Presidential Veto. Of course, like other lessons we've seen him learn, he just doesn't get it right the first time...at least in my humble opinion.

Bush's first veto is against stem-cell research funding. The bills that have gone across this guy's desk over the past 5.5 years were all signed but when it is about health and science and research, he can't sign the bill. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm sure while our scientists are stifiled, scientists elsewhere will continue working towards cures and treatments. I'm sure those suffering elsewhere will be glad to know that their governments support them and value them and want them well while those of us who are here know that the irrational opinions of our President, which are falsely grounded in morality and religion, are much more important than our illnesses.

If you do not agree and are relieved that President Bush vetoed an important bill, you are entitled just as I am entitled here to say that I am displeased.