Rez Bomb

I have to be honest, I think Larry King is a hack, I am shocked he has the prestige he has and why his too often celebrity driven show belongs on a news channel. The clip below sums up this more than anything and how short of the mark he is.

This is pretty funny, I just saw it for the first time.

I never had much of a view on Keith Olbermann some comments I like some I thought were overblown. Now I am a big fan for being a rare thing in journalism, someone who woke up for at least a few seconds to the plight of those in extreme hardship in Indian Country today. Lots of love and support to my friends on Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge and the whole region being pounded by the weather… AGAIN

We have newly released the Standard Edition Rez Bomb DVD for the introductory price of $15.00 with FREE SHIPPING for this introductory period if bought from us directly. It includes directors commentary and Trailers.

Also for those who are not fans of packaging (I am one) we are offering a version which is the same disk but just in a plastic sleeve (Netflix style) and without the large plastic case and sleeve art. This we are discounting to $12.50 with free shipping as it is cheaper for us to produce and ship and we want to offer these savings direct to you. The Special Edition with its almost four hours of extra features is still available also. They are also available from Amazon and other selected retailers.

The link to buy is in the right corner of this page.

There is one thing that is never mentioned relative to the costs of stimulus package jobs that are created. If one job is saved by the money on a salary of $25,000 then for the $25,000 that the government contributes you have to deduct the amount that comes back to the government (federal and local) in direct and indirect taxation through the person having that money. Perhaps in the region of $10,000 and if the government would be paying unemployment and other benefits to that person, say $8,000 per annum then in reality the cost difference to the government as a whole would be only $7,000 and it is still helping expand the economy. Obviously these are rough estimates as if the wages were higher the amount received in taxation would be greater.

Of course much of the stimulus money goes beyond wages but that still goes into the economy. It is obviously important to see it is spent well but there is a big political spin smokescreen coming out of the Republicans at the moment (I am not a democrat btw). And they are also attacking going after the bonus money for Wall Street, most of which is created exactly because the government used your money to fix their screw ups. Don’t you deserve that back? The French people have already made a profit from their banks bail outs because their government fears the people (not the other way around) and looks after their interests better.

Obama is totally right to impose penalties on these bonuses. I’m not entirely ignorant to the workings of Wall Street. At 18 I was the youngest qualified stock broker in the UK and a trader on the world stock markets. These folks are not worth these bonuses at the best of times and make their fortunes ultimately on the back of the work of true entrepreneurs and hard working people. By not going after them to claw back their bonuses, the perpetrators of the collapse that has ruined lots of innocent people will be rewarded very well with your dollars.

Their bonuses are calculated on short term increases. because of the market collapse there was so much more room upward for them to make this money, so they are now profiting because of their failures. If you’re not backing the president clawing back the money then you have no right to ever complain about the government frivolously spending your money ever again. And why get so upset about money helping create jobs in the US when the same people complaining rarely complain about the privatization of the military where a few individuals with a few companies are making a fortune out of your dollars.

Here’s my recent appearance on Mexican television finally uploaded. This followed the screening of Rez Bomb at the Cancun Film Festival.

Here’s a small video that makes up one of the almost four hours worth of extra features on the Special Edition of the Rez Bomb DVD. It’s a montage of the Rez narrated by the films director and just gives some background to the reservation.

The full extra features are: Directors commentary
extra documentaries
Russell Means interview 48mins
Snapshot: A day in the life of Russell Means
At home with Arlette Loud Hawk
Director Steven Lewis Simpson at Wounded Knee
Pine Ridge locations tour
Rushville locations tour
Sheridan Livestock Market
Sheridan County Players
Ranch Life
Trailer
Nine minute opening of Scottish version

I wonder what Obama’s interns are like? Bush’s were evangelical Christian’s and Clinton’s got down on their knees for a different reason. 

Copyright (c)  2009 Steven Lewis Simpson

You know Jamie Foxx’s statement the other night about Michael Jackson “We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us, and we shared him with everyone else.” really pissed me off because of its absolute stupidity. The Beatles belonged to the white British but they decided to share them with the world would be an equally dumb statement.

Isn’t it about time we all got passed being so color centric? Then Al Sharpton opens his mouth about how Michael Jackson paved the way for other black Americans like Oprah, Obama and Tiger Woods. Well for starters Tiger Woods is 25% of African origin (not that it matters) and is 50% Asian. So technically he is more Asian American than African so did Bruce Lee (who was born in the USA by the way) pave the way for Tiger Woods? Of course not. Every which way it is a dumb statement.

Not that people haven’t been pathfinders and broken down racial barriers like Bruce Lee who broke down a huge racial barrier for Asians in Hollywood. Muhammad Ali redefined the barriers globally too. And the African American community laying claim to Obama is an odd one to since he is so clearly a remarkable individual creation of an African father and white mother and brought up by a white family and in part an Indonesian step father. The majority of his upbringing was far removed from an African Amercian cultural experience. Not that it should matter.

The irony is that Obama’s father was African and not African American and if in America today he would probably find that the shit he would get in the US today would be from African Americans and not any other race. It is not something you ever hear discussed but I have regularly heard from African friends and my sensational ex. gf. who is African that the only people they ever get racially hassled by is African Americans. Apparently it is always black cops pulling over wealthy Africans in Washington DC for example. I have a friend living in LA who is black and from Manchester, England who told me the only people she gets attitude from are African Americans who react like “who do you think you are?” because she has an English accent like she is some sell out phoney.

It seems sad and absurd that communities are so trying to appropriate individuals and define them by their skin color. If I had a child with my last love then that child would have been as black as Obama and twice that of Tiger Woods. Not that it should ever matter. I wouldn’t want that child to be appropriated by the white community the black community the Scottish community the Ethiopian community or whatever country the child was born in. I’d want to word to look at that child as a human being like the rest of us. A human like Michael Jackson, or Bruce Lee or Ali or Crazy Horse or John Lennon or whoever.

Jamie Foxx’s comment pissed me off because it was plain dumb and the majority of people hearing it know it. I watched Chris Rock in a televised concert last night and his brilliance and enlightenment is light years ahead in evolution than that of Foxx. It feels like there are so many commentators on society these days (and even I am pitching in now) and yet so few have the extraordinary way or breaking down their absurdities they way that Chris Rock does. That man just gets it and it goes so far beyond humor. Though it is interesting how Jamie Foxx makes a dumb comment and its on the news for analysis and yet Chris Rock reels off endless provocative insights into a dozen hot button issues of the day and nobody brings it up in the media. Intelligent discussion in beyond the realm of the media but sensationalism is its bread and butter.

Oh and Chris Rock is about the only one who puts things in perspective by talking about the fact that in the pecking order about the racial shit people go through that the American Indian gets the worst deal.

Do yourself a favour and go onto youtube for a bit and hopefully there’s a lot of Chris Rock’s routines there

Here’s a great fan blog on Rez Bomb at http://noimkara.blogspot.com/2009/09/rez-bomb-review.html

Rez Bomb Review
Monday, September 28, 2009

Ahh so this was meant to be posted a few days ago but I never got round to writing it. Anyway. Last week I ordered the film “Rez Bomb” off ebay (special edition), I’m kinda gutted that this film wasnt released in theaters because a film this good should be given a lot of credit. Rez Bomb is completely out of my comfort zone when it comes to films but I decided to give it a try as Trent Ford *swoon* stars in it. Boy am I glad I checked it out. Rez Bomb is a love story you can totally get lost in. Set in one of the poorest places in the US, the story tells the tale of Harmony (Tarmara Feldman) and her boyfriend Scott (Trent Ford) who are very much in love but get caught up in a world of trouble when Harmony owes a large amount of money to a dirty old dude called Jaws (Jaws?!!). In attempt to get Harmony off the rez they conduct a plan to get them “set up” only things dont go to plan. The film is a whirlwind of love, thrills and dark comedy and tells us of love thats on the run. Trust me I was on the edge of my seat when Scott goes in search for Harmony. I dont think I’ve been caught up in a film as much as I was with Rez Bomb. At first, when hearing about it, I was a little sceptical to buy it having not much to go on. But my love for Trent Ford took over and I found the DVD in my mail three days later. Rez Bomb is not what I expected. When I saw the trailer I thought it’d be all guns and shooting etc… buts its not. Its a film you cant fully understand until watching it in its entirety. Its ridiculously realistic in a way I didnt think any film could achieve and is just plain, darn, fantastic. I dont think I’ve enjoyed a film this much since The Dark Knight. I gave it a 8 out 10 on IMdb, just because I got confused some of the time – but maybe thats due to my blonde roots? Who knows. Anyway the story is compelling and hooks you straight away, Trent Ford looks totally hot with a capital H and is a gritty and realistic thrill ride. I just wish it was longer.
Want to escape reality? Watch Rez Bomb.

# A little shorter than I hoped but then I am meant to be studying. You just need to know Rez Bomb defines awesome.
That is all.