Republican fairy tales

The tale of the man who would not work:

"Why do you not work and contribute to our country that is most exceptional?"

"Sir, I do not work because I am reliant on the handouts I get from big government.  Now leave me alone and go make your millions of dollars so that big government can tax you to pay for my bone idleness."

 The tale of what happens after marriage equality: 

"Come you old crone, give me that pussy cat so that I may marry it and fornicate upon it."

"No you cruel varlet, my cat is my pet, I shall keep it."

"You old bitch, you just committed a hate crime!  I'm calling the Department of Justice on you!"

 The tale of how Ebola is spread: 

 "I, President Obama's real Kenyan father, cooked up Ebola in a lab in Africa in order to bring down the country Jesus freedom loving people the world over love.  I must now go to Mexico and give vials of this dread disease to my army of gay Muslim Mexican fascist Communist atheist Catholics so that they may enter the USA illegally and put this noxious poison in candy, sports drinks, and hamburgers across the land!"

 The tale of the return of the fairness doctrine: 

'Twas a dark day indeed when President for Life Hillary Obama Biden FDR Martin Luther King Jr McClinton brought back the fairness doctrine in all media.  With one stroke of her cloven hoofed claw, she silenced Rush, Glenn, Dr. Laura, and all right wing hate talk radio and TV.  She replaced it with Hopi Indian chants, whale songs, the music of Jackson Browne, and the speeches of Rachel Maddow. Now the people have no one to tell them how bad socialism, race mixing, and homosexual sex is.

A Monkey Movie Report

I loved this modern fairy tale written and directed by Neil Jordan, the man who also directed In America, The Crying Game, Butcher Boy, among others.

This film tells the story of a down on his luck fisherman (Colin Farrell) who's got a stone cold alcoholic ex wife and a daughter who will die soon if she doesn't get a kidney transplant. One day while fishing he hauls in a young woman in his net. She's mysterious, sexy, and maybe she's a mermaid or a selkie. After her arrival Farrell's luck turns around, he falls in love with the mystery woman, and his daughter sees an improvement in her condition. Then reality sets in and we find out who the beautiful woman is. And things get even more interesting from there.

Farrell is a stand out in this film and so is his co star, who was also his real life girlfriend at the time, Alicja Bachleda. Both of them play the world weary vulnerable hurt yet willing to give it one more go character well. However it's Alison Barry as the dying little girl who steals the film. She's precocious, precious, and perfect in this her first major role. Also praiseworthy are Stephen Rea and Dervla Kirwan as the local priest and Farrell's ex wife.

This is a nice sweet little film that deserves to be seen and appreciated. I highly recommend it.