Mickey Rourke was robbed at the Oscars!

Mickey Rourke put on a stellar, momentous, lasting performance in "The Wrestler" as Randy "The Ram" Robinson. It was a once in a lifetime performance. "The Wrestler" was one of the best movies of the year, in my opinion, and probably should have been up for best picture. Although Sean Penn's role in "Milk" was very good, he could have been right when he said the Academy was a bunch of "commie, homo-loving, son of a guns." Maybe that is why he won. Sean Penn's role was based on imitation. It was not memorable. Rourke let it all hang out. "The Wrestler" is a gut-wrenching and honest portrait. I can not see any other actor in Hollywood playing Randy "The Ram" Robinson with the effect that Rourke did. I believe he was robbed of the Academy Award.

Rip off of Chuck Norris Jokes?

We've all heard them. "When Chuck Norris does pushups, he doesn't lift himself up, he pushes the world down." The fad began a few years ago and quickly became a hit. However recent Dos Equis commercials seemed to have ripped off this exaggerated style of facts. The most interesting man in the world--this suave, older, charasmatic gentelman is a lover, not a fighter, but hes also a fighter, so dont get any ideas. The Dos Equis "Most interesting man in the world" campaign defines what it is to be cool. Although as much as I love these commercials, it seems like they are a spin off of the Chuck Norris phenomena. It is the same, unbelievable, over the top claims. I can either classify Dos Equis as lazy--for not coming up with an original idea--or genious--for taking something so popular and turning it into a campaign. Take your pick.

Stimulus or bust

I don't understand whatsoever how the recently signed stimulus plan is the best plan of action. The idea is to pump money into the economy and increase consumer spending, as well as investing. However, our government has taken it upon themselves to create a wealth of jobs, and send money to hurting companies and industries, spending close to $300,000 per job created in doing so. Does this make sense? I don't claim to be an economist or have the knowledge that those in power do, but the facts I see don't add up. The Republican party proposed that there be no income tax for any American for 6 months, which would generally give back a comparable amount of money gained from the lack of taxation on income. This would undoubtedly create more spending as people feel wealthier from the more money in each paycheck. However, our government thought it was necessary to create $787 billion and hope that it trickles down to the consumers and ultimately save the economy. Really? The DJI is plummeting, now below 7500, and creating more and more money is supposed to fix the problem? Like I said, I'm not an economist. Hopefully our savior Barack comes through on this one.

SMU administration cracking down

It's amazing to me that the university decided to punish Kappa Alpha Order to the extreme that they did in order to make a point to IFC and the SMU greek system. This has been a heated debate for the past few days on whether or not the punishment fit the crime. Yes, KA had not been off some type of university suspension for more than 6 weeks in the past 3 years. Yes, they did not register some parties with the university. Yes, there was an apparent hazing incident. But is this enough to completely shut their charter down for the next 4 years? Ruin their reputation, and force over 70 actives and 25 pledges out of the greek system (which so many people on this campus are apart of). People have argued that there are other fraternities that have committed worse offenses more times but are still allowed to continue on this campus. I do not agree with completely shutting a chapter down. This seems like a lazy way to punish an entire chapter for individuals actions. SMU administration is trying to impede on something (greek life) that has such a huge impact on so many people's lives and which generates a huge revenue for the school itself. Being affiliated with another greek organization, I hope that the KA pledges can find another place that they can experience greek life and I hope Kappa Alpha comes back strong in the fall of 2012. 

What the hell is the stanky leg?

As I turn on the radio and flip through the local hip hop stations, "Do the Stanky Leg" comes on. Really? The stanky leg? Lately, rap songs have come out complimented with dance. There is Soulja Boy's "Crank That", B Hamp's "Ricky Bobby", Dem Franchise Boyz "Lean Wit it Rock Wit it" and many more. It just awes me on what sells. The lyrics for these songs are absolutely ridiculous and many times have no defiant meaning. However, with catchy beats and fun dance moves, these types of songs have become overwhelming in our society today. But seriously, what the hell is the stanky leg? It baffles me that so many uneducated hip hop stars come up with these songs that everyone pays to listen to. Well, bitch I'm wild up! Do the stanky leg!