The American Critic - Arts & Entertainment

Aprilia Scarabeo 500

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:37:40 PDT

Looking for a new way around town try this out. We just bought a new Aprilia Scarabeo 500 scooter. We have saved $150 bucks a month in gas. With the price of gas at almost $3 bucks a gallon. Its a nice smooth ride. This bike has side bags and a back storage area. You can ride two people with out any probles.It only takes about $9 buck to fill the tank and will last all week then some. The bikes great for shopping and running to the beach. Oh,if you're looking to pick someone up its a great babe magnet.It has no problems keeping up in traffic on the highway. As it will go up to 120 mph.

Let me know what you think? thanks

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:07:56 PDT

This film is worth watching now. Even if you think you know everything that this film will talk about, there's a huge chance that you're wrong.

Regardless of partisan allegiance, this film is a must see. But beware! It may make you hate Wal-Mart, Bank of America, health insurers, and more. It may even inspire you to get into politics---we certainly know that we need some new politicians. But don't worry because you'll also end up laughing throughout.

I saw it the day after it was released and it received a unanimous standing ovation.

Link

Michael Moore's YouTube Page

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY' - In Theaters October 2nd "It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us"

The Poetry thread

Fri, 22 May 2009 12:53:02 PDT

This thread will be for submitting and giving feedback on others' poetry. Any poems are welcome be they rhyming, prose, limericks or haikus.

RESTITUTION

Sat, 16 May 2009 22:11:05 PDT

Embrangle the roars of thunder
Shield the lashes of lightning
Flutter your wings Angel Butterfly
On your shoulders she huddles
flesh of the soul

Lift your wings Angel Butterfly
carry on sovereignty
Only then freed from her chains
Sleep away...Sleep away
Flutter your wings Angel Butterfly

Written by : Julita T. Santos

CONDESCENDING LEAPS

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:05:45 PDT

Hyphened bodies
through unlocked doors
Woo designing thoughts
Eyes of wandering maze

A morphic sphere
in the dunes violet night
unfettered and unseen
whispering sweet sonnets

Shallow breaths
Mind etching paths
Into the dawning of light
leaps wings of the delta

Dandelion I seek
The knight of the evening
Once, upon rivers deep
moment of moments to remember

Written: Nov 14, 2008
By: julita t. santos

NO WALL TO HANG MY PICTURE

Wed, 06 May 2009 06:42:08 PDT

The uncertainty of time
clutching at what is there
My days are not full of you
but only when I can

There are no happy faces
just sadness and torment
The pair of eyes looking at me
have seen and done more than I have
and she's only a child

Her precious hands held a tool
that determines my life
There were no clicking of cameras
to capture the moment

But only my eyes and my mind
that would forever replay that scene
No wall to hang my picture

CONDESCENDING LEAPS

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:24:22 PST

Hyphened bodies
Through unlocked doors
Woo designing thoughts
Eyes of wandering maze

A morphic sphere
in the dunes violet night
Unfettered and unseen
whispering sweet sonnets

Shallow breaths
Mind etching paths
Into the dawning of light
leaps wings of the delta

Dandelion I seek
The Knight of the evening
Once, upon rivers deep
Moment of moments to remember

This has gone on long enough

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:45:40 PST

Micheal Phelps smoked weed? Wow should we just execute this drug lord on the spot or what? it is all so ridiculous. Marijuana is far less deadly than tobacco or alcohol, yet people act like it is crack or something. Marijuana laws are so outdated, it is so stupid. How many of you knew how many uses Hemp has? over 300! Or that in the early years of the last century, that the giant tobacco companies successfully lobbied congress to ban Weed and Hemp? the reason: Hemp would have cut into the insane profits Big Tobacco made. So now people are treating one of the greatest athletes in our generation like a pariah, why? He is a 23 year old kid who is a millionaire and he is just having a little fun. Besides how many of us haven't tried it at least once? There is nothing wrong with Marijuana; people who say "Pot makes you lazy" are just a bunch of lazy ass motherfuckers who are to lazy to get off the couch and find it convenient to blame Weed for their problems. I am so sick to death of it all, people need to just shut the fuck up and worry about themselves. actually it is the Marijuana haters who should probably spark a blunt, these people spend so much time with their nose up other people's asses, worrying what other people are doing instead of just minding their own business about what other people do. So what now? is Micheal Phelps suddenly this horrible person because he smoked weed or does smoke weed? Come on, this is getting pretty stupid.

Revolutionary Road

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:43:39 PST

To be blunt, if your a twenty-something struggling for the meaning of life, then you have to watch this movie. The acting was tremendous, I've never seen DiCaprio or Winslet do a better job, and that's saying something. I have always thought that Leo especially, never really got his due. Director Sam Mendes brings out the best in his actors, scene after scene of tension that moves the movie forward. The story itself, about a 1950s couple with two children who are realizing that the American Dream is not what they thought it was (i.e., White picket fence, two car garage, etc) and attempt to make a radical change in their lives, captures you, how can it not? in today's world, so many of my friends married and had children so young, now they are at a crossroads in their lives, unsure if they made the right decisions but can't change it. We are all creatures of habit, and for most of us, the grass is always greener until you get there, second guessing ourselves is what we do best. It is important to remember that no matter how old we are or the choices we make, in the end we are all masters of our own destiny and life is what you make it.

Logging off for a while...(Thanks)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:31:56 PST

It has been a real treat to post my writing on this website. Thanks to everyone that took the time to read and comment on my articles. I will not be writing on here for a bit...I'm busy getting my blog up and running and I'm back in the studio. If you're interested in keeping tabs on me and my music check me out here:

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Thanks again,
Chris