New Bond Flick Name:

[pyrephox]

"Quantum of Solace"

That just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Man, did they just throw darts at SAT vocabulary lists, or what?

Also, apparently the government is going to give everyone in the country who earns under 75K a six hundred dollar check. Why do I feel like I'm in the first Batman movie, and that Joker float is a-rolling down the street, tossing out all those free bills. Seriously, people. If you'd fix what's broken, we wouldn't /need/ six hundred dollar give aways, and where, exactly, is the money coming from in the first place, with our deficit?

Bah.

Comments

[solaas.livejournal.com]

It does rather remind me of the old kings and emperors who would have their people toss out coins to the poor as they paraded through the streets after some victory or other. I thought the New World was all about getting away from those things. =P

[cpip.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's not like THIS administration has to worry about the deficit. Let the NEXT bunch figure it out!

[oyving.livejournal.com]

China! (That's where the money is coming from, right?)

[holyprophetril.livejournal.com]

...in a very roundabout way, yes.

[holyprophetril.livejournal.com]

In more ways than one, even, China's buying up US bonds, but what you also have is the new trend of China buying up US banks too.

[cythraul.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia tells me the title comes from one of Fleming's short stories, from the For Your Eyes Only collection.

Also: the Ontario government totally did that! Only they didn't limit it to just under $75K, which is even sillier.

[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

It /still/ sounds incredibly silly! ...admittedly not as silly as Octopussy, but man, that's not saying much.

Why can't we take the GOOD ideas from Canada?

[cythraul.livejournal.com]

Like public health care? :D

(Coooome to Caaaaaanada.......)

[undauntra.livejournal.com]

Nah, I hear horror stories from my friends in New Brunswick about how bad the public heathcare is.

[cpip.livejournal.com]

Because Canada's ideas often work adequately for Canada's unique situation of having minimal long-term large-scale defense committments and supporting infrastructure, extremely low population density, and an entire population smaller than California's.

It's nice to be a minor nation.