'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly'

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Do you remember that movie? It was one of those "spaghetti Westerns" Clint Eastwood made in Italy in the late 60's and early 70's. Well folks our officials in Washington are doing their dead level best to resurrect themselves as the "Good," the "Bad," and the "Ugly." In one of the great cinema scenes of all time Clint faces off in a showdown with two other bad guys played by Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach. For several minutes the three men posture the same distance apart in a triangular pattern. They stare from one to the other. The music gains in tempo and strength, the men's hands nervously play over their guns, until it almost becomes unbearable.

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