Lord God, you are Our Creator, Our Savior, our Holy Spirit, so we come before you now in the midst of this serious coronavirus situation to ask your forgiveness and to ask your help to be good stewards of your Creation, good witnesses to your Life and Resurrection, and great encouragers to everyone who needs to hear your Good News, especially those who are in need physically or spiritually. Dad, be with us in times of trials and tribulations, give us the grace to use wisdom, knowledge and … [Read more...]
Cinematic Monkey Business: Self-Contradictions Among Hollywood’s Nature Loving, Anti-Capitalist Activists
While thinking about the storyline in Disney Nature’s new animal movie, MONKEY KINGDOM, we came across a funny contradiction in the movie’s story, and in many other animal documentaries, that shows a problem in the thinking of many of pro-environmentalist, animal-friendly activists. MONKEY KINGDOM’s story follows a troop of monkeys in the jungles of Sri Lanka. There is a strict pecking order to this monkey troop, which is led by alpha males. Maya is an adult female born into the lower class. … [Read more...]
Hollywood and the Environmentalist Movement: Eco-Fanatic Movies Have a Mixed History at the Box Office
Like other misguided ideologues, some in Hollywood have adopted the environmentalist or ecology movement to support their efforts to support big government. Their efforts paid off in 2006 and 2007 when Al Gore’s factually challenged, hysterical rallying cry for global warming, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, earned a fair amount of money, at least for a documentary, and won a couple Oscars. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH came out the same year as the pro-environmentalist cartoon HAPPY FEET, which raked in $384.3 … [Read more...]
