It's going to be a long, hot, noisy Summer.

[bemildred]

I can see it coming. It's going to make 2012 look like a tea party.

[xchrom]

1. I don't mind long & hot. Noisy can be bothersome. Nt

[bemildred]

2. Yeah. Don't know what to do.

I'll go nuts if I pay attention, and I'll feel like I'm disloyal or lazy or something if I tune it all out.

But with Syria and Snowden and more to come next week from USSC and I COULD go on, it's going to be messy.

[liberal_at_heart]

3. just wait until 2014. It will get nasty, but I'm ready. I'm not going anywhere.

[bemildred]

4. That's hard for me to even visualize, what it will be like by then.

Full tilt bozo. Maybe the most interesting election of my lifetime, from the point of view of party politics.

[kentauros]

5. That makes me want to watch the movie:

And there seems to be parallels in the plot...

The plot follows the conflicts of the Varner family after ambitious drifter Ben Quick (Paul Newman) arrives in their small Mississippi town. Will Varner (Orson Welles), the family's patriarch and the owner of most of the town, has doubts about the abilities of his only son, Jody (Anthony Franciosa), and sees Ben as a better choice to inherit his position. Will therefore tries to push Ben and his daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward) into marriage. Clara is initially reluctant to court Ben, and Jody senses that Ben threatens his position.

Just keep your humor about ya, and you'll be fine

[bemildred]

6. Yeah, I'm dating myself.

Yeah, we'll be fine.

[kentauros]

7. I've never seen it.

So the next time it shows up on TCM, I'll have to watch it. I love Paul Newman's and Joanne Woodward's performances

[bemildred]

9. Koko said it for me ----V nt

[KoKo]

8. Thanks for that "Blast from the Past." That was a fascinating Movie...

...only some from a certain time might be able to parse that one through..

But...Love Us...for our Memories! ...and our READING!

[kentauros]

10. Well then,

maybe I'll have to netflix it instead. Once I've seen all of the Trinity movies in my queue

[Fumesucker]

11. Did someone say Tea Party?

My granddaughters like this, it's pretty good I think, better than some of the stuff their mother used to like.

[bemildred]

12. Good Lord! nt