Snake Plissken is still the coolest fictional movie character ever...and I have to say "movie" character because I have now seen a videogame character that MIGHT give Snake a run for his money.  If you don't know who Snake is, it's Kurt Russell with the eyepatch from "Escape From New York".  Snake could figure out a way to get out of any situation and NEVEr lost his edge or cool in doing so.  He took no crap from anyone and could always laugh in the face of danger.  Why?  Because he was such a badass that he knew he would come out on top.  Let me put it this way - Snake Plissken could figure out a way to beat Bruce Lee in a fight.  Oh don't doubt me, you know it's true.  And now to sound like a COMPLETE geek.  I have now seen a videogame character that is on this same level, and if a movie was made about this game, I would have to actually spend time wondering who was the bigger badass.  Several months ago, I played a game called "God of War" that had a main character named Kratos.  This guy was a man's man...a pure warrior.  However, he received help from the gods on Mount Olympus to a degree, so it wasn't like it was all him, you know what I mean?  Hey, stick with me here, like I said I'm in geek mode.  Anyway, I bought a game for the XBOX 360 last week called "Gears of War".  The main character is a guy named Marcus Fenix that is a true badass.  Check this out -

Marcus Fenix was a war hero who was court-martialed on some kind of bs charge.  The military breaks him out of prison because the earth is in ruins due to the attacks of the Locust Horde.  They know Fenix is the one guy that can take them out.  I swear, this guy is all business, a pure fighting machine.  All he cares about is killing the enemy and knows whatever situation he's in, he'll kill his way out of it.  He carries a machine-gun with a chainsaw bayonet, so if the combat gets up-close and personal, he'll just simply saw them into pieces.  When you do a quick reload and fire off a head-shot with the sniper rifle, he'll yell out "OH YEAH!" in his gravely voice.  When he's gunning down Locust after Locust, he'll exclaim, "BRING IT ON!!!"  Like I said, he's all business.  He's a pure fighting machine and is the biggest badass ever in a videogame.  "Gears of War" is a man's game...there isn't anything cute about it at all.  It's primal qualities are pure - kill everything that moves.  He doesn't want to reason with them, he doesn't want to try and understand why the Locust Horde are the way they are, he just wants to wipe them out because he knows they are the enemy and want to destroy him.  Fenix sees things in black and white, kill or be killed.  And you know what's sad?  The sad thing is that there is a friggin videogame character who has a better understanding of war than our leaders in Washington have.  Pretty pathetic, isn't it?

I swear, I am SO sick of hearing about another American soldier dying in Iraq.  I truly believe the cause of going into Iraq was the right thing to do, but the aftermath has been inexcusable.  What ever happened to winning?  We keep hearing about how long it will take and blah blah blah, but if this country had just unleashed it's arsenal from the start, we wouldn't be in this mess.  Ok, so maybe no one really thought about what would happen after Hussein was toppled and terrorists started all their crap.  That's no excuse.  When Fallujah was a haven for terrorists, there was no reason for the house-to-house fighting...we should have leveled the place.  I have never been in a war, thank God, but when it's us against them I don't care who gets "offended" if we need to bomb a mosque because terrorists are using it as a safehouse.  I'm completely sick and disgusted by the lack of spine we have in our supposed "leaders".  What really scares me is Iran.  I watched Glenn Beck's TV show last week where he showed clip after clip of the president of Iran, however it's spelled, doing speeches that honestly looked like the clips you see of Hitler.  THOUSANDS of people in Iran were chanting "Death to America!!" over and over.  And yet we let this psycho into this country to address the UN.

What has happened to this country?  I was watching "South Park" the other night, and it was the episode called "Die Hippie Die" where hippies take over South Park for a huge music festival.  Of course Cartman is the only one who gets it and realizes what trouble people like them can be.  That has got to be my favorite South Park episode because of how much I can't stand hippies.  One of the funniest scenes was where Stan went to the music festival and his parents were talking about it.  Stan's dad goes "yeah but Woodstock was different...we actually accomplished something" and it shows a flashback scene where he's dancing around almost naked and throwing up all over the place...hahaha.  The whole show just basically makes fun of all those nut-job left wing types who think this country is just SO evil and wrong.  They think that if we just leave terrorists alone that they'll leave us alone.  They are what Joseph Stalin called "useful idiots" because they help spread enemy propaganda thinking they're doing such a wonderful thing in helping the world to get along.  That's why Neville Chamberlain actually though Hitler would agree to some sort of peace process and ran Panzer divisions through Europe while Winston Churchill was warning everyone Hitler was pure evil and needed to be stopped.  I know I've said it before - history has showed Churchill to be right.  The naivety of some people absolutely amazes me.  That's why Marcus Fenix rocks.  He knows the enemy is hell-bent on destroying everyone and will do everything he can to wipe them out first.  And that's why "Gears of War" is just completely awesome and is a true man's game.

You know what I'm sick of?  I'm sick of being called a religious zealot because I won't embrace Islam.  I'm sick of being called a racist because I'm against illegal immigration.  I'm sick of being called a homophobe because I'm against gay marriage.  It's not like I'm sick of it because it bothers me by any means, I'm just tired of feeling like I have to defend myself because I understand right and wrong.  I'm not perfect by any means, but I am not about to embrace something that I am opposed to.  If that's being closed-minded then fine, I'm closed-minded and I don't care.  You know what cracks me up about the term "homophobe"?  It implies that I'm afraid of gay people, like if I see two guys holding hands I will run away screaming...hahaha.  The other day I was in line at Arby's and two guys were in front of me.  They both got salads to go, and when they were leaving they put their arms around each other.  Did I scream and run the other way?  No...I just thought to myself "huh, they're eating salads...figures" hahaha.

See I like making fun of pretty much everything, which is why I like South Park so much because almost everything can be laughed at...people take themselves way too seriously.  Honestly I probably make more fun of myself than I do anyone.  I mean jeez, look at this - I'm 37 years old online at 11:00 on a weeknight writing a blog about what a badass a friggin videogame character is.  Most guys my age are probably getting ready for the evening news after they put the kids to bed, and they're thinking about work coming up tomorrow or some hot stock tip they got today.  What's on my mind outside of politics?  Such serious matters as wondering if the Atlanta Falcons can turn the season around, my band's gig on December 8th and how cool it will be, and how will I get past this one level on "Gears of War".  Yes, I am a geek sometimes and I really don't care because I like what I like.  Wow...how in the heck did I go from Marcus Fenix to me being closed-minded?

And now for an abrupt ending for tonight.  Happy Thanksgiving!  And it's time to put up the Christmas decorations.  Oh yeah...complete geek about Christmas decorations.  I bought new lights and a bunch of stuff this week to put up Friday.  And now to sit back and enjoy this loooooong weekend killing the Locust Horde as Marcus Fenix defeats evil.  Until next time, Sportsfans....