Friday, November 10, 2006
Jack Palance originated the role of Harlan "Mountain" McClintock in "Requiem for a Heavyweight." Other roles include:
Tuesday's election should drive home to our Dem state legislators the obvious fact that gerrymandering New Jersey into 7 Dem & 7 Repug congressional districts is not fair at all, it fails to give voice to the true demographics, it is not "democratic." Our population is not evenly divided between the two parties, & our congressional delegation is not representative, & was not when the lines were redrawn after the 2000 census. At least, the 7th should have been redrawn to keep it in play as a swing district. "Extra" Democrats were squeezed into Donald Payne's super-safe, convoluted district just to give a freshman Congressman named Ferguson an easy ride. Now it seems outrageous. (In contrast, Massachusetts has ten districts held by ten Democrats, & the state is not nearly that skewed in fact.) But I suppose we'll lose a seat in the next census anyway.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
- Roy Earle in "I Died A Thousand Times," a remake of Bogart's "High Sierra."
- A really nasty gladiator in the 1963 movie "Barabbas."
- Guest starred in a "Man From U.N.C.L.E." two-parter,"The Concrete Overcoat Affair."
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a 1968 TV version.
- Small part in an "R" rated movie of Marquis De Sade's outrageously pornographic novel "Justine."
- Fidel Castro in the 1969 movie "Che!" (Omar Sharif in the lead).
- A complex Count Dracula in an offbeat TV version I recall liking very much.
- Det. Lt. Alex Bronkov in the short-lived 1974 series "Bronk." Very violent cop show for its time, character was interesting as Kojak.
Tuesday's election should drive home to our Dem state legislators the obvious fact that gerrymandering New Jersey into 7 Dem & 7 Repug congressional districts is not fair at all, it fails to give voice to the true demographics, it is not "democratic." Our population is not evenly divided between the two parties, & our congressional delegation is not representative, & was not when the lines were redrawn after the 2000 census. At least, the 7th should have been redrawn to keep it in play as a swing district. "Extra" Democrats were squeezed into Donald Payne's super-safe, convoluted district just to give a freshman Congressman named Ferguson an easy ride. Now it seems outrageous. (In contrast, Massachusetts has ten districts held by ten Democrats, & the state is not nearly that skewed in fact.) But I suppose we'll lose a seat in the next census anyway.
