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If only graffiti had spell-check

I found this (Bean Counter, 7.2.08) completely hilarious. A few kids—intelligent, literate ones, obviously—do thousands of dollars in damage to get their point across that "Oboma smoks crack." Although I'm not as intelligent as these kids—I don't know who Oboma is, I have yet to find out how to "smok"—I do know that if Obama's smoking crack, it must be some pretty damn good stuff, 'cause no $20 street shit can put policies like his in your head. What I found even more entertaining is that these kids are Hillary fans. That's the best part.

Yes We Can,

MIKE

BRAINTREE

Plus two for Paul!

Is it just me, or does this week's Bean Counter (7.2.08) total plus 2, not even? Things are bad enough without missing the rare positive week!!!

PAUL

VIA EMAIL

Why aren't black and white films more colorful?

You make absolutely no sense. Wanted (movies, 6.25.08) was adapted from a graphic novel and yet you have qualms about its adherence to realism? I just really don't know how to respond to that besides, "WTF?"

I won't argue with you about whether it's a fine work of art or will be taught in college film classes (it won't), but it's a movie about super-assassins who started out as weavers. How much realism were you looking for exactly? And what kind of action movie would it be if every single thing in it was possible or even plausible in real life? I'm fairly sure that the great action movies of our youth were not exactly the most realistic films either. You sound like one of those pretentious film snobs who is incapable of enjoying a movie that is less meaningful than something Criterion would select. Live a little.

ANONYMOUS

VIA INTERWEB

The anti-drug

I was astonished to read that a Narconon representative managed to weasel into this otherwise good article about decriminalization laws (Feature, 7.2.08). The author describes Narconon as "a Scientologist-run nonprofit drug rehabilitation program." In the sense that Narconon has no shareholders, this is true. They do, however, demand up to $30,000 for their unscientific, disproven and potentially dangerous treatment.

The concept of a "gateway drug" has been pretty much discarded by drug rehab professionals, as has treatment with toxic doses of vitamins and long hours in a sauna heated well in excess of what is recommended for safety, yet these are core elements of the Narconon "treatment." Surely there are more legitimate programs available from which the writer could have acquired a more educated view on decriminalizing marijuana!

ANONYMOUS

VIA INTERNET