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Basically, I needed to let the five of your who read this know how much I loved this trailer.  I’ve seen so many trailers that most don’t do anything for me at this point, but my jaw dropped at the point where Harry tells Voldemort, “C’mon, Tom.  Let’s finish this the way we started it.  Together!” and then throws both of them into an abyss.  First off, I love that Harry calls Voldemort, “Tom”.  And while I haven’t read the book since it came out, I’m pretty sure there’s not a scene of Harry throwing himself and Voldemort off a cliff, but the producers have already stated that they’ve drawn out the battle between the two.  The only thing I don’t like about the trailer is the end: “Complete the Journey in 3D”.  I’d rather complete it in 2D.  I like 2D.  2D works.  Post-converted 3D (which is what Deathly Hallows – Part 2 will be) tends to look like garbage.

Yes, the trailer is kind of spoilery if you haven’t read the book (they even show a major character death!), but I’ve read the book so I don’t care!  Enjoy!

I will not be inviting former House Majority Leader-cum-lobbyist Dick Armey to my home any time soon.  Armey appeared on last night’s The Daily Show and obviously there were going to be disagreements between him and Jon Stewart.  However, Stewart has shown that he is perfectly happy to have on guests who disagree with him.  Bill Kristol, Mike Huckabee, and (before he sold-out every belief he had), John McCain have all been repeat guests on the show.  The problem comes if there’s a guest who doesn’t respect the forum or Stewart.  The brilliant and gifted comedian does not abide rudeness.

Dick Armey wasted no time in getting there.  While he brought Stewart a nice hat, Armey–not even one minute into the interview–said that the hat would make Stewart smarter.  He followed up that gem by telling Stewart, “When I’m here saying ‘You’re all horse and no cattle,’ at least I know you’ll got the hat.”  So in less than two minutes, Armey has insulted the intelligence of his host twice.  It’s one thing to go in preparing for a war of words.  It’s another to treat your opponent like he doesn’t have a chance of winning.

And Stewart manages to keep his calm for almost a good 12 minutes of the 20-minute interview.  And then he not only takes down Armey’s “tyranny” argument with a couple sentences, and then calls Armey on his opportunistic bullshit.  Jon Stewart knows his stuff.  Armey should have known that before he stepped into Stewart’s house.  Watch the full interview below.

This is a strong special comment except for two things:

1) The rhetorical shortcut of using Pastor Martin Niemoller’s famous quote.

2) Not criticizing Obama for his back-peddling on the issue.  Obama first came out and made a strong stance supporting the cultural center.  Then, realizing he had made a strong stance, instantly retreated to a middling position and questioned the wisdom of building the center “near” Ground Zero.  And I would take the Obama Administration’s advice on wisdom like I would take driving tips from Stevie Wonder.