Barnyard - The Original party Animals (Full Screen Edition) Moo-ve over, all you pretenders … here are the original party animals - the critters of Barnyard! This laugh-filled, tuneful animated adventure stars Otis (voiced by Kevin James), a carefree party cow. To the consternation of his respected father Ben (voiced by Sam Elliott), Otis is happy to spend his days singing, dancing and playing tricks on humans. But all good things must come to an end, and when Otis is suddenly forced into his father’s position of responsibility, the animal antics multiply as he struggles to find the courage and talent to be a true leader. Wild, wacky and “udderly” hilarious, here’s a herd of animated pranksters that’ll keep you laughing out loud!
Customer Review: party Animals Fall Flat
Though heavy on star power
This one runs out of steam
In many parts it just rips off
“The Lion King” in theme

Respected father rules the roost
Unworthy son’s buck wild
This is another one where fate
Must tame a problem child

Animals walk upright
When humans aren’t in sight
They love a swingin’ hoedown
And can party through the night

Coyotes in the hen house
Steers start riding Hogs
Other than a few sight gags
This one goes to the dogs

It should’ve been “Made for TV”
A plot without a rudder
Just seeing all those “teated” steers
Induced a spinal shudder

The soundtrack is the only thing
That keeps this movie going
Change the channel right away
If you see this one showing

Amanda Richards, December 25, 2006

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Preventing Opposition to War
by Sheldon Richman The idea, discussed by me and others, that it is good that most Americans are not directly touched by the President Bush’s wars is of course not the whole story. Our rulers could have forced us to be more involved. They could have passed a special war tax, launched a high-profile “Buy War Bonds” campaign, and found other ways to demand “sacrifice” in the name of patriotism and victory. They could have staged more events featuring “our brave heroes who risk everything to preserve your way of life.” They even could have started conscription if only for symbolic reasons. But our misleaders have not done any of this. Why not? To understand, we need to think about the nature of war as a political instrument - for at its core, that is what it is. In a lecture last year Prof. Joseph Salerno of Pace University pointed out that war is a device by which a ruling class not only expands its power and access to wealth, but also distracts the domestic population from the exploitation perpetrated by its government. The welfare-warfare state does not exist primarily to serve and protect “its” people. It does those things to some extent, of course, but only for the same reason the giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk” fed the goose that laid the golden eggs: to sustain the exploitation as long as possible. No, in its primary role the welfare-warfare state is a grand scheme to enable a ruling class, through its complex bureaucracy and ideological smokescreens, to transfer wealth from the industrious classes to itself. This system deceives and compels the taxpaying producers to support a tax-consuming aristocracy, which includes the bureaucracy and corporations that exist on government contracts.

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