Monday, February 23, 2009

Public Enemies at the Oscars - LIFT OFF!

Here is the post Oscars PE Clip and for all of you that don't want to look at a video at work - spend 1.5 seconds on the photos below. Total time is 10 seconds. I believe we have Columbus, Oshkosh, Poser House, LA Race Track.

The photos were taken off the TV with a hand held camera at 11:00 at night on the spur of the moment so the quality is rather dubious.



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Another good montage was this one.

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Anchor Bank Quagmire

We have all seen the empty Anchor Bank sitting next to City Hall but few people know the real story so since I’m the guy that is not afraid to tell the truthiness , he it is as I know it.

A few years ago the Anchor Bank had decided it wanted a new building and were all set to demo the old. But the random people in charge that particular 2 years in the Columbus revolving door policy of Columbus politics thought that would be a sweet building to have next to the City Hall.

The building was needed to store over 400 shovels they had been acquiring over the last few years.

After many meetings Anchor Bank said the City could buy it for a handful of beads and trinkets as long as they moved it off the current site. Just sign this 1000 page document and don’t bother reading all that fine print.

So the City, instead of taking bids from the many surrounding companies decided to move it themselves and save money – would could possible go wrong.

The move went well and as all the proud city fathers looked at their new building and they approached the beautiful brown brink building and they realize something was horribly wrong.

Every time they got close to the door their knees would hurt and they would come up short. They looked and looked and could not see a reason until an outside attorney was hired for $35,000 and after a month he came back with the findings that there were no stairs.


Well, that was an easy fix so there was an emergency meeting of the City Council and it was decided that stairs would be needed to enter the building.

But there was a problem. As they enter talks with Anchor Bank that small print that was missed stated that the original stairs were an additional $100,000. That was ridicules, Steve Black of Red Bud Home Services could make stairs for half that price.

After more deliberation they approached Black who said he would make stairs for $50,000 IF the City provided the lumber. Well, now there was a problem as where would they buy lumber?

And there would be even more of a problem which would put this entire project in limbo for years.

A group of prominent yet secretive citizens came forward saying Mr. Black could NOT make stairs because they would not be the original. To keep the historic integrity of downtown Columbus they MUST use the original stairs.

For the past six years there have been votes and half the City Council votes "original" and the other half vote "new". Recently they voted on whether to have the citizens of Columbus vote and if there is a vote they will then vote to see if they will follow the citizen vote or go against the vote.

MEANWHILE the website TruthinessInColumbusPolitics dot com has reported that Nancy Osterhaus is refusing to donate her stairs from her house to help the city.

Now with no place to store the 400 shovels the entire Fire Department has been fired and replaced with the 4th Grade Safety Patrol. One anonymous insider was heard saying "Those little tikes can really get into small places and we don't have to pay them people very much, it is a good business move and that is what Columbus needs, better business sense. "DO THE RIGHT THING!" It is also rumored that City Hall will be replaced with a call center from India. It just makes better business sense and will save tax payers money in the long run.

So there the building sits, in limbo.

Perhaps next time I'll dig up the real truth about that big gray wood building that used to be NEXT to city hall but again, was moved at great expense to the OTHER corner of the block.
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OK - I'll have more later today. Taking DJ to get some stitches out this morning.


Cheers

Rod





29 comments:

  1. Great show last night! Loved it all and the little trailer for PE was the icing on the cake!
    Love your story about the former Anchor Bank building- too funny! I think we need a referendum on what to do with it!

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  2. you know...we don't have a Columbus History Museum.....

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  3. I just re-read that funny thing- and I've decided you are the Bill Maher of Columbus!!! Politically Incorrect!!! Love it!!!!

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  4. Yeah, I think the new muckraking Rod is a keeper. He totally rocks that groove. Bring it Columbus Royko!

    And a huge tip of the hat to whoever is behind the Truthiness site-- I believe it has been since a previous geological era since I have actually LAUGHED IN THE MORNING. Hard. Brilliant stuff.

    Wonderful PE clip! Glad I stayed up for it! Let the buzz begin in earnest!

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  5. I just saw a clip on TV were Ryan Seacrest is interviewing Marion C on the red carpet and she mentioned Johnny Depp, Public Enemies and Micheal Mann! It was nice. Can't wait to see the full trailer!

    Char

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  6. I was so excited to see the Public Enemies clip at the end of the show last night.(Thanks for the tip on here to stay tuned...) I told my husband that even though I had seen most of the clip either in life or in still pictures, it was exciting to see the preview on TV, moving, and knowing that others (not in WI or main filming locations) were also seeing what we have been so excited about.

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  7. Great blog. It is really fun to see the movie start coming to life. Seems almost impossible to accomplish what they did in 12 months. I hope they didn't make any mistakes. It sure seems to me they rushed that movie along too fast. They really should have thought about it longer. I wonder if they really discussed it thoroughly before they started it?

    I'm concerned.

    I think they shouldn't scrap it and start over. Maybe a movie about Gumby would be better. Better call a meeting at City Hall.

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  8. Great Blog!!!

    How amazing to finally see something on TV!!!
    Thank's for the clips!!


    I still say write in!
    Grinder For Mayor!!



    So on another note.
    I need some help!
    * Does anyone know how to fix a laptop that the #1 button is stuck,it will just go crazy and put 1's across the board..
    and makes a weird sound when it does it..
    Can anyone help?

    Have a Great Monday!

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  9. ROFLMFAO!!!

    Ewww... Grinder is going to get in trouble!!!

    GRINDER
    FOR
    MAYOR!!!

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  10. OMG. I saw the PE sneak peek last night and saved it on my TIVO. I must have watched it 10 times in slow-mo before I went to bed. I was so excited I could barely sleep. And then I watched it again this morning! Johnny looked sooooo HOT!!!!!! I can't WAIT FOR THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. Oh-oh Rod!

    If you go to the truth in columbus politics website and click the January & February newsletters - it links to your blog!

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  12. You mean the
    TruthinessInColumbusPolitics

    not the

    TruthInColumbusPolitics

    I don't know how that got there.

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  13. Missed something earlier.

    DJ... stitches? Owwie. Hope twasn't a big deal, hon!

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  14. Let's see,
    Black jack
    poker
    Movies
    Beer
    Politics.

    Hmm. Can anyone guess what's next?

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  15. **Anon says:
    Let's see,
    Black jack
    poker
    Movies
    Beer
    Politics.

    Hmm. Can anyone guess what's next?





    Grinder for Mayor!

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  16. Just in case anyone missed it- here's the link to watch the mini- trailer of "PE" they showed after the Academy Awards last night. SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!

    http://movieblips.dailyradar.com/video/academy_awards_2009_movies_preview/

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  17. Sorry, don't know why it got cut off- gonna try this again.
    http:
    //movieblips.dailyradar.com/video/
    academy_awards_2009_movies_preview/

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  18. Don't get me started on the WONDERFUL weekend in poker!! I actually have to blog on the poker blog now!

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  19. Great to see PE finally!!! Was so excited when they showed it last night!!

    Thanks for the pics Rod! Awesome!

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  20. HA - the Truthiness in Columbus Politics page is hilarious!

    Keep up the good work.

    Grinder for Mayor.

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  21. The bathtub scene wasn't filmed at Poser. This must be from a scene with Johnny and Marion...at the hotel, perhaps?

    So excited for the trailer!!

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  22. WOW - Who's and todd - two of my favorite people - My job here is done - the angles got his wings.

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  23. Hey, I didn't hear the bell ring...just say'n...

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  24. I've been hearing ringing in my ears.

    GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM,GFM...

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  25. Public Enemies at the Oscars - LIFT OFF!.....


    ___________________
    Julie
    "BEST PRICE for the BEST ENTERTAINMENT"

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  26. Thanks for your nice article........

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    Julie
    "BEST PRICE for the BEST ENTERTAINMENT"

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