For the last 6 months or so, whenever I wanted to see a big movie release, I got some sort of flak from Mcpheezy about me wanting to see the movie at the Arclight Theaters. For those of you who don’t live in Los Angeles, the Arclight was designed as “…a complete movie going experience.” With perks such large, comfortable seats, reserved seating, decent food, and digital projectors. Throw in a membership option and special, members-only events (sometimes including guest speakers), and it sounds like exactly the kind of place a Republican elitist would love, but it seemed McPheezy wasn’t feeling it.

In reality, the Arclight ended up being more like the Cheesecake Factory of movie theaters - neither is as exclusive as they make themselves out to be. Sure, the Arclight is more expensive, but (much like the Cheesecake Factory) the cost isn’t prohibitive and (again, like the Cheesecake Factory) it’s generally worth the price increase to an average joe. For 7 years it’s been the top of the theatre food-chain and I’ve been more than satisfied. Enter Muvico.

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I have maintained for some time now that Bush will readily be regarded as the worst president in American history. I mentioned this to my room mate and, being a history major, he was quick to spit out the “We’ll never know” & “Future generations are the only ones who can make that determination” lines, but I’ve always felt that such statements are gutless. Certainly historians in the future will have their own take on what happened now, but can any historian actually tell me what it was like to live in Rome during the reign of Julies Ceasar? Can they know what it felt like to be a citizen during the American revolutionary war? No.

150 years from now, historians may have more facts about Bush’s presidency (assuming Cheney doesn’t have everything shredded), but they will be no more qualified to evaluate Bush’s failures than I am right now - and I’m willing to say he’s failed monumentally.

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