I'm so happy about GOP presidential hopeful (and master crap marketer) Herman Cain's "9-9-9" tax scheme. It's made this Friday Double so much easier to compose than usual. Thanks, Pizza Guy!
Leave aside the fact that even other Republicans hate 9-9-9; just note that it might have been stolen from a video game. One of Cain's rivals, Michele "Corn Dog" Bachmann, even poked fun at his plan by insinuating a connection to the number 666, that well known symbol of the Antichrist.
Naturally, then, my first selection today comes from Omen III: The Final Conflict. This 1981 mess was (fortunately) the last* of the Omen movies, which centered on one Damien Thorn, who is meant to be Antichrist. This selection contains both the main title and a second track ("The Second Coming"). Combinations like this aren't uncommon in modern films, but Jerry Goldsmith made it a habit.
I could have picked the better known "Ave Satani" from the first Omen movie, which Goldsmith also penned. Since Herman Cain is running for President, just like Damien Thorn did, this choice made better sense.
The best thing about Cain's 9-9-9 scheme is that it's so easy to mock. The folks over at Stephanie Miller's talk-radio show have taken to calling it "Nein! Nein! Nein!" and that inspired me to come up with another renaming: "Plan 999 from Outer Space."
Oh, well. I might as well just give you the theme to the classic Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959). I'm not sure who wrote it. Wikipedia credits someone named Frank Worth, but IMDB claims that it's Emil Asher, who didn't get the credit. Neither man sported a long film résumé.
On the other hand, I could just follow the lead of these stupid birds from Finding Nemo (2003) and just call Cain's scheme the "Mine! Mine! Mine!" plan.
It's at least as stupid as those birds.
*There was a 2006 remake of the first Omen movie. It was so forgettable, I forgot about it.
2 comments:
Mine! Mine! Mine! is a stroke of genius.
Thanks, Matty. Just ripping material off from the best.
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