Here's the thing. There was a report on the CBC today, or was it yesterday. Yesterday or today, there was a report that warranted the attention of all CBC listeners. George Clooney was scolding some nobodies at the UN about sending a bunch of troops to Sudan. It went something like that. Who can remember these things? Anyways, this speech was so important that the CBC actually felt compelled to broadcast Clooney's huskey, soothing voice righteously pontificating geopolitical wisdom. Thanks, CBC.

Clooney acted in the Coen Brother's movies, O' Brother Where art Thou and Intolerable Cruelty. He was cast perfectly as a vain and shallow escaped con in the former and a vain and shallow divorce lawyer in the latter. The Coen Brothers also made The Big Lebowski. I always thought of it as a take-off on L.A. noir movies like China Town or The Big Sleep.

Some memorable lines:

The Dude: Look, we all know who is at fault here, what the fuck are you talking about?

Walter: No, what the fuck are you... I'm not... We're talking about unchecked aggression here, dude.

Donny: What the fuck is he talking about?

The Dude: My rug.

Walter: Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element!

The Dude: Walter, the chinaman who peed on my rug, I can't go give him a bill, so what the fuck are you talking about?

Walter: What the fuck are you talking about? The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

The Dude: Walter, this isn't a guy who built the fucking railroads here. This is a guy...

Walter: What the fuck are you talking about?

The Dude: Walter, he peed on my rug!

Donny: He peed on the Dude's rug.

Walter: Donny you're out of your element! Dude, the Chinaman is not the issue here!