OSCARS.CBS 01/25/05 8:42 AM-DLR   1:25
Must we see all these movies?  This is Dave Ross on the CBS Radio Network.   Sponsored by Posture D, calcium plus phosphorous for healthy bones.  Posture D in the Orange box.
The Oscar nominations are out - instantly dividing America into two countries - those who've seen the films that everybody is talking about and those who picked wrong and have nothing to say.
Some of us have a lot of catching up to do.  Because we want to be culturally literate; and in America, film is the most celebrated form of culture.  Because film is uniquely able to create utterly-convincing illusions.  Unfortunately, the only nominee I've seen so far is "The Incredibles."
Everything else sounded too depressing.   For $8.50 ... I want to leave HAPPY.
But it doesn't matter - you've got to see them all.
Although, why pay good money to be subjected to illusions on the screen - when we're getting' it free everyday?
I was just running down the list of new stories ...   
Elections in Iraq; six days away.   But ARE they really elections?  Can you have an election when there's a war on?  Who knows?
Today the Senate is holding a vigorous debate over whether Condoleezza Rice should be Secretary of State.  Yet we all know she's guaranteed to be confirmed.  So is this a REAL debate, or not?  Who knows?
Last week the President gave an inaugural address where he appeared to be launching a new world-wide crusade for democracy, but the next day, his aides were telling reporters, NO, he didn't mean to announce a new policy, it was just the same old policy, just with scarier words.
It's ALL an illusion!   All I know for sure is that Howard Hughes ... looks JUST like that nice Leonardo DiCaprio.  Now this.
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