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BY MZ. MANNERS, VIGILANTE GUERILLA

If you're in trouble and no one else can help, you might as well contact us here at a2ethics.org. The A-Team returns to the cultural slopbucket, part of a delicious trough of strange summer entertainment. A group of veterans who are part of an elite unit go underground, become a mean, clever band of vigilante pranksters, and solve the major problems in society. The A-Team, ethically speaking, is problematic.

By BARCODE 2x

The new Robin Hood is released this weekend, and he takes on a broader political agenda that will satisfy a very divided audience base. In Ridley Scott's new telling of the old British vigilante's beginnings, Robin Hood is less interested in robbing the rich and giving to the poor than he is in alleviating tax burdens. Is this the changing face of vigilantism?

We already know what happens after bursting housing bubbles.  And, we have heard more than we want to about "there being enough blame to go around" for the financial collapse and its accompanying ethical lapses. Further, even though those who should have seen it still cling to the "no one saw it coming" defense, we now know that bubbles DO burst.  Even ethics bubbles. In hindsight.

Music video director Marc Klasfeld has released a controversial new YouTube video depicting a phony school play based on Al Pacino's Scarface. In the video, young children under the age of 10 are shockingly depicted in a famous scene from the 1980s film, in which Michelle Pfeiffer confronts Al Pacino's Cuban gangster crimelord.

By MIZ MANNERS, THE SLEDGEHAMMER OF BLOGS

We can't deny the impact that the Star Wars films have had on our culture. It formed a foundation for much popular entertainment for generations. I'm here to rock the foundation.

After re-watching the films recently, I have determined that the racist, sexist galaxy that they live in is nowhere I want to be.

By BARTON BUND

At one point, it is possible that Linda Yohn of WEMU 89.1 FM told me to put a dog leash on her. We were discussing the WEMU dog leash you could receive for your donation of $100, and somehow we stumbled into some territory. It didn't even occur to me at the time, but friends asked me about it later.

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