The Heavy Price To Pay

OK folks, it's been a week since last week's 24 so if you don't want any spoilers stop reading now. I am about to let out some...information...and I don't need you yelling at me cause of your lazy asses. You ready, everyone here who wants to be? Good. Now then I want to discuss the price President Palmer had to pay to get Jack out and the role Audrey may or may not have had in it.

We learned that Audrey "died" in China looking for Jack. They asked for her DNA to check the corpse and all that entails. Is it possible Wayne Palmer gave them her location or something of that matter to get Jack Bauer back? Perhaps, but then again this isn't your normal run of the mill show, there's always something else going on as well.

Some theorize that the true big bad behind everything the last few years is that James Heller, friend to Jack father of Jack's latest lady is the true man behind the Blue Tooth Group, Jack's father, Logan, etc etc etc. No one really knows this, but he would be the man behind the curtain behind the man behind the curtain. So getting his daughter in exchange for Jack would be quite the coup and she would gladly give her life for Jack. We all know though that Audrey isn't dead, that's too easy.

The following are some theories of what Wayne may have given up to get Jack back...
1.Kim Bauer, Behrooz, and the radioactive corpse of George Mason, and a player to be named later

2.Randy Moss and Manny Ramirez in exchange for Jack Bauer and Jet Li.

3.The DNA of Shaq to continue building the upgrade to the Yao Ming T-1100 Model.

4.The assurance that they will not retaliate if they decide to invade Japan and the head of John the Baptist.

5. He gave them a a slayer and a the remains of a browncoat.

I know you have theories, and I'd love to hear them all. We all know Audrey isn't dead, more then likely her father picked her up just before she found Jack's location, staged her death and some other price has been given. Perhaps they have a number of political prisoners in the US? Maybe we hand Afghanistan over to them, or just look the other way as they dominate Asia?

That many possibilities, anyone else have any thoughts on the matter?

One steps from the shadows

Last night on 24 we saw someone finally "put all his cards on the table", that of course being the Clint Howard of Jack Bauer, Graem. He finally began to show the man we've seen before this season and doesn't appear to be acting anymore around his family. Which, although we are very saddened that Donald isn't playing Jack's father, the decision to have James Cromwell to play his father is genius. I have always been a fan of his work and it's nice to see 24 grab an actor who is famous but not that famous. I think he is a great addition to the show and we will really dig into Jack's family life and find out how he turned into the Batman without a Cape and Cowl.


Courtesy of The New York Times:

President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy.

In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to supervise the development of rules and documents providing guidance to regulated industries. The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency to analyze the costs and the benefits of new rules and to make sure the agencies carry out the president’s priorities.

This strengthens the hand of the White House in shaping rules that have, in the past, often been generated by civil servants and scientific experts. It suggests that the administration still has ways to exert its power after the takeover of Congress by the Democrats.

The White House said the executive order was not meant to rein in any one agency. But business executives and consumer advocates said the administration was particularly concerned about rules and guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Yes, it is that kind of thing about the signing statements and the like that scare the ever living shit out of me, and should scare the Republican minority cause if the trend continues they won't have the oval office or Congress in 2008 and there will be nothing to stop the Democrats from instituting their "Un-American" values.

I have to go to a farewell luncheon today, I shall have more once I return.