I checked out The Big Lebowski's IMDB page and came across this amusing bit. You would think such a classic masterpiece would win many awards and nominations, but that was hardly the case. I suppose it has a cult following of its own, but its appeal in the mainstream may not be that great. May be it had tough competition that year. Fortunately, it did win the Best Foreign Film award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics. That got me thinking if the numerous mentions of The Dude's favorite drink, the white Russian had any bearing on the film winning the Russian award.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I heard this statement quite a bit lately particularly in light of the sub-prime mortgage and general housing crisis in the US. The country has enjoyed significant economic prosperity and both Clinton and Bush boasted economic growth under their reign. Unfortunately, the beneficiaries of the economic boom are not people from all economic backgrounds, but rather the top 10%. To make things worse, Bush gave tax cuts mainly targeting the top 10%. Being more of a numbers guy, I always wanted showing the validity of the-rich-get-richer-n-the-poor-get-poorer statement. Thanks to Wikipedia , I have finally found it!! Both the mean and median net worth of families for the bottom 50% of the population has remained absolutely flat while the 75th-90th percentile see a decent growth and the top 10% enjoy the most appreciation on their net worth. So, if you factor in inflation, the-rich-get-richer-n-the-poor-get-poorer probably holds true. The g...
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