"The Goats Who Stare At Men"

You may remember "The Men Who Stare At Goats" as it was one of the movies in which George Clooney wanted to show he could be at least as bad as Arnold Schwarzenegger as an actor.  The premise was psionic powers could be harnessed for military applications and it's possible to kill a goat by staring at it.  However, the movie, in keeping with its many other inadequacies, did not have anything to say about what happens when goats stare back.

When goats stare back at men, it's not, apparently, with thoughts of death but rather something altogether different.  Something we observe is our subject was willing to take off his shoes for Allah but not his goat.  Maybe this is something one can only understand after going to Mecca.

Note:  we do not know if there are any goats in Mecca but, judging by the picture, we suspect there are many.

الله أكبر

(Arabic for 'Goats are great')


There was another movie based on a premise of psionic powers for military purposes and this gave us the co-winner for the Worst Indiana Jones movie in the "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" which ties with "The Temple of Doom."  Even Cate Blanchett's considerable psionic powers could not save the Crystal Skull and nothing could have saved the Temple of Doom.