Much excitement from our senior editor's corner of the office at the forthcoming action flick The Expendables [2]. Fine -- although he might not agree with the politics of the film's co-star, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I came from a socialistic country where the government controls the economy. It's a place where you can hear 18-year-old kids talking about their pension. But me, I wanted more. I wanted to be the best. Individualism like that is incompatible with socialism. So I felt I had to come to America.