en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/537069 Comments by DesScorp http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2012/01/27/navy-avoids-most-of-pentagons-cuts-id-give-up-a-carrier-to-keep-more-grunts-any-day/#IDComment276664834 I'd like to have another look at Elmo Zumwalt's High-Low plan: A few expensive, hyper-capable ships, with hundreds of smaller and cheaper ships to give the fleet numbers. I'd rather have 10 VSTOL carriers in the sub 20K ton range than a single 100K nuclear supercarrier that takes 7 years and $15 billion to build, and cripples the battle group if lost in combat. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:02:24 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2012/01/27/navy-avoids-most-of-pentagons-cuts-id-give-up-a-carrier-to-keep-more-grunts-any-day/#IDComment276664834 http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2012/01/27/usaf-to-cut-global-hawk-surveillance-drones-revive-50-year-old-u-2-spy-plane-program/#IDComment276661895 The U-2 is a stable, mature platform. Lockheed can make more of them. And it works on a much lower budget than the GoldenHawk ($1 to the previous poster that coined the term!) The Pentagon, like the rest of us, is going to have to learn to live on a budget. And it's time to start saying "Bye" to defense contractors that see taxpayers as a golden goose. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:57:22 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2012/01/27/usaf-to-cut-global-hawk-surveillance-drones-revive-50-year-old-u-2-spy-plane-program/#IDComment276661895 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2012/01/23/how-to-counter-the-chinese-navy-on-the-cheap/#IDComment272698764 Precisely. We're doing what Germany did in WWII: produce high tech in low numbers. Our weapons shouldn't be dirt simple, but they should be cheap enough to build in mass quantities. We can't afford to lose a single carrier because they take so long to build. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:49:37 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2012/01/23/how-to-counter-the-chinese-navy-on-the-cheap/#IDComment272698764 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/16/karma-actors-quick-to-mock-gop-as-dumb-embarrass-themselves-at-golden-globes/#IDComment266260834 Depp didn't just mock Republicans, Depp openly mocked the United States in an interview a few years back, about how grateful he was for "getting out" and living in France, and how he'd never raise his kids in the states. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:37:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/16/karma-actors-quick-to-mock-gop-as-dumb-embarrass-themselves-at-golden-globes/#IDComment266260834 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/01/bono-praises-george-w-bush-shocks-jon-stewart/#IDComment231518040 I'm not a defender of Bono's politics, but really, you're going to condemn the man for taking (legal) steps to keep his tax burden low? Seriously? Isn't that one of the things that makes us conservative? If you want to blame someone for US tax dollars going to his charities, don't blame him. All he can do is ask. Blame your government. They're the ones giving. Fri, 2 Dec 2011 06:27:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/01/bono-praises-george-w-bush-shocks-jon-stewart/#IDComment231518040 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-on-occupy-wall-street-its-beautiful-to-see/#IDComment225460252 "Week and feeble minded" Takes one to, well, you know "You are all tools in a divide and conquer strategy" And you're just a tool. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:53:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-on-occupy-wall-street-its-beautiful-to-see/#IDComment225460252 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-on-occupy-wall-street-its-beautiful-to-see/#IDComment225459669 But hey, by all means, let's pay to see movies with this guy in it and fill his ilk's pockets with our cash. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:51:54 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-on-occupy-wall-street-its-beautiful-to-see/#IDComment225459669 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/reasontv/2011/11/19/mtv-vj-and-radio-host-kennedy-on-marijuana-the-politics-of-alt-rock-and-becoming-libertarian/#IDComment224497270 Exactly. Kennedy is what every other Libertarian is: a liberal that doesn't like paying taxes. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:41:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/reasontv/2011/11/19/mtv-vj-and-radio-host-kennedy-on-marijuana-the-politics-of-alt-rock-and-becoming-libertarian/#IDComment224497270 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/reasontv/2011/11/19/mtv-vj-and-radio-host-kennedy-on-marijuana-the-politics-of-alt-rock-and-becoming-libertarian/#IDComment224495740 Or maybe conservatives far outnumber libertarians, as pretty much every poll confirms. If you want a quota system, they'll love you over at Daily Kos. In fact, with your "hateful wing" stuff, you'd probably be more comfortable over there anyway. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:35:42 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/reasontv/2011/11/19/mtv-vj-and-radio-host-kennedy-on-marijuana-the-politics-of-alt-rock-and-becoming-libertarian/#IDComment224495740 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2011/11/14/frank-millers-occupy-critique-breaks-ranks-with-comic-book-nation/#IDComment222086287 "The criminal rich have won again". Seriously, buy a ticket to North Korea and move there. If you hate business and markets and capitalism so badly, just get the hell out. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:56:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2011/11/14/frank-millers-occupy-critique-breaks-ranks-with-comic-book-nation/#IDComment222086287 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2011/11/14/frank-millers-occupy-critique-breaks-ranks-with-comic-book-nation/#IDComment222084157 I'd have to argue that Miller's Dark Knight WAS kind of leftist-anarchist. He had Daredevil as an anti-nuclear advocate in the 80's. Miller was very much part of that anti-right wave back then. But even some leftists can change. Witness George Orwell's repudiation of the Soviet Union after he saw the results of the purges. By Miller's own admission, what changed him... his Road to Damascus moment... was 9-11. He's a different man than he was in his youth. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:50:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2011/11/14/frank-millers-occupy-critique-breaks-ranks-with-comic-book-nation/#IDComment222084157 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2011/11/14/frank-millers-occupy-critique-breaks-ranks-with-comic-book-nation/#IDComment222082560 Getting ripped by the craptacular author of The Postman is a badge of honor. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:46:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2011/11/14/frank-millers-occupy-critique-breaks-ranks-with-comic-book-nation/#IDComment222082560 http://biggovernment.com/eagtv/2011/11/08/chicago-labor-board-fights-longer-school-days-says-extra-effort-to-educate-kids-causes-irreparable-harm-for-teachers-union/#IDComment219059428 I hate to agree with the teacher's union, but they're right: sitting in a classroom sucks, kids hate it, and keeping them there even longer isn't going to improve anything. I've never understood this push from some conservatives to lengthen the time kids spend in an environment that they absolutely loathe. Wed, 9 Nov 2011 03:04:55 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/eagtv/2011/11/08/chicago-labor-board-fights-longer-school-days-says-extra-effort-to-educate-kids-causes-irreparable-harm-for-teachers-union/#IDComment219059428 http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/10/22/will-the-nuclear-triad-become-a-nuclear-biad-does-it-matter/#IDComment211188617 Without a doubt, we should have eliminated aircraft from the triad years ago. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:04:03 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/10/22/will-the-nuclear-triad-become-a-nuclear-biad-does-it-matter/#IDComment211188617 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/30/morning-call-sheet-a-new-james-bond-my-life-is-a-sitcom-and-happy-friday/#IDComment201532131 The only way this works... a black guy as Bond... is if it's revealed the "James Bond" is a name assigned to whoever 007 is at the moment by MI6... a kind of tradition... and that there have been many Bonds over the years. Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:21:48 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/30/morning-call-sheet-a-new-james-bond-my-life-is-a-sitcom-and-happy-friday/#IDComment201532131 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/29/warner-bros-courts-spielberg-for-story-of-moses/#IDComment201094167 Either John is right and it'll become one horrid moral equivalence story, or worse, the Egyptians will be portrayed as analogs to modern Republicans. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:20:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/29/warner-bros-courts-spielberg-for-story-of-moses/#IDComment201094167 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/moviecriticassassins/2011/09/03/box-office-predictions-the-help-slips-apollo-18-takes-flight-mirren-could-be-mugged-by-apes/#IDComment189507592 Where am I lying? I said she "may well". So not only can you not speak and type, you're apparently too stupid for basic reading comprehension. Sat, 3 Sep 2011 23:24:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/moviecriticassassins/2011/09/03/box-office-predictions-the-help-slips-apollo-18-takes-flight-mirren-could-be-mugged-by-apes/#IDComment189507592 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/moviecriticassassins/2011/09/03/box-office-predictions-the-help-slips-apollo-18-takes-flight-mirren-could-be-mugged-by-apes/#IDComment189471397 Are you "Peggy" from those Discover Card commercials? Sat, 3 Sep 2011 20:34:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/moviecriticassassins/2011/09/03/box-office-predictions-the-help-slips-apollo-18-takes-flight-mirren-could-be-mugged-by-apes/#IDComment189471397 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/02/newsday-coms-racist-homophobic-postings-mock-chaz-bono-call-obama-a-knuckle-dragger/#IDComment189394621 When did Big Hollywood morph into Daily Kos? Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:19:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/09/02/newsday-coms-racist-homophobic-postings-mock-chaz-bono-call-obama-a-knuckle-dragger/#IDComment189394621 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/moviecriticassassins/2011/09/03/box-office-predictions-the-help-slips-apollo-18-takes-flight-mirren-could-be-mugged-by-apes/#IDComment189393878 Zoe Soldana may well blame Columbiana's lackluster sales on racism. She's been blaming a lot of other things on racism lately. Why not the poor performance of her movie too? Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:16:30 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/moviecriticassassins/2011/09/03/box-office-predictions-the-help-slips-apollo-18-takes-flight-mirren-could-be-mugged-by-apes/#IDComment189393878