Less's Comments

Big Hollywood : Is 'The Walking Dead' Terminal? Yes. Because It's Stupid.

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:20:17 +0000

I've figured out a way to acknowledge the TSTL (too stupid to live) issues and still enjoy the show: When the Zombie Apocalypse began, the military, law enforcement, and all rational strong warrior types (Tea Party, hunters, etc) went forward into battle to save humanity. We all eventually died or became the Zombies. Those that remain were the comatose, or the chickens hiding in mommy's basement. These survivors ARE the idiots who survived by accident not by strength and guile. This story is exploring the question of whether the idiots have it in them to "get smart" before they all die. Sure, it's a stretch, but I really want to like this show, and this is the only way I can.

Big Hollywood : Scripted Showrunners: Reality TV Means the 'End of Civilization'

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:59:04 +0000

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!! I couldn't get past the first line of this article. Mr. Nolte, please change "loath" to "loathe". I have seen it wrong SO many times recently, and wrong in both directions. People being loathe to change something that they loath. You've always seemed intelligent to me, and I'm going to assume that your typo is a function of writing quickly for blog publication, and over-reliance on spell check that doesn't verify usage. Those other places - well, I just assume those folks are idiots trying to use big words to make themselves look smart. OK, rant over.

Big Peace : Army Survey: 1 in 5 Officers Are 'Toxic And Unethical'; Many Need To Be 'Removed From Command'

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:50:27 +0000

Exactly my question. The Army is a HUGE Organization. The officers are "middle and upper management" but since it's a "government corporation" the typical mechanisms that a corporation has for restructuring and modifying its culture, etc, are not available to it. So...yeah, not a surprise that the number is so high, I'm guessing it's maybe LOWER than other federal departments, but higher than public corporations, just a gut feeling. However, it's not acceptable, and I applaud the Army for publishing those results and there must be sustained effort to improve the officer class. As my nephew is a newly minted 2LT, I kinda hope for better! Oh, and "10 years of continuous operations has strained us", well, ok, yeah, sure. But...aren't "operations" sort of the thing that the Army is supposed to do? Sort of like saying that for 10 years we've been making widgets non-stop?

Big Hollywood : How BigGovernment.com and FreedomWorks Took Down the Voice of Geico

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:27:26 +0000

Yeah, as far as real money and being a real customer goes, I'm 100% USAA, but that Geico Gecko is a charmer.

Big Government : World War II Was Not the Quintessential Keynesian Miracle

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:11:04 +0000

Hey! It's just a 40!!! Don't tase me, bro!

If it was a CFL it would still be warming up.

Big Government : World War II Was Not the Quintessential Keynesian Miracle

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:57:12 +0000

As soon as I saw that the dude (Abrams) didn't know the difference between loath and loathe, I realized he was an idiot. But the main point - all my life I've been taught that FDR and WWII got us out of the Great Depression. In my gut I knew that was wrong, but couldn't explain it. This article, in a few short paragraphs, gave me the "way to explain it" - the light bulb over my head is now at about 40W. Thank you!

Big Government : Houston National Cemetery's Declaration of Independence

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:42:10 +0000

Just an FYI for you Michelle. Your Congressman, John Culberson, I guess wasn't there, but he IS on the side of religious freedom. He sent a letter to Shinseki insisting that Arleen be fired. It's on his site http://www.culbersonforcongress.com/ I just wanted to make sure that his absense wasn't taken as any kind of opposition. Glad to hear that Allen Fletcher was there! We're pretty fortunate to be represented by the kind of folks who don't NEED our calls and letters and hollering at townhalls in order to do the right thing. I'm guessing Arleen will be going on an extended leave soon,and her policy will be reversed. This is the kind of thing up with which we shall not put!

Big Hollywood : Pixar Releases Poster for Next Feature: 'Brave'

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:48:53 +0000

I got excited when I saw the poster - finally a redhead that's the protagonist rather than the villain!!!!

Big Hollywood : Trailer Talk: 'Footloose' Remake, 'Rise of the Apes'

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:00:01 +0000

Thanks for posting those extended trailers. They give me enough information about the movies that I will be able to understand the pop culture references, and perhaps even deploy a few myself, without having to actually inflict the movie upon myself. Also - completely agree about CGI - Star Trek TOS with styrofoam rocks pulls me into the story more than most modern CGI stuff. (LOTR being the exception, of course).

Big Hollywood : 'The Undefeated' Screens and Scores at Right Online Conference

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:35:44 +0000

"mother of four?" Oh no! Andrew Sullivan just fell in love with you a little bit!

Ladd Ehlinger Jr., Hyphenate : My Emails with PatriotUSA76

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:23:36 +0000

My kudos to him were just for achieving the goal, not really meaning that I approved of his tactics. I don't know whether I approve of his tactics or not, I don't have the detail, nor do I care. There are lots of things I don't care about, and DanPatriot is one of them.

Ladd Ehlinger Jr., Hyphenate : My Emails with PatriotUSA76

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:40:36 +0000

I think DanPatriot is most likely the kind of obsessive/stalkerish dude you described, working hard to expose the bad stuff that his target might do. Kudos to him. He finally found something! Paydirt! Yay! So he did what he always planned to do, expose the jerk (RAW) for what he is. Now it seems he's actually doing the smartest thing possible in service of his goal - radio silence. This thing needs a few more days to totally get Weiner exposed, and THEN the lefty media goes after DanPatriot they way we know they will. If DanPatriot were to go big and public right now, well, the story becomes all about evil TeaBagger DanPatriot and his Breitbart/Beck minions and Weiner becomes the victim.

Big Government : Weinergate: Private Investigation Will Not Do

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 02:47:10 +0000

At this point, the people MOST damaged by Weiner's refusal of a full FBI investigation are two "regular folks" or "civilians" or "little people". Weiner says he doesn't know the woman but she's getting hassled by the public, and the patriotusa dude is getting death threats. Weiner MUST send this over to the authorities for investigation so that innocent civilians can be cleared or charged. He is hurting LOTS of people with this. As well as making Twitter and YFrog seem like unsafe services, and now there's doubt as to the integrity of Congressional data.

Big Government : Security Expert: The FBI Needs to Investigate WeinerGate

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:29:57 +0000

I am really suprised that Weiner hasn't come up with a junior staffer to confess to the prank yet. Is he that arrogant that he thinks this will just go away? Is he too stupid to come up with the idea, and none of his people read conservative blogs where we've been discussing this "solution"? Is he so hated by his staff that none are willing to take the fall? It's one of these three. My money is on the first.

Big Journalism : NYMag Exposes Much About George Soros's Money Pit Media Matters

Wed, 25 May 2011 16:08:01 +0000

Interesting. It was only in this article I learned that he was gay. So that CAN'T be the reason I disdained him.

Big Journalism : White House Creates Office Position For Dealing with Unfavorable Press

Wed, 25 May 2011 02:41:41 +0000

Was the dude's wife really the force behind MoveOn's General Betrayus ad? http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/24/googlin... Are ANY of the people in this administration normal decent human beings who love this nation?

Big Government : Beckâs Out of Control Lies About His Role In The Shirley Sherrod Media Trainwreck

Tue, 24 May 2011 18:38:03 +0000

Agreed. If we can just stop giving ammunition to the other guys that would be great. We've got huge issues, and a long way to go to convince the broader public that conservatives are not racists driving grandma off a cliff. Let's focus on the important stuff. I appreciate Lee Stranahan for his efforts on Pigford, but am not interested in his tiff with Glenn.

Big Government : Tea Party and Hippies Unite: Food Safety and the President's Food Safety Czar

Mon, 9 May 2011 17:15:25 +0000

I was all prepared to believe that hormone free milk was better, but too expensive for me, I'll just keep buying the cheap stuff thanks. Then...I did 30 seconds of research to verify my opinion. Turns out that when I buy the cheapest milk at the store, I'm buying hormone free! How awesome! (FYI - Kroger brand / Springdale and Borden are both hormone free)

Big Government : House GOP Nix Resolutions Honoring Personnel Who Tracked Down and Killed Osama bin Laden

Fri, 6 May 2011 15:29:22 +0000

I agree. I don't want there to be a vote that gets voted down, but I am happy to have speeches on the floor expressing thanks, or proposals of resolutions expressing thanks, and leave it at that. Each Congressperson can post a special thanks, do whatever you want on your personal time, but if you said you're not going to do celebratory bills, then don't do celebratory bills. NOT having a big "to do" doesn't mean they aren't appreciated. It's perhaps a bit of legislative modesty. More of that please.

Big Peace : Government Shutdown Disgrace: Soldiers Will Have To Rely On Charities For Food

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 23:07:03 +0000

Also if they bank at USAA they can contact the bank to ask for help. I don't know the exact form of the help, but USAA posted on their facebook page today that they stand ready to help. There will be NO shortage of non-government organizations, charity groups, patriotic corporations, etc standing ready to help the families of our soldiers get through this.

Less's Comments

Big Hollywood : Is 'The Walking Dead' Terminal? Yes. Because It's Stupid.

Big Hollywood : Scripted Showrunners: Reality TV Means the 'End of Civilization'

Big Peace : Army Survey: 1 in 5 Officers Are 'Toxic And Unethical'; Many Need To Be 'Removed From Command'

Big Hollywood : How BigGovernment.com and FreedomWorks Took Down the Voice of Geico

Big Government : World War II Was Not the Quintessential Keynesian Miracle

Big Government : World War II Was Not the Quintessential Keynesian Miracle

Big Government : Houston National Cemetery's Declaration of Independence

Big Hollywood : Pixar Releases Poster for Next Feature: 'Brave'

Big Hollywood : Trailer Talk: 'Footloose' Remake, 'Rise of the Apes'

Big Hollywood : 'The Undefeated' Screens and Scores at Right Online Conference

Ladd Ehlinger Jr., Hyphenate : My Emails with PatriotUSA76

Ladd Ehlinger Jr., Hyphenate : My Emails with PatriotUSA76

Big Government : Weinergate: Private Investigation Will Not Do

Big Government : Security Expert: The FBI Needs to Investigate WeinerGate

Big Journalism : NYMag Exposes Much About George Soros's Money Pit Media Matters

Big Journalism : White House Creates Office Position For Dealing with Unfavorable Press

Big Government : Beckâs Out of Control Lies About His Role In The Shirley Sherrod Media Trainwreck

Big Government : Tea Party and Hippies Unite: Food Safety and the President's Food Safety Czar

Big Government : House GOP Nix Resolutions Honoring Personnel Who Tracked Down and Killed Osama bin Laden

Big Peace : Government Shutdown Disgrace: Soldiers Will Have To Rely On Charities For Food

Big Government : Beckâs Out of Control Lies About His Role In The Shirley Sherrod Media Trainwreck