en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/336864 Comments by Bemused_Canuck http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79648831 I remember the scene well and the context of it. For him to put aside his prejudices and put his life on the line to save a woman who screaming at him and trying to get away, even as she`s trapped in a burning car, showed incrdible heroism. He transcended whatever flaws and frustrations were governing him up to that point to do the right thing morally. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:29:29 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79648831 http://biggovernment.com/sparker/2010/06/11/can-republicans-win-the-hispanic-vote/#IDComment79638126 I think the GOP needs to campaign on the basis that they are the party of ALL Americans. They should emphasize the fact that to the GOP does not see Asian-Americans, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans or even Gay Americans. They should emphasize that when they look across the United States of America, they do not look for diversity, but see people who are all united by the fact that they are ALL Americans, and want to live in a country that conforms to the ideals of the Founding Fathers. Obviously this might offend some voters. But those voters are the ones that would vote Democrat anyway. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:41:57 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sparker/2010/06/11/can-republicans-win-the-hispanic-vote/#IDComment79638126 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79630792 LOL. Actually if the world had an enema, Helen Thomas is what would come out. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:42:24 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79630792 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79628206 Fair comment. Put that way, prejudice is a form of healthy skepticism. Assume something is dangerous until proven otherwise. Prejudice is bad when it becomes cynicism - assuming something is always bad even when there is evidence to the contrary. For example, My attitude toward Helen Thomas is still healthy skepticsim. She hasn`t yet proven that I am wrong in thinking that she is an unrepentent anti-semite. The Mainstream media exercises cynicism about Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, they continue to deride both. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:15:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79628206 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79619100 Okay...sit still. I agree that "all races have their prejudices" is a better way to word my comment. I guess I would define "racist tendencies" as "prejudices". The reason I made the comment is because there is rarely an acknowledgement on the Left that there are non-whites who have prejudices or racist tendencies. Crash levelled the playing field by pointing out so many different levels of racial tension in society. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:55:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79619100 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79618491 HPD - very eloquent. That could almost be a Haiku. I speak with admiration, sir, because I would only be capable of a Limerick... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:48:57 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79618491 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79616670 Thanks. I grew up in a Conservative family. My parents left England when it got too socialist. My father was a staunch Conservative, who lived long enough to see our current Prime Minister elected, but passed away before he could see your current President make such a mockery of the position. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:29:00 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79616670 http://biggovernment.com/mbachmann/2010/06/11/will-our-money-go-to-hamas/#IDComment79616377 "Due Diligence"? That concept went out the window when Americans voted for the Big Owe. How else could such an inexperienced, unvetted individual with so many unknowns about his education and origins be elected? It has continued with the mainstream media attacks on the Tea Party. Where is the proof of "racism" or even the slightest attempt to understand the use of the offensive term "teabagger". It was made really explicit when Nancy Pelosi said that Congress would have to vote for the Deathcare Bill before they could know what was in it. She calls herself "democratic"? It's a Word that she clearly doesn't understand. Keep up the great work Rep. Bachman!! You are one of many reasons for optimism in today's world. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:26:04 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mbachmann/2010/06/11/will-our-money-go-to-hamas/#IDComment79616377 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79614987 I appreciate the apology. Sad to say, there are still way too many of my countrymen who still haven't see Obologize for what he really is. Of course, many of them are the same ones who were saying "Americans will never vote for a black" before he was elected, and "He'll be assassinated within a year" once he was. Needless to say, their grasp of reality can be a bit tenuous at times. I blame it on the vast number of draft dodgers that moved here from the US in the 70s. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:12:03 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79614987 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79614687 It's all he's capable of doing. He was a Community Agitator. (Agitator, organizer - same difference in Chicago.) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:09:11 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79614687 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79612785 We're one of the countries that he hasn't apologized to yet. In fact, during the recent Nuclear summit, there was a striking picture of Oblamo with his finger in the face of our Prime Minister. Obama reminds me of Dennis Miller's description of the French, which was something along the lines of "They have a history of standing up to their allies, but bend over for their enemies" Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:49:12 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79612785 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79612330 So, in effect, GWB was also the BEST president of the century. Actually, the Millenium. And his title is safe for at least 2 more years. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:44:26 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79612330 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79611981 Red, I agree that the due diligence was lacking. But the greatest lack of due diligence was on the part of the mainstream media, which was so agenda-driven. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:40:22 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79611981 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79611712 Great wagon analogy. (I am from the Stampede city...). I also like the analogy of the tipping point where there are more passengers than crew. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:37:44 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79611712 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79611326 "Death care bill" Great title. After all, it represents the death of choices, the death of free markets in health care, the death of quality healthcare, the death of millions of seniors from rationing, the death of the US medical profession, the death of the pharmaceutical industry, the death of innovation in medical technology... You get the picture... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:33:27 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79611326 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79610861 I was just glad that this movie beat out Brokeback Mountain for the Best Picture Oscar. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:28:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79610861 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79610731 There is a scene of incredible heroism where a police officer played by Matt Dillon crawls into a burning car wreck to rescue a black woman who is afraid of him. I get goosebumps remembering it. What was great about the movie was that it showed that all races have racist tendencies. Almost every character was a sympathetic character in some way. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:26:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/06/11/todays-open-thread-23/#IDComment79610731 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79610257 Maybe the Leafletter-in-Chief could use some of the leftover leaflets from his days as a community organizer to sop up the oil... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:21:12 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/ngillespie/2010/06/11/reason-tv-3-reasons-obama-should-kick-his-own-ass/#IDComment79610257 http://bigjournalism.com/bgabriel/2010/06/10/dear-helen-from-one-american-lebanese-journalist-to-another/#IDComment79607743 Great article. Despite the clarification above, to me CE means "Christ's Era" and BCE means "Before Christ's Era". Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:53:06 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/bgabriel/2010/06/10/dear-helen-from-one-american-lebanese-journalist-to-another/#IDComment79607743 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79606792 California is a beautiful place to visit, but I wouldn't want to pay taxes there ;-) I hope you get a chance to see your future daughter-in-law's city, Calgary. It is a beautiful city with a view of the Rocky Mountains, an amazing downtown skyline, and lots of parks. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:41:50 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2010/06/10/bachmann-obama-worst-president-in-united-states-history/#IDComment79606792