gdp's Comments

Big Hollywood : This Week on 'Glee': Bullying Episode Offers Shallow Suicide Subplot

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:28:37 +0000

While I understand your sentiment about suicide being a selfless act, I'm afraid I have to fundamentally disagree with that thought. I believe that suicide is one of the most selfish things a person can do. I have known a number of people who have completed suicides, and the fallout from that decision on the people around them is always negative. I just can't find any good justification for using that solution to any problem, no matter how overwhelming or hopeless it may seem.

Big Hollywood : 'Dirty Jobs' Host Mike Rowe Not Impressed By Obama's Class Warfare

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:16:04 +0000

While there is an unfortunate overabundance of entitlement-minded leftist educators out there, there are those of us trying like hell to reverse the indoctrination that takes place in America's schools. It's an uphill battle, made even more difficult by the absolute lack of openings in educational careers these days (especially for openly and unashamedly conservative candidates such as myself) and the unions doing their best to put the final nail in the coffin of American education. While the battles are difficult, we conservative teachers gladly go forward into that breach to try and inspire some sense of personal responsibility in future generations.

Big Hollywood : What Constitutes a Conservative Film?

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:32:58 +0000

I found that the first half of the first season of Dollhouse was a little rough to get through, but it picked up and did some very interesting things with story arcs in the latter half of season one and through season two. Whedon has become somewhat infamous for willingness to kill off main characters (beginning with his work on Buffy, through Angel, and into Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog), and the knowledge of that willingness to snuff main characters keeps it interesting. {spoiler alert} Dollhouse was no exception, and the fact that the main character who dies at the end does so after betraying the people who trusted the individual could be construed as the consequences for the decisions that the character made. (tried to keep it vague enough that someone who wanted to see the series all the way through wouldn't be let down by the mind screw). You can stream both through netflix these days, and it's worth it to struggle through the rough early episodes to make it to the later 3/4 of the series. There are some very interesting questions raised about free will, ethics, and the consequences of individual decisions.

Big Government : Mullah Omar Wants Peace! (And He’s Got Killer Deals on Oceanfront Condos in Kandahar too)

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:28:04 +0000

So do you blame the US Government and Democratic Presidents for doing the same, while also weakening our defenses *and* projecting an aura of craven, simpering weakness? Nah. I suppose that little bit of intellectual honesty is far too much to ask.

Big Government : OFA Leaders Use The Term 'Tea-Bagger' At Their Official Meetings!

Mon, 10 May 2010 02:51:39 +0000

Explain, please, where this 95% comes from, when a solid 30% of the population doesn't even pay taxes? And every time you end a post insulting the intelligence of the people on this site, it utterly degrades the quality of your argument. Not that your arguments are ever well thought out anyways. . .

Big Government : Dear Barack: Is the US Still an Ally of Israel?

Fri, 7 May 2010 14:18:14 +0000

Hopefully Dhasslehoff and Anon will see this and be satisfied. . .I kinda doubt it, though.

Big Hollywood : Roger Ebert Equates American Flag With Soviet Hammer & Sickle

Thu, 6 May 2010 17:46:55 +0000

How about a broken tool?. . .nah, that would imply that he was at one time useful. Perhaps a dull tool? Something that is just as likely to injure the user as it is to get something useful done. That seems appropriate.

Big Government : Obama Jumps the Shark in Michigan

Tue, 4 May 2010 13:52:11 +0000

The president reminds me more and more every day of Ozymandius, from the Shelly poem of the same name (http://holyjoe.org/poetry/shelley.htm) A crumbling and impotent image surrounded by a vast wasteland that was a once great nation. . .

Big Hollywood : INTERVIEW: Andrew Klavan's New Novel Teaches Teens About Extremism, Patriotism & Faith

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:02:24 +0000

I'm already a fan of Mr. Klavan due to his commentaries both here and on PJTV. I'm willing to bet I'll enjoy his writing as well. Gonna go pick up these two books after work!

Big Government : WV Teachers Unions Exploit Miners’ Tragedy to Attack Pro-Charter School Democrat

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:59:06 +0000

While I agree that modern American politics is no place for a pantywaist, I question what exactly this has to do with the post. . .By my reading it seems to be an attack on teachers unions for using their funds on an issue that has very little to do with their original purpose. . .your trolling would be much more effective if you could focus on commenting on the actual issue brought up by the author.

Big Government : Junk Science Has Consequences: Environmental Lobby Shows No Concern for California’s Financial Wo

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:50:09 +0000

How, exactly, are Tea Partiers preying on either the poor, or the environment? And in describing us as "amusing and entertaining," you place yourself in the same elitist mentality that has managed to drive this country into the ground. I realize you are only a troll (and not even a very good one, at that), but at the very least, can you try to actually respond to something that was actually mentioned in the post? I'm not sure what drilling in the Gulf has to do with the connection between California's excessive regulations and their financial woes. . .

Big Hollywood : Daily Gut: Gruesome Newsom Trashes Arizona

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:38:40 +0000

Between this feminine hygiene product carrying device (douche bag) and the other horribly asinine things that come from this state, I have begun hearing Tool's song Aenema with a new wistfulness. . .longing, even As many other posters have stated, it's a beautiful place that has been ruined by Liberal policies. . .

Big Hollywood : Daily Gut: Gruesome Newsom Trashes Arizona

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:32:50 +0000

Well said. Love both of those.

Big Hollywood : TAX DAY SPECIAL: Alec Baldwin Hearts Saul Alinsky

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:51:45 +0000

100% Agreed.

Big Hollywood : SOS - RED ALERT: 'New York Times' About to put American Troops in Deadly Peril

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:46:52 +0000

Well played. Couldn't have put it more clearly and succinctly myself.

Big Journalism : New York Times' Anti-American Heart Beats Fast for 'Jihadis: A Love Story'

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:39:13 +0000

Dhasselhoff? Is that you? *yawn* Anti-semitic rants are so boring. Our country has been hijacked by liberal fascists. Go troll on a white supremecist site. You'll fit in much better.

Big Journalism : New York Times' Anti-American Heart Beats Fast for 'Jihadis: A Love Story'

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:35:40 +0000

Thank you for that well thought out and thorough critique of an opposing point of view. Your insight is an inspiration to us all. . . /sarc/

Big Hollywood : Sex-Selling Hypocrite: Madonna Protects Her Daughter After Decades of Selling Smut to Yours

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:57:43 +0000

I was always a bigger fan of the Madonna covers that Wierd Al did. . .

Big Journalism : 'Race To the Top' Is Great -- Unless You're a Charter School

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:54:45 +0000

Not all of us teachers are Socialist. Unfortunately, much like hollywood, many of us need to keep our conservatism on the down low in order to get a job. I am certainly having a tough time finding a job because of my refusal to support the Teachers' unions (Which, IMO, are the primary cause for the plummeting quality of American Education). As soon as I find a full time position, you can bet I'm going to be teaching conservative values (love of country, personal responsibility, critical thinking, etc. . . ). Which probably means I'll be looking for a job again as soon as I find one. Worth it though.

Big Journalism : 'To Serve Man' -- Mmm, Mmm, Mmm... Sound Familiar?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:18:14 +0000

Although this was slightly before my time, I remember seeing this exact episode in syndication. It gave me chills at the time, and now that the parallel between this classic and the current administrations actions has been drawn, it has moved from chilling to terrifying...