en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1536855 Comments by McDoobAU93 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2012/02/23/thursday-crib-sheet-gas-prices-soar-faster-than-news-can-report-it/#IDComment300040717 And this connects to gas prices ... how? Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:30:38 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2012/02/23/thursday-crib-sheet-gas-prices-soar-faster-than-news-can-report-it/#IDComment300040717 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2012/02/23/thursday-crib-sheet-gas-prices-soar-faster-than-news-can-report-it/#IDComment299977885 I agree that gas prices are out of control, but the two big gas-price stories from yesterday (Drudge's $6 gas headline and this World News bit) have two additional issues we need to keep in mind. First, it's obvious the price of gas changed while the newscast was airing last night. Makes sense, because it was probably between 3pm and 4pm Pacific time, so the price change was occurring just before afternoon rush hour. Most likely, that's when that station changes its prices. Had it changed to one thing at the very start, then changed again during it, that'd be something to report. In this case, the price change was a coincidence with the news story. Second, the $6 gas in Florida is a known outlier for pricing in that market. The biggest offender, Suncoast Energys (this is their spelling) is a gas station just north of Orlando International Airport, across from two large rental-car return lots, hoping to nail customers in a hurry to fill up their cars before returning them; go north a couple of traffic lights and you find two gas stations (one unfortunately belonging to Hugo Chavez' Citgo) at market price. The other stations mentioned, in Lake Buena Vista, are just outside Walt Disney World. Again, the idea is to catch tourists on the way back to the airport. The funny part is, if you actually go onto Disney property, you'll find gas stations charging the local market rate, as well. Again, I'm not defending the price increases, and I must admit I'm glad to see the MSM running stories about it, even when they're parroting the talking points that Obama can't do anything about them (despite demanding Bush do anything/everything in 2008). Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:48:47 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2012/02/23/thursday-crib-sheet-gas-prices-soar-faster-than-news-can-report-it/#IDComment299977885 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/16/this-is-what-happens-when-keith-olbermann-taunts-conservatives/#IDComment294952374 #1830 here ... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:43:07 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/16/this-is-what-happens-when-keith-olbermann-taunts-conservatives/#IDComment294952374 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/07/rush-limbaugh-eastwood-got-scammed-by-chrysler/#IDComment286719557 According to Wikipedia (this bit is sourced, so it's probably legit), Fiat owns 58.5% of Chrysler Group, LLC. I've been referring to it as "the American marketing arm of Fiat" since they took it over. So yeah, I've been wondering that myself. Of course, I've also been wondering why they promote the Chrysler 300 as being "Imported from Detroit" when it's built in Ontario, Canada and the ownership is in Turin, Italy. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:11:44 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/07/rush-limbaugh-eastwood-got-scammed-by-chrysler/#IDComment286719557 http://tv.breitbart.com/congresswoman-shames-holder-how-many-more-agents-have-to-die-for-you-to-take-responsibility/#IDComment283047220 I like his statement near the end when he demands to be given credit for the things the Justice Department has done right during Obama's tenure. I would agree that Justice has done some things right, just as a broken clock is right twice a day. It reminds me most of some words a former employer said ... "you can have all the compliments and 'atta-boy's and 'heckuva-job's you want, but one 'oh $h!t" wipes them all out." Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:46:53 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/congresswoman-shames-holder-how-many-more-agents-have-to-die-for-you-to-take-responsibility/#IDComment283047220 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2012/01/24/looking-back-on-obamas-five-previous-addresses-to-congress-a-history-of-waste-fraud-and-abuse/#IDComment273486084 Makes me wonder if he's actually following the Australian Open on those screens. I've seen tennis matches where spectators move their heads less, though. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:34:45 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2012/01/24/looking-back-on-obamas-five-previous-addresses-to-congress-a-history-of-waste-fraud-and-abuse/#IDComment273486084 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2011/12/07/seiu-sends-occupycongress-to-invade-the-hill/#IDComment234252213 When will someone tell the Occutards that we are a constitutional republic and not a democracy? They may want to show us "what democracy looks like", but our Founders knew what it looked like. It wasn't pretty then, and it sure as hell ain't pretty now. That's why the word "democracy" doesn't appear once in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Democracy: Two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner ... Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:32:49 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jsshapiro/2011/12/07/seiu-sends-occupycongress-to-invade-the-hill/#IDComment234252213 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/15/catch-robert-davi-sing-sinatra-on-siriusxm/#IDComment222513349 Minor correction ... Robert Davi appears in "Licence to Kill", not in "The Living Daylights." Great post, just the same ... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:03:44 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/15/catch-robert-davi-sing-sinatra-on-siriusxm/#IDComment222513349 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/19/late-night-finally-hits-obamas-soft-spot-the-teleprompter/#IDComment209659414 Wonder how long until Time Warner gets a nasty-gram from the White House explaining that TBS' corporate sibling, CNN, won't be getting that many interviews with Obama this election year because of Conan's bit of comedy? Team Obama did it in 2008, so no reason to think they won't in 2012, too ... Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:17:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/19/late-night-finally-hits-obamas-soft-spot-the-teleprompter/#IDComment209659414 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/09/22/controversial-anti-palin-doonesbury-comics-result-of-collaboration-between-trudeau-disgraced-mcginniss/#IDComment197092791 Giving credit where it's due, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution did the same thing, saying the content was "partisan," although they did keep the strips on their website. Further, this week they ran all the strips at once, saying that they withheld the strips because the book hadn't been released at the time they were scheduled to run. The AJC is desperately trying to position itself as balanced now that hyper-partisan Cynthia Tucker has left. In fairness, it's doing OK. It has a mix of columnists both liberal and conservative, and it balances out Mike Luckovich's generally-liberal political cartoons with a number of conservative artists. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:00:09 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/09/22/controversial-anti-palin-doonesbury-comics-result-of-collaboration-between-trudeau-disgraced-mcginniss/#IDComment197092791 http://biggovernment.com/bcherry/2011/08/22/no-points-for-you-say-dick-durbin-and-barney-frank/#IDComment185515023 I've already received messages from my bank telling me the rewards program for my debit card is ending, and also that they're going to "test" a $3/month fee for me to have the privilege of using one of their debit cards. Gotta love hopenchange! Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:29:55 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bcherry/2011/08/22/no-points-for-you-say-dick-durbin-and-barney-frank/#IDComment185515023 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/08/10/the-morning-after-msnbc-turned-into-democratic-rally-last-night/#IDComment182023956 The people of Wisconsin are showing they're once again at the leading edge of American politics. If the GOP can take just one of the seats next week (both are Democrats), it would signal a much stronger message than the two that the Dems took last night. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:02:28 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/08/10/the-morning-after-msnbc-turned-into-democratic-rally-last-night/#IDComment182023956 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/08/09/wisconsin-open-thread/#IDComment181768447 AP has called that one for King, unfortunately ... Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:45:27 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/08/09/wisconsin-open-thread/#IDComment181768447 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/07/28/sound-bite-for-the-day-white-houses-hatred-of-fox-spills-into-debt-presser/#IDComment178394426 Is it just me, or is Jay Carney doing what was believed to be an impossible job ... making Robert Gibbs look competent? Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:22:31 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/07/28/sound-bite-for-the-day-white-houses-hatred-of-fox-spills-into-debt-presser/#IDComment178394426 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmeyers/2011/07/24/the-james-bond-chronicles-the-spy-who-loved-me-with-all-new-rating-system/#IDComment176944517 Good piece, sir, but I think you've mixed up a couple of the character names. It is Fekkesh that Jaws pursues in the pyramids. The assassin that was grabbing Bond's tie revealed that Fekkesh was meeting someone (Amasova, it turns out) at the sound/light show at the Pyramids. It was Kalba, the owner of the nightclub and the man in possession of the microfilm, that Jaws kills in the phone booth (the low-angle/high-angle sequence you mentioned). Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:24:08 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmeyers/2011/07/24/the-james-bond-chronicles-the-spy-who-loved-me-with-all-new-rating-system/#IDComment176944517 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hduesing/2011/07/05/homevideodrome-dvd-releases-for-july-5th-2011/#IDComment170002141 When I first started tracking the production of "WALL-E" and saw the sketches of the morbidly obese humans, I did get upset at Pixar's apparent opinion of humanity. Then I thought about it (and saw the movie) and realized that it actually plays to both sides. Yes, there's the huge anti-consumerism message, but at the same time when Auto says that "Out here, you will survive," the Captain's response "I don't want to survive, I want to LIVE!" has all the hallmarks of "Don't Tread On Me" and wanting to cast aside the nanny-state life aboard the Axiom. To me, the Axiom and its obese inhabitants are a caricature of liberal utopia. Everyone is equal, everyone has access to the same things, nobody has to work or even lift a finger to care for themselves. The ship (i.e., the government) takes care of everything and as such they've become lazy, slovenly and disinterested ... that is, until WALL-E enters the picture and (properly) enlightens John, Mary and the Captain to what goes on beyond BnL's non-stop broadcasts. Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:02:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hduesing/2011/07/05/homevideodrome-dvd-releases-for-july-5th-2011/#IDComment170002141 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmeyers/2011/06/19/the-james-bond-chronicles-the-man-with-the-golden-gun/#IDComment164301963 I agree with the writer ... I've always liked "Golden Gun", despite how others feel about it. Yes it's a bit silly at points, and like "Live and Let Die" before it, it seems to exploit the popular genre of the time (in this case, Bruce Lee and kung-fu movies). But overall, it's a fun movie and one worth seeing whenever it appears on TV. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:38:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmeyers/2011/06/19/the-james-bond-chronicles-the-man-with-the-golden-gun/#IDComment164301963 http://biggovernment.com/mangley/2011/06/14/elections-matter-in-wisconsin-and-everywhere/#IDComment162877248 Not entirely correct ... yes, Prosser's term would not have expired until August 1 had he lost. However, knowing how the progs operate, they would just submit another challenge that would be heard after Kloppenberg had been seated ("Judge" Sumi certainly would help them), then get their 4-3 decision upending it. Now, they know that tool (a prog-friendly supreme court) has been removed from the toolbox. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:41:51 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mangley/2011/06/14/elections-matter-in-wisconsin-and-everywhere/#IDComment162877248 http://biggovernment.com/mangley/2011/06/14/elections-matter-in-wisconsin-and-everywhere/#IDComment162746899 This was the best news I've seen today ... congrats to the level-headed voters in Wisconsin who elected Scott Walker and kept Justice Prosser on the bench. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:29:26 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mangley/2011/06/14/elections-matter-in-wisconsin-and-everywhere/#IDComment162746899 http://bigjournalism.com/sswift/2011/06/13/the-new-democrat-superhero-weinerman/#IDComment162300689 I'm still rather surprised that Obama himself hasn't weighed in on this ... this has been weeks that he hasn't been on the front page touting yet another "summer of recovery" and attempting to salvage his presidency. His ego can't be liking this distraction, but his golf game is probably loving it. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:42:30 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/sswift/2011/06/13/the-new-democrat-superhero-weinerman/#IDComment162300689