en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/554387 Comments by Pyrocles http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/09/14/wednesday-open-thread-mckinley-edition/#IDComment193359349 McKinley's Curse has plagued our Bills and Sabres here in Buffalo for decades! Damn him! Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:17:54 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/09/14/wednesday-open-thread-mckinley-edition/#IDComment193359349 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/02/24/plenty-of-supporters-but-only-one-legend-invited-to-white-house-motown-tribute-concert/#IDComment130653833 Trivia: My parents were members of the first white band signed by Motown. And my father loves Obama so much that he's been searching for a family connection since the election. Apparently there's a "Dunham" in our family tree, and my father is desperate to believe there's a relation to Obama's mother, Ann Dunham. *shakes head* Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:39:30 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/02/24/plenty-of-supporters-but-only-one-legend-invited-to-white-house-motown-tribute-concert/#IDComment130653833 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/23/top-25-left-wing-films-17-the-american-president-1995/#IDComment117672852 Has there ever been a movie or TV show set in the White House featuring a Republican president (as the good guy)? Maybe in the 40's or 50's? At least Alan Alda's Republican presidential candidate in the "West Wing" wasn't entirely evil. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:23:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/23/top-25-left-wing-films-17-the-american-president-1995/#IDComment117672852 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/07/announcing-big-hollywoods-countdown-of-the-top-25-greatest-left-wing-films/#IDComment114345635 I didn't think Crash was all that bad; though I don't remember it all that well. While one of the more reluctant gangbangers was in fact, honorable, his friend definitely was not. He basically justified the racist feelings in whites by acting like the violent thug that he imagines they'd assume him to be; in effect, living the image of the stereotype. I saw that character as a huge hypocrite: assaulting and committing crimes against whites while complaining that whites are afraid of him. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:40:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/07/announcing-big-hollywoods-countdown-of-the-top-25-greatest-left-wing-films/#IDComment114345635 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/eazlant/2010/11/16/sucker-punch-squad-kevin-spaceys-casino-jack-targets-reagan-and-his-revolution/#IDComment110102222 The long line of mourners who proceeded past his coffin while it was on display must have driven them insane. Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:55:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/eazlant/2010/11/16/sucker-punch-squad-kevin-spaceys-casino-jack-targets-reagan-and-his-revolution/#IDComment110102222 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2010/11/04/election-coverage-roundup-msnbc-fails-epically/#IDComment107802114 My parents love MSNBC; watch it exclusively for their news. They always have it on when I visit, polluting their brand new HDTV (which my father swore he'd never buy). Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:20:00 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2010/11/04/election-coverage-roundup-msnbc-fails-epically/#IDComment107802114 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2010/10/08/environmentalism-has-met-the-enemy-itself/#IDComment103004798 Adam Baldwin; going all "Marcus Hamilton" on the enviro-fascists! Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:33:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2010/10/08/environmentalism-has-met-the-enemy-itself/#IDComment103004798 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/10/03/the-wachowskis-cobalt-neural-9-think-the-matrix-with-less-keanu-more-sodomy/#IDComment102300888 "Only because socialism/communism was never implemented CORRECTLY. There has never been a true Communist government! They'll get it right NEXT time." <- Something my once Conservative wife now repeats when discussing politics. One semester in a college Sociology class was all it took to switch her to the dark side... /sigh. Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:24:38 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/10/03/the-wachowskis-cobalt-neural-9-think-the-matrix-with-less-keanu-more-sodomy/#IDComment102300888 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/09/09/leave-the-kids-alone-tonight-show-seats-crude-sarah-palin-hater-seated-next-to-her-daughter/#IDComment97837011 That's not the slightest bit funny. It wouldn't be funny in the other direction, either. If a Conservative comedian like Greg Gutfield (just for instance) did similar things to a Lefty woman like Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi - it would still be unfunny and offensive. I used to love Beavis and Butthead when I was younger; maybe this is aimed at the same demographic? Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:46:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/09/09/leave-the-kids-alone-tonight-show-seats-crude-sarah-palin-hater-seated-next-to-her-daughter/#IDComment97837011 http://biggovernment.com/amarcus/2010/04/21/blast-from-the-angry-left-past-jesse-jackson-jr-can-muster-the-fury/#IDComment69403090 They use the term "progressive" in place of "communist". It doesn't carry the same well-known baggage. Yet. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:27:10 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/amarcus/2010/04/21/blast-from-the-angry-left-past-jesse-jackson-jr-can-muster-the-fury/#IDComment69403090 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jlott/2010/04/21/tvs-human-target-gets-healthcare-wrong-women-owning-guns-right/#IDComment69400305 She was good as Fred on "Angel". I actually miss "Buffy" and "Angel"; they were campy but well-written and entertaining shows. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:18:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jlott/2010/04/21/tvs-human-target-gets-healthcare-wrong-women-owning-guns-right/#IDComment69400305 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/02/18/daily-gut-no-arrogant-americans-need-apply/#IDComment57653991 I'm a technical writer, and proud Conservative. I don't think they'd hire me :( Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:58:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/02/18/daily-gut-no-arrogant-americans-need-apply/#IDComment57653991 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgagliasso/2010/01/22/avatar-and-the-myth-of-the-noble-blueskins-part-two/#IDComment53393316 Tribalism is popular today due to the growing self-loathing in Western culture. Western culture and technology is seen as "evil", and destructive to the earth. Poor, primitive people are righteous and pure, and live in harmony with the earth. Climate change, pollution, and even social problems like the stratification of society are all things caused by the evils of civilization (the West). In the eyes of Leftist environmentalists, if humanity could go back to living in mud huts in small egalitarian communes, we'd finally "return" to utopia. Several of my Anthropology professors in college actually lamented the agricultural revolution, as it led to the social stratification of society; separation of the rich and the poor classes. Until large-scale agriculture allowed mass populations of humans and the construction of civilization as we know it, humans lived in a pure, egalitarian state in peace and harmony. If only we could return to that.... /sigh (sarcasm) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:33:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgagliasso/2010/01/22/avatar-and-the-myth-of-the-noble-blueskins-part-two/#IDComment53393316 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/01/15/danny-glover-hollywoods-pat-robertson-blames-haiti-quake-on-inaction-at-copenhagen/#IDComment52195236 He's getting too old for this sh*t. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:28:09 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/01/15/danny-glover-hollywoods-pat-robertson-blames-haiti-quake-on-inaction-at-copenhagen/#IDComment52195236 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/12/15/lonewolf-diaries-robin-hood-capitalist-hero/#IDComment47433914 Cue Obama's call to "end the pursuit of middle-classness". Having a content middle class prevents the radical Left from inciting a revolutionary proletariat. Like religion, middle-classness is an "opiate of the masses", which keeps the majority of people tolerant of the status quo. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:06:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/12/15/lonewolf-diaries-robin-hood-capitalist-hero/#IDComment47433914 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/12/08/newsweek-blames-depressing-movies-on-bush/#IDComment46298007 I'll paraphrase one of my English professors who said that a work of literature cannot be considered "art" unless it's morbidly depressing. I think Oscar voters are attracted to depressing films by default, since great works of art are "supposed" to be depressing in this postmodern era. Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:53:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/12/08/newsweek-blames-depressing-movies-on-bush/#IDComment46298007 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2009/12/08/why-the-people-speak-and-the-zinn-education-project-may-be-illegal-in-public-schools/#IDComment46268812 I was indoctrinated with all this stuff throughout college, but never in elementary school; high school; and definitely not in kindergarten! They're determined to get our children as soon as possible now. They're in the home stretch. Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:18:48 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abaldwin/2009/12/08/why-the-people-speak-and-the-zinn-education-project-may-be-illegal-in-public-schools/#IDComment46268812 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/11/19/fear-children-video-ingredients-for-obamas-nuclear-bomb-of-persuasion/#IDComment43957247 Heh. I had an Anthropology/American Studies professor who advocated this. He believed children should have the exact same rights as adults, and were morally superior to adults in all ways. According to him, our society was organized backwards, and needed to have the children elevated to the superior roles due to their wise avoidance of war and hate... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:10:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/11/19/fear-children-video-ingredients-for-obamas-nuclear-bomb-of-persuasion/#IDComment43957247 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/05/l-a-times-criticizes-big-hollywood-with-everything-but-facts/#IDComment42116564 A true portrayal of Muhammad's life would definitely qualify for anti-Semitic (well, anti-Jew really). But I doubt if any of the harsher Quranic suras and hadiths would be included in the film, and if anyone in Hollywood would even raise a fuss if they were. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:53:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/05/l-a-times-criticizes-big-hollywood-with-everything-but-facts/#IDComment42116564 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/09/16/romeros-latest-zombie-film-has-political-slant-as-usual/#IDComment34716931 Heh. I remember the review of the game "Left 4 Dead" in PC Gamer magazine, which came out during the election. It had a screenshot showing a horde of approaching zombies with the caption "Chaaaaaange!" Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/09/16/romeros-latest-zombie-film-has-political-slant-as-usual/#IDComment34716931