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Big Government : Down Under and November: Why Australia Has Democrats Worried

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:31:50 +0000

There are many more similarities in policy; broadband, greening homes, education, unions, healthcare, etc. And all of them have dubious cost benefit and incredible waste and fraud. I would like to know who from the Apollo Alliance is so in with the Aussies. Plus, if we look to the past, Gillard was a member of a socialist party as well as Obama in his early Chicago daze. But the most striking story of the whole election is how the 2 independents went against the will of their constituents (Liberal = conservative) and chose to form a government with Gillard (Labor = progressives). Their campaign rhetoric all but ignored for a promise of 3 years in office and one gets a cabinet out of it. Classic RINOs. Voter beware.

NewsReal Blog : Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2, CBC 0

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:04:56 +0000

Ms. Ali speaks of the true "Big Tent" that Conservatives should be seeking; those immigrants or around the world who want to and find meaning in individual liberty and free markets. Her honesty is painful.

NewsReal Blog : British reporter's anti-Palin Tea Party dispatch sounds frankly made up

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:16:09 +0000

And while I'm thinking of Celtic and media uniformity, let me take this opportunity with more than 140 characters to suggest Ms. Shaidle that your new blog focus on the One World Government assault on Celtics. Please don't get me twisted as I don't mean to imply or think that Celtic heritage is superior in any way. However, I do find it newsworthy that Cash For Clunkers started in the U.K., then America, and now is proposed for Australia. There are other examples, with not so familiar names in minutia, when one looks into the policies of the Obama administration; broadband, school building, internet, etc. It is as if the Apollo Alliance is writing legislation for the keepers of Western civilization around the world -- to bring them down, naturally. Indeed, with that Obama self-professed Mao lover, Anita Dunn, in PM Cameron's government, one hardly doubts it. I, for one, would find it illuminating to read a collection of the policies and regulations that are being passed off as novel around the world that are indeed manufactured Marxist government. Just a mind mapping thought.

NewsReal Blog : British reporter's anti-Palin Tea Party dispatch sounds frankly made up

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:32:55 +0000

Which brings me to another recent Daily Mail Femail hit piece on Southerners: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1289793... Of course, my comment below was not published: This article betrays not just the disdain felt by a member of the self-anointed elite for what was once called the “lower classes”, it also betrays the fact that Sharon Churcher doesn't live in America. Consider the staleness of her stereotypes. You want to incorporate everything but the last 40 years of equal justice history but there is no intellectual basis for that reasoning doesn't involve an African-American in the White House who won the Southern vote. You identify a contemporary of Ms. Lee's using the word "coloured" and take it as prejudice, however, for those in their 80s that was the p.c. term. Or was it that the man called his maids "wonderful" for it could not be that he employed 2 people who would otherwise be out of a job in these hard economic times? Or is your class envy showing from the term "mansion"? With all of the Diane Abbott exposure on West Indian moms vs. other, what gives you authority to use in quotes "segregation academies"? You sound another champion of public school for thee but not for me. Ms. Lee built a narrative for her life that helped her cope in the world. How difficult it must be to be celebrated as if you hate those people and places you love. Again and again. P.S. Regarding Ms. Abbott: "You didn’t want your son to go to a school full of kids who have been brought up by West Indian mums?" asked Andrew Neill and Ms. Abbott (of West Indian heritage) refused to reply. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289868/D...

NewsReal Blog : British reporter's anti-Palin Tea Party dispatch sounds frankly made up

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:32:35 +0000

It seems to me, many who disdain Ms. Palin consider her Southern. Even Katie Couric's distrust that Palin reads begs the inference to the negative Hollywood stereotype. As rural life recedes to industrialization or migration, it seems the Heartland, by virtue of being isolated in terms of N.Y.C. 82nd Street culture, is lumped into this caricature too. There is a decided Easterner slant to Journolist, and to those who could easily belong as this author, Jane Fryer, does. They have a pathological need to manufacture social activities with people who they believe will not tell tales of themselves but rejoice in their gossip for journalism of "others". Indeed, what I think first and mostly upset Dave "now famous for being famous" Weigel was the leak or gossip as news of his attendance, date, and dancing at a wedding. So often I find lamestream media targets of derision are Celtic, and one wonders if it is from fear should tales be told? Yes! If we really knew what these so called journalists were like growing up or the judgments they made along the way, would a reader give them the time of day let alone purchase their book to read the news they held out on their employer while reporting? No! The crisp writer Harper Lee says it best in her March 1964 interview. Do read the whole thing. http://web.archive.org/web/20020602224844/http://... The Truman Capote "reportage" that Ms. Lee refers to I do not know. It could be In Cold Blood as it was 4 years in the making with research before publishing in 1965. Rather telling that Mr. Capote needed Ms. Lee "...who made it possible for Capote to get the research he needed for his book (Lee knowing how to warm up town folks in Holcomb, Kansas, where the Cutter murders took place [Nov. 15, 1959, killers caught Jan. 1960]), yet going largely unthanked for her efforts." http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1161

Macleans.ca : Where 'nice' Obama has got us

Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:30:20 +0000

Correction: "...in what it says about American GOODwill."

Big Hollywood : What Country Music Looks Like in 2010

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:07:58 +0000

What is ultimately the failure of the ACMs and CMAs is who are hired to produce these shows. It seems these "insiders," or not, are more concerned with getting an Emmy nomination by following the failed Oscar productions. These producers and directors neither showcase the country talent and genre in an honest light to the fans who have actually seen these performers in concert nor to the multicultural crowd they hype they can attract as viewers who watch something that represents a show about nothing. The industry does itself a disservice by not presenting, and embracing, the face of country that is new to someone, and families, assaulted with violent rap and sexualized children Disney Radio marketed as mainstream.

Big Hollywood : What Country Music Looks Like in 2010

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:36:56 +0000

My sister hates the Lay Antebellum song that won. "It's early in the morning and I'm drunk an want to have sex. I need you now." I agree, it was not deserving of a songwriting award.

Big Hollywood : Remember the Maines: Is Miley Cyrus the Next Leftist Trojan Horse Into Country Music?

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:08:59 +0000

There has been a steady flow these 10 years past of country artists becoming vocal liberals. Compared with early artist packaging and comments, one could say they turn liberal. But you see, they know the game (drip, drip, drip). If you want to "make it big" then you need the liberal media machine. Every pr person knows, and tells, just what they need to change to get those bookings on morning tv shows, afternoon chat shows, magazine articles, photo glossies, etc. leading to the elusive cross-over (if you play their rules). US media hype will get you headlining and world tours, and US media are liberal. You want a job in media? Well daughter of Sen. Scott Brown (D-Mass.), welcome aboard and don't think we wont ply you with our drip, drip, drip reporting you are subject to every day and the way your piece is edited. Liberals find a way to influence that dinner table discussion! http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2010/04... How can a performer in a perceived conservative genre compete with the lamestream media time and attention when they are busy pushing Eliot Spitzer's comeback? http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2010/04... Go rogue! Get a tattoo! Pose nude. Become a conservative basher and win a Pulitzer. On this last episode of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice, the two teams were tasked with making over and producing a media kit for two country music artists. Not surprisingly, the men went with the male and the women with the female. It was most illuminating watching Bret Michaels try and "sex up" the man's bio and look but receive push back. He is married after all so "laying pipe" is only fodder for DJs. Contrast that with the ladies team who took a lovely young woman and Cindi Lauper called for Bridget Bardot glossies stat! With all due defrence paid to those in charge, she eagerly awaited the fan blowing her hair so naturally. While the men put out a better media kit substantially, the women won on their ability to mold, shape, and change the young female artist's interaction with interviewers. It isn't who you are but what they want you to be. It tied in rather nicely with Lauper's charity that won money to fight for the "civil rights denied" the glbt community in America. It isn't who you are but what they want you to acquiesce. I long ago turned off Radio Disney, and the Disney Channel and Nick. Our family picked up a book, and discovered all those forgotten classics on DVD I grew up with and some I missed. It was affirming to see the reduced stress on my tweens and teens in not having to keep up with the sexualizing of America's children. No longer carpool chatter filled with TMZ like fodder. No more dreams and imagination employed with stardom but on building a log cabin and a talking horse. Science projects are all the rage for their imagination now. Miss Cyrus has lost the bid for attention in our home. There were no telephone chats about her moving into her own home at the age of 17 with an adult boyfriend in tow. No purchase of glossy mags reporting the latest pr releases as news with so-called celebrities on every other page pushing weight loss or consumerism. In fact, when Myley gets her boob job, I'm making sure all the kids I know will see the marketing for what it is, "not who you are but what they want you to be."

Macleans.ca : True North strong not free

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:55:34 +0000

I never imagined Canadians -- even Davey Crockett never dared tame the Great North -- would allow their children to grow up to self identify as victims, much less celebrate it, and pay for the humiliation to boot.

Big Hollywood : My Sarah Palin Experience

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:28:01 +0000

I have often wondered that the pull of activism or politics is hard to resist for actors as the applause may be inducing to their love of performing. Useful idots should seek the stage of a theatre and not staged propaganda. Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin come to mind with their cheer leading, "Join us, join Chavez, join Dems -- as a liability of the state!" As the saying goes, politicians are failed actors, and who better to demonstrate a performer's need for an ever larger audience than Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). He considers those who can serve him 'too big to fail' while his own hometown 'too small to succeed' -- as demonstrated in this exceptional photo essay of the Searchlight Tea Party by El Marco: http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2010/03/showdown-... But not all performers and politicians are the same as Vicky and Sarah Palin demonstrate. Many who are privileged to be on the dais, attend or depart knowing the glories are not for the speakers to give but to share with those who gather knowing the applause goes to freedom, to Lady Liberty. God bless America. Blessed Easter. Remember, the tape keeps rolling after, "America. Do you love your freedom?": http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2M4YmQz...

Big Hollywood : Anyone Else Tired of Self-Important Critics Complaining About the Death of Self-Important Criticism?

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 23:40:13 +0000

Often times movies or TV shows will include some inside stuff; jokes, homage, satire or commentary, the biz, etc. This latest 2 Thumbs Up Ambiguously Dynamic Duo would speak in terms of inside critic metas. Clearly, they were looking for a specific elite audience that I knew all too well did not include me. And yet, I'm the self-indulgent one cloaked in a flag at a tea party, no?

Big Hollywood : Open Happy Birthday Thread: Doris Day

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 22:54:47 +0000

If ever there was a bankable 'persona' of a star, Doris Day is it, and yet I can't name anyone today who recognizes or tries to emulate her great screen presence. Mores the pity.

The Powers That Be : A Minor Point of Order About the 'Right Wing Militia Tea Partier' Arrests

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:15:14 +0000

The only homegrown militia I can recall being afraid of in my lifetime was of the muslim variety, D.C. Sniper and his Islam protege. What were their voting records?

Big Hollywood : REVIEW: 'Damages' Ranks as TV's Best Legal Thriller

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:06:28 +0000

My sister and I agree, this is the best adult series on TV. It makes the Sapranos look tame. The Art of War.

Big Hollywood : REVIEW: 'Human Target' Hits Action-Adventure Mark

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:17:41 +0000

It is so refreshing to sit down with my family, and tween son specifically, and not be insulted for the morals and values we as parents teach or be put to the blush with undo sexual situations, and be thoroughly entertained. We love "Human Target"! My tweens love "Human Target"! More please.

Big Government : Ricochet Podcast: Midnight Blue

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:26:33 +0000

Cheap shots can bring down an institution? Really? If only that were so then I wouldn't need to watch Freddie and Fannie suck taxpayer money. Even Sonia Soso gave the same cheap shot over and over about the very institution she now sits on. I understand, disdain for the lack of proper tone puts it all into perspective, and context, and above the masses. But how does the long view help me if I'm dead? My life for the long term constitutional implications? The 400 Gitmo bar attys made sure there was no long term 9/11 commission action; open borders, immigration, IDs, etc. While Richard never seems to give a thought for military on the front lines saving American lives, I am equally offended he feels that Americans will live and die but as long as the institutions remain, the day is won. I am reminded of the little grade school girl with special needs who was blowing bubbles in her milk at lunch time. She was asked to stop. She continued having innocent fun blowing bubbles in her milk. School staff sat on her chest to teach her a lesson. She died. Where are her 400 pro bono lawyers? Are they coming to the aid of children who are tortured with restraints and seclusion across our nation in our schools to the point they hang themselves in the seclusion room like one grade school boy? No. AQ7 can go to hell.

Big Hollywood : For Conservative Movie Lovers: Werner Herzog, Timothy Treadwell, and ‘Grizzly Man’ Part 4

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:19 +0000

This series has been a joy. That seems so odd to say considering two people died, but then Werner makes the movie healing for the audience too; never do I feel voyeuristic or exploitative. A true filmmaker. A writer. You are an enlightening and entertaining pair.

Big Hollywood : Hollywood Stand Up Guy of the Month: Patrick Warburton Criticizes 'Family Guy'

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:57:19 +0000

I *heart* THE DISH. Paging "For Conservative Movie Lovers"! Paging Leo Grin!

Big Hollywood : For Conservative Movie Lovers: King Vidor, Wallace Beery and ‘The Champ’ Part 5

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:28:13 +0000

I don't want this series to end as they are all so fascinating and talented. However, as I sit with my sister watching "Agatha Christie's' Poirot" with the divine David Suchet, we were remarking that because the story is so good (see Marbie comment above), we are not laughing at absurdities or dulled by our values being insulted so that it leaves us able to enjoy the finer points; acting, sets, costumes, blocking, lighting, etc. Superb. Which reminds me this inspired series started with another prolific female writer, Marion Benson Owens. The Old Boy Network wouldn't be half as Golden without the contribution of women. Thank you for noticing, Leo.