en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1307292 Comments by larry425 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/25/the-war-on-women-by-women/#IDComment301431845 Way to cherry pick talking points and miss the overall scope of the problem. Glad to know. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:39:07 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/25/the-war-on-women-by-women/#IDComment301431845 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cjohnson/2012/02/24/hbo-says-palin-flick-no-hit-job-but-liberal-reviewers-paint-different-picture/#IDComment300576818 If you ever wondered why hollywood has such dismal approval ratings, it's because of films like Game Change and attitudes like Tony's. Sorry you have such a ignorant perception as to how the world works dude. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:30:18 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cjohnson/2012/02/24/hbo-says-palin-flick-no-hit-job-but-liberal-reviewers-paint-different-picture/#IDComment300576818 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/22/exclusive-how-hbo-attempted-to-con-sarah-palin-into-validating-its-game-change-hit-job/#IDComment298974199 From a business POV this is pretty lame. The people who hate Palin will most likely not watch the film because they already have their ideas about her (and wouldn't want to come away thinking she is some kind of heroic figure) and those who love Palin will not watch simply because it is a hit job. If you invest in HBO in any way you have to wonder what sort of morons are running the shop over there. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:28:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/22/exclusive-how-hbo-attempted-to-con-sarah-palin-into-validating-its-game-change-hit-job/#IDComment298974199 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/21/ed-schultz-falsely-states-transvaginal-ultrasounds-are-mandated-in-va-law/#IDComment298693671 How's the weather up there on your high horse? (Especially from someone without the balls to actually sign their name. Yeah, you're brave.) Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:47:02 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/21/ed-schultz-falsely-states-transvaginal-ultrasounds-are-mandated-in-va-law/#IDComment298693671 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/21/ed-schultz-falsely-states-transvaginal-ultrasounds-are-mandated-in-va-law/#IDComment298691824 Right, that's the most important part of this posting. Funny how you go out of your way to avoid the point of the article by clinging on to this one fact (lie or otherwise) as if that was the entire point of the article. Fact: Big Ed says that the Virginia Law MANDATES TVU's Fact: This is nowhere mandated in the law itself. It's amazing how you seem to be able to miss that point. It's so simple. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:44:55 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2012/02/21/ed-schultz-falsely-states-transvaginal-ultrasounds-are-mandated-in-va-law/#IDComment298691824 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2012/02/11/proofed-ed-why-wont-hollywood-conservatives-make-an-alger-hiss-film/#IDComment290069984 I'm all for a film on the Hiss case. Just don't compare it to the Garrison case. Chambers was an honorable figure in history. Jim Garrison was a disgrace. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:20:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rcapshaw/2012/02/11/proofed-ed-why-wont-hollywood-conservatives-make-an-alger-hiss-film/#IDComment290069984 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/07/sports-broadcast-veteran-super-bowls-birdgate-shouldnt-have-happened/#IDComment286648100 We should start a petition for someone classy for next year. My vote goes to Martina McBride. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:08:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/07/sports-broadcast-veteran-super-bowls-birdgate-shouldnt-have-happened/#IDComment286648100 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/chrysler-ceo-eastwood-ad-has-zero-political-content/#IDComment285866177 I hear you. I fail to understand why so many on here are looking for reasons to hate this ad instead of looking at its merits. Hate what has passed all you want, but if all you do is stew in the past you'll never be able to move forward. It's no different than some of the race baiters of today like Jesse Jackson. All these guys wish it were still the 60s but the fact is we've come a long way since then and it should be recognized. Hate the ad, and hate me if you will for not seeing it the same as you, but I don't. I found it inspired. It's time others view it for what it is instead of what they project it to be. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 03:38:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/chrysler-ceo-eastwood-ad-has-zero-political-content/#IDComment285866177 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/eastwoods-chrysler-super-bowl-ad-a-nod-to-obama/#IDComment285435411 Statements like, both teams needing to make changes to win the game. America coming together, and not being socked by a hard hit. When you take that coupled with Obama's statements about how he would do more of the same in a second term, I fail to see how you can arrive at that conclusion. I suppose some Big Hollywood readers really don't want to feel good about America. I get that we want to get rid of Obama, and I'm all for that. But we also need to be proud of what we are as well. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:30:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/eastwoods-chrysler-super-bowl-ad-a-nod-to-obama/#IDComment285435411 http://bigjournalism.com/jsshapiro/2012/02/02/aclu-facebook-politico-relationship-presents-a-privacy-concern/#IDComment281868742 You know it's easy to get around this. Just don't list any political preference or discuss political matters. Or if you do, go out of your way to be all over the board. One day, go on and on about how wonderful Obama is, and the next day say how you could never vote for a democrat in your life. Do this every day for a year just to screw with their data. That way, when the time comes and Zuckerberg believes he is delivering over a billion votes to the democratic party, he will be quite surprised by the reality. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:05:23 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jsshapiro/2012/02/02/aclu-facebook-politico-relationship-presents-a-privacy-concern/#IDComment281868742 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/24/abcs-gcb-paints-church-goers-as-vindicative-petty-and-sexually-charged/#IDComment274018361 Television shows which base their entire premise around a stereotype, either on purpose or ironically, rarely, if ever succeed. Even the show based on the movie Blazing Saddles didn't make it out of the first episode. True or not, you'd think the industry, and thus those who make it their living to create television shows would have realized this by now. All they're doing is throwing money away. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:47:52 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/24/abcs-gcb-paints-church-goers-as-vindicative-petty-and-sexually-charged/#IDComment274018361 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/24/abcs-gcb-paints-church-goers-as-vindicative-petty-and-sexually-charged/#IDComment273695134 A show about Christians which goes out of it's way to showcase a negative stereotype which only exists in the minds of narrow minded Hollywood bigots. Gee, I wonder why people are offended? Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:38:09 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/24/abcs-gcb-paints-church-goers-as-vindicative-petty-and-sexually-charged/#IDComment273695134 http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2012/01/22/i-will-call-for-unity-at-cpac-2012-we-all-must-find-common-ground/#IDComment271779487 The problem with you Paul supporters is that it isn't about the ideas. It's all about Paul. You guys tend to care more about the guy than the ideas. I've noticed in my travels throughout the country, there are people who have said many of the same ideas that Paul claims to represent but when their names enter the fold you guys yell out so much hate toward that person all in the name of Ron Paul. I may agree with Paul. I may not. But at the end of the day my vote counts just as much as yours has and you've not won me over. It's easy to blame Breitbart or fellow conservatives because you think you've done it all. You haven't. And getting pissy with me because I don't have the same POV that you do isn't going to win me over either. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:45:58 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2012/01/22/i-will-call-for-unity-at-cpac-2012-we-all-must-find-common-ground/#IDComment271779487 http://bigjournalism.com/rfutrell/2012/01/17/media-cant-handle-the-truth-about-ruth/#IDComment267330654 I would agree with you up till the part about LBJ. Both Kennedy and Truman, I contend would be Republicans today but LBJ was a New Dealer through and through. Still though, compared to what we have today. He most likely would be considered an extreme conservative, which says more about the state of the Democratic party than anything else. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:30:48 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/rfutrell/2012/01/17/media-cant-handle-the-truth-about-ruth/#IDComment267330654 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267165270 I suppose you could infer that HSUS doesn't actually "claim" to work for local shelters. But when you put up pictures of abused animals, play sappy music and then say something like "Your donation will go to help animals such as the ones you see here", and then only give the minimal, you are going out of your way to distort what you do. I'm sorry, but if HSUS doesn't want this sort of image, then it needs to re-evaluate it's methods and be more truthful about what it actually does because, judging by this message board alone, there is some confusion. I've also noticed that you didn't answer my main question. You haven't signed your actual name to any of your posts here so no one can know if, in fact, you are not on the payroll of HSUS, nor have you used any source independent of HSUS or Rick Berman to demonstrate how much money HSUS gives to local shelters compared to how much they take in, in total. You can smear me for having a different opinion all you want, but at the end of the day, what it boils down to is, I asked you a question, and you have refused to answer it. Actions speak louder than words. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:30:57 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267165270 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267140670 See, this is where we can have an honest debate. I feel animal shelters are best served locally and thus give to local shelters. You believe that giving to HSUS is the best way, and that's OK. If you have done the research and actually read both sides for what they say instead of what they say about each other, and in doing so, find that HSUS is an organization which fits your purposes, then by all means donate. I just think that it makes more sense to give at the local level as that is where the funds are needed most. The last thing, in my opinion, we need more of, is lobbyists, red tape, and people who get rich from of the goodwill or intentions of others. I appreciate that you approached this in a rational way rather than an emotional way like the poster below. You can't win a debate by insulting those who may disagree with you. And sometimes, we need to accept the fact that there are those who will disagree with us. I have, and I am glad that you have as well. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:56:38 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267140670 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267135554 Dude, get a life. You do realize that there are people in this world who may disagree with you. You claim there's only one HSUS employee who has posted here, but the only way anyone here can know that for sure is for guys like you to actually sign your names to the posts you type. The only way anyone knows that you are not on the payroll of HSUS is because you said so. Pardon me if I don't quite take your word for it. So take Berman out of the picture and the author of the original post. I ask you, how much money did HSUS actually give to local shelters last year and over the years and how does that compare to the total amount of funds that they have received during that time. You claim Berman and anyone who might read what he says is a hack. OK, whatever, so using your own resources, break that down. How much does HSUS actually give to the local shelters it claims to work for, and how does that number compare to it's total contributions. And when you do that, then explain to me where I didn't do my homework when I expressed an opinion that people who wish to help local shelters donate their funds there instead of HSUS. Tell me, why doing that is flat out wrong. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:48:26 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267135554 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267094481 Couple of general observations here. One, why does an organization, which purports to be for helping animals have paid employees whose job it is to go on the web to "correct" whatever it deams as misinformation. Even if HSUS is all these people claim it to be (doubtful) it has a major PR problem which needs to be addressed. If you've given to HSUS in the past, and you now find that people are being paid to go out on the web and post comments like the ones you've seen here today, you now know where your funds are going. Think about that the next time you want to give. If you have read all the information and agree with the mission of HSUS, which is to promote an animal rights agenda and lobby for such an agenda, then by all means, donate to them. They are one of the few organizations out there for that purpose. HOWEVER if you want to help pets and animals locally, or simply want your money to go ONLY for helping animals directly, then donate to local shelters and those organizations which actually give their funds to local shelters. Give and support local animal shelters. It's better for all involved. Think about it, even if you agree with HSUS you want to put them out of business by making it so that organizations like theirs are not needed. The place to begin is to give local. After all charity begins at home. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:30 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment267094481 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment266948996 I also love how you never qualify yourself as a paid employee of HSUS whose job it is to troll websites simply to put out the same talking points again and again in an effort to curtail the company line. Your indignation would carry more water if it weren't copied line for line from other postings out on the web every time a story like this appears. And BTW: Way to not actually respond to her claims. Basically you are saying that everything she says is TRUE but we shouldn't care because of her past. Thanks for clearing that up. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:15:56 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment266948996 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment266946659 It's the official response. This is from a person on the HSUS payroll who exists only to put out the company line every time a story like this one appears on the net. It has happened time and time again in publications all across the country. I'll tell you what. If you HSUS guys were are so concerned with helping the very animals in your ads, why don't you tell people that direct. Tell them flat out in the ads and in the publications that any monies raised will NOT go to their local shelters but to your larger effort. No one would think there is a problem, and the people interested in actually helping you would continue to do so. The fact remains that you won't simply because you know that by and large the majority of the people who donate are duped into believing that they are helping local shelters. This is a myth that HSUS doesn't mind putting out. Give to local shelters. With budgets these days, they need the money more than any national organization ever would. I'll leave you with this thought. Does the head of HSUS (Wayne Pacelle) live paycheck to paycheck, or does he live like any other DC lobbyist? Ask him what he took in last year and what his expenses were. That should tell you all you need to know about HSUS and what their priorities are. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:12:26 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/dculp/2012/01/17/the-media-sharpens-the-humane-societys-claws/#IDComment266946659