en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/601148 Comments by TheBigLebbowski http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/18/bad-ass-artwork-stallones-the-expendables/#IDComment63016341 Hmm, that is a good point. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:42:19 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/18/bad-ass-artwork-stallones-the-expendables/#IDComment63016341 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/18/bad-ass-artwork-stallones-the-expendables/#IDComment63016312 Quite possibly the best movie poster ever. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:42:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/18/bad-ass-artwork-stallones-the-expendables/#IDComment63016312 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/19/new-trailer-predators-opens-july-7th/#IDComment63015816 Not gonna lie, this actually looks pretty cool. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:37:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/19/new-trailer-predators-opens-july-7th/#IDComment63015816 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/03/17/did-tom-hanks-war-of-terror-and-racism-comments-hurt-the-pacific/#IDComment62662061 My dad refused to watch it for one beacuse of Hanks comments , and I would definitely say there are loads more like him. Undoubtedly, Hank's misguided ramblings are not the whole reason why "The Pacific" isnt doing good, but it certainly helped. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:21:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/03/17/did-tom-hanks-war-of-terror-and-racism-comments-hurt-the-pacific/#IDComment62662061 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2010/03/14/day-by-day-oui-ouid-up/#IDComment62150044 Thats a good mock up of that portrait of Louis XIV... But on a more serious note: Obama has the aspirations of the Revolutionaries and the skill of Louis XVI. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:15:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2010/03/14/day-by-day-oui-ouid-up/#IDComment62150044 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/13/box-office-matt-damons-100-million-green-zone-flops-could-open-to-less-than-15-million/#IDComment61919258 And yet they will probably make another one of these shitty things. At least we know they are honest about hating capitalism...wait no, theyre just stupid. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:07:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/13/box-office-matt-damons-100-million-green-zone-flops-could-open-to-less-than-15-million/#IDComment61919258 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60234156 Put shortly, I think most American exceptionalists, myself included, take the word exceptional to mean best in this case. "If you accept the second idea, then it becomes possible to admit there are positives and negatives concerning any country. " Have to disagree with you on that, there are plenty of things I admit I downright hate about America but that doesn't mean I don't think its the best nation on earth. "I'm just saying that if a person were to think in such a manner, the choices wouldn't be as clear cut as america is the greatest or america is an evil evil empire." I hate gray areas. As far as I'm concerned, people should just say, well this is a great nation with some flaws, a crappy nation with some good things, or a downright evil empire. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:48:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60234156 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60152391 With all due respect, was the point of your first comment that the term exceptional-ism is misapplied, or is your point that America is not deserving of the appreciation we give it? The only reason I jumped on this is because it sounded like you were suggesting that "Well, America is a very great nation, but it is one of many". Sounds kinda like "Well, the Bible is one of many good books" . Now if your point is to chop logic on the meaning of words and phrases and what not, than that's a totally different thing. I thought your first comment was interesting, but I'm still not quite sure what your getting at. So, in short, whats your point? Sun, 7 Mar 2010 05:52:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60152391 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60125354 Could not agree more. Europe is, simply put, undergoing a peacefull barbarian invasion, and as far as I'm concerned, those pig headed European Atheists deserve exactly what they are getting. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 01:07:19 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60125354 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60124910 ex·cep·tion·al (k-spsh-nl) adj. 1. Being an exception; uncommon. 2. Well above average; extraordinary: an exceptional memory. See Usage Note at exceptionable. 3. Deviating widely from a norm, as of physical or mental ability: special educational provisions for exceptional children. Other countries are unique and good (to an extent) but give me any nation on earth which has the same balance of powers, rights, and cultural advantages that we have now. As I said, we have the best of Liberal (in the classical sense) reforms and Christian tradition. But to be an American exceptionalist is to believe America is not only unique and good, but superior. The culture of the rest of the world, while it often has something good to it, is drastically inferior. Hell, even Islam, for example, has allot of things going for it culturally, but lets face it, they are Barbarians! They are the real meaning of conservative in the old sense. In fact I would venture to say that they are some of the few actual conservatives left. Point is, despite our problems, we are culturally superior and exceptional to the rest of the world, and its not blind nationalism to say so. No one has exactly what we have, it is our unique combination which makes us superior. This is why today's Liberals suck, because they want to remove everything which makes us great. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 01:05:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60124910 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60123797 Sorry, no. Hitler, Stalin and Mao - All nationalists. Stalin and Mao might have paid lip service to the notion of international communism, but they knew that was a lie. Hitler? He was fine with a one world government as long as it was a German world. This is one of the reasons why Communism generally turns into a variety of national socialism. And to compare Roosevelt and Wilson to Hitler Stalin and Mao is just silly. Sure, we have every reason to hate what they did, and they might even have had aspirations to be more like their Leftist cousins in Europe, but it simply is a drastic exaggeration to say that they approached anything like the great leftist totalitarians even if they wernt that far removed ideologically. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:56:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60123797 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60117188 For Americans to overly emphasize their superiority over the rest of the world merely by virtue of being Americans is nationalism. There is such a thing as too much patriotism on the right, and I think Bill Whittle comes just a tad close to that line with his quasi religious veneration of the Constitution and the founding fathers. Truth is, though I think undeniably great, they were fallible human beings and the union they formed, though great, was also imperfect, and continues to be imperfect to this day. However, all of that said, it is simply a statement of reality that we are living in the greatest nation on earth. No nation offers such a perfect mixture of Judeo Christian ideals and classical liberalism. Sure, we are deeply flawed, but we have an unparalleled combination of freedoms, rights and ideals in this country which no other nation has and many other nations seek to emulate. Now, I think we are not as exceptional as we once were, due to the Unions, the secularists, and the Morale relativists, and for what its worth, if Barack Obama had actually managed to implement the full scope of his Socialist agenda we would be one step closer to being just another European welfare state. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:58:34 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60117188 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60115726 At face value, I agree with much of what you are saying. But your low rep shows that your idea of flaws and mistakes is probably Vietnam and the Reagan years. Of course, to say we are culturally exceptional is not to say that we are perfect, but It is not an exaggeration to say that our Culture has granted us an extraordinary amount of freedoms which the rest of the world seeks to emulate and for this reason it is exceptional. Of course, our Industrious and morale nature is being worn down by the Unions, the Secularists, the bullshit morale relativists among others. I think, in terms of the big picture, the only rational and reality grounded conclusion we can come to is that America simply is the Greatest country on Earth, despite all its faults. We are a great combination of Judeo Christian tradition's and classical liberalism. This is not nationalism. This is merely an acknowledgment of who we are. I'm inclined to think that your are the one who needs a bit of American realism. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:43:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60115726 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60115436 I believe one world government types are going to be the great tyrants of the 21st century. Just my prediction. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:40:59 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60115436 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60115312 Just to point out, periods are helpfull to conveying a coherant thought. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:39:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2010/03/06/the-culture-war-divide-american-exceptionalism/#IDComment60115312 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dmiller/2010/02/18/review-percy-jackson-delivers-sweet-special-effects-epic-road-trip/#IDComment57510575 I was happily surprised by this movie. To tell the truth the only reason I saw it was beacuse the Wolf Man was sold out, but despite the fact that when I did see the Wolfman again, I liked it, I would actually rather watch Percy Jackson again. With some exceptions, the writing was good, the special effects were good, and there were a whole lot of hilarious bits. Steve Coogan as Hades was awesome! As Darin Miller said, the adult stars definitely compensated for the occasional acting slip up from the younger stars. Plus, I think I personally found the Greek mythology background just plain more interesting than the Wizardry backdrop of Harry Potter. I would give it a 3 and a 1/2 maybe even 4 out of 5 Stars. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:00:52 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dmiller/2010/02/18/review-percy-jackson-delivers-sweet-special-effects-epic-road-trip/#IDComment57510575 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/02/17/daily-gut-some-subversive-movie-ideas-for-james-cameron/#IDComment57387852 What a bullshit response. The impression is forcefully given that the majority if not all of the evil corporate mercenaries are former marines. This movie encourages us to cheer when US marines get killed by the innocent natives. That is exactly the type of movie this is and Cameron knows it. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:52:53 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/02/17/daily-gut-some-subversive-movie-ideas-for-james-cameron/#IDComment57387852 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/02/17/fox-cpac-organizers-try-to-turn-up-hip-quotient-with-video-games-rap/#IDComment57387101 Nice. I wanted to be obnoxious to you for telling me to settle down, but anyone who quotes the Big Lebbowski at me is good in my book. Well, maybe not Hitler or Stalin, but even still... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:46:14 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/02/17/fox-cpac-organizers-try-to-turn-up-hip-quotient-with-video-games-rap/#IDComment57387101 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/02/17/fox-cpac-organizers-try-to-turn-up-hip-quotient-with-video-games-rap/#IDComment57373273 Im all for the GOP trying to get some more youth votes in just practical political terms, and as a gamer I always like the idea of playing Cod. All that said, as a young conservative myself, I find this obsession by some in the GOP to appeal to the youth kinda rediculous. Social Conservatism and young people just don't generally mix. I say screw it, we don't need them to win elections. Sure everyone vote we get is good, but we don't need to be "cool" to win. Bottom line is this, Young people went for Obama beacuse he had stupid liberal ideas and so do they. Young people will ALWAYS go for liberalism for better(As in Classical Liberalism) or for worse (As in Progressivism and Marxism) because they are inherently more Liberal than their forebears. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:34:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/02/17/fox-cpac-organizers-try-to-turn-up-hip-quotient-with-video-games-rap/#IDComment57373273 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/02/17/fox-cpac-organizers-try-to-turn-up-hip-quotient-with-video-games-rap/#IDComment57372800 Clearly its not necessary to have the youth vote to win elections. As a young conservative myself, I say screw it, repackage your message sure, but don't move away from social conservatism. If recent polling is any indication, being openly anti abortion and anti Gay marriage is not overtly against the wider electorate. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:29:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/02/17/fox-cpac-organizers-try-to-turn-up-hip-quotient-with-video-games-rap/#IDComment57372800