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14 years ago @ Big Journalism - Progressives and Conse... · 1 reply · +18 points

I assume you'll be picketing your local Planned Parenthood, who perform such ultrasound procedures before an abortion?

14 years ago @ Big Journalism - OWS Letter to the Edit... · 0 replies · +8 points

Do you use your gun to "storm Wall Street and our nations' capitals?" And again I ask, is "tak(ing) up their Second Amendment-sanctioned guns and storm(ing) Wall Street and our nation’s capitals" the sort of "redress of grievances" that we all have a right to?

Additionally, do you acknowledge the fact that Ben's point is a double standard in media coverage, and that a similar letter to the editor written by a Tea Party activist would cause complete media panic?

14 years ago @ Big Journalism - OWS Letter to the Edit... · 6 replies · +36 points

The right to redress of grievances - by storming Wall Street with guns - is guaranteed? Really?

And if you could read, you'd know that Ben was not "crying for the homeland stazi" but rather marveling at the double standard. As Ben stated, if a tea party rep had made the statement, would there be outrage from yourself and your lefty friends or not? Of course there would.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Annie Hall' vs. 'Midn... · 0 replies · +8 points

You're a big fan of Reagan and Nixon, then?

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Annie Hall' vs. 'Midn... · 3 replies · +8 points

Yeah, it's always safe to talk about past Republicans with a modicum of respect. "Oh, for the long-ago past, when Republicans were human beings. Of course, we all called them bottom-feeding scum-sucking Nazi weasels even then, but it's fun to pretend that they were OK back then, so we can use them as a stick to beat present Republicans with."

Liberal circa 1984: "Reagan is an evil, wicked, incompetent, mean-spirited boob."

Liberal circa 2004: "Bush is an evil, wicked, incompetent, mean-spirited boob. Not like that nice, reasonable Ronald Reagan. If only Republicans would get back to being what they once were."

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'One For the Money' Re... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't know if that should make a difference. A movie should stand or fall on its own merits. If a movie sucks, then it doesn't matter if the book's better. The movie will still suck.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Dark Knight Rises' Po... · 2 replies · +4 points

It seems a bit clumsy - The legend ends when the Dark Knight rises? Shouldn't it be called, "The Dark Knight Falls?"

I suspect that when they settled on the title, they didn't yet have a script and didn't expect it was going to be the last of the franchise.

14 years ago @ MercatorNet - MercatorNet: In the pink · 1 reply · +3 points

Whether one agrees or does not agree with the assertion of a link between abortion and breast cancer, the implication that the point of the article is to discourage breast cancer research is offensive and idiotic.

And yeah, I trust the nation's largest abortion provider to not use millions of dollars in Komen money for breast cancer research. Really I do.

14 years ago @ MercatorNet - MercatorNet: In the pink · 4 replies · +3 points

What a ridiculous charge! No one is saying, "don't support breast cancer research." Rather, the question is, "why do so many people who supposedly care so much about women's health ignore and obfuscate information about what is likely a leading factor in becoming afflicted with breast cancer?" If the American Lung Association gave millions of dollars to tobacco companies, would that perhaps cause you some concern? Or would pointing that out be "blaming smokers for getting sick?"

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Off With the Heads of ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Thank you! This is an excellent and perceptive response.

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