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Big Hollywood : EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Prejean's Attorney Responds to 'Inaccurate and Misleading' Rumors

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:54:23 +0000

Ms Prejean has today destroyed her own reputation. This is of a pattern, you see. Most Americans resent the holier-than-thou preenings of the 'Family Values' crowd, and take understandable pleasure when they are found out to be, shall we say, insincere. The brilliant German expression is 'schadenfreude'. Live by phony moralizing? Die by phony moralizing. That's how it works in our country. Perhaps you hadn't noticed. Larry Craig, Mark Foley, David Vitter, Helen Chenowyth and Mark Sanford certainly noticed.

Big Hollywood : EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Prejean's Attorney Responds to 'Inaccurate and Misleading' Rumors

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:49:31 +0000

It is a standard clause regarding moral turpitude. She signed it. Everyone signs it. This is standard practice in the entertainment industry.

Big Hollywood : EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Prejean's Attorney Responds to 'Inaccurate and Misleading' Rumors

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:45:56 +0000

No, Des, but it is a sin to be a hypocrite. Ms Prejean has become a national figure of hooting and laughter -- not because of what she does in private, but because of what she pretends in public. I'm sure you understand the difference. No?

Breitbart.com : Court rejects 'birther' suit

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:14:15 +0000

The birthers and their dazzlingly incompetent 'attorney', the well-known dentist Orly Taitz, Esq, have been utterly discredited in Judge Carter's disposition of their so-called 'case' today. Like every other birther attack on our system, this too has failed. Their documents are forgeries. Their claims are false. Their standing is non-existent. Their remedies are unconstitutional. Their lies are endless. And their hysteria? Immaculate. It cannot be touched by reason or fact. Next? Orly Taitz will be disbarred. Couldn't happen to a nicer nitwit.

Big Hollywood : Dear Harvey: Please Get Over Yourself

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:44:37 +0000

Hello Miss Moderator! What's the matter with you people? You've had more than an hour to correct a fundamental error of fact. Judging by your frightened refusal to post the correction, there must be something wrong with your commitment to scholarship, to accuracy, to simply getting it right. Four years means nothing? By your theory, Mr Bush is still President. I understand that you don't want to embarrass your blogger. Fair enough. Just correct her mistake, and you will have done the right thing for her, for accuracy, and for your reputation.

Big Hollywood : Dear Harvey: Please Get Over Yourself

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:31:09 +0000

Dear Pam: Please get your facts straight. Mr Weinstein and his brother founded Miramax, named for their parents, in 1979. They sold it to Disney FOUR YEARS AGO. Today, they run The Weinstein Company, and still make films. If you can't be bothered to do your homework, why should we believe anything you tell us? Your misinformation is FOUR YEARS out of date. Knock Hollywood all you like. I for one don't care. But please get your facts right, or some might think you don't know what you're talking about.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:01:10 +0000

Saddam was a wicked dictator who used gas on the Kurds, and on the Iranians. Problem: we supported him in that war. Perhaps you have forgotten this. Saddam was a wicked murderer who used assassination as a tool of his corrupt and nepotistic regime. Problem: we supplied many of his armaments, and much of his regime's training. Perhaps you have forgotten this. Question: where are the WMDs? We've been in control for many years, and have found none. Where are the chemical weapons Mr Cheney knew about? The nuclear weapons Dr Rice talked about? These too have disappeared. It turns out that UN sanctions worked, my friend. They worked well. Saddam lost the capacity (but surely not the will) to acquire those weapons. Regardless of the lies told by Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush, they have never been found. Do you know where they are? As an American, I know that Saddam's miserable life was not worth 2000 American lives -- but that's the price Mr Bush required our children to pay. Shame on him. The war you support was founded on lies, half-truths, and gross mis-reading of a despot we once supported. The war you support destroyed the presidency of Mr Bush, and rightly so. He dishonored us. It remains odd to see Republicans excuse their failures by blaming Democrats for sharing them.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:24:32 +0000

Hi Smiley: I'd be glad to reply, but what you 'wrote' makes no sense. It is impossible to penetrate your bad grammar, incompetent spelling, childish syntax, run-on sentences, and general gibberish. You make George Bush sound literate, and that's hard to do. Please come back when you have learned English. It is the language of America, and American values. Perhaps you have heard of this? Perhaps not.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:15:46 +0000

Hey Cajun Red: See what your pal Orso said: "As an American, I am totally fed up with this award being used to push a BS socialist agenda. I am embarrassed that is inept half-breed is president of my great country..." "Half-breed"? Surely even you know that these are the views of a moron. Irrational bigots try to poison American democracy. Race-hate of Orso's type has no place in our great country. If you don't know this, you've got a problem too. You and your kind lost the Civil War 150 years ago, and the civil rights war 50 years ago. Have you been asleep all this time? Apparently so.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:10:13 +0000

"Inept half-breed"? Wow. Your white sheets are showing. Your cross is burning in your back yard. What country are you really from? North Korea? Your racism makes it clear that you are profoundly, inexcusably anti-American. Your bigotry exposes your contempt for America, our values, and our principles. Go back to North Korea, and take your vile prejudices with you.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:17:22 +0000

"Odinga"? Wow. Your white sheets are showing. Quick now, put them away, and at least try to be an American. You may hate American values (what country are you really from?) but we will forgive you. Try harder, and at least pretend not to be the racist you are.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:02:30 +0000

Only if he murders his wife and kills a waiter.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:44:24 +0000

Mr Bush didn't just lie to the Democrats. He lied to the nation. On the basis of his lies, he took us into war. Many who were gullible believed him. I gather you were among them. I was too, for awhile, until other evidence began to be presented. I found General Brent Scowcroft, in opposition up to the eve of Mr Bush's invasion, especially compelling. The military and diplomatic experts named (there were more) protested by Mr Clinton's ill-founded rhetoric and Mr Bush's ill-advised war in equal measure. I'm sure you know this. You wrote: "The UN inspectors didn't prove anything. Ritter didn't "prove" there were no WMDs. Nor did any of the other inspectors "prove" that there were there. So where does that leave us?" You ask that they should have proved a negative. This cannot be done. (Ask Glenn Beck about 1990 -- this widespread meme has hoist him on his own petard.) The burden of proof always -- always -- lies on the affirmative. This is the engine of English jurisprudence, and of our own criminal justice system. You know this. Mr Bush et al could not prove the existence of WMDs, save by ignoring and manipulating 'evidence'. To reiterate: one cannot prove a negative. Once found out, Mr Bush and Mr Cheney had to beat a quick retreat and concoct other excuses for a foolish war, one which has cost us 2000+ American lives, and drawn focus from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where we should have done the job properly long ago. It might be added that these same characters attempted the fiction that 9/11 was caused by Iraq. As you know, 19 out of 20 hijackers were Saudis. Some people still believe the lie about Iraqi involvement in that horror. And Mr Bush would never in a thousand years invade Saudi Arabia... in fact, the only people allowed out of American airspace in the days following 9/11 were Saudi princelings and their entourage. Very strange, yes? It is a strange sight to see Republicans excuse their failures by blaming Democrats for sharing them.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:44:40 +0000

You make a good point, but omit a better one. The modern era of deregulation dates to the administration of Ronald Reagan, and those policies which delinked public interest from private benefit. In some sectors, this policy succeeded: in the trucking and airline industries, for example, we have seen market-driven reforms that reduced costs and improved efficiencies. Jets did not fall out of the sky, and trucks did not explode in flames. In media, a very mixed record obtains. Massive conglomeration has led to massive debt, and many of those companies (Clear Channel, most notoriously) have gone bankrupt, and are now forced to sell assets. However, in banking, insurance, energy commodities and mortgages, a very different story. Here, with our failure to examine, regulate and intervene, we see the collapse of Enron, AIG, countless NYC banks and stockbrokers, the sheer greed and criminality of Ken Lay and his ilk, and on and on. Milton Friedman's views, largely but not exclusively advocated by Republicans, have been a catastrophe. Sub-prime mortgages have proven to be a small corner of a much more widespread failure of regulation. Our banking sector nearly passed into meltdown last year. The consequences of that would have been far, far worse than anything to which you are ideologically opposed -- unless you are opposed to the FDIC too. Question: how many Canadian banks failed in the last six years? Question: how many US banks failed in the same period? Answer -- Canada: zero. US: 151. [SOURCE: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/bankli... We don't have to look far to see how the banking, broking, and mortgage industries should be properly regulated. In Canada, principles of honest conservatism prevail, and sheer greed does not. There, they require much higher equity ratios, both of lenders and borrowers. There, the federal government has run a SURPLUS in 12 of the last 14 years, under both Liberal and Conservative administrations. The last time we ran a surplus was in the administration of Pres Clinton. If you are really opposed to bailing out all businesses that fail, fair enough. But when we lose GM, Ford and Chrysler to the Japanese, Koreans and Chinese, are you really prepared to live with the long-term consequences? With the de-industrialization of our country? If so, you and I have very different ideas of what it means to be an American.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:51:50 +0000

You make an excellent point, and make it well. Thank you. It is entirely correct that the great majority of Democrats took the same dangerous and ill-advised position as did Republicans. They believed, fell for, and/or told what are now proven to be lies about Iraqi WMDs. Hilary Clinton was especially egregious in this regard, and communicating such lies to the UN destroyed much of General Powell's reputation. Indeed, few Americans were able to find the truth in the miasma of lies and exaggerations used by those who fomented the Second Gulf War. That truth was, however, told by some. "On June 16, 2004 former senior U.S. diplomats and military commanders called Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change issued a statement against the war: William J. Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Ronald Reagan; Joseph Hoar, former Commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East; H. Allen Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations; Donald McHenry, former Ambassador to the United Nations; Merrill McPeak, former Air Force Chief of Staff; Jack F. Matlock, Jr., a member of the National Security Council under Reagan and former Ambassador to the Soviet Union; John Reinhardt, former Director of the United States Information Agency; Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs and a former Ambassador; Stansfield Turner, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency." It should also be noted that weapons inspector Scott Ritter, General Brent Scowcroft, General Hugh Shelton and General Anthony Zinni got it right. So too did Gov Howard Dean, and Senators Feingold and Kennedy. This wretched war was founded on lies from the start. The UN inspectors have been proven correct. 2000 of our finest have been killed, and we were diverted from the real attack on Al Qaida, which has all along been based in Afghanistan and Pakistan. By going to war on a lie, George Bush destroyed his presidency, and Dick Cheney -- unrepentant to this hour -- helped him do it. Thank you for reminding us. Well done.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:54:08 +0000

For an example of 'irrational bigotry', let's look at this, posted here this morning: "I heard the award is gold foil wrapped around a hollow piece of chocolate. BTW, that makes a good metaphor for Barry doesn't it?" Lovely. There are people among us who simply cannot accept the fact that we have a black President. You know who you are, but will deny it. There are people here who imagine that the Great Recession was started by Mr Obama, and ignore completely that it was ignited two years ago by the toxic mortgage crisis and foolish banking practices which began in the administration of Mr Bush. And there are people here whose partisanship is so poisonous that they cannot acknowledge that the world's greatest honor in peace went to the leader of the world's greatest country today. If you goons didn't hate America so much, you would -- like decent Americans are doing right now -- take enormous pride in this award. Instead, you can do no better than whine and screech. I look forward to the day that your Michael 'Savage' wins the Nobel Prize for his efforts to build a world free of hate, prejudice and irrational rancor. This may take awhile.

Breitbart.com : President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:46:16 +0000

This is an extraordinary honor for the United States of America. It shows our best face to the world. In an era when we need bold alliances in order to succeed, today's Nobel Peace Prize demonstrates that we continue to change and lead. Where once we sought to impose a bellicose Pax Americana on an unwilling planet, today we are seen as a partner, a colleague, an ally. By our new willingness to lead by conciliation, and by example, we are showing our global neighbors the best hope that is America. Gone are the days of lies about non-existent WMDs used to justify the sacrifice of young American lives. America has been honored today. Only irrational bigots will see it otherwise.

Breitbart.com : http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9B5QCH83

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:15:32 +0000

What do these Family Values phonies drink? From Rev Ted Haggard to Rep Mark Foley, from Rep Bob Baumann to Rep Newt Gingrich, from Sen David Vitter to Sen Larry Craig, and dozens more en route, we see a pattern of the most appalling and laughable fraud. These characters pose as the only defenders of family, and raise millions in campaign dollars doing so. Then... they get caught. Snared by sexual hypocrisy and double standards, these Family Values nits almost predictably continue to try to impose their 'morality' on others, while practising none of it themselves. And then they wonder why they are ridiculed and dismissed across America. The real wonder is how such frauds get elected in the first place. Bring back Elmer Gantry!

Big Hollywood : Deconstructing the Speech

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:05:55 +0000

Nope. None really warranted. You say you have not read Ann Coulter, and that you did not steal your core notions from her. (You are silent about Mr 'Savage', but that's another matter, I guess.) So, I believe you. NOT reading Ann Coulter is a badge of honor is most quarters... Indeed, WR, both Newton and Leibniz seem to have invented the calculus at almost the same hour, and quite independently of each other. It can happen. As I said before, subscribing to the central animus and irrational beliefs so prevalent on this board, I prefer to believe with the others here that Mr Obama didn't just kill the program. He killed the actual children, in the basement of the White House, near the Nixon bowling alley, Lane 4. Feel free to tell Glenn Beck.

Big Hollywood : Deconstructing the Speech

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:03:28 +0000

Thank you for yours. Without any intent to have the "last word", I appreciate the tone and trait of these last posts. (I thought the thread was over.) There's no reason you should believe me, but I supervise a medical research lab. We often work at night (like now) when a particular line is running. Our specialty lies in recombinant DNA, and its possible application to certain forms of auto-immune disease. This may all come to nothing, or it may -- years from now -- save or prolong the lives of those afflicted by MS, ALS, Parkinson's (we suspect, but do not yet know), de-lamination, and neuro-muscular disease of all sorts, among other horrors. Our work is ENTIRELY experimental. It takes many years, and a great deal of investment. "Your tax dollars at work." I value rigor and clarity because, without it, science would be a shambles. No finding would stand any test, and no sick person would ever be helped. I was one of them. When a kid, I contracted a rare cancer. Nothing conventional worked. My parents enrolled me in an experimental protocol. And, you've guessed the rest. I've given my life (except for friends and family) to medicine and science by way of thanking people I never met who, years before, saved the life of someone they never met. In my world, cooperation is a higher principle than any other. In my world, our findings must be able to withstand the tightest scrutiny and analysis, test and trial. Without such logical and articulate rigor, measured in a hundred ways, no progress would ever occur -- and yet, many of the most important discoveries in medicine happened almost by accident. You know about penicillin, and no doubt many more. It's always amazing. And so, we live in both worlds: luck married to intuition, and the sheer laboriousness of testing and testing and testing. We now find that 6 oz of pomegranate juice has a beneficial effect in the control of prostate cancer. Who knew? I go on about this so that (for what it's worth) it may be clear why people like me feel so strongly about just trying to get things right, based on disinterested incontrovertible fact, presented without bias, in order that human beings might suffer less, and perhaps even love more. Thank you for listening.