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15 years ago @ Big Government - Breitbart: It’s Not ... · 4 replies · +1 points

I was wondering that too - lol was afraid I broke it by logging in!

16 years ago @ Big Journalism - Don't Look To MSM For ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ha! You're right.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - The True Lessons of 'G... · 0 replies · +1 points

Have you even bothered to push any of these useful buttons that connect us to other things we've done on the net?

The author made a comment. I disagreed. That's about all there is to it besides people jumping to conclusions.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - The True Lessons of 'G... · 2 replies · +1 points

Oh, no, you misunderstand. I wasn't talking about this group exactly, more about the semi-intellectual labels some wear when they spout off quotes from only one side. It was triggered by the quote that I pasted up at the top.

And you'd be wrong about your assumption of my political views, along with the condescension.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - The True Lessons of 'G... · 5 replies · +2 points

"Those of us who read Rand and Friedman instead of Chomsky and Alinsky . . ."

Why not be the people who have read all four? Are we so desperate for acceptance that we will willingly allow ignorance of a certain viewpoint rather than face it, question it, and (for ourselves at least) answer it? Isn't it better to be able to respond to arguments with actual knowledge than "Cliff's Notes" versions, more often than not prepared by some partisan?

If we have time to read and respond to opinion columns about gecko voices, we certainly have time to take a quick trip to the local library.

16 years ago @ Big Journalism - Flood, Famine, Fear an... · 0 replies · +1 points

The entire purpose of the media has devolved into selling advertising. When will they figure out that outrageous only sells to those who agree with you (a small base)? The rest of us would prefer balanced and honest. And then they wonder why sales are going down. Do you think they're angling for a government bailout?

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - KLAVAN: Hollywood Cons... · 0 replies · +2 points

Most importantly, money is going to start dictating how the studios are going to act. The activism is what it is; performers are private citizens and allowed to speak just like we are allowed to not listen to them. Let them enjoy their soapboxes and feeling important while the adults take care of business.

16 years ago @ Big Journalism - Don't Look To MSM For ... · 2 replies · +3 points

Perhaps the media's just a little tired of the same old thing that we've been seeing in the streets for about forty years now. That's gotta be it. The Tea Party gets such coverage because it's new and exciting, this is the same old dirty, dirty, hippie, tree-huggin' crap, right?

It's going to take a pretty big shift to make the media have to change its story. After all, that would mean that they were wrong and they don't admit that easily.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Letter to the Congress... · 1 reply · +4 points

I have no problem with government programs, the idea of helping a fellow human being and citizen recover after some bad luck. Health care is important and so is food. Our elders deserve respect and not to have to be consigned to the trash heap.

The problem is just this: the government is screwing it up, creating a new class of dependency and another of bureaucracy. Neither produce, they can only leech. Let's find another way to make things work, not just start cutting like Sweeney Todd on crack.
http://cleansweepbeaconhill.wordpress.com/2010/04...

16 years ago @ Big Government - The Tea Party Movement... · 0 replies · +8 points

And that's why the detractors of the tea parties will accomplish nothing. They're starting from the wrong point. We're not hardcore Republicans, looking to do whatever the party tells us to do (a lot of us aren't Republicans at all). We are individuals that probably would agree on very little except that the government is out of control and needs some serious pruning!

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