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15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - HBO Doc 'Reagan': Pres... · 3 replies · +22 points

Very strongly anti-immigration? Hardly. The tea party's primary issue is fiscal responsibility. To the extent that immigration places a burden on the existing welfare state, the tea party is most certainly not in favor of it, but if it is illegal and we know who is coming in and that they are coming in order to work, the tea party is not going to be opposed to it.

This is along the same lines of "Reagan could never get elected in today's 'extreme' Republican party." That is absolutely laughable. They conveniently have amnesia that the ivory tower liberals hated Reagan when he was in power every bit as much as they hate the tea party of today.

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Netflix, Redbox, and t... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think Redbox and Netflix appear to two distinctly different segments and they are both good at what they do and I don't think either company is going anywhere. Redbox is great for impulse rentals when you are at the grocery store and it focuses on the new releases. Netflix is aimed at getting you an abundance of inexpensive content for a very fair price. It's only slightly less convenient in terms of there is a 2 day turnaround (for me, at least) for exchanging discs by mail, but the selection is vast and deep, and the streaming service is very high quality and convenient.

If you're a true moviephile like I am, Netflix fits my needs perfectly. For a mom on the go, Redbox is probably a better service.

15 years ago @ The Black Sphere - Is Gov't or Are Doctor... · 1 reply · +2 points

In Obozo's America, it won't be Democrat Orval Faubus' National Guard keeping the less fortunate out of the hospitals, it will be the throngs of deadbeats who are all of a sudden entitled to get the best healthcare in the world for free.

Even under managed care, which is way too common these days, people don't have an incentive to keep their health care costs low because they don't incur much of the cost when they use services. People should get emergency care regardless of their ability to pay and I'm not opposed to the government contributing to health savings accounts for the less fortunate to use as they see fit. But the fact is that not everyone is entitled to every single cutting edge miracle cure.

The Democrats paint a picture of people dying in the streets due to evil insurance companies. I don't see any evidence of that being true. They also make outright lies about insurance companies dropping sick people from their policies in order to save money. That practice has been illegal for decades. Ideally, people should be able to own their own insurance policies so that if they lose their jobs, they aren't stuck without insurance when COBRA runs out. What the Democrats are doing will not fix anything, and it will make our existing problems much worse.

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Top 25 Left-Wing Films... · 0 replies · +7 points

Easily one of the best movies ever by any standard. So many great scenes, especially the helicopter scene with "Ride of the Valkyries". So many great lines of dialogue, the greatest being "Charlie don't surf."

15 years ago @ The Black Sphere - King's Real Legacy · 1 reply · +2 points

Kevin, we have much to be thankful for in this country, and the legacy of Martin Luther King is right at the top.

But we cannot give up and declare King's victory yet, even though his vision has triumphed in the hearts and minds of nearly all Americans. The Democrats and the unions that were once standing in front of the school buildings to keep the black kids out are now standing in front of the buildings to keep the black kids in their crappy government monopolized schools. Until parents can more easily move their kids to better schools than the ones that are in the bad neighborhoods, the culture of poverty will persist. I truly believe that school choice is the most important civil rights issue of our time.

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Finale of 'Sarah Palin... · 0 replies · +7 points

The photography was spectacular. Each little trip was interesting and served a purpose. And you can't help but dearly love Sarah Palin and her family after watching the show. For someone who is such a pariah to the mainstream media to open up her life like that takes some real courage.

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Baseball Crank: Why Co... · 0 replies · +3 points

Love the music, hate his politics. His concerts are nothing short of amazing, particularly when he plays with the E Street Band.

I have to ignore his leftist kook speech when he's not playing music, but when he shuts up and sings, I'm hooked. Great songs, great albums and GREAT concerts. He has still made some great American music.

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Ted Nugent Schools Ros... · 1 reply · +10 points

I have HEARD of the Koch brothers, but I have no idea who they are or what they do, other than that they contribute to conservative and libertarian causes. I am pretty sure, though, that they haven't toppled the currency of four countries and acted as a Nazi collaborator like the left's benefactor George Soros. I also know that any tea party I've been to, I paid for my own train ticket, parking, food and tea party paraphernalia.

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Entertainment Spending... · 0 replies · +2 points

They are marketing the wrong movies. Green Zone and Fair Game failed for obvious reasons, but their marketing budgets could have been put towards something that would have resonated better with audiences. I saw plenty of great movies this year, but I try to avoid a lot of the mass-marketed tripe that Hollywood puts out.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Minnesota's ‘Hometow... · 1 reply · 0 points

Not to take away from the main point of the article, but Dave Winfield was the greatest multi-sport athlete in Minnesota prep history, eventually being drafted by the MLB, NBA and NFL.

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