I went to a Motley Crue concert this weekend and it was absolutely awesome. Well, the music, and the show were awesome. I was just a little bit perturbed about the political undertones that played on the screens on either side of the stage, though. The porn fest that played on the screens was a little over the top, but it was expected. It was a rock concert after all. The political undertone was kind of out of line though. It’s no wonder kids are flocking after Obama if this is where they get their political educations.
During the songs, the clips showed images of former dictators ruling with iron hands, and President George Bush intermingled with them. It said over and over, “Fact: Governments control people with fear,” and it when on to show images of war, 9/11, and a flash by quote reading, “World Trade Center Building 7,” which obviously refers to the conspiracy theory that building 7 was destroyed by the U.S. government to hide a cover up of the “real” 9/11 perpetrators. While the band screamed, “Shout at the Devil,” President Bush’s image flashed on the screens, flipping off the crowd, and morphed into an image of the devil.
Rock rebellion? Of course! But it does beg the question, how much influence should a bunch of former drug addicts have on America’s political climate? And it’s not just Motley Crue! Rock bands and other performers all over the country are using their concerts and albums as a soapbox to spew their political rhetoric. Green Day, Audioslave, Antiflag, the Dixie Chicks, Ludacris, and more, use their music and their shows to indoctrinate our nations youth into a anti-nationalist fervor. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, I know The Daily Show is a comedy. My cable guide specifically says, “A humorous slant on recent news stories.” The point Joe makes here however is that across the board, there is a liberal slant that isn’t based on kickbacks from the DNC, but (to quote his guest New York Times journalist John Harwood),
I don’t think they are hacks for the Democratic Party. People write about what’s funny to them. And the stuff that’s funny to them is, is the stuff that comes out of what they see that they want to make fun of from Republicans.
The point Harwood mistakenly makes is that yes, people in the media (from Harwood to Stewart) only see Republican “stuff” as worth covering.
Joe’s point of course is that we should all look at both sides-not just the “Republican stuff” or the “Democrat stuff.” Americans need to open their eyes, and see which side is selling the worst used cars.
The only episode of Boston Public I ever saw, was Chapter 37, which dealt with the “N”-word. Couldn’t find a single clip on YouTube, but that episode should have made me a regular watcher (it didn’t, although Jeri Ryan is certainly eye-catching). It really was a good episode.
I’d offer my thoughts, but right now I’m just too exhausted; still wanted to blog the following segments from The View, though:
The fictional movie Recount is coming out soon and the San Francisco Chronicle, of all papers, skewered it as a piece of bias filmmaking made for one political party….but hey, its still entertaining:
Though everybody knows that Republican George W. Bush won the presidency in 2000 by defeating Democrat Al Gore in a hotly contested election, “Recount” manages to keep the suspense taut throughout.
As for the second issue, well, “Recount” barely tries to contain its bias. This is a movie that asserts - convincingly - that the election was stolen from the Democrats, and it only fleetingly portrays the Republicans as a group merely trying to keep what it won rightly.
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Glory goes to the Democrats in this film and Klain in particular, while a late brush of compassion is meant to illuminate Wilkinson’s portrayal of Baker. Read the rest of this entry »
David Bellavia is a Silver Star recipient, has been nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, and (here’s where he undoubtedly earned the disdain of Olbermann) is running as a Republican for Congress. The other day he was at a speaking event and introduced Sen McCain-describing him as a hero.
A hero introduced a hero, and that’s racist because he said, “Tiger Woods” instead of some white athlete.
“She and her representatives have been touting around a project which is a remake of Casablanca. The reception has been lukewarm to say the least. No one can understand why she wants to redo what many people consider the greatest film of all time.”
In the 1942 original, Bergman starred opposite Humphrey Bogart, who played Rick Blaine, a cynical bar owner in the Moroccan city of Casablanca in the early days of the Second World War. Ilsa is torn between love for her husband, a Czech Resistance leader, and her ex-lover Rick. Read the rest of this entry »
“He’s two treats in one, no wonder he’s my favorite Republican.”
-Joy Behar, introducing Ron Paul, anti-war Republican presidential candidate and specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, as a guest on The View
Although they may share allied positioning over Iraq, it would appear ArPee broke lances with Joy and Whoopi over the issue of abortion. Suddenly, his obstetrics/gynecology credentials no longer qualify him for being “two treats in one”.
I’m an O.B. doctor, and I practiced medicine for 30 years, and I of course never saw one time when a medically necessary abortion had to be done.
This isn’t the first time that Ron Paul has been brought up on The View. I only made it through 5 minutes of this earlier mention of Ron Paul, which includes a very intelligent and informative discussion on terrorism.
Tom Cruise, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep were starved out of the top 10 when the three-weekend-old Lions for Lambs took in just $1.2 million from Friday to Sunday, per Box Office Mojo stats. To date, the movie has grossed $13.8 million. Cruise, for one, hasn’t starred or costarred in a film that has made less than Lions for Lambs since he was 20 and in Losin’ It. 1. Enchanted, $35.3 million 2. This Christmas, $18.6 million 3. Beowulf, $16.2 million 4. Hitman, $13 million 5. Bee Movie, $12 million 6. Fred Claus, $10.7 million 7. August Rush, $9.4 million 8. American Gangster, $9.2 million 9. The Mist, $9.1 million 10. No Country for Old Men, $8.1 million
If I may paraphrase the plot, a guy who believes aliens live in volcanoes stars in a movie whose goal is to get America to abandon a Democracy and a war we are already winning and turn it into a defeat while trying to make themselves sound moral, intelligent, and American. Apparently Saddam’s genocide and rape rooms or Al Qaeda’s mass beheadings and Islamo-fascism is not such a bad thing and not worth fighting against and Democracy is not worth Fighting for.
I just don’t understand why the movie is not successful.
Curt, if I may please steal an image from Flopping Aces for a bit……
Ok, let me see. So far we have Rendition, Valley of Elah, Lions for Lambs and now Redacted for Best Picture. Which one could round out the catagory? Think I’m kidding? The Academy loves to award awful leftist propaganda pieces:
November 25, 2007 — IT’S hard for Hollywood pacifists like Brian De Palma to capture the hearts and minds of America if
Americans won’t see their movies. While the public is staying away in droves from “Rendition,” “Lions for Lambs” and “In the Valley of Elah,” audiences are really avoiding “Redacted,” De Palma’s picture about US soldiers who rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, then kill her and her family. The message movie was produced by NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who insisted on deleting grisly images of Iraqi war casualties from the montage at the film’s end. Cuban offered to sell the film back to De Palma at cost, but the director was too smart to go for that deal. “Redacted” - which “could be the worst movie I’ve ever seen,” said critic Michael Medved -took in just $25,628 in its opening weekend in 15 theaters, which means roughly 3,000 people saw it in the entire country. “This, despite an A-list director, a huge wave of publicity, high praise in the Times, The New Yorker, left-leaning sites like Salon, etc. A Joe Strummer documentary [of punk-rock band The Clash] playing in fewer theaters made more in its third week,” e-mailed one cineaste. “Not even people who presumably agree with the movie’s antiwar thesis made the effort to see it.”
$1,708 per theater. Now that is some bad stuff.
Duncan Hunter is a bit ticked off about the propaganda piece:
The ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee sent a
letter to the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America
yesterday calling the new Iraq war film “Redacted” shameful in its view
of U.S. soldiers.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, sent a scathing letter
regarding Brian De Palma’s new film to MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman
asking that he not forget that there are heroes who have sacrificed
their lives for the United States and Iraqi people.
“Unfortunately, Brian De Palma’s new movie ‘Redacted,’ which opened
in several theaters this week, portrays American service personnel in
Iraq as uncontrollable misfits and criminals,” Mr. Hunter stated in his
letter to Mr. Glickman. “While incidents of criminal behavior by
members of our military should never be ignored, the isolated incident
on which this film is based negatively portrays American service
personnel and misrepresents their collective efforts in Iraq.”
Other military officials worry that the film could be used as
propaganda against troops in the region and incite violence against
them by Islamist group…..
“This incident, while tragic, demonstrates the goodness and
generosity of our nation’s military, and its continued mission in
Iraq,” Mr. Hunter said, reminding Mr. Glickman and Mr. De Palma of the
continuing sacrifices U.S. troops have made.
“The film intentionally fails to show or give any indication of the
more than 3 million inoculations administered by American forces, the
construction of medical clinics and schools, as well as the
construction of other important infrastructure,” the letter went on to
state. “Additionally, the film’s negative depiction of our military
blatantly ignores the many acts of heroism performed by our soldiers,
Marines, airmen and sailors in Iraq.”
But hey, who cares right? There is a message to be put out there. Who cares if the portrayal of an isolated incident in Iraq, in which you make our heroes look like foolish buffoons, incites a bit of hatred of America in the Middle East.
Looks like most of America cares, they spoke with their wallet.
The wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and
post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape
grim news headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say. In a
break with past convention, when films based on real conflicts were
made only years after the last shots were fired, several
politically-charged films have gone on release while America remains
embroiled in Iraq.
Almost without exception, however, the crop
of movies have struggled to turn a profit at the box-office and in many
cases have received a mauling from unimpressed critics as well. Veteran
television producer Steven Bochco, …. said it was hard to engage
audiences in a “hugely unpopular war.”
You see, all those movies which denigrated our soldiers, and our country, wasn’t shunned because they insulted us. No, they were shunned because the war is so unpopular.
Now that, my friends, is called SPIN!
Of course common sense would dictate that a Congress (11% approval rated Congress mind you) would have immediately voted to withdraw our troops if the war was SOOOOO unpopular right?
What these liberals don’t get is that the public is not shunning films about the Iraq war. They are shunning films that denigrate America and its fighting men. There are dozens of books out now about the heroics of our soldiers over there, Hollywood hasn’t paid attention to one of them. They flock to any Jessie Macbeth they come across while ignoring the real heroes, and then they can’t figure out why no one wants to see there POS movies.
Americans are not idiots. The Europeans may spew that kind of rhetoric as they try to douse the flames from burning cars, but in the end we all know Hollywood is fighting on the liberal front
AGAINST the War On Terror. It would take real
courage from people in Hollywood to make a movie exalting American Values, courage we all know they don’t have anymore.
Hollywood actor George Clooney is set to take the lead role in the forthcoming G.I. Joe movie, according to reports. The Michael Clayton star has beat actor Mark Wahlberg as favorite to star in the movie adaptation of the action TV series.
According to Moviehole.net, Clooney has abandoned his role in director Joe Carnahan’s film White Jazz in favor of appearing as the action hero.
A source tells the website, “Rumor is that one of the reasons he (Clooney) walked away from White Jazz was not only due to scheduling conflicts but also because he is looking for a blockbuster to star in.
In our second story: Is the anti-war movement following in the footsteps of Vietnam, with protests in churches and in song? We’ll talk to two veteran peace activists-musicians, David Crosby and Graham Nash. - Chris Matthews introduction on Hardball, Oct. 15
It amazes me how the peace movement learned nothing of the right lessons from Vietnam. They are proud of their service to the enemy back then; and desire to subject Iraq to the same treatment of abandonment in the name of peace: resulting in mass suffering and slaughter.
Why is it that liberals say they want “diversity of thought and opinion”, yet are crybabies when criticized? I am sick of the Dixie Chicks, Springsteen, Norah Jones, Mellencamp, Neil Young, and all those other Hollywood elites whining about how their “freedom of speech” is under attack, because they dare to speak “the truth” that no one else will say. Good grief!
”Freedom of speech” does not mean you aren’t free from criticism. Or is freedom of speech just a one-way street, exercised only by liberals? (If you’re on a college campus, don’t answer that).
Where and when did President Bush ever attack anyone’s “patriotism”? It’s another one of those paranoid, self-guilt-induced liberal strawmans.
It is also utterly laughable how these learjet liberals act the role of martyrs, as if they are somehow “courageous” for “speaking out” against the “Bush Regime” and risk defamation at the hands of the vast rightwing conspiracy.
You never know how precious freedom of speech is until you meet somehow who has had it taken from them–literally taken from them. During a patrol we came upon two hungry Iraqi men scavenging for food. When our translator began speaking with the men I noticed that one of them had a stub for a tongue. Through the translator we learned that the tongue-less man had spoken against the regime and that Saddam’s henchmen had severed his tongue. Saddam had quite literally removed the man’s freedom of speech.
Here in America, those who denounce the war and criticize the Bush Administration are getting rich. Not persecuted by the government. So spare me the indignation and fear-mongering. It takes more courage to speak out in Hollywood for the war and on behalf of conservative ideology.
Isn’t it funny how Ann Coulter can be smeared and slandered, having what she said misrepresented in the LATimes and by the cackle-fest on The View, yet not resort to the “my freedom of speech is under attack” whining?
Nash: Who is asking the questions now? Only people like you and Keith Olbermann… and Jon Stewart and Steve Colbert, you know?
Stewart is a comedian. Colbert is playing a character. Olbermann is a comedic character. And these are the types who Nash is listening to for serious politics?
This is the only accurate part of the dialogue I can more or less agree with:
NASH: There’s no draft.
CROSBY: No draft.
NASH: They’re not dying by the thousands.
CROSBY: They’re not directly threatened. There’s no draft. If there were a draft, the campuses would catch fire overnight. And you know, it seems like a peculiar thing for us to say because we really don’t want a draft ever, but if they go ahead and do it, it’ll certainly crystallize the problem because then the campuses will go off.
This is the dirty little secret of the Vietnam era “peace movement”. It wasn’t a “peace” movement. It was an anti-draft movement. By the end of 1971, under Nixon, the draft ended. Major peace protests happened throughout 1968 through ‘71. The largest, most intense bombing of the war occurred in Christmas of ‘72 [Operation Linebacker II]. Any protests? Any peace movement marches? Not a peep. Because those protesting the war knew that they would no longer be called up to serve. Yet we’re to believe that the “peace” movement were anti-war out of altruistic good conscience on behalf of the Vietnamese people.
Listening to Crosby and Nash talk politics is like listening to children. Yes, we have yet to learn to teach our “children” well…
Muslim terror leaders are hailing statements by actor Sean Penn regarding Iran, the war in Iraq and the global war on terror, stating militants have “deep respect” for Penn and urging Americans to listen to the outspoken Hollywood activist immediately.
One senior jihadist leader even asked Penn to officially represent his terror organization’s cause to the world media.
“I tell Penn that we don’t have the money that the Zionists have, therefore we don’t own and we don’t have access to your media, and we hope you would … represent our pain and our cause,” stated Abu Hamed, northern Gaza Strip commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Palestinian terrorist organization.
Hamed and other terror leaders were quoted on the record sounding off about Penn in the new book “Schmoozing with Terrorists: From Hollywood to the Holy Land Jihadists Reveal their Global Plans — to a Jew!,” by author and WND Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein.
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Responding, Ala Senakreh, West Bank chief of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group stated he feels “deep respect for Penn and people like him that prove that America is not only the country that sponsors the Israeli terrorists and all evil forces in the world, but also a country of brave people who want a different policy based on justice and peace.”
The Brigades, together with the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, took responsibility for every suicide bombing in Israel the past three years. The Brigades also has carried out hundreds of recent shootings and rocket attacks. Ramadan Adassi, chief of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern West Bank Anskar refugee camp, said Penn’s words “express dignity, express a deep humanitarian sense and this doesn’t surprise me when it comes from an actor who has had to develop the sense of feeling.
“We hope Penn is somebody who can design a different public opinion. Penn must continue in his battle, which is very important because it is rare to see important people who criticize Bush, who is planning now to throw the American soldiers in the Iranian hell,” stated Adassi.
The terrorist compelled all Americans to listen to Penn [immediately]. Bush is leading you toward a bigger, much bigger disaster.”
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