A View From Stage Right; Part 2

Part 1 of what I half-jokingly called my “Manifesto.”

In a fiscal conservative’s utopian dreamworld, there would be no federal funding for the arts (or so many other government agencies or programs for that matter).  This has been our position since the inception of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the early 1970’s.  We’ve been saying that if elected, we would abolish these misguided programs and departments and bring our government back to the bare-bones constitutionally described role that it has and leave everything else to the states.

We’ve held the influential bully pulpit of the presidency for twenty of the past twenty-eight years, and what has happened to the NEA?  It has grown.  While we have stood on principle,  we have also stood on the sidelines.  The founding fathers would be outraged that the federal government is funding art with taxpayer money, but because we are on the sidelines standing on our principles, all of that money is going to the people creating art with messages that undermine our very existence. (more…)

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Tags: "And the Band Played On", "Angels in America", abortion, AIDS, Andre Bishop
Posted Mar 4th 2009 at 5:50 pm in Entertainment, Politics | 7162661 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2009/03/04/a-view-from-stage-right-part-2/A+View+From+Stage+Right%3B++Part+22009-03-05+01%3A50%3A22Stage+Right

An Inconvenient Truth

Thank you Gary, for your insightful passionate piece defending life in the womb. I know you really took a risk, and I thank you. There’s no time anymore to pussyfoot around.

Funny isn’t it, how the party of acceptance is very unaccepting of an opposing view. They cling to the mantra that those who believe in protecting the unborn are religious nuts, uneducated and ignorant. It’s a great place to hide, but I believe that as time goes by they are running out of hiding places.

It was brilliant when you referred to the statement, “abortions should be rare.” Why would they say that when it’s a safe and legal “procedure” enjoyed by thousands every day? No big woop. Have abortion parties to celebrate saving the whales, lie in the stirrups and get a pedicure. No big deal, right? (more…)

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Tags: abortion, gary graham, Obama, partial birth abortion, Pro Life
Posted Feb 20th 2009 at 5:15 am in Featured Story, Politics | 49738172 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmalone/2009/02/20/an-inconvenient-truth-2/An+Inconvenient+Truth2009-02-20+13%3A15%3A43Maggie+Malone

Octuplets Mom vs. Your Arguments

Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman, is getting death threats, which is to be expected in today’s culture of rational debate. Maybe she’s crazy or irresponsible, I don’t know. Her decision to have 14 children doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the public outcry from all sides against her. But none of the arguments against Suleman are quite as vacuous as the empty bumper-sticker dogmas held by the left. The mother of octuplets exposes how these positions aren’t rooted in logic, but are held in convenience to achieve emotionally preferred ends.

It’s not sick to want to have 14 children. It is sick to wish them aborted, wish harm on the mother or assume she has done some great evil. I don’t know that having 14 children is a mistake, and neither do you. I’ve known plenty of people who were raised in abject poverty and came out just fine. (more…)

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Tags: 14 children, abortion, Nadya Suleman, nancy pelosi, Obama
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Get Your Red Hot Abortions….

Having watched the waves of hate mail flood in from the last video, I’ve decided to take on a more mellow topic this week in “abortion.” What can I say, I’m thoughtful in that way.

Ever notice how leftists make abortions seem like an “event”? It’s presented as a sort of “fun for the whole family” affair.  That’s why they opt to use words and phrases such as “choice” and “women’s health” instead of “kill” or “jamming scissors.” I say, we flip it on them.  Instead of calling them “liberals,” let’s call them “Baby-killing, family-destroying, self-serving, Tim Robbins-loving, Biden-muzzling, socialist jackasses.”

See how easy it can be to pull the old switcheroo?

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Tags: abortion, Obama, Pro Life, spoof
Posted Feb 7th 2009 at 10:27 am in Media Criticism, Political Humor | 4300275 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/02/07/getting-louder-with-steven-crowder-abortion-is-fun/Get+Your+Red+Hot+Abortions....2009-02-07+18%3A27%3A15Steven+Crowder

The Great Divider

This is not a discussion on the merits of life or abortion. It doesn’t matter what your opinion is about that issue because I’m talking about divisive politics. The claim of unity and an end to politics that divide is either President Obama’s greatest example of philosophical ignorance or his greatest lie.

There is no more divisive issue than abortion. The nation is torn and it’s not over something trivial like a Coke or Pepsi preference. It’s an argument over the definition of life and liberty itself. So a President who ran on putting partisan politics aside should have a lot of work to do with the other side of the aisle on an issue like abortion. Not with President Obama. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, divisive politics, Mexico City policy, unity
Posted Feb 3rd 2009 at 12:43 pm in Media Criticism, Politics | 3987470 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dtennapel/2009/02/03/the-great-divider/The+Great+Divider2009-02-03+20%3A43%3A36Doug+TenNapel

Flashpoint! A Woman’s Right To Choose

I’m not a person filled with hate. I don’t brew strong stomach acids when I hear/see things I think horrendously idiotic or unjust in the news or on the street. Initially, my reaction is to laugh. The irony is simply too much, and I crack up. Generally, it’s either laugh…or cry. And who wants to spend the day in tears? For I would, were I to give in to that option of dealing with the utter, naked insanity in our midst on a daily basis. I’m not just talking about something that ‘isn’t quite right’ or… ‘is just a tad out of whack’…I’m talking about the United States of America in this year of 2009 being completely off its moorings and slipping into the abyss.

“What the hell is Graham on about now?? What momentous, screeching rant is he conjuring up now; can somebody put him on a stupid TV show so he’d shut up already??” – Your name here.

No. I’m going to say it. I’m going to say what millions know in the front of their brains, and many, many more millions know in the depths of their hearts…but won’t allow themselves to think it, much less feel it. And believe me, I know I’ll be hated for saying it, I’ll be hated by people who don’t know me, have never worked with me, have never golfed with me, had a drink with me, shot the shit with me. They’ve never met me, don’t want to meet me…but they will hate me. I’m going to say it anyway: Abortion is murder. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, family planning, nancy pelosi, partial birth abortion
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How Much I Support Our President

America wanted change and we got it. Apparently the first thing that changed is that dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism. Rush Limbaugh found that out when he was accused of wanting the President to fail. How dare he not support our President! According to Jon Stewart what Rush said was almost treasonous.

As someone who did not vote for President Obama, I don’t want to be lumped in with the haters, so here is a list of examples showing just how much I support our President: (more…)

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Tags: abortion, Bill Clinton, code pink, nea, Obama
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Lincoln. King. Obama?

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Tags: abortion, abraham lincoln, Barack Obama, civil rights act, conservative
Posted Jan 20th 2009 at 3:35 pm in Video | 2535762 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/arachel/2009/01/20/lincoln-king-obama/Lincoln.+King.+Obama%3F2009-01-20+23%3A35%3A08Alfonzo+Rachel

‘Village Voice’ Layoffs Exemplify Decline of Mainstream Counterculture

Continuing the beneficial meltdown of the mainstream media, including bastions of the erstwhile counterculture (which long ago swallowed up the mainstream culture), Village Voice magazine has laid off three editors, including longtime columnist/editor Nat Hentoff.

Hentoff, who wrote about jazz and then civil liberties for the newspaper for the past fifty years, was a staunch leftist and counter-culturalist, but he showed some intellectual integrity on the subject of freedom of speech in recent years, exemplified by his book, Free Speech for Me—But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other.

The premise of the book is rather skewed, given that the right has had virtually no power in either academia or the culture for several decades, especially the elite culture. Nevertheless, the fact that a well-known leftist and ACLU-style civil liberties advocate (meaning those who use the subject as a stalking horse for the left’s agenda) would acknowledge the left’s illiberalism was an important cultural event.

Another policy position that made Hentoff unusual—and particularly unwanted—among the left was his opposition to legalized abortion. It was indeed a very courageous stand for a Village Voice writer to take. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, Free Speech, Hentoff, liberty, new media
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Today Is National Sanctity of Life Day

I see in the news where people are flocking to Washington D.C. to celebrate some big event. Bono is going to sing, Rick Warren is going to pray, and there are only 5 port-a-potties for seven million people.

I never knew we would be so excited to celebrate President Bush’s proclamation for the National Sanctity of Life Day:

“All human life is a gift from our Creator that is sacred, unique, and worthy of protection. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, our country recognizes that each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a special place and purpose in this world. We also underscore our dedication to heeding this message of conscience by speaking up for the weak and voiceless among us.

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Tags: abortion, Pro Life, proclamation
Posted Jan 18th 2009 at 10:55 am in News, Politics | 2319383 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dtennapel/2009/01/18/national-sanctity-of-life-day/Today+Is+National+Sanctity+of+Life+Day2009-01-18+18%3A55%3A08Doug+TenNapel

Anne Hathaway Demands Explanation For Rick Warren

I’m not one of these guys that say actors, celebrities, talented musicians or The Dixie Chicks should shut up and not chime in on political issues. Trust me, when I become rich and famous this fall, I’m gonna be screaming like Chuck Noland making fire about everything political. So I think it’s great Anne Hathaway’s speaking out. By the way, is it me, or do her eyes follow you around the room when you walk by?

Now imagine Obama’s schedule when he finally becomes president: He’s gotta talk to Hamas, he’s gotta talk to that dude in Iran, he’s got the bench press challenge with Putin…Don’t you love saying that guy’s name? They should hire Ed McMahon to announce him whenever he enters the parliament building: “HEEEEEEERE’S PUTIN!” (And Ed could use the rubles too – it’s a win-win).

Anywhoozer, before any of that happens, Barack Obama MUST have a sit down with Anne Hathaway and, as she said in Palm Springs recently; “Explain that choice of Rick Warren!” That is bold, Ms. Hathaway – but it doesn’t surprise me because this is the same person who dared to fill the pumps of the great Barbara Feldon. Wow! Now there’s a woman! Do I love Barbara Feldon, or what?

I pick up a paper once in a while and I’m reading all the time about the trouble in the Middle East -  and I have the solution: Barbara Feldon. That’s right, if we send 99 over there and get her in between everybody those hostilities will stop faster than payment on a Raffaello Follieri personal check.

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Tags: abortion, anne hathaway, Dixie Chicks, get smart, Rick Warren
Posted Jan 11th 2009 at 4:15 pm in Celebrity News, Politics | 14421103 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rlconover/2009/01/11/anne-hathaway-demands-explanation-for-rick-warren/Anne+Hathaway+Demands+Explanation+For+Rick+Warren2009-01-12+00%3A15%3A34Rodney+Lee+Conover