The Real Housewife of South Carolina

Guys like South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford are killing the Republican Party. You can’t turn up your nose at Bill Clinton and Elliott Spitzer and then make excuses for Mark Sanford. One of the reasons I usually vote for Republicans is that I like to think they reflect my conservative political and moral values. I like to think that their personal values will be reflected in the way they govern. When your personal life is in the gutter, it’s hard to take the moral high ground. I have to question the judgment of any politician who engages in risky behavior in his personal life. Bad personal life judgment means bad professional judgments.

There are a lot of other things in this story that make me question Mark Sanford’s judgment. How can any sane man think that he can jet off to South America for a week and have it go unnoticed? My brother runs a pizza joint and if he shows up fifteen minutes late the place is in chaos. How can a guy who runs a state think he can go off the grid for a week? I have long believed that a secret is only a secret if just one person knows it. How did the Governor’s love email get out? Gov. Sanford’s mistress claims her account was hacked. That means someone knew where to look for these love letters. (more…)

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Tags: "Family Values", 2016, adultury, affairs, Gov. Mark Sanford
Posted Jul 2nd 2009 at 2:11 pm in News, Politics | 17351491 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjena/2009/07/02/the-real-housewife-of-south-carolina/The+Real+Housewife+of+South+Carolina2009-07-02+21%3A11%3A24Jeffrey+Jena

Lonewolf Diaries: Marriage Is for Suckers and Ugly Folk

If you’ve been taking notes from such brilliant minds as Bill Maher, Cameron Diaz or ever taken a moment to observe Hollywood in the past few decades, you’d know that marriage is a dead institution. I mean, who gets married anymore (unless you’re gay)?! It’s like, “Hellooooooooooo”!

I happened to catch Cameron “My Career is Over Thanks to HD” Diaz discussing the intricacies of marriage on “Real Time with Bill Maher” this week. A lot of tinseltown jibber jabber ensued but you needn’t be bored with the self-indulgent details. Cameron basically proclaimed that she’s glad that she’d never gotten married because she “definitely would have been divorced (multiple times).”  She just needed to do what was right for her and that that was constantly changing. Maher, of course, agreed and praised Cameron in her wisdom for having learned to put herself first and foremost, before all others in her life. Marriage can’t work because you have to look out for “Numero Uno”… That’s the Hollywood way! (more…)

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Tags: "Family Values", Bill Maher, cameron diaz, divorce, marriage
Posted Jun 30th 2009 at 5:14 pm in Celebrity News, Lone Wolf Diaries | 17439816 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/06/30/lonewolf-diaries-marriage-is-for-suckers-and-ugly-folk/Lonewolf+Diaries%3A+Marriage+Is+for+Suckers+and+Ugly+Folk2009-07-01+00%3A14%3A03Steven+Crowder

Law and Order: C.I. — Christian Serial Killer Episode Fair to Christianity

“Family Values,” the most recent episode of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” returned to an issue the program often deals with in a less than flattering way: religion. The episode, which premiered last Sunday, ran true to form, at least on the surface.

But as I’ve often noted in the past (most recently here), getting too caught up in the surfaces of cultural products often causes one to fail to see their true meaning. That’s the case with “Family Values.”

Certainly the story seems calculated to make a particular religious belief look bad, specifically evangelical Christianity. It concerns a serial killer who is a evidently devout Christian. (And indeed, the numerous promos on the USA Network leading up to the airing of the episode highlighted that sensationalistic concept.) In addition, the episode’s title, “Family Values,” seems calculated to annoy evangelical Christians, in an obvious sardonic reference to former Vice President Dan Quayle’s most famous political quest. (more…)

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Tags: "Family Values", Christianity, Dan Quayle, evangelical Christians, Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Posted Jun 30th 2009 at 2:53 pm in Entertainment, Religion | 1731946 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/06/30/christian-serial-killer-tv-episode-surprisingly-fair-to-christianity/Law+and+Order%3A+C.I.+--+Christian+Serial+Killer+Episode+Fair+to+Christianity2009-06-30+21%3A53%3A42S.T.+Karnick