Hollywood and Health Care: Because They Know Better

To quote my good friend Tom: Thank God I have Hollywood to tell me how to think.

As many of you probably already know, Will “Elf” Ferrell is leading Hollywood’s latest band of Obama’s Merry Men, in a joint effort with MoveOn.org, in a satirical bid to tell you and me how grateful we should be for ObamaCare and how we should despise those dastardly insurance company executives who make millions of dollars by exploiting us.

My friend Kitty’s thoughts on the video: “I’m sure O’s supporters will think it’s hilariously creative, but I honestly thought these people could do better. There’s nothing subtle about the video, and satire needs subtlety. All politics aside, I was disappointed.”

The creative juices of Hollywood keep on flowing, folks!

I suppose since Obama has Hollywood’s back – he’s continuing to cheapen the office of the President by shilling for George Lopez’s new show on TBS – it’s their turn to “give back.” And since it’s been eight long years since they’ve been proud to be Americans, it’s not surprising that all of that choked back patriotism is coming out in a rush. (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, celebrity, health care, hollywood, Obama
Posted Sep 26th 2009 at 6:47 am in Celebrity News, Politics | 233626139 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pmeister/2009/09/26/hollywood-and-health-care-because-they-know-better/Hollywood+and+Health+Care%3A+Because+They+Know+Better2009-09-26+13%3A47%3A42Pam+Meister

ObamaCare: Don’t ‘Let Them Eat Cake’

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Tags: Barack Obama, big government, Government intrusion, health care, Obama
Posted Sep 25th 2009 at 9:11 am in Art, Politics | 23060634 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bfawstin/2009/09/25/obamacare-dont-let-them-eat-cake/ObamaCare%3A+Don%27t+%27Let+Them+Eat+Cake%272009-09-25+16%3A11%3A29Bosch+Fawstin

Will Ferrell and Co. Answer the NEA Call, Shill for ObamaCare

A couple weeks ago I wondered aloud where Hollywood was in the health care debate. And almost on command, this video appeared.  It looks like the NEA’s call for artists to promote health care initiatives has been heard by some comedy artists.

Hollywood superstar Will Ferrell is surrounded by eight “celebrities” in a satirical defense of the health insurance companies.

And I use the term “celebrities” loosely. One is the only recognizable character from the cult series “Heroes,” another is a star of a popular cable series that was recognized at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, another is a star of a cable series that nobody ever watches, one is from Comedy Central’s Reno 911, another is his best friend, one is the star of the hit movie franchise “Scooby-Doo,” and to give the clip credibility, two of the “celebrities” actually play doctors on TV.  I will give a prize to anyone who can name all eight without using Google®. (more…)

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Tags: Chris Bruss, donald faison, Google, health care, insurance
Posted Sep 25th 2009 at 8:18 am in Celebrity News, Politics | 232882110 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/tslagle/2009/09/25/will-ferrell-and-co-answer-the-nea-call-shill-for-obamacare/Will+Ferrell+and+Co.+Answer+the+NEA+Call%2C+Shill+for+ObamaCare2009-09-25+15%3A18%3A11Tim+Slagle

Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda: The ABC’s of the NEA Conference Call

Today, Big Hollywood released a full audio recording and transcript of the NEA conference call. A full review of the call reveals several new and more troubling aspects to what transpired on the August 10^th phone call. What is inescapable is that the origin of the call reaches into the highest offices of the White House. It is clear, from the transcript, that the call was orchestrated by the Office of Public Engagement, whose Director, Valerie Jarrett, is among the closest advisors to President and First Lady Obama. It is also apparent that Ms. Jarrett’s office directed the involvement of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for National and Community Service, two independent federal agencies. (This is important, as neither is officially part of the executive branch.)

At the very beginning of the call, the general ‘moderator’ of the call, Michael Skolnik, political director for Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons, explains the genesis of the call:

I have been asked by people in the White House and folks in the NEA about a month ago in a conversation that was had. We had the idea that I would help bring together the independent artists community around the country.

This is important, because in the immediate aftermath of the breaking story, the NEA has tried to state that a ‘third party’ organized the call. This clearly isn’t true. The e-mail invitation to the call was sent from Mr. Sargent’s government-provided NEA e-mail address. In addition, as the transcript reveals, Mr. Sloknik was “asked” by the White House and NEA to organize the call.

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Tags: ACORN, Americans for the Arts, Barack Obama, Buffy Wicks, Corporation for National and Community Service
Posted Sep 21st 2009 at 3:31 pm in Art, Culture, Politics | 231738No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mikeflynn/2009/09/21/taxpayer-funded-propaganda-the-abcs-of-the-nea-conference-call/Taxpayer-Funded+Propaganda%3A+The+ABC%E2%80%99s+of+the+NEA+Conference+Call+2009-09-21+22%3A31%3A56Mike+Flynn

The NEA, The White House, The Lies and The Cover-Up

Big Hollywood today reveals the extensive proof that shows the White House used the National Endowment for the Arts to push a political agenda favorable to President Obama. But it gets worse: the Administration lied about it, and tried to cover it up.

You already know the background: an NEA spokesman participated in a conference call designed to encourage artists to further Obama’s legislative agenda. This was revealed back in August at Big Hollywood. What is new today is the full transcript of the call — and how clearly the NEA was involved in urging artists to propagandize for Obama.

Naturally, the NEA and the Obama administration denied this. According to the Los Angeles Times (in a blog post, of course, and not an actual newsprint story), the NEA denied any purpose to further a legislative agenda:

The NEA issued a statement saying that it took part in the conference to help inform arts organizations about opportunities to sponsor volunteer service projects themselves, or have their members take part in other volunteer efforts. “This call was not a means to promote any legislative agenda, and any suggestions to that end are simply false,” the statement said. (more…)

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Tags: ACORN, Buffy Wicks, Def-Jam, health care, Michael Skolnik
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Demand Congressional Investigation: NEA Conference Call Broke Laws

In the aftermath of the Andrew Breitbart/James O’Keefe/Hannah Giles-broken ACORN scandal, President Obama and his allies in Congress have distanced themselves from the community organizing goliath.  Congress has cut off funds, and Obama has refused to speak about the matter.  End of story, right?

Wrong.

There’s only one problem: the ACORN mentality – pinpointing and mobilizing particular groups in support of a radical-left agenda – is no longer restricted to government-funded private non-profits like ACORN.  The ACORN mentality now dominates the government itself.  Taxpayer dollars are being used by elected officials to encourage the deification of President Obama and his agenda.  And one of the chief organs of the government propaganda machine is the National Endowment for the Arts.

Let’s start from the beginning.  On August 25, artist Patrick Courrielche told the story of a conference call he attended on August 10.  That conference call was hosted by the NEA, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve.  The goal of the conference call: “to help lay a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal.”  The call would push “a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how the arts can be used for a positive change!” (more…)

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Tags: "Scrubs", ACORN, Americans for the Arts, Americans for the Arts Artists Committee, Anti-Lobbying Act
Posted Sep 21st 2009 at 11:11 am in Art, Law, News, Politics | 231114116 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2009/09/21/demand-congressional-investigation-nea-conference-call-broke-laws/Demand+Congressional+Investigation%3A+NEA+Conference+Call+Broke+Laws2009-09-21+18%3A11%3A00Ben+Shapiro

Propaganda, Health Care and ACORN: Full Context of NEA Conference Call Reveals Disturbing Pattern

At first glance, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) conference call of August 10th, 2009 sounds innocent enough because it’s supposedly been organized by Michael Skolnik, political director for Russell Simmons and someone not officially associated with any government agency. Skolnik appears to be acting independently as a concerned citizen and to have taken it upon himself to gather together a group of artists and art organizations hoping to move them towards “national service.” And how nice of the White House, the federal government and the NEA to make the time to participate in the call and aid this group of American artists motivated to help their country and community.

But this is only how things appear.

All evidence points to the fact that the conference call was a ruse, a front for a White House using Skolnik as a kind of beard in order to put an innocent spin on their abuse of the NEA and two non-partisan volunteer organizations (United We Serve – an initiative overseen by The Corporation for National and Community Service – a federal agency, and the White House’ Office of Public Engagement).

The goal: To motivate a group of hand-picked pro-Obama artists (grant recipients or those wanting grants) to push the President’s flagging agenda, especially health care — and to funnel this promotion through the ACORN related- Serve.gov website. 

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Documentation gathered by Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche and the Washington Times, coupled with a newly revealed audio recording of the full conference call, points to eight troubling facts that put the full context of the call in a very disturbing light. (more…)

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Tags: ACORN, Buffy Wicks, health care, Michael Skolnik, national endowment for the arts
Posted Sep 21st 2009 at 9:29 am in Art, Politics | 22996691 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/09/21/propaganda-health-care-and-acorn-full-context-of-nea-conference-call-reveals-disturbing-pattern/Propaganda%2C+Health+Care+and+ACORN%3A+Full+Context+of+NEA+Conference+Call+Reveals+Disturbing+Pattern2009-09-21+16%3A29%3A33John+Nolte

EXPLOSIVE NEW AUDIO Reveals White House Using NEA to Push Partisan Agenda

**NEA conference call full audio and transcript here**

Should the National Endowment for the Arts encourage artists to create art on issues being vehemently debated nationally?

That is the question that I set out to discuss a little over three weeks ago when I wrote an article on Big Hollywood entitled The National Endowment for the Art of Persuasion?”

The question still requires debate but the facts do not.

The NEA and the White House did encourage a handpicked, pro-Obama arts group to address politically controversial issues under contentious national debate. That fact is irrefutable.

President Obama with the NEA’s Yosi Sergant

But some have claimed that the invite and passages, pulled from the conference call that inspired the article, were taken out of context. Context is what I intend to establish here.

On August 10th, the National Endowment for the Arts, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and the Corporation for National and Community Service hosted a conference call with a handpicked arts group. This arts group played a key role in Obama’s arts effort during his election campaign, as declared by the organizers of the call, and many on the call played a role in the now famous Obama Hope poster. (more…)

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Tags: Americans for the Arts, Barack Obama, Corporation for National and Community Service, health care, Hope poster
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Full NEA Conference Call Transcript and Audio

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Tags: Americans for the Arts, Barack Obama, Corporation for National and Community Service, health care, Hope poster
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Bill Cosby: ‘Racism is playing a role in recent outbursts against President Obama.’

From Cosby’s Facebook page:

I agree with President Carter that racism is playing a role in recent outbursts against President Obama. During President Obama’s speech on the status of health care reform, some members of congress engaged in a public display of disrespect. While one Representative hurled the now infamous “you lie” insult at the President, others made their lack of interest known by exhibiting rude behavior such as deliberately yawning and sending text messages ….

Various polls prior to the election indicated that between five and ten percent of Americans would never vote for an African American president. That number, of course, only includes those who actually admitted to their prejudice. How many others harbored such feelings but did not respond honestly when asked the question? And how many people oppose Obama’s plan because the President is African American? (more…)

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Tags: Bill Cosby, health care, Joe Wilson, Obama, race
Posted Sep 17th 2009 at 10:34 am in Celebrity News, Featured Story, Politics | 227986358 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/09/17/bill-cosby-racism-is-playing-a-role-in-recent-outbursts-against-president-obama/Bill+Cosby%3A+%27Racism+is+playing+a+role+in+recent+outbursts+against+President+Obama.%272009-09-17+17%3A34%3A31Big+Hollywood

Feel Good Policy

The message began to pop-up all over my Facebook page: “No one should die because they cannot afford health care or insurance and no one should go broke or bankrupt because they get sick.” Let us set aside the fact that no one in need of emergency life-saving medical care is denied because they do not have insurance and that there are state and federal programs already in existence that provide medical coverage for those of lesser means. I agree with the sentiment. I dare say I know of no one that doesn’t agree. There is simply no questioning the potential calamity that awaits those without some form of medical coverage.

There is also no questioning that in life there are a great many things for which “no one should.” For instance it is equally tragic when people lose their homes due to unemployment, go hungry because they can’t pay for a meal or shiver at night because they lack adequate clothing. (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, health care, healthcare, Obama, ObamaCare
Posted Sep 15th 2009 at 8:25 am in Politics | 22464660 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/09/15/feel-good-policy/Feel+Good+Policy2009-09-15+15%3A25%3A10Joseph+C.+Phillips

Found Nostradamus Predictions: ObamaCare, Czars, Joe Wilson and More!

Amazing. Digging in the parking lot at Barney’s Beanery in West Hollywood, (please don’t judge my hobbies), I found another set of the quizzical quatrains that heretofore have never been seen. This Nostra dude had it going on… and on.

QUATRAIN VICKS 44 XXII (Possibly Healthcare Town Hall meetings)

Yeah, the dwellers of the meeting in the hall of townsfolk,

Hath been shillithed by the men from the large white home,

Bringing a false love for the large plan of the nations medicines,

All good men, please turn your heads and cough. (more…)

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Tags: czar, health care, Joe Wilson, Nostradamus, Nostradamus Predictions
Posted Sep 15th 2009 at 6:42 am in Politics | 20445439 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/emannix/2009/09/15/found-nostradamus-predictions-obamacare-czars-joe-wilson-and-more/Found+Nostradamus+Predictions%3A+ObamaCare%2C+Czars%2C+Joe+Wilson+and+More%212009-09-15+13%3A42%3A16Ernie+Mannix

9/12: The Revolution Has Begun

What began on the border in 2005 has spread to DC and every state in the union. The Revolution isn’t coming, it is here. Call it the Constitution Revolution. The genie is out of the bottle and there will be no putting her back in.

I spent all day yesterday up and down Pennsylvania Avenue with people from all over the Union.  One guy I met had 45 autographs on his t-shirt from people from 45 states. He only needed 5 more to make it a day.

The mainstream media has reported the rally as anti-Obama or anti-government, both are partially true, but I believe that pro-Constitution would be much more accurate. Pro-Constitution and polite.  This was more than a peaceful demonstration. I never heard so many excuse mes and thankyous in my life, and not a drop of litter to be found. (more…)

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Tags: 9/12, Barack Obama, health care, healthcare, Obama
Posted Sep 14th 2009 at 1:41 pm in Politics | 224762136 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/09/14/912-the-revolution-has-begun/9%2F12%3A+The+Revolution+Has+Begun2009-09-14+20%3A41%3A09Chris+Burgard

Obama’s Health Care Speech: A Common Sense Rebuttal

My posts on this site have been and usually will be about film-making as a Christian and conservative in Hollywood, but because President Obama’s speech the other night was more about theatre and performance than actual policy (speeches have zero to do with the crafting of legislation, which is done in war rooms by politicians who care nothing about rhetoric), I figured I would chime in.

Here are a few of the President’s statements with a response:

“If companies don’t do right by their workers and offer them insurance…”

This comment drives me insane. Why is offering health benefits “doing right,” but not offering them “doing wrong?” Isn’t the fact that the company even hired them in the first place “doing them right?” Employees know what they’re getting when they get a job, and if they demand health coverage as part of their employment, they can go work for someone else if their boss doesn’t offer it to them. Purchasing health coverage for your employees is extraordinarily expensive; sometimes simply hiring the person is all an employer can afford. (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, health care, healthcare, Obama, ObamaCare
Posted Sep 12th 2009 at 5:13 pm in Featured Story, Politics | 22191494 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/djenkins/2009/09/12/obamas-health-care-speech-a-common-sense-rebuttal/Obama%27s+Health+Care+Speech%3A+A+Common+Sense+Rebuttal2009-09-13+00%3A13%3A32Dallas+Jenkins

D-Day for Health Care Reform?

Congress is back in session after its hot and grueling August recess. More than a few of its members were drilled incessantly by citizens upset about the pending passage of HR 3200 and/or its progeny. Today President Obama will address the nation on health care reform. It will be his final pitch to the country in hopes that he can regain his splendor with the American public which has been fairly tarnished over the whole issue. 

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times ran an article entitled, “Obama is Fast Losing White Voters’ Support.”  In that article, the Times states that, “strategists in both parties blame Obama’s decline on growing discontent with his policy agenda, particularly after a month of often-rowdy debate over his proposed healthcare overhaul, in which some conservatives accused him of socialism.”  What else can this plan be called?  I have torn apart HR 3200 in many ways.  And, above all else, when the plan is carefully reviewed it is socialist.  (more…)

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Tags: health care, Obama, ObamaCare, Politics, stimulus
Posted Sep 9th 2009 at 4:30 pm in Featured Story, Politics | 22047870 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/fdemartini/2009/09/09/d-day-for-health-care-reform/D-Day+for+Health+Care+Reform%3F2009-09-09+23%3A30%3A49Frank+DeMartini

Forming the ‘Leave Me Alone’ Party

“Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.” –Michelle Obama

There is a right not specifically spelled out in the Bill of Rights but implicit in every restriction on the federal government: the right to be left alone.  Our nation was founded by individuals seeking relief from overbearing governments and religions.  Rugged individualism isn’t merely a conceit of John Wayne movies.  It has been and will continue to be a way of life for Americans who believe this nation was founded on the rights of the individual.  Not the rights of government. (more…)

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Tags: ACORN, Freedom, health care, liberty, michelle obama
Posted Sep 9th 2009 at 8:33 am in Featured Story, Politics | 218998160 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mbaron/2009/09/09/forming-the-leave-me-alone-party/Forming+the+%27Leave+Me+Alone%27+Party2009-09-09+15%3A33%3A22Mike+Baron

‘NewsBusted’ 9/04/09 — Fake News from the Right

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Tags: C.I.A., Chris Matthews, Dick Cheney, DNC, Global warming
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UPDATE: What the NEA Says Vs. Documented Facts

What does it mean when a government official evades the truth?

On August 25th, I published an article discussing a conference call hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the White House Office of Public Engagement, and United We Serve that invited a group of art community luminaries “to help lay a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal.”

In the article I argued that it was not the role of the National Endowment for the Arts to use the arts to address specific issues, especially those of “health care” and “energy and environment” that are being vehemently debated nationally. I also clearly indicated that I was invited by the NEA and questioned their involvement in a meeting of this nature.

Two days later an article was published in the Washington Times that referenced my account of the conference call. Kerry Picket reported in the article that she “asked the NEA for a copy of the invitation to the conference call, but Communications Director for the NEA Yosi Sergant told us that they were not the ones who sent out the invitations for the conference call.” Picket continues, “Mr. Sergant directed us to the Corporation for National and Community Service as the body that sent out the invitations.”  (more…)

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Tags: Corporation for National and Community Service, Foxnews.com, health care, Johsua Miller, Kerry Picket
Posted Aug 31st 2009 at 11:34 am in Art, Featured Story, Media Criticism, Politics | 214754162 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/08/31/contradictions-are-revealing-politicizing-the-nea/UPDATE%3A+What+the+NEA+Says+Vs.+Documented+Facts2009-08-31+18%3A34%3A59Patrick+Courrielche

Wake Up, Mrs. Petrowski

Good morning! Did you have a restful sleep? Yes, I know it’s 3 AM, I just thought… well, the whole orderly staff thought a little early morning air would do you some good after all that commotion yesterday. I have to say you’re a pretty feisty old gal for 86!

How’s that?

You’re 78?

Still, you should really take better care of yourself. Just look at those bags under your eyes! You’re no spring chicken and all that protesting just causes stress. Here, why don’t we wheel you over to the balcony so you can get some of that fresh healthful air. (more…)

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Tags: health care, hospital, iowahawk, medical, Obama
Posted Aug 25th 2009 at 10:44 am in Political Humor | 21137043 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dburge/2009/08/25/wake-up-mrs-petrowski/Wake+Up%2C+Mrs.+Petrowski2009-08-25+17%3A44%3A37Iowahawk

My Day At the Doctor

I went to the doctor the other day and received some terrible news.  It came as quite a shock because, while I had not been feeling great — I was running a slight fever and I had the sniffles — I felt pretty good for a guy my age.  So to hear my doctor tell me that I needed immediate and radical surgery I was sent for a bit of a loop.

I asked him what the surgery entailed and he told me he didn’t know as he’d never read about it.  I sarcastically asked if he intended to read about it before he cut me open and performed this radical surgery on me and he told me he wouldn’t bother because it would be too complicated for him to understand, anyway.  I asked him what was wrong with me and he told me I had the sniffles and a slight temperature.   I asked him what massive radical surgery would do to help cure my cold and he said, “well, doing nothing isn’t going to cure it.” (more…)

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Tags: AMA, enemies list, fish questions, government, health care
Posted Aug 24th 2009 at 12:34 pm in Featured Story, Political Humor | 20931040 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2009/08/24/my-day-at-the-doctor/My+Day+At+the+Doctor2009-08-24+19%3A34%3A04Evan+Sayet

A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To a Town Hall Meeting

Imagine the glee I felt when I heard that my wonderfully approachable (yeah, right) Congressman, Henry Waxman, was making a rare visit on August 21st to the district he represents.  He wants to hear from us, his loyal constituents, at a town hall style discussion at UCLA focusing on the Cap and Trade legislation.

As a citizen, candidate, and voter in Mr. Waxman’s district, I thought that this would be a plum of a chance for Rep. Waxman to hear what’s on my mind.

That is when it got weird.

Firstly, I found out that one had to RSVP to the event to reserve a space. OK, I thought, Henry Waxman’s personal popularity has never been higher and people really want to be around him so his magic can rub off on them. Maybe they expect quite a throng and thus must have crowd control in place to make sure that the event runs smoothly. (more…)

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Tags: Ari David, Cap and Trade, Congress, health care, henry waxman
Posted Aug 20th 2009 at 10:07 am in Politics | 20841875 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/adavid/2009/08/20/a-funny-thing-happened-on-my-way-to-a-town-hall-meeting/A+Funny+Thing+Happened+On+My+Way+To+a+Town+Hall+Meeting2009-08-20+17%3A07%3A30Ari+David

Daily Gut: Barney Frank’s Heroic Stand Against Tyranny

So Barney Frank finally found someone he could beat in a debate. The Congressman was speaking at a town committee meeting at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, when a crazy lady approached the microphone with a quivering rant – linking Obama’s health care plan to the Nazis. This was a lay-up for Frank, for the bug-eyed woman was a LaRouche follower, a member of a group of far-left conspiracy chuckleheads – who, like cockroaches, never go away despite the bug spray. These poor folks need medical help, not publicity, but Frank didn’t see it that way. It was his lucky day: he could speak truth to power, even if the power might have been a lonely shut-in.

Now, I am not saying this crackpot was a plant – I’ll leave that to Barbara Boxer. But the provocation was. You could practically see Barney winding up for the pitch, and he even acknowledged the Obama flyer she was carrying. See, he knew where this was going – it was a chance for him to shine with a well-rehearsed line. So while the media paints this as brave Barney standing up to white, racist Obama-haters who’ve hijacked the health care debate – to me he’s Lebron James slam-dunking Steven Hawking. (more…)

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Tags: Barbara Boxer, Barney Frank, health care, LaRouche, LeBron James
Posted Aug 19th 2009 at 1:48 pm in Daily Gut, Politics | 208134232 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/08/19/daily-gut-barney-frank%e2%80%99s-heroic-stand-against-tyranny/Daily+Gut%3A+Barney+Frank%E2%80%99s+Heroic+Stand+Against+Tyranny+2009-08-19+20%3A48%3A15Greg+Gutfeld

Daily Gut: Thank You, Old People

So right now the public option part of Obama’s health care reform bill is in free fall, and many are blaming Republican opposition. Which, of course, is giving the Republicans way too much credit. Fact is, the people you have to thank for this surprising turn of events are old people.

Thank you, old people.

It reminds me of my Macbook. See, mine’s been having problems for the last six months and I keep planning to take it in, but I never do. Instead of walking a few blocks to the Apple Store on a sunny Saturday, I waste the day watching Top Chef marathons in my underwear.

Now, compare that to my mom. I got her a Macbook for her birthday last year – but somehow within a few weeks of owning it, she touched a button, causing everything on her desktop to disappear. Only old people can seem to find that hidden button. (more…)

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Tags: 'Health Care Reform, elderly, health care, ObamaCare, old people
Posted Aug 17th 2009 at 3:10 pm in Daily Gut, Featured Story | 206386130 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/08/17/daily-gut-thank-you-old-people/Daily+Gut%3A+Thank+You%2C+Old+People2009-08-17+22%3A10%3A39Greg+Gutfeld

Health Reform and the Tenth Amendment

HR 3200, the so-called health reform bill, in my opinion, is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever to be considered by Congress.  It, not only, would lead us down the path of socialism but, in the process, would bankrupt the entire country.  I am very happy to see that citizens are showing up at town hall meetings throughout the country and voicing their complaints about the bill and health care reform in general.  It is actually quite funny watching Congressmen squirm when the tough questions are asked.  And, it is even more interesting when they cannot respond to the tough questions because they have not read the bill or are even familiar with its contents. 

I suggest you continue going to the town hall meetings and voice your concerns.  And, do not be afraid to get angry.  The Democrat and Republican Congressmen must know they will not be reelected if HR 3200 passes as it is currently written.  But, please, do not get violent.  Violence at these meetings will do nothing except make the opposition look weak and dumb, and hurt the path of democracy.  Violence at these meetings is similar to me being called a racist this week because I stated on a public forum that HR 3200 should not pay for medical services for illegal immigrants.  Remember the protest ways of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. (more…)

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Tags: 'Health Care Reform, Congress, constitution, health care, HR 3200
Posted Aug 17th 2009 at 8:49 am in Politics | 20541472 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/fdemartini/2009/08/17/health-reform-and-the-tenth-amendment/Health+Reform+and+the+Tenth+Amendment2009-08-17+15%3A49%3A53Frank+DeMartini

Time to Fight the Power

Our political leaders need a quick block of instruction in the concept of the chain of command. It goes like this, in descending order of rank:

#1: Us Citizens.

#2: You elected officials.

I really prefer writing long pieces on why Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin and Johnny Rotten rule. It’s more fun to talk about how everything in popular culture that everyone else likes actually sucks, and I’m even going to provide some inspirational music selections below. But duty calls. Right now, a bunch of people whose salaries you and I pay and who work for us are telling us to shut up and do as we’re told.

That’s just not gonna happen. (more…)

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Tags: Ballad of the Green Berets, Congress, constitution, Elmer Bernstein, first amendment
Posted Aug 17th 2009 at 5:15 am in Entertainment, Politics | 20289472 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2009/08/17/time-to-fight-the-power/Time+to+Fight+the+Power2009-08-17+12%3A15%3A40Kurt+Schlichter

‘NewsBusted’ 8/11/09 — Fake News from the Right

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Tags: Cash for Clunkers, Cokie Roberts, Cuba, health care, michael moore
Posted Aug 11th 2009 at 7:06 pm in Political Humor, Video | 2039667 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/newsbusters/2009/08/11/%e2%80%98newsbusted%e2%80%99-81109-%e2%80%94-fake-news-from-the-right/%E2%80%98NewsBusted%E2%80%99+8%2F11%2F09+%E2%80%94+Fake+News+from+the+Right2009-08-12+02%3A06%3A17NewsBusters

The Anti-Obama Groundswell Begins?

It has been almost two weeks since I have had a chance to write and a lot of things have happened in that time. Most of them evolve around the health care mess that may be the beginning of Obama’s fall from grace.

But, to begin, I have to do something that I never thought I would do and I never thought was in the realm of possibility.  Based upon the knowledge available thus far, I have to give kudos to Bill Clinton.  Unless evidence appears that he sold the country out or promised something to the North Korean government, he is owed a thank you for precipitating the release of two imprisoned American journalists.  So, kudos are being given to a Democrat in this column.  A bet a whole bunch of you never thought that would happen!  (more…)

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Tags: Bill Clinton, Cash for Clunkers, DNC, health care, Obama
Posted Aug 9th 2009 at 2:22 pm in Politics | 201110123 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/fdemartini/2009/08/09/the-groundswell-begins/The+Anti-Obama+Groundswell+Begins%3F2009-08-09+21%3A22%3A34Frank+DeMartini

It’s No Wonder People Are Angry!

In response to the outrage at the Leftist Congress that has been voiced by ordinary Americans in Town Hall events around the country, the Democrats have opted – typically – not to address the peoples’ concerns, but rather to demonize those who get in their way.

Rather than admitting there’s something wrong with passing our country’s nation-altering health-care legislation without having even read the bill, the Left, once again, is engaging in the “There’s Something the Matter with Kansas” meme, and that it is the people — not the far-left Democrats — who have something the matter with them!

The most frequently heard slander about the people who are attending the Town Hall meetings in unprecedented numbers is that they are “angry” – as if their anger is somehow proof that their arguments aren’t legitimate. (more…)

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Tags: health care, Obama, ObamaCare, stimulus, townhall
Posted Aug 7th 2009 at 8:37 am in Featured Story, Politics | 201802218 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/juluke3/2009/08/07/it%e2%80%99s-no-wonder-people-are-angry/It%E2%80%99s+No+Wonder+People+Are+Angry%212009-08-07+15%3A37%3A38Seth+Swirsky

If Obama Loses Jon Stewart, He’s Lost America

July 15th, 2009 – a day that shall live in comedic infamy.  The Obama administration’s first direct hit from reliably friendly allies. Former Saturday Night Live star, now stand up comic Dana Carvey was the guest on the new Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.  When O’Brien asked Carvey his opinion of Obama, Carvey trotted out some fresh material. “I’m worried. The economy just had a heart attack, but Barack just wants to work on the knee,” Carvey riffed. ”Should we do CPR? No, we’re gonna fix this knee. We can do CPR when it’s efficient and cost effective, but right now we’re going to work on the meniscus. “Carvey concluded the bit suggesting George W. Bush would have used an economic “crash cart.” “Tax cuts for everybody – CLEAR!” The audience roared.  Were they laughing at Carvey’s “dumb guy” Bush impression, or was it the excitement of more money in their pockets as an economic remedy? No matter the audience response.   Carvey saw fit to address economic policy in his comedy. That’s telling. (more…)

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Tags: dana carvey, health care, jon stewart, Obama, Poll
Posted Aug 6th 2009 at 6:22 pm in Entertainment, Political Humor | 199214103 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cstigall/2009/08/06/if-obama-loses-jon-stewart-hes-lost-america/If+Obama+Loses+Jon+Stewart%2C+He%27s+Lost+America2009-08-07+01%3A22%3A54Chris+Stigall