Posts Tagged ‘Hypocrisy’

Ernie Mannix

Read Between The Lines of: The Hollywood Green Message of Importance.

by Ernie Mannix

A message from Hollywood -

(Not the people who really work hard here like the drivers, grips, electricians, greensman, editors, carpenters, etc. – just us so very important ‘Stars’)

- on what YOU the World – can do to save our planet: (Listen up you nasty smelly little flyover stalker freaks.)

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1.  Conserve Water!

(Don’t you dare water your 40′ x 100′ lawn. Let it go brown. We’ll keep swimming in our 3 pools, The infinity one in Malibu, and the two at the compound in Palm Springs.)

2. Airplanes are the grossest polluters. Fight Climate Change, take the bus, or ride your bike!

(All you little people, not us right now – we’re too busy with our awesome important star stuff, and we have a very important film festival to attend in a foreign country that mostly hates the U.S. and we just don’t want to miss out on this opportunity to knock America and Americans. P.S. the film is about Climate change, so it is very important we get there fast with our very snobby entourage.) (more…)

Michael McGruther

Moral Relativism; The Liberal Lynchpin

by Michael McGruther

The vast majority of adults in this world know that moral perfection is absolutely impossible, so I get upset when self proclaimed Hollywood/MSM liberals ruthlessly attack any conservative that cannot do the impossible; avoid succumbing to temptation for their entire life. Hollywood/MSM liberals always use this angle to attack conservatives nationwide because by strongly believing in nothing specific they’ve set themselves up to perpetually come out on top of any moral argument, guilt, worry and public-scorn free.

In today’s Hollywood a famous liberal filmmaker could hire a hooker while shooting a $100,000,000 studio feature film, secretly charge it to the budget, snort coke in his trailer between shots and drop E at night without any real concern for condemnation or job loss if he’s caught, because, well, he never proclaimed to be on the side of good in the first place. Whereas a famous conservative Christian filmmaker (pretend with me here) caught doing the same thing would be ridiculed and kicked out of town for the hypocrisy of it all since, by being Christian, he openly admitted that kind of behavior is not the most desirable for himself and doesn’t set a very good example for the fans. (more…)

Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney‏

Bono Discovers Sustainable Development Isn’t Sustainable

by Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney‏

THE BIG problem with renewable energy is that it just doesn’t renew itself. The sun does not shine enough and the wind doesn’t blow enough to power the towns, cities, factories, hospitals and schools that make our lives so livable.

No environmentalist would ever allow their child to be treated in a hospital fully powered by “renewables”. They would not take the risk that the wind might stop whilst their baby was on the operating table. They would insist that the hospital and the life support systems had a fossil fuel powered back-up.

And so it is with “sustainable development”. It just isn’t sustainable. At least it does not sustain a lifestyle that those who promote it would consider acceptable for themselves. But of course that is the key. Renewable energy and sustainable development are for “other people”.

Even though environmentalists come from societies and very often families that became rich because of their use of non-renewable energy and unsustainable development they will not allow these opportunities to be extended to the poor in the developing world. (more…)

Alvaro Alvillar

Art 101: Hey Sean Penn, Who Wrote This?

by Alvaro Alvillar

Here’s a hint:

Sean Penn and Bono were friends/admirers of this poet and I wonder if they are aware of this very pertinent and timeless poem which reflects today’s “progressive” hypocritical agenda.

I will reveal the rest of the poem and the artist this weekend, a poet I had the great fortune of having met as a very young man in high school at the studio of an artist and friend.

Doug TenNapel

Hypocrite Hunt

by Doug TenNapel

If you just got nailed for doing something stupid or immoral, just find out how your accuser also did something stupid or immoral and you’re off the hook! It doesn’t even have to be for the same indiscretion, just throw everything you’ve got at em’ and hope something sticks. If they did something wrong, then they’re a hypocrite! Hypocrite! Hypocrite!

This is a common tactic I see in modern debate, and it’s closely related to the “who are you to judge” fallout from our post-modern generation. The implication is that if you look for a fault and find it, we collectively lose the ability to call it wrong if we also practice it. If I claim your candidate is a liar, you just Google a quote where my candidate told a lie and suddenly telling a lie is off the table. Stupid, I know. But that’s where we’re at. (more…)

Ben Shapiro

Hollywood’s Tax Cut Hypocrisy

by Ben Shapiro

Folks in Hollywood like to portray themselves as champions of the people.  They proclaim support for socialists like Michael Moore; they decry the growing gap between rich and poor.  

Then they ask for tax breaks and pay raises. 

States across the nation are attempting to attract television and movie filming with tax breaks for Hollywood.  Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) has offered a $10 million tax incentive for filming.  In Indiana, lawmakers overrode a governor’s veto of film industry incentives.  Back in 2004, Maryland and Pennsylvania waged an ongoing tax break race in an attempt to woo filming of Annapolis, starring James Franco.  Wisconsin and New Mexico have both given cash to the film industry.  Texas is now considering rebates for filming in the state – as much as 15% to 20% of cost will be handed back to filmmakers.  The cost: $60 million.  Michigan offers 42% back to producers and studios in the form of tax rebates.  Last year, those tax breaks cost the state $48 million.   (more…)

Ernie Mannix

Inside The Head Of Al Gore

by Ernie Mannix

FLORIDA — FLORIDA — FLORIDA - FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA…  Wake up.

Open eyes. Stare at the ceiling. Realize it’s getting warmer and the ice is melting little by little.  

Breathe in the aroma coming from the kitchen. Something’s yummy. The chef is making Tipper and myself a terrific breakfast.

Check the clock. Oh boy, supposed to talk to Carter in a few about that salmonella peanut thing. I know there’s some warming in there somewhere. The chef’s gonna have to trash that omelet and make me a fresh one. The hell with him, I pay him damn good. (more…)

Andrew Leigh

Bird of a Different Feather

by Andrew Leigh

Yesterday the Guardian, a left-leaning British newspaper, ran a column accusing Pixar of the unforgivable crime of hypocrisy.

When it comes to Toy Story and WALL-E, the Guardian has a point. After all, any movie that preaches the evils of consumerism and, at the same time, expects its audience to snap up Buzz Lightyear and EVE dolls, has a serious case of split personality.

The problem is, the article lumped all Pixar films together. But there are notable exceptions: the movies of Brad Bird. He wrote and directed such classics of free expression as The Incredibles and Ratatouille. These movies celebrate individualism and, dare I say it, free markets. (more…)