Troopathon brings together famous celebrities from radio, television, the movie, musicians, journalists, and more to create a one-of-a-kind event with one purpose – to support our troops on the front lines in the war on terror and honor their service and sacrifice for our nation.  Guests include: Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Mark Levin, Kelsey Grammer, Former President George H.W. Bush, Gary Sinise, Dennis Miller, Former Ambassador John Bolton, Greg Gutfeld and many more!

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Troopathon 2011, as it is called, has the focused goal of sending as many care packages as it can get sponsored during an eight hour event. It its first year (2008) Troopathon brought in over $1.5 million for care packages for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $25 donation buys and delivers one care package.

One of the scheduled speakers is war hero and marine Nick Popaditch. Nick (a frequent guest on FOX’s “Red Eye”) was the tank commander and platoon sergeant in Baghdad during the historic fall of the statue of Saddam.

Recently Nick and his wife April joined me to talk about Troopathon and the significance it has for our troops serving in the Middle East. The YouTube video of the interview is below:

Troopathon Facts:

What: Troopathon 2011, the largest care package drive in America in support of our troops.

When: Thursday June 23rd, 4pm-midnight EDT / 1pm-9pm PDT

How You Can Watch: Right here at the Bigs!

How To Donate: Donation page.

Hosts: Andrew Breitbart and Melanie Morgan

Who Will Be Participating?: Several famous celebrities including actors Jon Voight, Gary Sinise and Robert Davi, media personalities Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, SE Cupp, and many others including yours truly.

Nick Popaditch will be speaking at Troopathon.

Though there were no announcements I’m aware of, almost immediately I knew he had retired … because almost immediately there was a disturbance in the force. Sometime during the early eighties, Hackman replaced John Wayne as my favorite working actor and rarely did a year pass without a new Gene Hackman movie – and sometimes there were as many as two or three. So when the movies stopped coming, something just felt off. 

Has there ever been anything like the ”Hackman Chuckle?” He’s such a marvelous actor and could so easily slip his unique  persona into any kind of character he wanted – from Popeye Doyle to Lex Luthor to Little Bill to God Himself – but always the “Hackman Chuckle” came along for the ride; that quiet, understated laugh that could convey anything, from awkwardness to pure evil. I miss it … and I miss Gene Hackman. 

This exclusive clip from an interview set to air tomorrow on The Washington Times Radio Show with Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin only increased my admiration for the former United States Marine and two-time Oscar winner:

Obviously, there’s much to disagree with here, but how refreshing to hear an actor state those positions like a mature adult. No ranting, no insulting rhetoric… And during a five-decade career, I don’t ever remember him saying anything that disappointed.  Better yet, you would never know from Hackman’s work what his politics are. From “Reds” to ”Uncommon Valor,”  from noble military men to crusading left-wing lawyers…

Unless it’s releasing a confessed child rapist on the land, no one cares how movies stars vote or what their personal politics are. How they express those beliefs is what matters, and if they’re not insulting me and mine, attempting to undermine my country during a time of war, hugging mass murderers like Fidel Castro or qualifying forced sodomy as ”not rape-rape,”  go with God, or that red string around your wrist, or whatever…

Like Paul Newman and James Garner, Hackman has something that transcends politics, something too many of his current counterparts do not, and that something is called class.

Top Ten Gene Hackman Movies:

1. The French Connection (1971)
2. Unforgiven (1992)
3. Superman (1978)
4. Hoosiers (1986)
5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
6. The Conversation (1974)
7. Scarecrow (1973)
8. Mississippi Burning (1988)
9. Crimson Tide (1995)
10. Night Moves (1975)

Top Ten Twelve Underrated Hackman Movies You Should Rent Now:

1. Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
2. Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
3. Class Action (1991)
4. The Package (1989)
5. Bite the Bullet (1975)
6. Bat 21 (1988)
7. Another Woman (1988)
8. Narrow Margin (1990)
9. Heartbreakers (2001)
10. The Replacements (2000)
11. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
12. Target (1985)

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The reason I bring up my disturbed fascination with the scatological inclined blonde bombshell is that I just finished reading her New York Times bestseller – “you go girl!” and Chelsea seems to be quite smitten with that sex kitten B. Hussein Obama.

The Inaugural festivities IN OUR NATION’S CAPITOL (I always capitalize that phrase out of respect for Washington, D.C. and I like to shout on the Internet and piss off the protocol cops, but I digress) are about to begin, and as a conservative Republican I am feeling left out.

Blue(ish) here in California, as it were.

I am sure that my invitation to the Obamarama is going to arrive any minute now. I have Rahm Emmanuel on my speed-dial and I am positive he and Chelsea have it ‘handled’ it for me.

If this party e-vite doesn’t get here pronto, I suppose I can watch the fire-farters, cosmic clowns and other assorted Hollyweirdos on TV.

Speaking of that dinosaur communications box, I am quite disturbed that the Obamapalooza featuring Bruce Springsteen aired on HBO. I mean, really, isn’t The Chosen One supposed to be a man of the people?

How come it costs some serious scratch to see Ashley Judd, Garth Brooks and Tiger Woods lovin’ up their man? That’s just RACIST, man! Poor folk can’t afford HBO, they need to be viewing these artists for free.

But we can fix that. In the spirit of bi-partisanship, I propose that anyone under the poverty line of $750,000 yearly receive an HBO bail-out so that we can all be the same under the skin. And we’ll throw in the DVR. No need for austerity at a time like this.

Difficult times call for creative solutions.