LA Weekly: Hollywood Stimulus Funds Yield 1 Job Per $1.13 Million Spent

Help me out here. What’s crazier – the abysmal failure the stimulus has been in Los Angeles County (like everywhere else) or how outrageously wasteful the plan was to begin with?

Los Angeles County’s take of stimulus funds is by far the largest in California, which has received $18.5 billion in ARRA funds, intended to create 110,219.36 jobs statewide — a pricey rate of $168,264.08 per job.

But Hollywood is a different story entirely. Hollywood — the geographic Hollywood as found on Thomas Guide map page 593 — has received $23,338,327 in grants, loans and contracting. This money has created just 20.57 jobs. That’s $1,134,580.80 per job. And as interviews with recipients reveal, even that tiny jobs claim is clearly false, with many of the claims of newly created positions either impossible to verify or lower than reported.

Not even 20 full-time jobs have been created in Hollywood proper.

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Tags: federal government, LA Weekly, Los Angeles, los Angeles County, Obama
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 at 4:47 pm in News, Politics | 26776650 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/23/la-weekly-hollywood-stimulus-funds-yield-1-job-per-1-13-million-spent/LA+Weekly%3A+Hollywood+Stimulus+Funds+Yield+1+Job+Per+%241.13+Million+Spent2009-11-24+00%3A47%3A07Big+Hollywood

Daily Gut: Ignore the 9/11 Show Trials

So, Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for one of the accused terrorists behind 9/11, has announced that the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but “would explain what happened and why they did it.”

So basically, it’s not going to be a trial, but an “Inside the Actor’s Studio” for terrorists. Just yards from where thousands of innocent Americans perished, we’ll all get to understand the motivations that drove these men to do what they did. I mean, since we know they’re not going to deny their guilt– it’ no longer about justice. It’s just about “why, why, why.” We’ll learn exciting things about their childhood, their dreams of martyrdom, and how evil America is. It will be a show trial, without the “trial” part.

God, if only someone could have seen this coming.

Oh, wait…we all saw this coming. The only people who didn’t? Those who let it happen.

There are three reasons for that:

-One, those people are stupid. (more…)

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Tags: 9/11, Inside the Actors Studio, new york, Obama, Scott Fenstermaker
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 at 2:23 pm in Daily Gut, Featured Story | 267698115 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/11/23/daily-gut-ignore-the-911-show-trials/Daily+Gut%3A+Ignore+the+9%2F11+Show+Trials2009-11-23+22%3A23%3A37Greg+Gutfeld

I Didn’t Quit Drinking to Get High On Hope and Change

With the holidays fast approaching, I thought it might be a good time to jot down some thoughts on drinking.  Or, more specifically, not drinking – booze or Kool Aid.

Recently, I celebrated my eighth year of sobriety.  I have 9/11 to thank for that; it was shortly after the attacks that I began attending meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous with regularity.  I’d been to AA once before, at 25, when a DUI arrest landed me in “the rooms.”  But at the time, I still had 15+ years of drinking to get out of my system, plus a mid-life crisis to go through that sent me flying out to La-La Land (which is where I was when the towers fell back in my home town).

I’m proud I haven’t had a drink since 2001.  After spending decades trying to flee my “issues” like an adolescent hamster on an existential wheel, the fog gradually lifted from my brain and I stopped running.

They say when you drink, you stop growing emotionally, that you’re almost in a state of suspended animation – normal on the outside, stunted on the inside.  Sobriety gets the spiritual gears moving again.  Suddenly, years of pent-up, delayed maturation caught up with me – real fast. (more…)

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Tags: 9/11, Alcoholics Anonymous, BDS, Big Book, Bill Wilson
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 at 5:03 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 21587881 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cwinecoff/2009/11/23/i-didnt-quit-drinking-to-get-high-on-hope-and-change/I+Didn%27t+Quit+Drinking+to+Get+High+On+Hope+and+Change2009-11-23+13%3A03%3A43Charles+Winecoff

Day by Day: Proof of Ownership

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Tags: government, healthcare, healthcare reform, Obama, ObamaCare
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 at 3:03 pm in Art, Political Humor | 26695820 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2009/11/22/day-by-day-proof-of-ownership/Day+by+Day%3A+Proof+of+Ownership2009-11-22+23%3A03%3A19Chris+Muir

Shock: SNL Takes On Obama in Earnest **Video Fixed**

“I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involves spending even more money.”

Remember this moment, folks.  November 21, 2009 at 11:30pm.  Over one year after Obama’s election and just more than ten months into his administration, “Saturday Night Live” takes its first crack at Obama for something other than not being left enough.  Splash of ice-cold water here:

The sketch really isn’t pro-conservative as much as it’s anti-Obama.  SNL mocks the stimulus, Cash for Clunkers, the debt Obama is increasing exponentially, and Obamacare’s bogus accounting, not to mention the fact that Fred Armisen’s too-cool-for-school Obama took the night off, but the writers are careful not argue for an alternative.  SNL deftly takes a crack at one side without directly supporting the other side, a tactic “South Park” has down to a science.  The sketch isn’t rock-solid from a policy standpoint, so we will post the clip of the CNN fact check once they air it.

SNL’s “Palin 2012” trailer after the jump: (more…)

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Tags: 2012, Cash for Clunkers, CNN, debt, DNC
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 at 1:10 pm in Obama, Political Humor | 266834150 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/22/shock-snl-takes-on-obama-in-earnest/Shock%3A+SNL+Takes+On+Obama+in+Earnest+%2A%2AVideo+Fixed%2A%2A2009-11-22+21%3A10%3A53Big+Hollywood

Obama Nation: Show Trial of the Century

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Tags: 9/11, Bush NYC, Eric Holder, Obama, Terror
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Fools Wanted: A Lesson from ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’

In the 1939 classic film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” the newly-appointed Senator Jefferson Smith is told by his secretary how important “fools” can be in Washington D.C.  Her support and admiration for fools is not an endorsement of sending uneducated persons to our nation’s capital. Fools, she believes, include honorable people who have faith in their convictions against political opposition and harsh criticism. The movie “Mr. Smith” and its message about “fools” serve as a reminder about what public service is really about and what integrity really means.

Even though I have lived in the D.C. area for a little less than three years, I recently watched  “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” for the first time. The movie revolves around an appointed Senator who brings his hopefulness and his integrity to Washington D.C. James Stewart plays Mr. Smith, the head of a boy’s organization, who is surprisingly given a chance to serve his country in the United States Senate. He is a Governor’s political appointee who some believe will cave to political pressure and make his voting decisions on the advice of a corrupt but highly-respected Senate colleague. Mr. Smith refuses to accommodate that fellow Senator and the demands of the political machine in his state that fights against him and he eventually loses confidence in the entire political system. (more…)

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Tags: health care, healthcare, James Stewart, Joe Lieberman, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 at 6:55 am in Featured Story, Film, Political Humor | 26430241 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2009/11/22/fools-wanted-a-lesson-from-mr-smith-goes-to-washington/Fools+Wanted%3A+A+Lesson+from+%27Mr.+Smith+Goes+to+Washington%272009-11-22+14%3A55%3A15John+P.+Hanlon

It’s Morning-After In America

I awoke this morning with a splitting headache.  As I staggered to the bathroom I blew past the mirror without a glance, fearful of the report.  I hadn’t felt this awful since I can’t remember when.  Though memory eluded me as to the details, I was certain that I had tied on the Mother of All Benders.  As I stared blearily into the commode bowl, I studied it disinterestedly for any and all evidence my stomach contents may have divulged as to just what the hell had happened the previous night.   

Nothing came to me but more questions.  Satisfied that no further gastric contributions could tell the tale, I rose from the bathroom floor, shrugged unconvincingly and hit the flusher.   What a perfect way to end unseemly encounters.  Flush them. 

I proceeded to weave an unsteady trail down the hallway in the general direction of a coffee pot.  My daughter had arisen before me and FOX News was already drifting in from the other room; Bill Hemmer recounting the latest on the decision to move the admitted 911 terrorists to NYC for trial. 

And then it struck me like a wet trout.  (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, bush, Congress, george w. bush, health care
Posted Nov 20th 2009 at 2:02 pm in Featured Story, Politics | 26610267 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggraham/2009/11/20/its-morning-after-in-america/It%27s+Morning-After+In+America2009-11-20+22%3A02%3A55Gary+Graham

Why the Gratuitous Bush-Bash in ‘Blind Side’? — I’ll Tell You Why…

In another scene, set at one of those dreary government offices where bored civil servants provide occasional slow-motion service to frustrated citizens, Leigh Anne demands to know who is in charge. The clerk points, in a non-sequitur nonpareil, to a portrait of then-president George W. Bush. — John Boot in Pajamas Media

You need not work in Hollywood to understand that this is the single most intolerant industry in America today — just watch their product. I wasn’t surprised to learn from Christian Toto that ”The Blind Side” filmmakers couldn’t control themselves. Unless it’s outside the mainstream Hollywood system, a film marketed to traditional American conservatives — much less, Southern Christians! — has to hit us with a leftist sucker punch one way or another. It’s an unwritten rule… 

Hollywood is high school and if you want to sit at the cool kids’ table (i.e. work) you better fit in, and if you’ve been involved in the writing, directing or producing of a film sympathetic towards the most hated demographic (yes, even more hated than terrorists — again, watch the product) in the 9-0 zip code, you had better inoculate yourself.

And that’s what the gratuitous, unnecessary, jarring, take-you-out-of-the-movie shot at Bush is: an inoculation. The filmmakers want to work again; they want to be invited to all the right parties. But if you’re remembered as the person involved in bringing to life a movie only Glenn Beck could love, no matter how big of a hit, that’s not a good thing on the ole’ resume’. (more…)

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Posted Nov 20th 2009 at 8:55 am in Culture, Film, Politics, Religion | 266150109 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/20/why-the-gratuitous-bush-bash-in-blind-side-ill-tell-you-why/Why+the+Gratuitous+Bush-Bash+in+%27Blind+Side%27%3F+--+I%27ll+Tell+You+Why...2009-11-20+16%3A55%3A16John+Nolte

‘So Stoned’ Director’s Health-Care Ad Selected By Obama Celeb Panel

A health-care ad, featuring cute little children on a playground reading lines like “I’ll be diagnosed with leukemia and I’ll die,” was winner of a nation-wide competition of ads launched by Obama’s Organizing for America.  The ad was produced and directed by Eric Hurt, a former contestant on the trashy reality show “Temptation Island.”  Hurt’s previous directorial work includes a short film entitled “So Stoned” about 5 drugged-out friends smoking a bong and recounting disgusting stories from their past.  ”So Stoned” suddenly vanished from both Vimeo and FunnyOrDie.com after Obama consultant David Plouffe, announced Hurt’s selection..

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The ad was selected out of 1,000 entries, as part of Obama’s “Health Care Reform Video Challenge.”  Ironically, instead of showcasing real people who suffer under the current health-care structure, the judges hand picked an ad that is all showbiz and zero substance.  They chose to go with fake health-care horror stories read by adorable but soppy kid actors — pawns in a political high-stakes game of shocksploitation. These kids obviously don’t have dire health care problems;  they just have showbiz parents who hooked them up with a gig. (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, health care, healthcare, hollywood, Obama
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Burt’s Eye View: Fox and Foes

Whenever I hear people outside the administration prattle on about how evil and biased Fox News is, I know I am listening to a flock of parrots who have never even tuned in. As a conservative myself, I have a number of problems with the network. For one thing, I resent Bill O’Reilly’s ridiculing those who merely ask for documentation that their president was born in the United States, and I also wish he’d stop defending Obama against charges that he’s a Socialist or worse. If it walks, swims and quacks like a duck, Bill, it’s a safe bet that you can pop it in the oven and serve it at Christmastime.

I’d also appreciate it if Sean Hannity would wake up to the fact that a lot of us change the channel the second that Bob Beckel shows up on the Great American Panel.

On the other hand, I wish that merely as an experiment a dozen or so liberals could be forced to watch Glenn Beck for an entire week. I would be dying to know how they would react after watching videos of Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Cass Sunstein, Anita Dunn, Andy Stern and John Holdren spouting off when they think nobody outside the room will hear about their plans to transform America.  They would have made Dr. Frankenstein blanch but put a smile on Karl Marx’s ugly mug. (more…)

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Tags: ACORN, Al Gore, Andy Stern, Anita Dunn, Barney Frank
Posted Nov 19th 2009 at 3:47 pm in Politics | 262694141 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky/2009/11/19/burts-eye-view-fox-and-foes/Burt%27s+Eye+View%3A+Fox+and+Foes2009-11-19+23%3A47%3A02Burt+Prelutsky

Daily Gut: ObamaCare Opponents Are All Child Killers

So “Organizing for America,” which used to be called “Obama for America,” held a contest to create an ad for health care reform. And they asked “you,” to contribute your ideas. Of course, when they said “you,” they really didn`t mean YOU. They meant the typical left-wing artist they enlisted to film the ads for them! That`s why it`s called propaganda, not art.

Check out the winner.

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Look, there’s a bottomless pit of creepiness going on here – but none of it should surprise anyone familiar with leftist propaganda. But here`s a quick summary of the ad, anyway: if you don`t bend over for Obama, you`re going to kill these kids.

Which is yucky, I guess – but underneath this lie is an even more outlandish one: that these artists actually give a crap about kids. What they care about, really, is sucking up to Obama – and the adorable brats are just props to serve that end. (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, health care, healthcare, Obama, ObamaCare
Posted Nov 19th 2009 at 12:21 pm in Daily Gut | 26535496 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/11/19/daily-gut-obamacare-opponents-are-all-child-killers/Daily+Gut%3A+ObamaCare+Opponents+Are+All+Child+Killers2009-11-19+20%3A21%3A04Greg+Gutfeld

Health Nazis Target Movie Snacks

ABC News spends 2050 words explaining how irresponsible movie theater chains give their customers what they want  slowly kill their customers with fatty, sugary high-caloric snacks: 

Everyone expects to splurge a bit at the movies, but while your wallet may be able to handle an $8 tub of popcorn, your waistline may not — at least according to a new report released today by the consumers group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

Even popcorn did not escape the scrutiny of the report, which mentioned that even a small bag of the cinema favorite tips the scales at 700 calories and three days worth of saturated fat.

It’s not the first time that CSPI has given movie popcorn two thumbs down; the new report is actually a sequel to one in 1994 that gave similar negative reviews. And like the first version, the most recent edition of CSPI’s Nutrition Action Health Letter suggests moviegoers forego that trip to the concession stand altogether.

The report looked at the popcorn, soda and candy sold at the country’s top three movie theater chains: Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Theaters, and Cinemark. The researchers tallied the calories, saturated fat, sugar, and sodium in each theater’s various sizes and combos. Based on their findings, the authors warn the public that their movie-time indulgences may be a lot more indulgent than they bargained for. …

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Posted Nov 19th 2009 at 8:31 am in Entertainment, Media Criticism | 26526299 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/19/health-nazis-target-movie-snacks/Health+Nazis+Target+Movie+Snacks2009-11-19+16%3A31%3A53Big+Hollywood

Fear, Children, & Video – Ingredients for Obama’s Weapon of Mass Persuasion

Fear is a powerful propaganda weapon. But couple fear with the innocence of childhood and you have a hair-triggered nuclear bomb of persuasion. One need only spend fifteen minutes watching the finalists of President Obama’s health reform video contest to experience its influence.

The Health Reform Video Challenge, launched by Obama’s Organizing for America in September, is a contest “to make the best 30-second ad showing why the President’s plan for reform is so critical.” The winning video, selected by a list of Hollywood elites and Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe, will be the basis for a new television ad that will air across the country delivering a clear message to viewers – children will die if health care reform is not passed. The secondary message is only one Defcon level lower on the fear-o-meter – the parents of sick or injured children will go bankrupt or lose their houses for even the simplest of injuries.

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Using children to pluck at the heartstrings of the electorate and further a political agenda is nothing new, but it shifts into the land of Disgustopia when our young are exploited to distort the truth or spread outright falsehoods. The winning video opens with a young boy stating, “A year from now I’ll break my leg and my parents will have to sell our house because we couldn’t afford health care.”

This statement is designed to instill broad fear and disseminate the idea that anyone, even a family faced with the common injury of a broken leg, is susceptible to being thrust from their homes as a consequence of being uninsured. The odds of needing to sell your home to pay for the cost of a broken leg are so remote that it borders on preposterous to use it as an example of why we need reform. House closing costs in almost every scenario would exceed the medical bill, yet this is the video that the President’s organization has selected to justify the need for reform. It’s much easier to sell health care reform if our system is so fractured that a broken leg can expel a family out from under the safety of their roof. (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, health care, healthcare, hollywood, nancy pelosi
Posted Nov 19th 2009 at 5:01 am in Featured Story, Film, Politics | 26478676 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/11/19/fear-children-video-ingredients-for-obamas-nuclear-bomb-of-persuasion/Fear%2C+Children%2C+%26amp%3B+Video+-+Ingredients+for+Obama%27s+Weapon+of+Mass+Persuasion2009-11-19+13%3A01%3A33Patrick+Courrielche

NBC’s ObamaVision: Changing the Channel

“If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.”
–Kurt Vonnegut

NBC, which is last place in network ratings, has decided to double down on their green propaganda push this week by putting environmentalist messages in five of its shows: 30 Rock, Heroes, Community, The Office and The Biggest Loser. NBC is owned by GE. GE has positioned itself to make loads of money if “green technology” becomes dominant, so they’ve not only invested a lot of capital in the Obama administration, they’re trying to get everyone on their bandwagon.

It seems none of them remember junior high and the way students reacted to all those anti-drug scare films because that sure worked out well. The people who didn’t approve of drugs weren’t going to do them anyway and the rest laughed at the videos they were shown. People in general don’t like scolds. They don’t like being preached to unless they asked for it. And certainly, when people tune in for entertainment, they do not want a lecture. (more…)

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Tags: GE, green, nbc, Obama, OBamaVision
Posted Nov 18th 2009 at 6:55 am in Politics, Television | 26221057 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhudnall/2009/11/18/nbcs-obamavision/NBC%27s+ObamaVision%3A+Changing+the+Channel2009-11-18+14%3A55%3A30James+Hudnall

Why Leftist Hollywood Loves Dictators

Someone asked a great question the other day: Why is leftist Hollywood so enamored with dictators and socialism? You would think they would fear having their artistic expression stifled under a Castro or having all their wealth confiscated under Hugo’s socialist or communist regime. It seems counter-intuitive, no…? That’s a damn good question but erroneously based on the premise that we’re discussing normal people.

Hugo Chavez: Toast of the Venice Film Festival

When you and I picture life under Obama’s vision for America, we see a dreary existence spent in breadlines, drab apartments and small jail cells with rat cages strapped to our face conditioning us to say “Herstory” instead of “History.” These Castro-lovers and Polanski-defenders see something completely different.

Watch “The Lives of Others.” Not only is it one of the best films of the decade, it also answers the opening question. You’ll see how life under fascism is the complete fulfillment of every narcissistic desire Susan Sarandon, Barbra Streisand, Oliver Stone, Sean Penn and the rest of their sorry lot has ever had. (more…)

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Tags: capitalism, communism, Hugo Chavez, movie stars, Obama
Posted Nov 17th 2009 at 5:53 pm in Celebrity News, Politics | 264134126 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/17/why-leftist-hollywood-loves-dictators/Why+Leftist+Hollywood+Loves+Dictators2009-11-18+01%3A53%3A35John+Nolte

NBC’s ObamaVision: Green Week and Lousy Writing

NBC gives new meaning to the phrase “green screen” next week, spreading a pro-environmental message across five of its prime-time entertainment programs – AP News.

When Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible” it was rightly seen as a brilliant allegory to the House Un-American Activities Committee.  It was a brilliant piece of drama about the Salem Witch Trials of the late 17th Century with obvious corollaries to the political climate of post-World War II America.  And no matter where you fall on the political spectrum you must recognize the play as a classic in the canon of American drama.

My admiration for much of Miller’s work gives me enough confidence to say that he would view the current efforts to ham-handedly inject political statements into television sitcoms as absolute crap.  It takes a deft hand to send a message without it seeming like you are sending a message… and the writers of “The Office” and “30 Rock,” as glib as they may be, are no “Arthur Millers”.

I love “The Office.”  I’m one of those apostates who actually like the U.S. version better than the original (must be my knee-jerk patriotism at work).  But I saw my very first example of lousy (and I mean REALLY lousy) writing this season when they tried to force the issue of “Volunteer-ism” into the storyline. (more…)

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Tags: "Glee", 30 RRock, All My Sons, Arthur Miller, big hollywood
Posted Nov 17th 2009 at 2:13 pm in Politics, Theatre | 26219031 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2009/11/17/nbcs-obamavision-green-week-and-lousy-writing/NBC%27s+ObamaVision%3A+Green+Week+and+Lousy+Writing2009-11-17+22%3A13%3A49Stage+Right

‘The Onion’ Targets Obama’s Teleprompter Reliance

Amazing what you can do with a cup of truth mixed with a dash of exaggeration….  We’ve been pretty hard on “The Onion,” and deservedly so, but some credit is due here for their decision to target an obvious Obama weak spot, his reliance on a teleprompter:

Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner

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Health Care and the Moral Imperative

I am always troubled by those in government claiming they have a moral imperative to enact this or that policy. A little digging often reveals that their motives are more self serving than moral. I am doubly troubled when those raising the moral banner tend to reject the very idea of an objective morality applicable to all men at all times.

Such is the case with liberal Democrats and their insistence that the moral laws of the universe – laws that have been with us since God breathed life into man (or as some would have it when we rose from the primordial soup) – command Government to supply every citizen (and many that aren’t) with health insurance.

But as is generally the case all we need do is scratch the surface and the truth reveals itself.

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, John Cassidy of the New Yorker lets the cat out of the bag when he writes on The New Yorker website that we must be clear about what the reform amounts to. “The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment,” Cassidy writes. “The Obama Administration . . . is creating a new entitlement program, which, once established, will be virtually impossible to rescind.” And why are they doing it? Again the WSJ quotes Cassidy: Because “ObamaCare serves the twin goals of making the United States a more equitable country” and furthering the Democrats’ “political calculus.” In other words, the purpose is to further redistribute income by putting health care further under government control, and in the process making the middle class more dependent on government. As the party of government, Democrats will benefit over the long run.” (more…)

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Tags: government, Obama, ObamaCare, pelosi, socialism
Posted Nov 16th 2009 at 11:01 am in Politics | 26340239 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/11/16/health-care-and-the-moral-imperative/Health+Care+and+the+Moral+Imperative2009-11-16+19%3A01%3A37Joseph+C.+Phillips

NBC’s ObamaVision: GE Uses Network To Push Obama’s Green Agenda — And Rakes In the Dough

What do you call it when the federal government pays a private company some money so that the private company will stump for the federal government’s agenda?  Payola.  Under the FCC rules and regulations, “When a broadcast licensee has received or been promised payment for the airing of program material, then, at the time of the airing, the station must disclose that fact and identify who paid for or promised to pay for the material.” 

So what do you call it when the federal government steers money to a major broadcast network so that the major broadcast network will stump for the federal government’s agenda? 

That’s precisely what’s happening over at NBC this week.  According to the Associated Press: 

NBC gives new meaning to the phrase “green screen” next week, spreading a pro-environmental message across five of its prime-time entertainment programs.  “30 Rock,” where Al Gore takes a cameo role, leads the way. Environmental themes were also added to the scripts of “The Biggest Loser,” “The Office,” “Heroes” and “Community.”  NBC Universal’s three-year “green” campaign has largely focused on off-camera issues like making company facilities more eco-friendly. News and information programs have also been enlisted to do stories on environmental issues, but except for one “30 Rock” episode two years ago, the campaign hasn’t touched the prime-time lineup. 

Now, it’s clear that NBC has pushed this “green agenda” for years.  And that makes sense – General Electric owns NBC, and General Electric is at the forefront in terms of producing “green products” like energy efficient lightbulbs.  In May 2005, GE launched its $90 million “Ecomagination” advertising campaign, designed to demonstrate “GE’s commitment to address challenges such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water,” according to GE CEO Jeff Immelt.  (more…)

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Tags: Al Gore, AP, GE, Green Week, Immelt
Posted Nov 16th 2009 at 2:59 am in Featured Story, Politics, Television | 26154244 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2009/11/16/propaganda-ge-uses-nbc-to-push-obamas-green-agenda-and-rakes-in-the-dough/NBC%27s+ObamaVision%3A+GE+Uses+Network+To+Push+Obama%27s+Green+Agenda+--+And+Rakes+In+the+Dough2009-11-16+10%3A59%3A44Ben+Shapiro

Another 9/11 Travesty

A little more than eight years ago, a group of Muslim terrorists attacked Americans on American soil.  In the end, more than 3,000 innocent civilians were dead.  The attack on that day was just that: an attack.  A well planned and executed military attack that murdered thousands of people. 

Friday morning, another travesty relating to 9/11 occurred.  President Obama and his loyal minion, Attorney General Eric Holder decided that the war criminals who were responsible for 9/11 would be tried as civilians in a Federal courtroom in lower Manhattan, a few blocks from their main and most deadly attack that day.  A few blocks from Hallowed Ground. 

I am angry.  As all of you know from this column, I try to be fair and balanced in my arguments.  I do not allow anger to rule the day.  But today, I am angry.  The Obama Administration has now decided that these war criminals should have the same rights and privileges as ordinary citizens. 

The ramifications of this are obvious.  It is just another example of the appeasement and weakness of the Obama Administration’s policies.  I want you all to remember the last time appeasement was used in the late 1930’s.  After that travesty fifty million people were dead including six million innocent Jews.  The last time we were weak was during the Carter Administration.  The result, Americans held hostage for more than a year.  (more…)

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Tags: 9/11, Fort Hood, Manhattan, Obama, WTC
Posted Nov 15th 2009 at 5:27 pm in Politics | 262966141 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/fdemartini/2009/11/15/another-911-travesty/Another+9%2F11+Travesty2009-11-16+01%3A27%3A51Frank+DeMartini

Obama Nation: A Big Mess They Made

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Tags: "Obama Nation", Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Obama, pelosi
Posted Nov 15th 2009 at 2:14 pm in Art, Politics | 26245040 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hudlash/2009/11/15/obama-nation-a-big-mess-they-made/Obama+Nation%3A+A+Big+Mess+They+Made2009-11-15+22%3A14%3A27James+Hudnall+and+Batton+Lash

Day By Day: National Treasure

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Tags: Amtrak, big government, micolas cage, National Treasure, Obama
Posted Nov 15th 2009 at 11:32 am in Art, Political Humor | 26324616 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2009/11/15/national-treasure/Day+By+Day%3A+National+Treasure2009-11-15+19%3A32%3A19Chris+Muir

Obama: The Woody Boyd Candidate

Earlier this year, I rented and re-watched the entire series run of Cheers. Towards the end of the series, the hayseed junior bartender Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) decides to run for city council. He is encouraged in this endeavor by psychiatrist Fraser Crane (Kelsey Grammer), the bar’s resident elite, who acts as Woody’s campaign manager.

Fraser masterminds Woody’s campaign as a social experiment: He is convinced that anyone, even a bumpkin, can get elected, simply by spouting vague cliches. His advice to Woody? Don’t be specific on the campaign trail – just repeat empty slogans like “change.”

When I saw this, I burst out laughing – perhaps this is where Axelrod & Co. received their inspiration for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign theme, I surmised. (more…)

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Tags: "Cheers", Obama, Ted Danson, Woody Boyd, Woody Harrelson
Posted Nov 14th 2009 at 6:10 pm in Featured Story, Political Humor, Politics | 259954133 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mpatterson/2009/11/14/obama-the-woody-boyd-candidate/Obama%3A+The+Woody+Boyd+Candidate2009-11-15+02%3A10%3A28Matt+Patterson

ObamaVision: Brace Yourselves For the NBC-GE ‘Green Week’ Push

Just as political correctness is nothing more than left-wing fascism disguised as tolerance, global warming climate change is nothing more than socialism disguised as nonsense. The tactics change, the goals remain the same, and the arts are as effective a tool as ever.

The Left understands this, which is why the White House pushed to co-opt the National Endowment for the Arts (as though they needed co-opting) and the Entertainment Industry Foundation bent over backwards to push “volunteerism” — which is just another word for funneling the unsuspecting to Internet portals with pro-ObamaCare videos, Planned Parenthood ads and a nifty “glitch” where when you type in “Republican” you’re directed to left-wing groups.

Next week, and for the third year in a row, NBC will inject enviro-friendly messages into its primetime line-up, including a “30 Rock” appearance by former Vice President Al Gore. This push is not about ratings (Al Gore?) and it’s not about an Ed Begley Jr.-style of do-gooderism. And not only will this politically correct environmentalism infect the entertainment division, those left-wing ideological warriors disguised as the NBC News Division have also  jumped on board … and not just the Obama-ites at MSNBC.

Starting Monday, a number of Big Hollywood contributors will take an in-depth look at the insidious artistic, business and political maneuverings behind this push, which Bill O’Reilly discusses at length in this Talking Points Memo: (more…)

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Tags: EIF, GE, nbc, Obama, ObamaCare
Posted Nov 13th 2009 at 11:22 am in Art, Politics, Television | 26271083 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/13/obamavision-brace-yourselves-for-the-nbc-ge-green-week-push/ObamaVision%3A+Brace+Yourselves+For+the+NBC-GE+%27Green+Week%27+Push2009-11-13+19%3A22%3A19John+Nolte

The Hidden Truth Behind ‘V’

Like many conservatives, I was intrigued and excited by the promos for ABC’s reboot of one of my favorite mini-series, “V.” Finally, we thought, one of us had infiltrated the system and slipped one by the hippies who run Hollywood.  Even better, we hoped that ABC, in a brash display of “corporate greed” had decided to green-light a series that appeals to the many of us (the majority of the country actually) who are less than enthralled by the hopey changeiness of the current administration.

Old School Visitor

But alas, it wasn’t meant to be.  As my colleague Jeffrey Jena pointed out, the show’s writer is a devout leftist and Obama supporter.  The show was actually written in 2007, long before David Axelrod and his minions concocted the brilliant marketing campaign that elevated an inexperienced and naive community organizer to the most powerful position in the world.

So, is that it?  Case closed?  Is “V” not an indictment and slam at the “O-mania” that swept the nation?  Far from it.  In fact, the show contains two powerful messages that should warm the hearts of all conservatives and make leftists think twice. (more…)

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Tags: big government, health care, Obama, socialism, stimulus
Posted Nov 13th 2009 at 5:03 am in Featured Story, Politics, Television | 259658182 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lscott/2009/11/13/the-hidden-truth-behind-v/The+Hidden+Truth+Behind+%27V%272009-11-13+13%3A03%3A05Leigh+Scott

When Does Life Begin, Y’all?

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Tags: abortion, children, constitution, Obama, right to choose
Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 6:04 pm in Politics, Video | 260086179 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/arachel/2009/11/11/when-does-life-begin-yall/When+Does+Life+Begin%2C+Y%27all%3F2009-11-12+02%3A04%3A49Alfonzo+Rachel

Daily Gut: Fall of Wall All About Obama

So President Obama says he’d like to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki – something no sitting U.S. president has ever done. Of course, there’s a reason they haven’t: it could be seen as criticism of a painful decision that ended the bloodiest war in history.

Now, I don’t mind if Obama wants to go, and it’s probably presumptuous of me to criticize him for what he might say there, since he hasn’t gone yet.

But if I didn’t, then I wouldn’t have a Gregalogue, and that’s not fair to me, or to those delightful unicorn voices in my head.

And besides, I can pretty much go by what I’ve seen of Obama already. Fact is, whenever he’s overseas, he tends to translate American success into past arrogance. Plus, I don’t think he’ll go to Hiroshima and say, “We did it to save lives,” because that undermines his whole point about nuclear weapons being evil. (more…)

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Tags: Berlin Wall, Hiroshima, MTV, Nagasaki, Obama
Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 4:46 pm in Politics | 261606141 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/11/11/daily-gut-fall-of-wall-all-about-obama/Daily+Gut%3A+Fall+of+Wall+All+About+Obama2009-11-12+00%3A46%3A33Greg+Gutfeld

PRESENTING: The ‘Fourth Graders For Obama’ YouTube Channel

Here’s a little mid-week scare courtesy of the 4thgraders4obama YouTube Channel. (Don’t waste your time — I searched high and low and no luck finding the 4thgraders4bush YouTube Channel.) Yes, you read that right, an entire portal filled with nearly a dozen videos devoted to nine and ten year-olds singing, speaking and in general, getting awfully excited over a politician on the brink of having us all long for the good old days of Jimmy Carter. Here’s a taste:

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The programmer teacher is Ms. Clark (she makes a short appearance here), but there wasn’t anything that identified the actual school. In last week’s Elementary Epidemic you saw a mix of Obama-enthusiasm. Some of the videotaped students were reminiscent of POWs speaking against their will on camera as they blink a Morse code plea for help, others were truly excited — and it’s the excited ones that are most worrisome. They’re gone. Lost forever… Ms. Clark’s entire class is like that.

The 4thgraders4obama videos do give us a broader glimpse into the methodology at work in our nation’s classrooms. In a couple of the videos you’ll see the kids watching President Obama on television and the whole class is as giddy as though they were in line for Space Mountain. Other videos have the kids standing before the camera reading what sounds like love letters to the First Family. Public or private school — that makes no difference. You don’t do this to young minds. There’s a wide berth between infusing your children with values and this. (more…)

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Tags: Obama, private school, public school, school, school children
Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 5:09 am in Culture, Featured Story, Politics | 25965471 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/11/the-fourth-graders-for-obama-youtube-channel/PRESENTING%3A+The+%27Fourth+Graders+For+Obama%27+YouTube+Channel2009-11-11+13%3A09%3A50John+Nolte