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 | 262694136 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

‘By the People’: Ed Norton and Hollywood’s Mindless Obama Praise

Amy Rice and Alicia Sams’ documentary, “By the People,” provides a lens into Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.  A guided tour of sorts, the film delves into the Obama’s biggest milestones, while ignoring glaring contradictions and blemishes.  Perhaps two words can best describe it: snooze fest.  Teamed with the films vapidity and its lack of new, unexplored material, there are some intriguing conflicts of interest surrounding its production.

“By the People” is a praise initiative that doesn’t offer much beyond what politicos and Obama enthusiasts already know: Obama was a regular Joe who, through a series of (unfortunate for the American people) events, captured the presidency.

While Hollywood’s insane obsession with anything and anyone left of center is never a surprise, one should ardently question why HBO, after purchasing the film for seven figures, has chosen to ignore other intriguing political stories.  Why not balance the film with another special or documentary that explores the McCain-Palin campaign?  One could argue, as I’m sure HBO would, that the focus of the film is on to the winning candidate.  Fine.  Argue away, but anyone with a pulse knows we’d be hard pressed to see a similar accolade to a Republican victor.  Furthermore, Sarah Palin’s initial book sales prove that she’s a brand worth exploring.  So, why not go for it? (more…)

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Tags: Ari Emanuel, By the People, documentary, hbo, Obama
Posted Nov 10th 2009 at 11:11 am in Film, Media Criticism, News, Politics | 25911865 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bhallowell/2009/11/10/hollywoods-mindless-praise/%27By+the+People%27%3A+Ed+Norton+and+Hollywood%27s+Mindless+Obama+Praise2009-11-10+19%3A11%3A53Billy+Hallowell

Workin’ for the Man

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Tags: Afghanistan, carbon footprint, gitmo, Guantan, Guantanamo
Posted Nov 1st 2009 at 1:40 pm in Art, Obama, Political Humor | 25629015 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2009/11/01/workin-for-the-man/Workin%27+for+the+Man2009-11-01+20%3A40%3A40Chris+Muir

Burnt Offering: Artists Must Unite to Protect Free Speech

So I wake up groggy and after getting my morning green tea –- yeah, I seem to be going through that phase — coffee doesn’t go well with global warming. Anyway, I start the computer and begin my ritual of clearing out emails; a daunting but necessary task where depending on my time and interest I sometimes randomly open something to read.  

If your mailbox is like mine you receive an overwhelming amount of political stuff and reading it all can be a time-suck of enormous proportions. Let’s face it, if you don’t derive your living from this stuff, no matter how much of a concerned citizen you may be, there comes a point where you have to say, “Ah, is this paying my mortgage?” That’s reality biting you in the ass and so the knee-jerk reaction is to press delete and move on to something that may add a few more dollars to your already crumbling retirement fund. But, and I stress BUT, like the” pusher man” (remember that song, G** D**** the Pusher Man?) who you cannot seem to get away from, the sheer volume of political noise coming at you can’t be ignored and after just one peek … aaahhh your fix takes hold.   (more…)

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Tags: David Axelrod, Fox News, Free Speech, MSNBC, nancy pelosi
Posted Oct 26th 2009 at 2:28 pm in Art, Culture, Featured Story, Media Criticism, Politics | 25301063 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rdavi/2009/10/26/burnt-offering-artists-must-unite-to-protect-free-speech/Burnt+Offering%3A+Artists+Must+Unite+to+Protect+Free+Speech2009-10-26+21%3A28%3A31Robert+Davi

Shock: Obama Not Left Enough for SNL

SNL finally took on Obama in earnest this weekend:

This sketch wasn’t aimed at Rahm Emanuel, Joe the Biden, or Tim Geithner… it was targeting the Man himself.  But did SNL really turn over a new leaf?  Nope.  The criticism leveled at Obama was that he is failing to execute the brilliantly conceived left-wing aspects of his agenda as stated in his campaign.  Of course, there is no casting judgment on those ideas and no mention that most of America doesn’t actually support them.

This is a tactic Bill Maher has mastered.  He has repeatedly leveled humorous critique at Obama, but the arguments always hinge around Obama not behaving like the left-winger we thought we elected. (more…)

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Tags: Bill Maher, Joe Biden, Joe the Biden, Obama, Rahm Emanuel
Posted Oct 4th 2009 at 2:01 pm in Political Humor, Video | 24045085 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/04/shock-obama-not-left-enough-for-snl/Shock%3A+Obama+Not+Left+Enough+for+SNL2009-10-04+21%3A01%3A15Big+Hollywood

George W. Bush-by-Proxy Syndrome

This week’s Washington Times column:

There is an extensive body of writing from both sides of the political aisle that has analyzed the extraordinary depths of hatred leveled at former President George W. Bush.

His birth into a wealthy and politically connected family is where a lot of the animus starts. His rejection of his Connecticut roots and adoption of a rugged Texan persona naturally riled his birth-constituency. His disjointed speaking style also alienated many others – especially those who covered him in the Northeastern media. Naturally, some of his initiatives were controversial. His allies say he didn’t do enough.

But all presidents make mistakes, pursue unpopular ideas, possess off-putting personality traits and don’t do enough to appeal to their core supporters. Something far more insidious was at work in the hatred of our most recent former president.

Now that Mr. Bush is quietly going about his retirement, this strain of rage – the GWB43 virus – has spread like wildfire, finding unsuspecting targets, each granting us greater perspective into what not long ago seemed like a mysterious phenomenon isolated only on our 43rd president.

The first person to catch the virus was Sarah Palin, whose family also was infected, including, unforgivably, her children.

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Tags: David Axelrod, GWB43 virus, joe the plumber, Mormons, Obama
Posted Aug 16th 2009 at 5:40 pm in Featured Story, Media Criticism, Politics | 206006172 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abreitbart/2009/08/16/george-w-bush-by-proxy-syndrome/George+W.+Bush-by-Proxy+Syndrome2009-08-17+00%3A40%3A36Andrew+Breitbart

‘NewsBusted’ 7/31/09 — Fake News from the Right

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Tags: Afghanistan, American Health Care, Coldplay, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Democrats
Posted Jul 31st 2009 at 7:08 pm in Political Humor, Video | 195406One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/newsbusters/2009/07/31/%e2%80%98newsbusted%e2%80%99-73109-%e2%80%94-fake-news-from-the-right/%E2%80%98NewsBusted%E2%80%99+7%2F31%2F09+%E2%80%94+Fake+News+from+the+Right2009-08-01+02%3A08%3A50NewsBusters

Ari and Rahm: No Business Like Show Business

The Brothers Emanuel: Ari (L) – Rahm (R)

July 31st, 2006 – Hollywood, California:

At a time of escalating tensions in the world, the entertainment industry cannot idly stand by and allow Mel Gibson to get away with such tragically inflammatory statements. People in the entertainment community, whether Jew or gentile, need to demonstrate that they understand how much is at stake in this by professionally shunning Mel Gibson and refusing to work with him, even if it means a sacrifice to their bottom line. There are times in history when standing up against bigotry and racism is more important than money.

That is a portion of a Huffington Post entry authored by a prominent Hollywood talent agent. It was written exactly two years ago this week after the arrest of actor Mel Gibson. During the stop, an angry and intoxicated Gibson made physical threats and was reported to say, “The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,” and asked the arresting officer, “Are you a Jew?” (more…)

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Tags: "Skip" Gates, anti-semitism, Ari Emanuel, mel gibson, Rahm Emanuel
Posted Jul 30th 2009 at 1:03 pm in Celebrity News, Politics | 19409042 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cstigall/2009/07/30/theres-no-business-like-show-business/Ari+and+Rahm%3A+No+Business+Like+Show+Business2009-07-30+20%3A03%3A23Chris+Stigall

Climate Change Republicans

The Waxman-Markey climate change bill is more about redistributing wealth from traditional energy companies to new “Green” and yes, Democrat-friendly energy companies.  President Obama is the first politician in the history of the United States that is judged not on job growth, but the unquantifiable jobs created or saved.  I guess climate change will be the same.  Yes, it is 75 degrees now, but it would be 115 had Waxman-Markey not been passed.  One cannot prove otherwise.

The climate change bill passed the house 219-212.  Without the eight votes below, the bill would not have passed.  44 moderate Democrats voted against the bill.  Here is the list of the eight Republicans that made Henry Waxman’s dream of less economic growth in the US possible:

Michael Castle (DE)
Mary Bono Mack (CA)
Dave Leonard Lance (NJ)
Dave Reichert (WA)
John McHugh (NY)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ)
Chris Smith (NJ)
Mark Kirk (IL)

Outside of Mark Kirk (who makes a point of reading entire bills), I can’t imagine that anyone else, Democrat or Republican, did. (more…)

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Tags: Budweiser, Cap and Trade, Chris Smith, climate change, Dave Leonard Lance
Posted Jun 29th 2009 at 5:35 pm in News, Politics | 17297411 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/06/29/meet-the-eight-%e2%80%9crepublicans%e2%80%9d-that-sold-out-the-united-states-of-america/Climate+Change+Republicans2009-06-30+00%3A35%3A36John+Romano

The Man Who Would Be God

A while back, I heard Obama bragging about his first few months in the White House.  When he claimed he had done as much in that period as any president in history, my initial thought was for the first time in his life he was being modest.  Frankly, I think he’s done more, much more, and I only wish that some of it had been good for America.

He’s taken over car companies, banks and lending institutions.  He’s printed so much currency that he’s the envy of counterfeiters and con men everywhere.  He’s buried the nation in so much debt that children born 40 years down the road will be greeted with a slap on the butt and a lien on future earnings.  For good measure, the Community Organizer in Chief has created more czars than the Romanovs. (more…)

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Tags: FDR, Jews, nazis, Obama, President Sarkozy
Posted Jun 17th 2009 at 6:43 am in News, Politics | 1616625 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky/2009/06/17/the-man-who-would-be-god/The+Man+Who+Would+Be+God2009-06-17+13%3A43%3A03Burt+Prelutsky

The Debt Star

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Tags: debt, Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Star Wars
Posted Jun 14th 2009 at 9:12 am in Political Humor, Politics | 160242No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2009/06/14/the-debt-star/The+Debt+Star2009-06-14+16%3A12%3A55Chris+Muir

Newsweek: Bias? It’s Your Eyes That Lie, Young Jedi

Any clear thinking media gazer can tell you Newsweek magazine has tilted to the left in recent months. Not that it ever was a fair and balanced media organ to start with, mind you. But Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly this week that his magazine doesn’t have a liberal agenda. Really? Then how do you explain the latest issue featuring a “Star Wars”/”Star Trek” casting sidebar ripped from today’s political headlines?

The magazine, in a fit of adolescent whimsy, casts real-life political figures who might stand in for Captain Kirk, Darth Vader and other characters from the space franchises’ galaxies. (more…)

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Tags: cheney, Kirk, Newsweek, Obama, Rahm Emanuel
Posted Apr 29th 2009 at 11:11 am in Media Criticism | 120002No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/04/29/newsweek/Newsweek%3A+Bias%3F+It%27s+Your+Eyes+That+Lie%2C+Young+Jedi2009-04-29+18%3A11%3A59Christian+Toto

Tea Parties, Homeland Security and Silencing the Opposition

Today the Washington Times printed an article about Obama’s DHS crew releasing a report about, and plans to step up efforts to watch, “Right Wing Radical extremists.”  Interesting that this is released just before the Tea Parties are scheduled to happen across America.

From the article itself:

A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines “rightwing extremism in the United States” as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.

“It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” the warning says.

Notice the clever use of “immigration” instead of “illegal immigration.”  Of course genuine extremists groups, usurpers of the rights of others through violence, should be monitored.  Individuals who reject “federal authority in favor of state or local authority,” really? (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, Census, DHS, Hugo Chavez, Rahm Emanuel
Posted Apr 14th 2009 at 9:25 am in Featured Story, Politics | 1058065 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/04/14/silencing-the-opposition/Tea+Parties%2C+Homeland+Security+and+Silencing+the+Opposition2009-04-14+16%3A25%3A40John+Romano

Chia Obama

One odd and pleasant side effect of the Obama Presidency, at least for a media watcher, is the new cottage industry of Obama products.  Plates, coins, flags, picture frames, and much more.

Barack Obama is the first President to be elected as an entertainment brand.  Sure he talked about issues, but scratch your average Obama voter (hard if you like) and they will most likely have no clue to his positions.

Like all great brands, from Kiss to Versace, knock offs and trinkets are inevitable.   It only took the Chia people two months to pound out the “Chia Obama.”  I want one. In Brooklyn they’ve opened up “Obama Fried Chicken.”  Perhaps, a la “Forrest Gump,” the Amalgamated Teleprompter Company will develop the O-brand Teleprompter Monitors.  Ping-pong paddles, teleprompters, what’s the difference?  As long as Obama doesn’t start hawking the plates and embroidered blankets himself on HSN, I’m cool. (more…)

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Tags: "Obama Fried Chicken", Ari Emanuel, Ari Gold, Chia Obama, entourage
Posted Apr 8th 2009 at 11:33 am in Political Humor, Politics | 9966644 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jromano/2009/04/08/chia-obama/Chia+Obama2009-04-08+18%3A33%3A00John+Romano

Requiem For a Lightweight (With apologies to Rod Serling)

ACT 1
SCENE 1

A stark dressing room in the underbelly of the White House, bathed in the dim yellow light of a 25-watt compact fluorescent bulb. The dingy walls are plastered with Shepard Fairey “HOPE” posters. Off stage is heard the cringing, muffled gasps of a stunned arena audience. Suddenly the door bursts open and enters BARACK “BAM BAM” OBAMA, former champion, unconscious on a stretcher carried by his handlers — cut man TWINKLETOES EMANUEL, manager PAPPY AXELROD, SPITBUCKET BEGALA and SPINDOC GREENBURG. His nose is bleeding profusely, his eyes nearly swollen shut, and his forehead is embossed with a reverse “BRUNSWICK” from an errant bowling ball. They are trailed into the room by a pack of concerned sportswriters as they place the stretcher on a stark table. 

TWINKLETOES EMANUEL: Alright, alright! Give ‘em some air, you mugs! 

PAPPY AXELROD: Can you hear me, Champ? 

BAM BAM: We would save enough money… uhh… we would… money save… the ones we are looking for… 

PAPPY AXELROD (gently slapping Bam Bam’s face): Champ, Champ! Look at me! How many teleprompters am I holding up?  (more…)

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Tags: Axelrod, Krugman, Maureen Dowd, Obama, Rahm Emanuel
Posted Mar 25th 2009 at 9:19 am in Featured Story, Political Humor | 88438No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dburge/2009/03/25/requiem-for-a-lightweight-with-apologies-to-rod-serling/Requiem+For+a+Lightweight+%28With+apologies+to+Rod+Serling%292009-03-25+16%3A19%3A17Iowahawk

South Park Goes Where SNL Refuses

Tonight is one of the best nights of the year: The premiere of the 13th season of “South Park.”  I consider myself one of America’s foremost “South Park” scholars and if I had to sum up the reason I love the show, it would be this: it spares no one.  Take last season’s “About Last Night…” episode about Obama’s electoral victory–Obama, Palin, McCain, McCain supporters, and Obamaites are all evenly trashed.  In South Park, satire trumps politics.  Since 1997, “South Park” has been America’s safest bet for the splendid fusion of irreverence and insight.

They took up that mantle from “Saturday Night Live,” which now offers us neither. (more…)

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Tags: Dick Cheney, Fred Armisen, george w. bush, Karl Rove, Lorne Michaels
Posted Mar 11th 2009 at 6:19 pm in Entertainment, Media Criticism, News, Political Humor, Video | 77734133 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/03/11/77734/South+Park+Goes+Where+SNL+Refuses2009-03-12+01%3A19%3A13Alexander+Marlow