Rep. Thaddeus McCotter: Real-Life Walt Kowalski

Polish American Walt Kowalski, played to anti-hero perfection by Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, stands against corruption and lawlessness and wins. But not before sacrificing his life. Kowalski is a Korean War veteran and retired auto worker living outside of Detroit. He is old and tired, and just wants to be left alone after the death of his wife. But fate and duty had other ideas. He carries a long held guilt over killing a surrendering soldier in the Korean War. His death redeems, not just his soul, but the soul of his town.

Events lead Kowalski to resist a local takeover by a Hmong youth gang. The Hmong are an ethnic Southeast Asian people, primarily from Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. In real life Michigan, they are among the fastest growing immigrants. Many Hmong people emigrated from South Vietnam after Democrats shamelessly withdrew monetary support from South Vietnam in 1974. The Paris Peace Agreements thus became toothless and North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam. “Boat people” fled Vietnam and the insane, murderous Pol Pot created the Cambodian Killing Fields. (more…)

Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | Tweet this |

Tags: Al Gore, Asian Americans, auto industry, CAFE standards, Cap and Trade
Posted Aug 28th 2009 at 1:09 pm in Film, Politics | 21246258 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mrulle/2009/08/28/rep-thaddeus-mccotter-real-life-gran-torino-hero/Rep.+Thaddeus+McCotter%3A+Real-Life+Walt+Kowalski2009-08-28+20%3A09%3A31Michael+S.+Rulle+Jr.

Dear Mr. President, Please Don’t Kill My Kids

On Dec. 12, 1974, my grandparents were driving home when a vehicle traveling 50 miles per hour hit them. On March 17, 2002, I was driving home when a vehicle driving traveling 50 miles per hour hit me.

My grandparents were killed instantly. I lived.  My grandparents were driving an AMC Gremlin. I was driving a Dodge 3500 diesel dually pickup truck.

AMC is now out of business. Dodge Trucks are still selling well. The free market decided that we didn’t need AMC Gremlins.

I still drive a Dodge dually. We factor in safety versus miles per gallon on every automobile purchase that my wife and I make. Devo could not have said it better: “Freedom of Choice…It’s what you want!” Freedom to choose is a basic American right. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are guaranteed to me and 299,999,999 other Americans by the Constitution. (more…)

Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | Tweet this |

Tags: "China", AMC Gremlin, Central Planning Committee, Chrysler, Czars
Posted Jun 15th 2009 at 4:51 pm in Politics | 16167418 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/06/15/dear-mr-president-please-dont-kill-my-kids/Dear+Mr.+President%2C+Please+Don%27t+Kill+My+Kids2009-06-15+23%3A51%3A51Chris+Burgard

Come Fly With Me

We do admit to being conflicted, sometimes, when writing about the politics of Global Warming hysteria.

It is hilarious that Al Gore’s electricity bill is ten times the national average. However, our idea of a perfect world is when everyone in Africa and the developing world is so wealthy they are using the same amount of electricity as the former vice-president.

If the world were that wealthy it would mean the end of the scourge of needless child mortality. It would mean that people in Africa would live long and healthy lives and get to know the joy of their grandchildren.  It would mean that children would know how wonderful it is to see their parents live to an old age. (more…)

Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | Tweet this |

Tags: Africa, Al Gore, broadway, carbon footprint, climate change
Posted Jun 4th 2009 at 6:31 am in Entertainment, News, Politics | 15148618 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amcelhinney/2009/06/04/come-fly-with-me/Come+Fly+With+Me2009-06-04+13%3A31%3A51Phelim+McAleer+%26%2338%3B+Ann+McElhinney%E2%80%8F

Global Warming Activist Laurie David Fined for Wetlands Violations—Oh, Never Mind

News broke last week that Laurie David, former wife of Larry David (of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm fame), was fined for wetlands violations at her Martha’s Vineyard home – and it wasn’t the first time, either:

The property owned by Ms. David off North Road was the subject of a series of wetlands violations in 2005, when construction of a stone fire pit, barbecue grill area and wooden stage for a children’s theatre with seating was begun in a wetland without a permit.

Ms. David, as you may recall, produced the Goracle’s epic documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.  She also wrote The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming for children (doing her part to convince one in three frightened children that the earth will implode before they grow up), and went on a much ballyhooed bus tour with fellow greenie Sheryl “One Sheet” Crow in order to help Save The Earth™ a couple of years back. How riding around the country in an exhaust-spewing bus and using up oodles of electricity for Sheryl’s musical stylings was supposed to “help” is beyond me. But wait, the bus was powered by vegetable oil instead of that dastardly fossil fuel, and pal Sheryl is committed to being green by driving a hybrid and using cold water to wash her clothes. Forgive my cynicism; I’m convinced. (more…)

Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | Tweet this |

Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Arianna Huffington, Bart Thorpe, climate change, Dr. Jim Buckee
Posted Jun 3rd 2009 at 8:11 am in Celebrity News, Politics | 1486824 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pmeister/2009/06/03/global-warming-activist-laurie-david-fined-for-wetlands-violations-oh-never-mind/Global+Warming+Activist+Laurie+David+Fined+for+Wetlands+Violations%E2%80%94Oh%2C+Never+Mind2009-06-03+15%3A11%3A06Pam+Meister

Getting Louder With Steven Crowder: Go Green… NOT! Obama’s Policies and Global Warming.

Ah yes, the “Go Green” movement.  One would expect it to be an aptly named title for a Kermit the Frog album. Unfortunately, the amphibian has pulled a Pontius Pilate and washed his hands clean of this entire situation. This latest video installment addresses the militant environmental activists and their effective manipulation tactics aimed squarely at today’s ignorant, fickle youth

All the regular environmental fixtures are here.  Barack Obama, SUV’s, polar bears and cow farts.  Who could ask for anything more? I would also like to take this moment to formally express my hatred for both Ted Turner and his crappy, poorly drawn, douchebag of a hero known as “Captain Planet.”  How many more lives must be ruined?  How many more boys must be stuffed into lockers, Ted… How many more?

Email this to a friend | Print | Share on Facebook | Tweet this |

Tags: Barack Obama, Captain Planet, environmentalism, polar bears, SUV's
Posted Jan 31st 2009 at 11:00 am in Political Humor, Video | 3681024 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/01/31/getting-louder-with-steven-crowder-go-green-not-obamas-policies-and-global-warming/Getting+Louder+With+Steven+Crowder%3A+Go+Green...+NOT%21+Obama%27s+Policies+and+Global+Warming.2009-01-31+19%3A00%3A07Steven+Crowder